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Dimensions in Time
donovan5
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I just watched this today,after hearing for years how awful it was I was pleasantly surprised.
Sure there's no real plot and I could do without Noel Edmunds intro,but as a throwaway episode it's quite a good laugh.
Very interesting to see how differently people had aged as well,Tom looked a bit decrepit and I didn't recognise Sarah Sutton,but Pertwee still looked fantastic,tall strong athletic and every inch still the Doctor,a shock to think he would be gone a few years later.
Anyhow for a bit of old nostalgia it was a worthwhile "waste of time"
Sure there's no real plot and I could do without Noel Edmunds intro,but as a throwaway episode it's quite a good laugh.
Very interesting to see how differently people had aged as well,Tom looked a bit decrepit and I didn't recognise Sarah Sutton,but Pertwee still looked fantastic,tall strong athletic and every inch still the Doctor,a shock to think he would be gone a few years later.
Anyhow for a bit of old nostalgia it was a worthwhile "waste of time"
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1. It means that 6 and the Brigadier have had a televised adventure.
2. It looks like Romana is interrupted whilst going for a pee in the Mitchell brothers' garage.
2b. I like the thought of Romana having had a conversation with the Mitchell brothers.
3. Saying that you count "Dimensions In Time" really annoys the type of fan who takes Doctor Who far too seriously.
You can download The Spectre of Lanyon Moor for three quid from Big Finish dotcom, and it's really good. And it's fun to imagine the visuals. Better than trying to justify DiT.
The Richard Marson JN-T book says there was zero interest from management in Who at the time, DiT was simply an experiment into the demand for and feasibly of 3D programming.
There was supposed to be a book about John Nathan-Turner out last year, but every attempt to try and get it, failed. Every time I went to amazon.co.uk, they said that the book was out of stock. Now they say that they don't know if they are going to get it.
What I don't get, is, if the publisher has had problems getting the book out there, then how comes a lot of people say that they've got it?
Just don't get it. I'm confused.
Edit - I had the same problem trying to get the book on Patrick Troughton, written by one of his sons, Michael. Now you cannot get that book for love nor money. There seems to be a problem with the publisher. Tut! Tut!
The Troughton book is being reissued soon and will be available on amazon when it is according to a post on 21st August on Michael Troughton's facebook.
I got the JNT book from the publisher, Miwk- http://www.miwkpublishing.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=63&product_id=50
But I agree with Trollface. It's fun for what it is.
I could, but then I'd have 2 copies, which seems a little pointless.
I don't see that it has to be either/or.
That's pretty much true from Davison onwards.
There's a short story in which 7 refers to it as a nightmare he's just had...
The JNT book is still available. It's jawdropping. Proper, page-turning, muck-raking scandal. "Juicy" aint the word.
It's rubbish really, and DiT knows that it's rubbish too, but it simply doesn't care and as such it's quite a laugh. Which is exactly what it's meant to be.
I don't count it as 'proper' Doctor Who, but after reading your third reason, above, I may well start!!
Tell a lie, it wasn't a short story, it was in the novel First Frontier. "I once had [a nightmare] where all my old foes chased me round a soap opera."
Probably seems quite a simple plot now after Series 5 and 6 of New Who!