tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post7679216562199615214..comments2023-06-09T20:38:29.990+10:00Comments on If *I* Had Written...: SlipBack Draft ScriptYouth of Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-36832370650423197522007-04-15T14:30:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:30:00.000+10:00Ah, right. Right. Right.(Still can't remember him!...<I>Ah, right. Right. Right.<BR/>(Still can't remember him! Like many stories seen it once, a while ago...)</I><BR/>The dude in the cowboy hat who kept saying "Narnteensextysex in Allabama!"<BR/><BR/><I>It's a very bizarre experience reading the scripts after having seen the New Series Daleks in action...</I><BR/>It's bizarre experience after having seen the immediate Dalek story previous. It's like Timeflight after Deadly Assassin...<BR/><BR/><I>Hmm, I had a feeling that was coming...</I><BR/>Clever sod, aren't you.<BR/><BR/><I>My memory of the script is so sketchy I probably won't be sure what bits are yours and which are mine...</I><BR/>maybe...<BR/><BR/><I>just so long as you don't trash the continuity links with Androgum. Even though you hated them.</I><BR/>Oh no. Radiation sickness, fights with Androgums, all still present and correct.<BR/><BR/><I>Nah, mate, it's absolutely brilliant.<BR/>I'd go into more detail but it's well and truly bedtime...</I><BR/>Sleep the sleep of the just, dude.Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-10763473095847562952007-04-15T14:27:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:27:00.000+10:00He was the incredibly annoying American that ruine...<I>He was the incredibly annoying American that ruined the Daleks' credibility because they didn't exterminate him outright. The novelization justifies this as a typically sadistic Dalek move, by letting the American make life hell for its fellow humans...</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, right. Right. Right.<BR/><BR/>(Still can't remember him! Like many stories seen it once, a while ago...)<BR/><BR/><I>Seriously though, I just can't believe it was written like that. Daleks forgetting their lines, unconvincing robot replicas and... it was ALL SCRIPTED! ON PURPOSE!</I><BR/><BR/>It's a very bizarre experience reading the scripts after having seen the New Series Daleks in action...<BR/><BR/><I>Now I've mucked about with Slipback, I might attack that bit of TCAT you sent me. Bwahahahaha.</I><BR/><BR/>Hmm, I had a feeling that was coming...<BR/><BR/>My memory of the script is so sketchy I probably won't be sure what bits are yours and which are mine... just so long as you don't trash the continuity links with Androgum. Even though you hated them.<BR/><BR/><I>Hope the ending of Enemy doesn't suck.</I><BR/><BR/>Nah, mate, it's absolutely brilliant.<BR/><BR/>I'd go into more detail but it's well and truly bedtime...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-10166287063104904902007-04-15T14:24:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:24:00.000+10:00Well, I blocked out everything in The Chase save f...<I>Well, I blocked out everything in The Chase save for the Marie Celeste scenes and the hilariously unconvincing robot Doctor. I just know Purvesy was in it twice from reading it online...</I><BR/>He was the incredibly annoying American that ruined the Daleks' credibility because they didn't exterminate him outright. The novelization justifies this as a typically sadistic Dalek move, by letting the American make life hell for its fellow humans...<BR/><BR/>Seriously though, I just can't believe it was written like that. Daleks forgetting their lines, unconvincing robot replicas and... it was ALL SCRIPTED! ON PURPOSE!<BR/><BR/>It's like Terry Nation got concussed and started calling himself Ed Wood...<BR/><BR/><I>Ah. I knew he had some catchy title..</I><BR/>To mirror his title of The Sherrif in The Legend of Robin Hood.<BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnuMLwYhQDQ&mode=related&search=<BR/><BR/><I>Hmm. Sounds like someone else is a fan...</I><BR/>I had an asthma attack that last review was so cool.<BR/><BR/><I>Well, tell Cam that's his cast list for Hollows of Time. Problem solved.</I><BR/>Damn it! Great minds think alike.<BR/><BR/><I>In seriousness I was wondering about Brian Croucher for the role of the boo-hiss badguy in To Catch a Thief...</I><BR/>Oh fair enough. Now I've mucked about with Slipback, I might attack that bit of TCAT you sent me. Bwahahahaha.<BR/><BR/>Hope the ending of Enemy doesn't suck.Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-3951293794890304302007-04-15T14:22:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:22:00.000+10:00Oh, and haven't finished Enemy yet - reading it no...Oh, and haven't finished Enemy yet - reading it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-82791735309092080072007-04-15T14:20:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:20:00.000+10:00Yeah, but he had the bonus of the first role being...<I>Yeah, but he had the bonus of the first role being so utterly annoying the audience blocked it out.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I blocked out everything in The Chase save for the Marie Celeste scenes and the hilariously unconvincing robot Doctor. I just know Purvesy was in it twice from reading it online...<BR/><BR/><I>He's a fan! I just think of him as The Minister.</I><BR/><BR/>Ah. I knew he had some catchy title..<BR/><BR/><I>As "the Rac" would say, it's so wrong, but feels SO right...</I><BR/><BR/>Hmm. Sounds like someone else is a fan...<BR/><BR/><I>that just leaves<BR/>David Jackson<BR/>Josette Simon<BR/>Jan Chappel<BR/>Brian Croucher<BR/>Steven Grief<BR/>Sally Knyvette</I><BR/><BR/>Well, tell Cam that's his cast list for Hollows of Time. Problem solved.<BR/><BR/>In seriousness I was wondering about Brian Croucher for the role of the boo-hiss badguy in <B>To Catch a Thief...</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-55775564469437335572007-04-15T14:18:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:18:00.000+10:00Well, apparently Peter Purves played two different...<I>Well, apparently Peter Purves played two different roles in his very first story...</I><BR/>Yeah, but he had the bonus of the first role being so utterly annoying the audience blocked it out.<BR/><BR/><I>But, please, a modicum of restraint. Remember that Paul Darrow also starred in our (by which I mean "not actually mine") alt-Twin Dilemna as, erm... Councillor Azlan?</I><BR/>He's a fan! I just think of him as The Minister.<BR/><BR/><I>I think that was it. Anyway, my point is that three appearances in two seasons could be somewhat excessive.</I><BR/>As "the Rac" would say, it's so wrong, but feels SO right...<BR/><BR/><I>Besides, if we double up how are we going to attain our blatantly obvious subliminal goal of featuring every B7 cast member in the one season?(How's this: Michael Keating as HG Wells?)</I><BR/><BR/>That SO works. So, we've got<BR/><BR/>Paul Darrow - TimeLash<BR/>Michael Keating - TimeLash<BR/>Glynis Barber - Attack of the Cybermen<BR/>Peter Tuddenham - Attack of the Cybermen<BR/>Stephen Pacey - Slipback<BR/>Jacqueline Pearce - The Androgum Inheritance<BR/>...<BR/>that just leaves<BR/>David Jackson<BR/>Josette Simon<BR/>Jan Chappel<BR/>Brian Croucher<BR/>Steven Grief<BR/>Sally Knyvette<BR/><BR/>BTW, what did you think of the denoument to The Enemy Within?Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-78724140395790864262007-04-15T14:13:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:13:00.000+10:00Well, apparently Peter Purves played two different...Well, apparently Peter Purves played two different roles in his very first <I>story...</I><BR/><BR/>But, please, a modicum of restraint. Remember that Paul Darrow also starred in our (by which I mean "not actually mine") alt-Twin Dilemna as, erm... Councillor Azlan? I think that was it. Anyway, my point is that three appearances in two seasons could be somewhat excessive.<BR/><BR/>Besides, if we double up how are we going to attain our blatantly obvious subliminal goal of featuring every B7 cast member in the one season?<BR/><BR/>(How's this: Michael Keating as HG Wells?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-8108031500665300582007-04-15T14:11:00.001+10:002007-04-15T14:11:00.001+10:00"Yep, I chose Stephen Pacey, Paul Darrow has been ..."Yep, I chose Stephen Pacey, Paul Darrow has been taken already."<BR/><BR/>...in YOUR story TimeLash, I think... ;)<BR/><BR/>Course, if Terry Molloy can appear in different roles in one season, who's to say the Darrow could not?Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-25195374854578068652007-04-15T14:11:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:11:00.000+10:00Well, the Blonde Computer Avatar is more based on ...Well, the Blonde Computer Avatar is more based on Marilyn Monroe than Sandra Dickinson.<BR/><BR/>Yep, I chose Stephen Pacey, Paul Darrow has been taken already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-80504148327556141032007-04-15T14:10:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:10:00.000+10:00Well, that was the most wonderfully insane DW scri...