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From: Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net>
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Subject: Re: Dr. Who The Pirate Planet Revisited (was: What Did You Watch? 2024-06-08 (Saturday))
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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:36:17 -0400
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anim8rfsk wrote:

> Nyssa <Nyssa@LogicalInsight.net> 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