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Destiny of the Daleks- another very bland episode I'm afraid. The Movellans though beautiful too look at, all you had to do was pull of their power pack. Somewhere along the way the missed what I thought could've lead to a reappearance or two. Kind of as these intelligent and thoughtful robots.
Lalla Ward is a nasty piece of work and a shite actress to boot, but I watch Destiny of the Daleks anyway because it has that wonderful Douglas Adams stamp on it. Tom Baker seemed inspired by Douglas' "vision", and his performances that season are all the better for it.
What makes you say she's a nasty piece of work? I admit I only met her for a quick autograph, but it was a small event where we were fairly up close for the Q&A session, on the day she seemed amiable enough. I can't say I think she's a poor actress. Even in that rubbish above she gave quite a spirited performance, and I reckon she has the edge on the other Romana (though I like the late Mary Tamm too) as far as characterisation goes.
But yes, Season 17 is where I actually stopped bothering watching for a very short while, and it was seeing the Nimon appear that did it. A serious contender for the worst story ever. I can take Tom's excesses actually, but not the general shoddiness of the productions. Having said that, when the Nimon were part of the Who exhibition in Madame Tussauds waxworks, it was a terrific exhibit roaring away. Every kid that passed jumped a mile!
Destiny of the Daleks is also rather tatty. Despite this it does have the great Roy Skelton doing some of his best Dalek voices and at his most Zippy-like! And again, Ward gives a great performance under the Dalek interrogation. The extras playing the various slaves however........
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I'm really going to have to listen to those commentaries Jim. I do remember lots of people (cast members, crew) saying Tom was something of a tyrant to work with. Janet Fielding is quite honest with him I'm sure on the Logopolis commentary. Also on record is when both Tom AND Lalla were on set, and were having an ongoing domestic, and that really could be hairy. Seems to me she's fiery and he's well, Tom and...
Don't get me wrong, I often feel she's a haughty type. At the end of the day, they still want her participation don't they? Being fans they will put up with quite a bit of shit for the stars to be on there. And am I right they have done Big Finish audios where she's the Romana in the stories? Of course played at different times and put together on the mixing desk no doubt...
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Can we believe "The Leisure Hive" is 40 years old now?
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Absolutely loved Leisure Hive on broadcast. The first episode was a mind blower. New titles, new theme arrangement (SACRILEGE!) and that new wonderful scoring from Peter Howell. Wasn't so keen on the new outfit for Tom. Producer John Nathan-Turner's misguided attempt to tone the actor down.
But there was a general improvement in creativity after the gutter level of the Nimon the season before.
Some great direction from Lovett Bickford who unfortunately went over budget, and therefore due to an unwritten rule, never worked on the show again.
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Absolutely loved Leisure Hive on broadcast. The first episode was a mind blower. New titles, new theme arrangement (SACRILEGE!) and that new wonderful scoring from Peter Howell. Wasn't so keen on the new outfit for Tom. Producer John Nathan-Turner's misguided attempt to tone the actor down.
But there was a general improvement in creativity after the gutter level of the Nimon the season before.
Some great direction from Lovett Bickford who unfortunately went over budget, and therefore due to an unwritten rule, never worked on the show again.
Wasn't he the one who opted for single camera set up?
Possibly. There are things at least in the opening episode that supports this.
However, Greame Harper directed The Caves of Androzani for Peter Davison's swansong. He was well known for getting down into the studio and among the cast etc., and until the reboot of 2005 his story looked like something else (ie. filmic). And both his work on Androzani and Roger Limb's music were reunited for Revelation of the Daleks for the last 'proper' season of Colin Baker. So Harper survived that unwritten rule. But he could have asked for the single camera thingy.
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Okay, How Many Nimons is the most fun we've had on Youtube in a while!!!
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Oh, and I'm up to Horns of Nimon now on my Tom marathon and I can't find my dvd of the story. I had fill my gap in my collection with Meglos quick as time seemed to be running out too. It's not like Nimon's a story anyone in their right mind would want to borrow!
Do you have "Shada" on home video?
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