Path: ...!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 19:42:18 +0000 Subject: Re: Doctor Who "The Sun Makers" November and December 1977 Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho,uk.media.tv.sf.drwho,rec.arts.sf.tv,rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.sf.fandom References: From: % Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2024 12:42:18 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.18.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: AVG (VPS 240604-2, 2024-6-4), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Message-ID: Lines: 47 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-fpTkNF6YH7/gb08nd60brlSiYTzBLxf8Oal0MffSRf2qMfNHPF+bJFW+9r2t90LqYhV5ls5w2oF4ODN!w5ve4KvtfFmnr5hDFR3q4QO1uLq8m9gIuhaVzT4aK51cADgb/n9FbjGlZ0ZK8pc6wrwxDsNaDCCB X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3735 Adam H. Kerman wrote: > I don't subscribe to any streaming services and haven't seen Doctor Who > since Disney+ took over distribution. I may not be missing much, I know. > > I obtained DVDs from the library, starting with one of my favorite > episodes, "The Sun Makers". This episode made quite the impression on > me as a child. It's farewell to Leela's original costume, the leather > leotard. (The transition to the leather dress costume is in "Image of the > Fendahl", later in production but broadcast first. The dress is lighter > in color.) Louise Jameson was sexy as hell in the original costume -- > all leg -- and the costumer was told to make her look even sexier in the > replacement costume. Which do you prefer? > > I've mentioned before that she corrupted my childhood, yes? > > Everything is right with this episode. A pissed off writer was dealing > with Inland Revenue. He was highly motivated to make the corrosive > effects of taxation a main part of the plot, and there are pointed > references to Inland Revenue throughout the episode. Because Tom Baker > and Louise Jameson were not getting along, they don't share too many > scenes. Leela gets to lead plenty of the action and makes several > rousing speeches. The actress has said this was her best episode, and I > think you might agree. > > The Fourth Doctor just works best in social satire; Baker's performance > is a delight. > > The decision has been made to keep K9 as a companion; the prop was > originally intended to be used for "The Invisible Enemy" only; K9 is > broken in "Image of the Fendahl" and has no lines. John Leeson is back > in the voice cast. There's nothing wrong with David Brierly's > performance in the 17th season; I just expect him to sound like Leeson. > > The main enemy, the Collector, is a Usurian, which is hysterical. Good > performance by Henry Woolf. Even more memorable are the henchmen Hade > (Richard Leech) and Marn (Jonina Scott), and the way the obsequious Hade > addresses the Collector. > > Some of the supporting characters are fully drawn and used effectively, > especially Cordo (Roy Macready). It's an early role for Michael Keating, > who was cast as Vila in Blake's 7 due to his performance in this > episode. > > Yeah, too much action takes place in very long corridors lacking set > decoration, but we will forgive that. > yay