Episode 41

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Closing out the 10th season, the Daleks invade a planet to learn the secrets of invisibility ("Planet of the Daleks"), and, back on Earth, mutated maggots overrun a small town ("The Green Death"). Also, Jo makes her exit from the program. Did the hosts finally come to admire the companion they've been rather cold on? Click it to find out! [ 1:04:40 || 29.6 MB ]

The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/podcasts/biggerontheinside/episodes/bigger_041.mp3

[Missy]

Pardon the one-day delay in posting the episode. I was out all weekend, and only just now found the time to edit it.

[Stavros]

Wow, I'm looking forward to this one. I have the vaguest possible memory of the Green Death, a vivid image of a giant maggot on a moor somewhere, and that's about it. Fascinating to see what the actual plot was.

[jakob1978]

another fun episode

Planet of the Daleks is pretty awful. The actor playing the invisible alien (Roy Skelton), didn't voice Ice Warriors, but he is a regular voice artist on the show, and did Dalek Voices (including in Planet of the Daleks, and continued to do them right up to the seventh doctor's era), Cybermen voices (he did the singsong voice in their first episode). He was also in the Green Death (he played the hypnotised guy, Mr James, in episode 5 who suddenly appears, replacing the character of Elgin who appeared in the first 4 episodes. The actor playing Elgin suffered from a sudden illness during filming and had to drop out so they created a new character, and cast Skelton)...but of course to UK fans he'll be forever the voice of 2 childrens puppets in a show called Rainbow. Planet also features one of hte worst of the Pertwee Moralising speeches about not glorifying war....has all the subtlety of a sledgehammer!!

The Green Death is very good though. I'm sure that the klutzy Jo moment is a direct parallel of her entrance in Terror of the Autons...in both she stumbles into the room and ruins an experiment. The actor who played Jones was actually Katy Manning's boyfriend at the time of the filming. Some of the maggots are famously made from condoms and the ones you see closeup are made with ratskulls, which is really effective. I think it's best to gloss over the Doctor's drinkdriving at the end though :-)

[Stavros]

James Corden is a decent actor and co-creator of hugely successful comedy Gavin & Stacey, which is a good show. The problem most people have with his is everything he's done beyond that since has been a cynical promotion to make him a big name in TV. Basically he's an actor who TV channels confused with being a comedian and in spite of his consistent failure in that area he continues to be heavily promoted by BOTH major networks.

On top of that a lot of comedians have stepped up to express a negative opinion of him, more than could be explained by mere professional jealousy (and with more specific complaints than just 'he's shit').

[slothian]

James Corden is a decent actor and co-creator of hugely successful comedy Gavin & Stacey, which is a good show. The problem most people have with his is everything he's done beyond that since has been a cynical promotion to make him a big name in TV. Basically he's an actor who TV channels confused with being a comedian and in spite of his consistent failure in that area he continues to be heavily promoted by BOTH major networks.

And Sky. He's filled the gap left by Russell Brand as the British media's major irritant. Still, I liked him in The Lodger because, yes, he's a decent enough actor.

It's really interesting hearing the discussion about Jo, seeing as Adam loves her, Tom hates her and you two fall in the middle. It's also timely if she & Doctor 11 are showing up in the Sarah Jane Adventures this year, as I'll know what to expect (sort of) when I catch that episode.