The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Listened to The Smugglers again.

I love it. In a way i appreciate it more with it not being in the archives as i imagine what it looks like which i'm sure will translate better than the actual episode as i picture it like the Hammer film Captain Clegg rather than painted studio backdrops.

[iank]

I'm pretty sure The Smugglers had an extensive amount of location shooting in Cornwall.

[Gothmogxx]

Watched The Dominators today for the first time in 2 and a half years or so.

Whats the issue with it?

Don't get me wrong its not the best story I've ever seen but its not terrible.

I guess if you look at the negatives yes the Quarks are a bit weak. I struggled very much to understand as word they were saying. They're not the worst: they at least do stuff that's threatening unlike the Yeti in Abominable Snowmen before they get their well needed upgrade.

Dulkis as a planet is a complete joke and so is their civilisation. The whole of Dulkis deserves to be invaded and quite frankly their entire population wiped out. Harsh but their attitude and weak stance on ANYTHING that threatens them is laughable. Speaking of threats... I liked the two Dominators. Usually you'd have one in charge and one following orders and that's it. Not here: the second in command repeatedly disobeys orders and spars with his superior. Its fun to watch and never dull unlike, er, the Dulcians and their weird society.

I loved the regulars here. Zoe is already accepted as a member of the team and they bounce off each other well with good banter. Jamie proves that he is the best male companion since Ian, leading the fight against the Quarks and doing an outstanding job. The Doctor satisfies as per usual...

Overall is it perfect? No but at least stuff is always happening in it. I found it far more easy to sit through than most of the historicals and Snowmen and Wheel from the last season. I look forward to The Mind Robber...

[Susan Foreman]

April 11th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1930 - Ronald Fraser (Joseph C in The Happiness Patrol)
1933 - Derek Martin (Mitchell in Image of the Fendahl and an extra & stuntman on The Romans, The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve, The Highlanders, The Web of Fear, The Ambassadors of Death, Inferno, The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos)

1965 - Peri Godbold (Doctor Who Magazine artist)
1974 - Adam Shaw (Morriss in Rise of the Cybermen)

Deaths
1977 - Dennis McCarthy (Rinberg voice in The Moonbase) aged 60
2005 - John Bennett (General Finch in Invasion of the Dinosaurs and Li H'Sen in The Talons of Weng-Chiang) aged 76

2010 - Richard Shaw (Lobos in The Space Museum, Cross in The Space Museum and Lakh in Underworld) died
2014 - Edna Bore (Maeve Griffiths in Fear Her) aged 92

Episodes
1964 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode One ('The Sea of Death'): 9.9 million viewers
1970 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode Four: 9.3 million viewers
2010 - Planet of the Dead: 9.54 million viewers

Documentaries
2010 - Doctor Who Confidential: Desert Storm

Releases
1994 - The Worlds of Doctor Who (Silva Screen Records)

1996 - Issue 238 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

2013 - Issue 315 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.)
2014 - Moonflesh, The Evil One and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 56 (Big Finish Productions)
2017 - The Helm of Awe (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
2011 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Silver Turk took place
2012 - Recording of Big Finish's audio adaptation of the unmade TV story The Dark Planet took place
2016 - Recording of the Big Finish audio How to Win Planets and Influence People took place

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by iank

I'm pretty sure The Smugglers had an extensive amount of location shooting in Cornwall.

Apparently there were 7 different locations used for the filming of 'The Smuggler' (or 'Doctor Who And The Pirates', as it was being called at the time!)

1: The beach at Nanjizal Bay, Penzance, Cornwall
Filmed: 19-20 Jun 1966

2: Bosistow Cliffs, Nanjizal, Cornwall
Filmed: 20 Jun 1966

3: The Village Church, Grade, Cornwall
Filmed: 21 Jun 1966

4: The Village, Church Cove, Cornwall
Filmed: 21 Jun 1966

5: The Squire's estate, Trenethick Barton, Cornwall
Filmed: 21 Jun 1966

6: The village inn, Trethewey Farm, Cornwall
Filmed: 22 Jun 1966

7: The Black Albatross (boat), Newlyn, Cornwall
Filmed: 23 Jun 1966

For anyone who travels a lot, this book is useful - Doctor Who - On Location. It's not a 'reading book', being nothing more than a catalogue of dates and places, but it's helpful when planning days out and holidays!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Shockeye, a cannibalistic Androgum from The Two Doctors (1985)

[Susan Foreman]

Did you realise that Androgum is an anagram of Gourmand, which the dictionary defines as: "a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much."

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Did you realise that Androgum is an anagram of Gourmand, which the dictionary defines as: "a person who enjoys eating and often eats too much."

No i didn't. Was it meant to be like that or just by chance.

[iank]

It was Bob Holmes, of course it was deliberate!

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iank

It was Bob Holmes, of course it was deliberate!

He'd have been better writing a decent story rather than playing word games.