Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ubiquitous Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Dr. Who The Pirate Planet Revisited (was: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-08 (Saturday)) Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 11:25:09 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 65 Message-ID: References: <1355321652.740334997.515083.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Injection-Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:25:10 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6084629f42a48dcd5ebe5d91803ad006"; logging-data="432035"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+zOrVrsUSRVYadAmpbWizxj/R7AlXF46Q=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:6U4ai8WZ5biW4J46qWM+Nj14id4= X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.12N (x86 32bit) Bytes: 3607 In article , arthur@alum.calberkeley.org wrote: > On 6/17/2024 2:36 PM, Nyssa wrote: >> anim8rfsk wrote: >>> Nyssa wrote: >>>> This all started because Ubi watched The Pirate Planet >>>> and complained that Tom Baker's cold sore distracted him >>>> from the story. >>>> >>>> I have the DVD for The Pirate Planet, so watched the >>>> episode to see what was going on. The injury was written >>>> into the story with the Doctor having a face-plant into >>>> the Tardis console when he and Romana went through some >>>> temporal turbulence. >>>> >>>> Since the DID was already in the player, I decided to >>>> finish watching the rest of the episodes this afternoon. >>>> Afterward I noticed that there was a commentary track, so >>>> restarted the first episode with commentary on. >>>> >>>> The commentators were the director and the actor who >>>> played the pirate captain. >>>> >>>> The mystery of the facial injury of Tom Baker was >>>> explained by the director. YAY! >>>> >>>> It seems that Baker was playing with a friend's dog, and >>>> the naughty dog bit him on the mouth, leaving the two >>>> cuts around the corner of his mouth. (Didn't the dog know >>>> that he was playing with a big celebrity?) The director >>>> and writer came up with the cover-up scene of the >>>> face-plant that gave a reason for the cuts for the rest >>>> of the four episodes. >>>> >>>> The intro to the initial scene on the Tardis where >>>> Baker's mouth was unhurt was taped after the cuts healed >>>> and was edited in to lead into the face-plant portion of >>>> the scene. >>>> >>>> So for all of you who have been losing sleep wondering >>>> about the Doctor's mysterious injury can now get some >>>> sleep. >>>> >>>> Nyssa, who probably could have found more productive >>>> things to do this afternoon, but at least she finally got >>>> the answer we've all been wondering about Doctor Who and >>>> his blemish >>> >>> Yay! I think I speak for everyone here when I thank you >>> for your sacrifice. >> >> :) >> > >This is considered a bad episode? I haven't watched it in at least 20 >years, but I have fond memories of it being my favorite in the key to >time series. And it's the only story in that series that I have any >real memory of the plot. In particular I recall K9 vs. the parrot. I had fond memories of it too before I started to watch it, too... It was really bad, and not in a "so bad it's good!" way, either. -- Let's go Brandon!