Doctor Who — Page 41

I just noticed your avatar too Bingo. That was on the box of the board game "Mastermind" wasn't it? I remember my little sister getting confused at the fact that the man was so much shorter than the lady (she wouldn't believe us when we told her that he was sitting down)

Bingowings said:

New Baddie Alert.

 Oh well that's my last glimmer of hope that the Capaldi era will be a little less camp and more serious all but extinguished LOL

On the upside Keeley is indeed on top form at the minute in 'Line of Duty'.

I decided to go a bit further back and watch some more Patrick Troughton. I choose 'The Seeds of Death' an Ice Warriors 6-parter.

In Earth's future, The Ice Warriors have taken control of the moon and are using it as a spring-board to conquer earth. Mankind has abandoned conventional travel and instead uses only T-Mat to beam everywhere. Rockets and even cars are but a relic of the past forgotten in a museum. So Earth finds itself seemingly helpless to take back the moon with the T-Mat in the invader's hands.

This was a great premise for a story but it wasn't without it's logical problems. The one with the Tardis is quickly ignored, when The Doctor says that his rickety old Tardis couldn't possibly be guided accurately enough to land on the moon. So you forget that and enjoy the adventure... until episode 5. At this point the earth forces suddenly remember that they do have Rockets after all when the script requires the launching of a satellite. Also when they need to get somewhere fast they find a convenient car out of nowhere (Where they got the petrol from is never explained).

However the central performances, the atmospheric and inventive Direction, the dramatic tension thoughout, some terrific set designs and superior model work (Some of the best space footage from the classic era IMO) make these logical problems easy to forgive.

I found Terry Scully's complex character Fewsham ^ particulaly engaging as he tustles with morality.

Two 'Invasion' stories (Dinosaurs and Androids) from Pertwee and Baker T next.

I rewatched TSOD recently as well. Reminds me of a science fiction story I read ages ago where the world was totally dependent on such transmat type devices. Houses didn't even have doors anymore, which caused all sorts of problems when things inevitably go awry. I wonder if Who was inspired by that or the other way around?

I don't think Autons were ever used to impersonate real people? I really need to get my hands on some Tom Baker stories before they go out of print.

Let me rephrase that. Were they used to replace/impersonate important, like the Brigadier? With an Auton, the jig is up soon as they flip you off. ;)

Ah, it's been a while since I've seen that one.

How do we know they didn't succeed? ;)

TV's Frink said:

FremenDar2019 said:

Frink, I kept creating FremenDar variants because I forgot if the password was forum generated or my own one.

 http://originaltrilogy.com/contact.cfm

Seriously, I will never understand this excuse.  Don't make socks, just send a damn note via the contact form.

 playing Devil's Advocate here: I believe Warb e-mailed Jay and did not get a response until warbler-temp.  There's validity in a second account if you feel you were wrongfully banned and have some form of proof/excuse that won't be shot down immediately.

Bingowings said:

Nicholas is still alive. He was brilliant in Mr Jolly Lives Next Door.

Do I look stupid wearing this? :

Why is Michael Moon here?

Watched 'The Android Invasion' from the Tom Baker era.

I agree with Bingowings above point, that the finger guns were a big mistake as they far too similar to The Autons. However aside from that, I thought The Androids were a significantly different proposition to their plastic cousins with a whole different agenda.

The basic plot is 'Invasion of The Bodysnatchers' run by an alien Dr Mengele who looks like a mutated Rhino. The serial was full of interesting concepts and ideas related to the premise of aliens trying to copy people and places. Sometimes with less than accurate results like failing to realise that calenders have more than one day or that all coins aren't the same... and I was left with a craving for a couple of pints of Ginger-Pop.

Milton Johns once again turns in a great performance in the show, totally different from both of his other evil or devious roles (The brainwashing reveal was a brilliant idea). The subtle and chilling performance from Elizabeth Sladen as her doppelganger is a world away from her melodramatic acting from the Sarah Jane Adventures that was sadly her last trip into the Whoniverse.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPOILER FOLLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a bit strange that, although The Doctor defeats the evil alien scientist Styggron at the end. The writers seemed to have forgotten that there was still a Kraal Invasion Fleet lead by Marshal Chedaki waiting to invade Earth (Styggron was just trying to capture Earth through science first, rather than outright force). So presumably the Kraal forces are still waiting somewhere in space to invade Earth, forty years later.

But putting that aside it's Barry Lett's excellent and inventive Direction that lingers in the memory.

Uncanny resemblance to the Fembots, who were recurring foes of The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman from 1976 onwards...

Steve Austin battled an android or two prior to that though.

Didn't Terror of the Zygons also end with an unresolved invasion fleet on the way?