Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Dr. Who The Pirate Planet Revisited (was: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-08 (Saturday)) Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:49:55 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <1355321652.740334997.515083.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:49:56 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="32a55f3397910c0303e303f1773c8293"; logging-data="3813428"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18qT+5+NwPdAoLdOWsFgAi6eZZ1IjnzDp8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:fppH7rcUiQQiKuX5o6DU08uaBH0= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3560 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. >> > > :) > > Nyssa, who was willing to take one for the team > 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.