Marshdweller
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There was an episode of the original Star Trek where Kirk and Spock were chased by a lava monster. It looked like a badly cut slab of lasagna but freaked me out to a disproportionate extent.
I watched this very episode again for the first time in decades just the other day lol (Spocks mind-meld, truely shakespearian acting at its hammiest from Nimoy haha)There was an episode of the original Star Trek where Kirk and Spock were chased by a lava monster. It looked like a badly cut slab of lasagna but freaked me out to a disproportionate extent.
There's a Mummy on that list which had it's first appearance in 2013 but weren't there mummies back in the Pertwee/Baker days?Is it a coincidence that some of us who grew up watching Doctor Who in its infancy, have ended up here...
https://thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctorwho/characters/aliens/
There were robots that looked like mummys in the episode 'pyramids of Mars'There's a Mummy on that list which had it's first appearance in 2013 but weren't there mummies back in the Pertwee/Baker days?
The whole list is very dodgy and arbitrary. It misses out many races of aliens from the years.There's a Mummy on that list which had it's first appearance in 2013 but weren't there mummies back in the Pertwee/Baker days?
Also Dinosaurs? I saw that on a book cover, a T-rex walking past St Paul's Cathedral. Don't know if it was on telly.The whole list is very dodgy and arbitrary. It misses out many races of aliens from the years.
There are at least a couple of episodes of Dr Who featuring a T-RexAlso Dinosaurs? I saw that on a book cover, a T-rex walking past St Paul's Cathedral. Don't know if it was on telly.
And also Dinosaurs on a Space Ship. The first appearance of dinosaurs was in 1970 in the Silurians. They don’t have things like the venom grubs from the Dalek Invasion of Earth. And there are some random robots included when others just as important are excluded.
To be honest doing a list like this is setting yourself up to miss somethings out.And also Dinosaurs on a Space Ship. The first appearance of dinosaurs was in 1970 in the Silurians. They don’t have things like the venom grubs from the Dalek Invasion of Earth. And there are some random robots included when others just as important are excluded.
I believe the Silurians 'dinosaur' was something they created rather than a real dinosaur lolAnd also Dinosaurs on a Space Ship. The first appearance of dinosaurs was in 1970 in the Silurians. They don’t have things like the venom grubs from the Dalek Invasion of Earth. And there are some random robots included when others just as important are excluded.
Nope it’s a dinosaur, the novelisation of the story calls it multiple times a T. rex. It’s never named in the episode, BBC documentation refers to it as a supposedly extinct dinosaur and the call sheets for the recording call it Bertram the friendly monster!I believe the Silurians 'dinosaur' was something they created rather than a real dinosaur lol
I was just going by this:-Nope it’s a dinosaur, the novelisation of the story calls it multiple times a T. rex. It’s never named in the episode, BBC documentation refers to it as a supposedly extinct dinosaur and the call sheets for the recording call it Bertram the friendly monster!
The relevant part in the script saysI was just going by this:-
According to one account, the Tyrannosaur species that guarded the Silurian caves in Wenley Moor was in fact a Tyrannosaurus rex. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters). However, another account suggested that this was a species genetically created by the Silurians themselves, with the Doctor stating that he did not recognise it from the Mesozoic age. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Tyrannosaurus_rex
Not a T-Rex thenThe relevant part in the script says
DOCTOR: Anybody would think you were disappointed that I didn't get lost.
LIZ: Come on, Doctor. You get everyone worried, then turn up safe and sound.
BAKER: You shouldn't have gone, sir.
DOCTOR: Well, it produced results, didn't it?
BRIGADIER: Subterranean Loch Ness monster? Very helpful.
DOCTOR: Oh, so you don't believe me?
BRIGADIER: Oh, I believe you saw something. The question is what.
LIZ: You weren't very specific.
DOCTOR: Well, I hardly had time to draw its picture, did I? All I can tell you is that it was something very, very large, and something very, very alive.
LIZ: Could it have been prehistoric?
DOCTOR: Well, it was certainly some kind of dinosaur. Certainly nothing that I've ever seen before, though.
BAKER: In museums, you mean?
DOCTOR: No, I do not mean in museums. Well, on second thoughts, perhaps, perhaps I do, yes.
He later on describes it as something that died out millions of years ago.
In the televised story there is no suggestion that the creature was made by the Silurians, it was simply a dinosaur that died out millions of years ago that the Doctor did not recognise.
I'm thinking of the Pertwee one in the middle, but with much more primitive effects of course.
I have to admit that, although i have watched DW for years im no expert on the programmeThe relevant part in the script says
DOCTOR: Anybody would think you were disappointed that I didn't get lost.
LIZ: Come on, Doctor. You get everyone worried, then turn up safe and sound.
BAKER: You shouldn't have gone, sir.
DOCTOR: Well, it produced results, didn't it?
BRIGADIER: Subterranean Loch Ness monster? Very helpful.
DOCTOR: Oh, so you don't believe me?
BRIGADIER: Oh, I believe you saw something. The question is what.
LIZ: You weren't very specific.
DOCTOR: Well, I hardly had time to draw its picture, did I? All I can tell you is that it was something very, very large, and something very, very alive.
LIZ: Could it have been prehistoric?
DOCTOR: Well, it was certainly some kind of dinosaur. Certainly nothing that I've ever seen before, though.
BAKER: In museums, you mean?
DOCTOR: No, I do not mean in museums. Well, on second thoughts, perhaps, perhaps I do, yes.
He later on describes it as something that died out millions of years ago.
In the televised story there is no suggestion that the creature was made by the Silurians, it was simply a dinosaur that died out millions of years ago that the Doctor did not recognise.
No, the first T. rex in the show is the Dinosaur InvasionNot a T-Rex then
The most traumatic thing ever was when my dad took me to see a traditional, 'Punch and Judy' show, replete with a crocodile, assault with a large stick and all portrayed right in front of you as 'real'.
Which as a 4-5 year old, it was.
"That's the way to do it"...
hormonal 20 year old male idiot whose main concerns were beer and girls
The relevant part in the script says
DOCTOR: Anybody would think you were disappointed that I didn't get lost.
LIZ: Come on, Doctor. You get everyone worried, then turn up safe and sound.
BAKER: You shouldn't have gone, sir.
DOCTOR: Well, it produced results, didn't it?
BRIGADIER: Subterranean Loch Ness monster? Very helpful.
DOCTOR: Oh, so you don't believe me?
BRIGADIER: Oh, I believe you saw something. The question is what.
LIZ: You weren't very specific.
DOCTOR: Well, I hardly had time to draw its picture, did I? All I can tell you is that it was something very, very large, and something very, very alive.
LIZ: Could it have been prehistoric?
DOCTOR: Well, it was certainly some kind of dinosaur. Certainly nothing that I've ever seen before, though.
BAKER: In museums, you mean?
DOCTOR: No, I do not mean in museums. Well, on second thoughts, perhaps, perhaps I do, yes.
He later on describes it as something that died out millions of years ago.
In the televised story there is no suggestion that the creature was made by the Silurians, it was simply a dinosaur that died out millions of years ago that the Doctor did not recognise.
So none of you have to use the subway (aka metro), or you take the stairs? I got used to them living in Toronto and taking the subway. Come on, you can do it!I had to visit local Tesco, which has them, yesterday and realised I genuinely do not.
Anyone else still hesitate and count to three before stepping on, then jump off at the end... just in case.
I had to visit local Tesco, which has them, yesterday and realised I genuinely do not.
Anyone else still hesitate and count to three before stepping on, then jump off at the end... just in case.
Escalators.
I still don't trust them.
Me neither! I can remember standing at the bottom of one of the great long bu88ers in the London Underground watching my parents (who assumed I'd followed them on) disappearing. I'd burst into tears and then a total stranger picked me and put me on! 65 years later I'm still avoiding the damn things!
Sollywos x
You're right about the ham acting but, in concept, the Horta was quite new. It wasn't a "god-like Being", it wasn't a bloke with funny make-up who we could speak to. It was a genuine alien. After the Horta, it took a while to get to the ST:TNG episode "Darmok" to push the same boundaries.I watched this very episode again for the first time in decades just the other day lol (Spocks mind-meld, truely shakespearian acting at its hammiest from Nimoy haha)
I agree it is a good story, pretty enviromentalist for its day, and a 'look in the mirror and ask who is the monster' type attitude, definitely my favourite from the original series.Escalators? Meh.
I've used so many over the years, while being sober, drunk, overladen with luggage, just plain bored, I have never ever been scared of using them. I can see many You Tube horror accounts of escalator accidents - up to and including the Kings Cross fire - and it never occurs to me "Eeek! I've had a lucky escape!"*
You're right about the ham acting but, in concept, the Horta was quite new. It wasn't a "god-like Being", it wasn't a bloke with funny make-up who we could speak to. It was a genuine alien. After the Horta, it took a while to get to the ST:TNG episode "Darmok" to push the same boundaries.
And, yeah, it was a bloke on what could be described as a skateboard. But at least it wasn't a bloke in a gorilla suit, the head replaced by a divers helmet!
* Naturally I do not discount peoples fears. But they are their own, not mine. Like arachnophobes - I sympathise but cannot feel the same.
I remember an episode of Crossroads.