Liz's family home in Burton Joyce in
Nottinghamshire is based entirely on the family home of my
mate Nick Pegg. Oh look, Priory Mews is UNIT's Denham HQ -
which ties in I guess with Pyramids of Mars (out now on shiny
BBC DVD!). During the dream sequence, I thought it'd be fun
for Liz to see the Doctor in an angelic way, complete with
halo effect, as seen on Cho-Je/K'anpo at the Third Doctor's
regeneration scene in Planet of the Spiders. Oh and to my
knowledge Slough doesn't have a canal. And see, my evil
Virgoan brain has tried justifying why Sea Devils wear string
vests. Aww, how sweet. Nutra Sweet even...
Torture is a regular standard of my books. Usually heaped
upon bad guys by other bad guys. The torture of Marmaduke is
just sick isn't it? I love it. The man gets what he deserves.
Similarly, I love Auggi's reaction to Tahni being with the
Doctor on the submersible and her reasoning away its
destruction. I love mad people. Psychos are so much more fun
to write for.
As a Bond movie fan I often have to justify liking the less
well-liked movies such as License to Kill and A View to Kill.
In both cases, it's because whilst the central villains are
cartoonish, they are justified by the fact they are simply
psychos who enjoy killing. Watching Christopher Walken mowing
people down in the mines in the latter film, and just laughing
while doing so, is as perfect a justification for adoring his
villainy as any three dimensional Electras, Blofelds or
Strombergs.
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