Doctor Who Club of Australia

Theta Sigma · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 3916

As to Part 4: Just a guess on why Philip Latham played Borusa and not Leonard Sachs who had played the character seen as the character in the season 20 opener Arc of Infinity just ten months before the airing of The Five Doctors. First of all it had been stated that Borusa underwent another regeneration which would indicate that with another regeneration gone he would be really eager to have Immortality. Another thing is that Latham looks more menacing as the character in contrast to the dullness that was shown when Sachs played the part.
We see Tom and Lalla again from the Shada footage when Romana calls the Doctor into the TARDIS and when he gets in his scarf is stuck hanging outside on the door just as the TARDIS dematerialises. This part was replaced in the Special Edition of the story where the Fourth Doctor and Romana were simply placed back in their canoe on the river.

Wester · Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 604 Location: Brisbane

so if the Doctors have seen their future incarnations, why are they surprised when they look in the mirror? Confused

Amano07 · Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 83

..plot hole..a rather large plot hole...the size of that lanecove one

dunmall · Joined: 02 Aug 2005 Posts: 117

well you see the simple reason is....

LOOK OUT ARDVARK!!!!

(runs away)

But seriously that is an interesting question, kinda like how come the klingons from Enterprise look like the ones from the later series rather than the ones from the Original Series that it is a prequal too.

I guess you can put it down to the period's love of continunity, yet at the same time a complete mishandling of it! Very Happy

MikeYates · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 98

So they offered the Master a new life-cycle with a fresh set of 12 Regeneratios. Couldn't Borusa just have done that to himself, rather than setting up this elabotrate game?

And what happened to The Master after The Brigadeir knocked him down, don't recall seeing him again.

I don't know about placing Sarah-Jane with the 3rd Doctor, the main companion for the 3rd Doctor was Jo. I would have liked to have see Jo back!

Greg · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject: Re: The Path You Choose

Kerr Avon · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 478

kalid · Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 37 Location: Geelong

According to "Doctor Who - The Eighties"
Initially (when Tom Baker was still going to be in it) - the intention was to team
Susan with the 1st doctor,
Victoria with the 2nd,
Jo with the 3rd,
Sarah with the 4th and
Tegan & Turlough with the 5th,
but it turned out Katy Manning and Deborah Watling were unavailable to the Brigadier was brought in

it was at a very late stage that the cameo appearances by Liz, Mike, Jamie and Zoe were confirmed.

(It was probably an even later stage that they chose to dress Wendy Padbury in bubble wrap... Wink

)

Wester · Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 604 Location: Brisbane

Dougy · Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject:

I must admit I was disapointed by this. It was nice to see four of the five Dcotros (even if it wasn't Hartnell) and the compainions together again. I thought Dalkes were supposed to be in this though? Confused

Davros · Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 132 Location: Skaro

Fred · Joined: 05 Jul 2005 Posts: 27

I have the original copy which I recored off the TV when I was a kiddo(in 1983) and an audio tape which I recorded off the TV too. The Dalek scene was definetly included. The laser bolts from the Dalek was changed to for the special and DVD release.

hugs

MikeYates · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 98

For the last part we did get 5 people credited as playing The Doctor, so we got there in the end.

Now i wonder what Sarah and Teagan were talking about.

Davros · Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 132 Location: Skaro

Is this the last we see/saw of the Brigader, did he do any other stories with later Docs, can't recall him being in any of Doc #6 ...didn't see all of them.
There was a story before (the order could have been changed) this one where he's in two different time zones, one with doc #5, another with tegan & co, can't recall the name of the episode?

I don't think Doctor Who would have been the same without the Brigider, a great charactor to the show!

meglos · Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 660 Location: Perth

The Brigadier appears with the Seventh Doctor in the season 26 story Battlefield Smile

Davros · Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 132 Location: Skaro

Tom N. · Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 144 Location: Sydney, NSW

Battlefield was the Brig's last appearance on TV, but he has reappeared in the Big Finish audios. I think he was in The Spectre of Lanyon Moor and Nicholas Courtney appeared in Zagreus, but not as Lethbridge-Stewart.

Kerr Avon · Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 478

for Big Finish, