CH19 The Three Doctors - Carnival of Monsters by Frontier in Space

Author:Frontier in Space
Format: epub

AAA AREER After she herself climbed through the hole, there was then a videotape edit while Manning moved to join Pertwee. During one take, Jon Pertwee’s boot skidded on the smooth Scope surface while running with Katy Manning, causing him to crash into the perspex tubing. Production was further held up by a bomb scare which turned out to be an overnight bag left in the studio by an effects assistant, which contained his ticking alarm clock. Complex CSO meant recording overran by 15 minutes. ith the first studio recording Wye: completed, all the cast apart from Pertwee and Manning were released, and rehearsals began for the second recording session back at Acton on Wednesday 21 June, scheduled to run until Sunday 2 July. Pertwee and Manning were now joined by the cast booked for the second block. Playing Commissioner Kalik was Michael Wisher, whom Letts had previously cast as Rex Farrel in Terror of the Autons. The other two Inter Minor officials were also Doctor Who veterans. Peter Halliday, playing Chairman Pletrac, was Packer in The Invasion [1968 - see Volume 13], as well as providing voices in Doctor Who and the Silurians [1970 - see Volume 15] and The Ambassadors of Death [1970 - see Volume 15]. Terence Lodge, cast as Orum, had been Medok in The Macra Terror |1967 - see Volume 10]; Barry Letts recalled the actor from when they had worked together in December 1963 on The Wringer, an episode of the ABC series The Avengers. As the two Lurman entertainers, Vorg and Shirna, Letts cast Cheryl Hall and Leslie Dwyer (with whom Letts had acted on Softly, Softly and then directed on Z Cars); like Jenny McCracken, Letts had previously shortlisted Cheryl Hall for the role of Jo in 1970. During rehearsals, Dwyer and Pertwee attempted to outdo each other in displaying their knowledge of carny Polari. When Hall suggested that Shirna could demonstrate the concept of entertainment to the officials by means of a tap dance, Letts agreed; however, he rejected Dwyer’s offer to play the spoons during her routine. While Episode Six of The Time Monster brought the 1972 series of Doctor Who to a close on Saturday 24 June, the following weekend the 1965 AARU cinema adaptation Dr Who and the Daleks was screened by BBC1 at 7.05pm in the High Adventure movie slot. Its 1966 sequel, Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., was scheduled as part of the same strand on Saturday 19 August. The sequences set on Inter Minor and two brief scenes in a small cave set were recorded over Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 July in Studio TC6 at Television Centre (this had originally been scheduled as TC3). As the Doctor and Jo did not feature DOCTOR WHO | THE COMPLETE HISTORY os Production Connections: Sonic settings ® The Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to ignite marsh gas and keep the Drashigs from attacking the time travellers. The device was used in similar fashion in The Sea Devils [1972 see Volume 18].

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