Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Doctor Who (1963) 8.01.X1

Life on Earth (2010)
34 minutes

This is the "making of" documentary for Terror of the Autons

People interviewed include
  • Barry Letts, producer
  • Terrance Dicks, script editor
  • Katy Manning, Jo Grant
  • Jon Pertwee, Doctor Who (interviewed in 1995)
  • Richard Franklin, Captain Mike Yates
  • Phil Collinson, producer (2004-08)
Topice discussed include
  • introduction of the Master, Jo Grant, Captain Mike Yates
  • the Autons
  • the Doctor's relationship with Jo
  • violence on the show
  • compare Classic Who to New Who
This was interesting but it wasn't exactly what I hoped it would be, about the making of Terror of the Autons. Instead what I got were the things described above, only some of which were related to the making of Terror of the Autons. Some of the topics like violence, relationships, and comparisons with the new show were a bit more general.


Plastic Fantastic
11 minutes

People interviewed include
  • Francesca Gavin, art writer and critic
  • Matthew Savage, new series designer
  • Robert Shearman, new series writer
  • Terrance Dicks, script editor
Topics discussed include
  • the spread of plastics into the home
  • the inherent appeal and distaste of plastics
  • different uses of plastics on the show and in real life
  • what makes plastic people scary

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