I know this has been done with places like Skaro and Peladon, but I think it could be taken advantage of more often. There was also the Ark, though that doesn't really count as a planet. The main reason, though, is that the powers that be didn't think sequels were very successful, in spite of results proving them otherwise. Still, they should have considered how money-saving a return to an established place could be, since it would have saved money - unless the existing sets, like the TARDIS interiors in this time, kept getting damaged.
I'd use the Evl Hugs icon for this comment, but since I've moved to DW by now and stopped having a paid account over here, that icon is now inactive. So have a smiling Jo instead.
Little bit of trivia: Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon was the very first novelization featuring Jo Grant, so Malcolm Hulke tweaked the story a bit to make book!Jo meet the Doctor for the first time in this story rather than someone who already had a relationship with him. Because of that, she's even more on the same footing as Ian and Barbara when the show began.
Another bit of trivia: Ashe was played by John Ringham, who had previously played the evil priest Tlotoxl in The Aztecs and revenue man Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, while Caldwell was played by Bernard Kay, who had been Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade and Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones, while Norton was played by Roy Skelton, the most popular Dalek voice ever.
(Remember when I was good at replying to my comments in a timely manner?)
Actually, I didn't count the Ark because that was all in one serial. But I appreciate smiling!Jo all the same.
Hmm, that's clever. I've actually accumulated a small collection of about half a dozen Target novels by now, but none of them are Three-based (unless you count The Five Doctors.)
Also, your ability to keep track of the Who's Who of Who never ceases to amaze me.
The Ark is a tricky example because you can either consider it as one single serial or two different two-parters, though being presented side by side ruins the surprise effect. Part of me would have liked to see each two-parter separated by a completely different serial, kind of like The Myth Makers standing between Mission to the Unknown and The Daleks' Master Plan.
It's definitely worth finding some Three-based novels. In particular, and since I mentioned Doomsday Weapon, you can always count on Malcolm Hulke for a good piece of story-telling, as he enriches the story with character information that's not possible to get in the serial.
Well, I usually have the help of the Television Companion, which is always by my computer table. :)
There was also the Ark, though that doesn't really count as a planet. The main reason, though, is that the powers that be didn't think sequels were very successful, in spite of results proving them otherwise. Still, they should have considered how money-saving a return to an established place could be, since it would have saved money - unless the existing sets, like the TARDIS interiors in this time, kept getting damaged.
I'd use the Evl Hugs icon for this comment, but since I've moved to DW by now and stopped having a paid account over here, that icon is now inactive. So have a smiling Jo instead.
Little bit of trivia: Doctor Who and the Doomsday Weapon was the very first novelization featuring Jo Grant, so Malcolm Hulke tweaked the story a bit to make book!Jo meet the Doctor for the first time in this story rather than someone who already had a relationship with him. Because of that, she's even more on the same footing as Ian and Barbara when the show began.
Another bit of trivia: Ashe was played by John Ringham, who had previously played the evil priest Tlotoxl in The Aztecs and revenue man Josiah Blake in The Smugglers, while Caldwell was played by Bernard Kay, who had been Tyler in The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Saladin in The Crusade and Inspector Crossland in The Faceless Ones, while Norton was played by Roy Skelton, the most popular Dalek voice ever.
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Actually, I didn't count the Ark because that was all in one serial. But I appreciate smiling!Jo all the same.
Hmm, that's clever. I've actually accumulated a small collection of about half a dozen Target novels by now, but none of them are Three-based (unless you count The Five Doctors.)
Also, your ability to keep track of the Who's Who of Who never ceases to amaze me.
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It's definitely worth finding some Three-based novels. In particular, and since I mentioned Doomsday Weapon, you can always count on Malcolm Hulke for a good piece of story-telling, as he enriches the story with character information that's not possible to get in the serial.
Well, I usually have the help of the Television Companion, which is always by my computer table. :)
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