Huh. So Moff didn't just randomly add the TARDIS's invisibility feature for season 6. It's been there since...well...the original season 6. And for that reason I squeed loudly when the TARDIS turned invisible recently. Almost as much as the Doctor getting mail later on.
Ahhhh. It wasn't about availability, it was about the reduced importance of the character compared to the Yeti stories. That makes sense. it also had to do with that disagreement the powers that be had with Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman that someone else mentioned in a comment to your review of The Dominators. Lincoln and Haisman held the rights to those characters, so after they slammed the door the producer had do find an alternative.
IPOD! *uses appropriate icon*
"Look, Jamie, sandwiches." I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO WATCH THIS SCENE PROPERLY AND CERTAIN PEOPLE KNOW WHY. TWO AND JAMIE ARE SANDWICH LOVE.
This episode is certainly letting a lot of panty shots slide through, isn't it? Much to the joy of Frazer and Nick in the audio commentaries.
Yeah, when I saw the invisibility thing in New Who I was like "...what."
You would enjoy this. (It's the co-written fic I mentioned right after the sandwiches.)
I never imagined Nick being much of a skirt-chaser, but I think the Making Of for this story changed that.
The smile wasn't quite enough for me because it underlined the fact that he was being boastful. Still, he's a very good boy the rest of the time.
Ohhhhhhh yes, those pictures.
I WANT TO HEAR THIS POEM. WHY CAN'T IT BE AN EASTER EGG ON THE DVD.
You were completely right about Vaughn. I thought he was an excellent villain. My one beef with him, though, is that we never find out the origin of his cybernetic body. Did he have some sort of terminal illness and the Cybermen agreed to fix his body in exchange for his help? Was he a pre-constructed tool of the Cybermen all along like Professor Bracewell in Victory of the Daleks? Also, I can't help but wonder how much more effective that scene with him getting shot by Watkins would've been if we hadn't already heard him say
( ... )
Something interesting about Vaughn was the way that his injured eye seemed to open fully just fine when he was angry. It kind of startled me, because I was accustomed to the half-open eye, and suddenly he's yelling while glaring out of two open eyes.
I think the smile helped to give the impression he was poking fun of them a bit, which helped me groan a little less than I would have otherwise. In my mind it also explains why the girls didn't slap him silly. He does something similar in The War Games and in retaliation Zoe does what is probably my favourite bit of revenge ever - again, all thanks to the smile.
They very likely didn't film the party, which is a shame.
You're right, they never do explain, do they? Not even in the novelization (written by Ian Marter, by the way). And I agree, the fact Vaughn had mentioned it earlier ruins the surprise effect in that scene.
And for that reason I squeed loudly when the TARDIS turned invisible recently. Almost as much as the Doctor getting mail later on.
Ahhhh. It wasn't about availability, it was about the reduced importance of the character compared to the Yeti stories. That makes sense.
it also had to do with that disagreement the powers that be had with Henry Lincoln and Mervyn Haisman that someone else mentioned in a comment to your review of The Dominators. Lincoln and Haisman held the rights to those characters, so after they slammed the door the producer had do find an alternative.
IPOD! *uses appropriate icon*
"Look, Jamie, sandwiches." I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO WATCH THIS SCENE PROPERLY AND CERTAIN PEOPLE KNOW WHY.
TWO AND JAMIE ARE SANDWICH LOVE.
This episode is certainly letting a lot of panty shots slide through, isn't it?
Much to the joy of Frazer and Nick in the audio commentaries.
Actually, you know ( ... )
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You would enjoy this. (It's the co-written fic I mentioned right after the sandwiches.)
I never imagined Nick being much of a skirt-chaser, but I think the Making Of for this story changed that.
The smile wasn't quite enough for me because it underlined the fact that he was being boastful. Still, he's a very good boy the rest of the time.
Ohhhhhhh yes, those pictures.
I WANT TO HEAR THIS POEM. WHY CAN'T IT BE AN EASTER EGG ON THE DVD.
You were completely right about Vaughn. I thought he was an excellent villain. My one beef with him, though, is that we never find out the origin of his cybernetic body. Did he have some sort of terminal illness and the Cybermen agreed to fix his body in exchange for his help? Was he a pre-constructed tool of the Cybermen all along like Professor Bracewell in Victory of the Daleks? Also, I can't help but wonder how much more effective that scene with him getting shot by Watkins would've been if we hadn't already heard him say ( ... )
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I think the smile helped to give the impression he was poking fun of them a bit, which helped me groan a little less than I would have otherwise. In my mind it also explains why the girls didn't slap him silly. He does something similar in The War Games and in retaliation Zoe does what is probably my favourite bit of revenge ever - again, all thanks to the smile.
They very likely didn't film the party, which is a shame.
You're right, they never do explain, do they? Not even in the novelization (written by Ian Marter, by the way). And I agree, the fact Vaughn had mentioned it earlier ruins the surprise effect in that scene.
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