<I>Well, that was the most wonderfully insane DW script I've ever read.</I><BR/>Cool. Most kudos should go to Miles, as apart from the Doc/Peri scenes, it's just his scripts... which he now appears to want to rewrite from scratch...<BR/><BR/><I>But I guess the Doctor going on a never-ending bender is the only fallout worthy to the final demise of the Master...</I><BR/>It seemed a better excuse than a 900 year old time traveler not knowing when to stop drinking. But unlike the original author, we kind of respect the character of the Doctor.<BR/><BR/>Plus, I wanted to emphasize that Master died because he trusted the Doctor to keep to his word...<BR/><BR/><I>it sure beats Davison style moping around in corridors!</I><BR/>Yeah, but Davison LIVED in denial. Plus he was avoiding the others fighting...<BR/><BR/><I>Also, kudos for giving Saward's spiel about wine being responsible for all of evolution to a rambling, drunken Doctor and allowing Peri to argue against it.</I><BR/>Yeah, I always thought it was a very desperate attempt by the author to justify his boozing.<BR/><BR/><I>Were all f@rking hilarious...</I><BR/>Yay! That was all me!<BR/><BR/><I>Stephen Pacey's in this one?</I><BR/>Whoa. How did you tell? Mind you, Miles chose Pacey to play Grant right at the start of writing.<BR/><BR/><I>Oh, I see! When I give the Sixth Doctor the line "Nope" you shoot it out of the air for being "out of character".</I><BR/>I wish I could brag "Oh, he's pissed so he's not enounciating properly" but I was mentally in Black Books territory.<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry. I'm SO sorry.<BR/><BR/><I>But you just put any old words in his mouth. Ask yourself: Do you have THE RIGHT?</I><BR/>No! No I don't!<BR/><BR/><I>Also, that was a funny bit.</I><BR/>Phew.<BR/><BR/><I>Waaay too Anglo for Peri. 'Trash' or 'Garbage', surely?</I><BR/>Yeah. Good point. I was instinctively editing out Peri's understandable use of the term "bullshit" so often...<BR/><BR/><I>And I think that's "Hit em"</I><BR/>Yes. Sorry.<BR/><BR/><I>Sandra Dickinson?</I><BR/>Honestly don't know.<BR/><BR/>The lady in the original is very good.<BR/><BR/>You heard the original?<BR/><BR/><I>Anyway, looking forward to the rest!</I><BR/>Well, sorry, I was just script editing the stuff he sent me. The stuff he now thinks of as "Utter, utter shite. I'm gonna have to start over."<BR/><BR/>Mind you, he describes the above draft as "Oh, it was great... there go my feelings of inadequacy flaring up again"...Youth of Australiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08509521019229324658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098986051139703277.post-54912680049855016492007-04-15T14:06:00.000+10:002007-04-15T14:06:00.000+10:00Well, that was the most wonderfully insane DW scri...Well, that was the most wonderfully insane DW script I've ever read. But I guess the Doctor going on a never-ending bender is the only fallout worthy to the final demise of the Master... it sure beats Davison style moping around in corridors!<BR/><BR/>Also, kudos for giving Saward's spiel about wine being responsible for all of evolution to a rambling, drunken Doctor and allowing Peri to argue against it.<BR/><BR/><I>Yeah... why are we trying to open that blue crate again?<BR/><BR/>Can I have a go on the clipboard?<BR/><BR/>You know, that acronym has REALLY taken off back home...</I><BR/><BR/>Were all f@rking hilarious...<BR/><BR/><I>Grant leans forward, pulling back his hood to reveal his face – young, arrogant and with dark brown curls.</I><BR/><BR/>Stephen Pacey's in this one?<BR/><BR/><I>Nope! Still thirsty...</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, I see! When I give the Sixth Doctor the line "Nope" you shoot it out of the air for being "out of character". But you just put any old words in his mouth. Ask yourself: Do you have THE RIGHT?<BR/><BR/>Also, that was a funny bit.<BR/><BR/><I>You’re talking rubbish.</I><BR/><BR/>Waaay too Anglo for Peri. 'Trash' or 'Garbage', surely?<BR/><BR/><I>To him em where it hurts.</I><BR/><BR/>And I think that's "Hit em"<BR/><BR/><I>The blue screen shows a slightly pixelated image of the Vipod Mor COMPUTER – whose avatar takes the form of a pretty blonde female head...She has a demented New York accent and grins too much.</I><BR/><BR/>Sandra Dickinson?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, looking forward to the rest!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com