RSS Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 A bunch of bullies show up and do a lot of, well, bullying while trying to enslave an alien race ("The Dominators"). Then the trio enters The Void and find themselves in the clutches of an evil mastermind ("The Mind Robber"). Before that, however, Mike makes an announcement about Chicago TARDIS. [ 1:02:56 || 28.9 MB ] The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/podcasts/biggerontheinside/episodes/bigger_026.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Any chance we can get the audio from the Chicago panel as episode 26.5 or 27.5 or an episode of Earth-2.net The Show? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 I hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 I've been out-Englished!! And congrats on the panel, Mike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakob1978 Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 another great podcast. I love the Mind Robber too...such an odd story. It's such good luck that of all the stories being filmed, it was during this one that Frazer Hines fell ill. That first episode is so odd, but good. It's the only episode to go out without a writers credit...as mentioned it was written and tagged onto the beginning of the story to make up for the loss of an episode of the Dominators, which caused a lot of trouble behind the scenes, it was edited down without any input from the writers (Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln, who had written the 2 Yeti stories). They were upset with the results, so it went out under a penname and they never wrote for the program again, which caused problems later on in the season because they were supposed to write a 3rd Yeti story set in Scotland which would have written out Jamie. It's part of the reason that the stories later on in S6 start getting longer, and written more at the last minute. The Master of the Land of Fiction, is clearly based on Frank Richards, who was a prolific writer of "boys own" stories in magazines like "Magnet". His most famous creation was a schoolboy called Billy Bunter. He was once in the Guiness book of Records as the most prolific writer in the english language, and is estimated to have written over 100 million words over his long career. Actually, the estate of Frank Richards complained to the BBC after the broadcast episode 3 of "Celestial Toymaker" because Cyril in the story (who even says his friends call him Billy) is so obviously a carbon copy of Billy Bunter, from the costume, look, performance. The BBC had to put out an announcement after episode 4 was broadcast saying that the similarity was coincidental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 15, 2009 Report Share Posted November 15, 2009 Had The Dominators been six parts long, I think I would have been down on it. Though I like the story, even I admit that the bullying was getting old. Adding another episode to it would have only made it worse. So I'm glad they cut it down to five. Though it sucks the writers felt screwed over and left, frankly, I'm glad we didn't get another Yeti story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 But, Mike!!! They're so cuddly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted November 16, 2009 Report Share Posted November 16, 2009 They look like they'd make great cuddle partners, but as foes they're kinda lame. I mean, they had to give the Yeti web-shooting guns for Base Under Siege #16 The Web of Fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakob1978 Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Incidentaly...you mentioned that the Krotons is available on Itunes to buy, but it's also available for free on BBC Worldwide's youtube channel part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck0is75v_sw part 2 - part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehby6mYIc10 part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHVAodVM11w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Yes, I believe it just came out this week, along with a few others (Edge of Destruction, Carnival of Monsters, Caves of Androzani). When we were recording they hadn't announced the release yet. Thanks for bringing that up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Paterson Posted November 18, 2009 Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Great episode again, chaps! I'm a big fan of the Mind Robber - as mentioned above, very lucky that this story was able to deal with the absence of Jamie and the addition of a (really spooky and atmospheric) extra episode. I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of the Krotons, which was actually the very first full story I ever saw, way back in 1991 I think. Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omnidragon Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 I like both these stories myself. The fighting dominators and the very interesting Mind Robber. I always love 2 of the last bits with the Domniators. Finding the Bomb the Doctor returned to them............ D1:Deactivate it! D2:I can't there no time! D1:OBEY Doctor:don't worry it was only a small eruption it will only affect the island Jamie:maybe but we happen to be on the Island. Doctor:OH MY WORD! I just have one final thing to say Command Accepted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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