That does sound neat. I'm particularly amused by Somewhereorotheristan's resemblance to Wales. {Smile}
It reminds me of a story told by a picture book writer-artist, James Runyon. When he was working on a picture book about papermaking set in the Asian plains, he drew hills, valleys, and slopes much like the land he lived in on the island of O'ahu. Later, some folks from the area the story was supposedly set contacted him to talk. They liked the story, but wanted to know what country he'd been drawing. He explained about the area he lived in. They sent him pictures of their home.
Flat. Completely flat. No hills, or valleys, or anything like that. James Runyon chuckled while he was describing it. {wink, Smile}
Exactly. I'm guessing Wales specifically, instead of Britain more generally, because the show's made by BBC Wales and location sets are generally as close as possible. (Back in the 1970s when the show was made in England, the typical alien planet looked like a gravelpit with all the backhoes and conveyor belts hiding just out of shot...)
In context, this place is probably meant to make the viewer think "oh, one of those silly little countries east of China that splintered off the old Soviet Union that I can never remember the names of"; but I'm fairly sure the typical ex-Soviet Central Asian republic is a lot more arid than Wales.
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It reminds me of a story told by a picture book writer-artist, James Runyon. When he was working on a picture book about papermaking set in the Asian plains, he drew hills, valleys, and slopes much like the land he lived in on the island of O'ahu. Later, some folks from the area the story was supposedly set contacted him to talk. They liked the story, but wanted to know what country he'd been drawing. He explained about the area he lived in. They sent him pictures of their home.
Flat. Completely flat. No hills, or valleys, or anything like that. James Runyon chuckled while he was describing it. {wink, Smile}
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In context, this place is probably meant to make the viewer think "oh, one of those silly little countries east of China that splintered off the old Soviet Union that I can never remember the names of"; but I'm fairly sure the typical ex-Soviet Central Asian republic is a lot more arid than Wales.
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