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20th Aug 2012, 4:34 PM #51
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20th Aug 2012, 4:52 PM #52
"Too much Doctor Who!" I'd have been saying. "Sack Lambert! She's destroying the franchise!"
Si.
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20th Aug 2012, 6:04 PM #53
Hi Logo, good to 'see' you.
It would only have been a few weeks after the previous season had finished though, so might have seemed a bit less of an event. Wouldn't have been time for a huge load of anticipation to have grown, probably.
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20th Aug 2012, 7:57 PM #54
Plsnet Of Giants may not be the most dynamic of stories,although it's not too hard to see why it could quite easily have been the very first story...it also sets the template for the Pertwee era later on,as the threats and dangers such as a cat are part of everyday life...clearly the sets are the best thing about the show but I do like the added touches,such as Hartnell looking grimy as if he has been in a sink...and the sense of physical exhaustion portrayed by the regular cast
The reconstruction is good but not perfect,sure it jars seeing no constant flow in terms of video movement,and there is an obvious shot of the Doctor that gets repeated about 12 times,the impersonators do the job they are meant to do... impersonate and if you can suspend your disbelief its fascinating viewing at a glimpse of Doctor Who history that never was
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20th Aug 2012, 11:35 PM #55
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22nd Aug 2012, 12:58 PM #56
I have to make something of an apology to "Planet of the Giants" and eat a little humble pie. Episode 2 is quite a bit better than Episode 1, largely because it focusses on action. Also the sets just get better - the giant sink and drainpipe are just incredible. As Hartnell goes into the pipe he quotes Girls Aloud, which is a first.
Plus we get Jaqueline Hill giving us more fine acting, how refreshingly human that the trouble stems from someone simply not wanting to admit they have done something stupid.
Episode 3 sits somewhere between the two. When you realise it was butchered from two other episodes, it doesn't half notice - shots lurch into each other and you can practically see the scissors bearing down every few minutes. Dr Science leaves again at the end of Part 3, with lots of rubbish about the poison molecules not working as well when miniaturised. Also I'm pretty sure four inch-tall people couldn't light a match, due to safety reasons it takes quite a bit of effort when you are full-size (or is it just me? It's not the easiest thing to do is it?).
Ultimately it's odd that in a 'miniature people' story there is absolutely no drama with the travellers getting captured, or even discovered, by the "Giants". Forrester and co finish the story unaware that the tiny TARDIS crew were ever there.
Also best bit of Hartnell violence ever, as he sets light to an aerosol and then watches it EXPLODE IN SOMEBODY'S FACE. And they said Colin Baker was violent.
Oh, and the reconstructed Episodes 3 and 4 are... extraordinary.
Si.
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22nd Aug 2012, 1:10 PM #57
It isn't easy to light a match these days because we have "safety matches" but there are also matches called "strike anywhere matches" that are easier to light & do light on any rough surface, friction being the ignition.
These were more common years ago (having both parents as smokers there used to be a lot of matches around when I was young).
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23rd Aug 2012, 1:52 PM #58
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23rd Aug 2012, 9:16 PM #59
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24th Aug 2012, 2:40 PM #60
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I've seen whole picket lines made up of strike anywhere matches. Oh, those union hotheads!
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22nd Jun 2014, 10:22 AM #61
Just spotted a continuity error in the recon. There's a close up shot of Barbara writing down some notes with a pencil on a notepad. That pencil has a barcode on it......
Judging by the telephone exchange this is definitely not set in the "future", so it can't be explained by saying the story came from later than 1964.
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