The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Classic Doctor Who DVD Guide

#14: The Talons Of Weng-Chiang

Special features

Disc 2
'Blue Peter' (dur 26.01) - Excerpt from a strike-hit Blue Peter, presenting the show from the studio set for Tom Baker's first story, 'Robot', plus a 25-minute item on how to make a Doctor Who puppet theatre, complete with scenery, monsters and even sound effects

A 3-disc Special Edition of this story was later released as part of the 'Revisitations 1' box set

Special features:

Disc 3
Blue Peter Theatre (dur. 25.58) - starts with a 1974 introduction, featuring a strike-bound Blue Peter team having to leave their usual studio and present the programme from the set of the first Tom Baker story, then continues with a series of articles from 1977 in which the team make a Doctor Who theatre, complete with sets and monsters and, with the help of Dick Mills, show how to make your own sound effects to accompany the performance

Back in the day when kids were allowed to be dexterous, imaginative and capable of providing their own entertainment...and also being able to use scissors (with the health and safety police knocking at the door)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Back in the day when kids were allowed to be dexterous, imaginative and capable of providing their own entertainment...and also being able to use scissors (with the health and safety police knocking at the door)

I doubt they'd have Leela with a knife either nowadays.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I doubt they'd have Leela with a knife either nowadays.

Have you listened to the commentary on '...Weng-Chiang'?

There are quite a lot of occasions when someone states 'you would NEVER be able to get away with that today!'

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Have you listened to the commentary on '...Weng-Chiang'?

There are quite a lot of occasions when someone states 'you would NEVER be able to get away with that today!'

No i never have. Although i now watch all the extras (i didn't use to) i very rarely bother with a commentary.

I should listen to them as i've enjoyed the few i have listened to.

Do you always listen to them, Susan? Are there any you really enjoyed and recommend?

[Susan Foreman]

Looking thru '...the folder' says that over the years, the only commentaries I have not listened to in their entirety are 'The Mind Of Evil', (which I found 'tedious') and 'Power Of The Daleks', (due to lack of time. I've also not had time to do the telesnaps reconstruction of this story).

Ironically, the commentary to 'Sleep No More' sent me to sleep, so I have not completed that one either

Best and worst? I don't know because there are so many of them, but saying that...the ones with Peter Davison and Janet Fielding are always good fun due to the chemistry between the two. I also enjoyed the Colin Baker ones and the Sylvester McCoy ones

It's a real shame there are no real commentaries with William, (and especially) Patrick and Jon because I think they would be fascinating

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Looking thru '...the folder' says that over the years, the only commentaries I have not listened to in their entirety are 'The Mind Of Evil', (which I found 'tedious') and 'Power Of The Daleks', (due to lack of time. I've also not had time to do the telesnaps reconstruction of this story).

Ironically, the commentary to 'Sleep No More' sent me to sleep, so I have not completed that one either

Best and worst? I don't know because there are so many of them, but saying that...the ones with Peter Davison and Janet Fielding are always good fun due to the chemistry between the two. I also enjoyed the Colin Baker ones and the Sylvester McCoy ones

It's a real shame there are no real commentaries with William, (and especially) Patrick and Jon because I think they would be fascinating

The few i've listened to have been with Davison and Fielding. Usually to hear what they say about Matthew Waterhouse.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The few i've listened to have been with Davison and Fielding. Usually to hear whet they say about Matthew Waterhouse.

Oh yes. The 'hands in the pockets' acting, or is that Mark Strickson??

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Oh yes. The 'hands in the pockets' acting, or is that Mark Strickson??

It's probably Strickson as he often had his hands in his blazer pockets.

[Demoncrat]

Then I highly recommend the Earthshock comm... Talons ...Pirate Planet ...Ribos ...Kroll ...Green Death

Just picked up HB edition of Who's There? Jessica Carney's book about her grandad ....William Hartnell
Anyone read this??

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

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