Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nyssa Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Dr. Who The Pirate Planet Revisited (was: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-08 (Saturday)) Followup-To: rec.arts.tv Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:36:17 -0400 Organization: At River's End Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: <1355321652.740334997.515083.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:35:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="58c4c3b0d03905a7ff7c4cb6f2d0978c"; logging-data="996044"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+SvveaJkj4/OsnMNLjupCI" User-Agent: KNode/4.3.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ialZ59KvoDwfdds4FwD/x8U9AP0= Bytes: 3024 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. > :) Nyssa, who was willing to take one for the team