The Doctor Who Thread

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by suziginajackson

As someone who is in my 40's, I still find that the scene with the Autons breaking out of the shop window sends chills down my spine, and has me biting my bottom lip

Definitely! The 'look' of the Auton dummies here too is really unnerving - far scarier than the 'perfect' looking ones in 'Rose'.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

Definitely! The 'look' of the Auton dummies here too is really unnerving - far scarier than the 'perfect' looking ones in 'Rose'.

You're being a bit harsh there. The look of dummies has changed quite a bit since Spearhead.

Both sets of window dummies were correct for their year.

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I think i'm the only one who finds Spearhead overrated. It takes an age to get going. It's let down by being a new doctor story i feel. I much prefer Terror of the Autons.

I can't complain about Rose either. The thrill of watching brand new Doctor Who was fantastic.... and classic monsters the Autons to boot. I was made up.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

You're being a bit harsh there. The look of dummies has changed quite a bit since Spearhead.

Both sets of window dummies were correct for their year.

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I think i'm the only one who finds Spearhead overrated. It takes an age to get going. It's let down by being a new doctor story i feel. I much prefer Terror of the Autons.

I can't complain about Rose either. The thrill of watching brand new Doctor Who was fantastic.... and classic monsters the Autons to boot. I was made up.

I know what you mean, I just think the faces of the dummies are a lot scarier than the ones in 'Rose'. There were 'perfect' looking ( for their time ) dummies back then too- but none of them looked like the Spearhead Autons! Yike!

I'd love to see a proper scary Autons story in the new Who.

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The thrill of watching brand new Doctor Who was fantastic.... and classic monsters the Autons to boot. I was made up.

It was for me too... until I actually watched it!

[hivemind]

We shouldn't forget that during Colin Baker's period as the Doctor, a story was going to be commissioned called Yellow Fever and How to Cure It written by the legendary Dr Who Writer Robert Holmes. John Nathan-Turner the producer of Dr Who and the production team initially took steps to fully commission the script. The story was very ambitious and expensive to mount. The story was set in Singapore and included return appearences of the Master (Anthony Ainley) and the Rani played by (Kate O'Mara). And the return of the Autons. Both John Nathan-Turner and two other members of the production team visited parts of Singapore in 1985. The story itself was a three parter, and even as early as 1985 the production team started delivering studio design and planning shooting locations. The Autons were going to be more frightening than ever before. Some early designs were drawn up apparently. All three episodes had been fully commissioned on Feb 6th 1985. Judging by what i've read about this story, it would seem that Robert Holmes wanted to make Yellow Fever even more darker in story and tone than Spearhead from Space and Terror of the Autons. Yellow Fever was rejected by the BBC heads and was scrapped altogther with the unmade season of Dr Who in favour of Trial of a Time Lord (1986). This story had all the hallmarks of being up there with Caves of Androzani as Robert Holmes's best Dr Who Story of the 1980's.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Is this an old pic from filming Night of the Doctor or is a McGann spin off a possibility?

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by hivemind

We shouldn't forget that during Colin Baker's period as the Doctor, a story was going to be commissioned called Yellow Fever and How to Cure It written by the legendary Dr Who Writer Robert Holmes.

The other unfilmed stories for this season were: 'The Nightmare Fair', (by Graham Williams) which would have seen the return of The Celestial Toymaker,'The Ultimate Evil' (by Wally Daly) and finally 'Mission To Magnus', (by Philip Martin) which would have seen the return of both Sil and The Ice Warriors with 'Yellow Fever' being the final story

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by suziginajackson

The other unfilmed stories for this season were: 'The Nightmare Fair', (by Graham Williams) which would have seen the return of The Celestial Toymaker,'The Ultimate Evil' (by Wally Daly) and finally 'Mission To Magnus', (by Philip Martin) which would have seen the return of both Sil and The Ice Warriors with 'Yellow Fever' being the final story

After reading the Target books for these i really don't think we missed much.

[hivemind]

Originally Posted by suziginajackson

The other unfilmed stories for this season were: 'The Nightmare Fair', (by Graham Williams) which would have seen the return of The Celestial Toymaker,'The Ultimate Evil' (by Wally Daly) and finally 'Mission To Magnus', (by Philip Martin) which would have seen the return of both Sil and The Ice Warriors with 'Yellow Fever' being the final story

Yes. I still feel that the "missing season" of Dr Who was probably going to be the best season of Dr Who of the 1980's. Another one missing from above was another ambitious story which I believe was released by Big Finish audio. The Hollows of Time was written by Christopher H. Bidmead, and certainly would of been dark and followed the violent, dark format of Revelation of the Daleks and vengence on Varos. A few others I believe were being considered at the time as stories was The Children of January by Michael Feeney Callan which did get commissioned on Feb 6th 1985. League of Tandreds by Peter Grimwade had been considered as well but was abandoned around 1985. Even a story by Gary Hopkins which had not been given a title but was set in and around a nuclear power station with an unknown alien force controlling the workers at the nuclear power plant.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

This site specializes in lost stories for those interested. The Hidden Planet - The Colin Baker Era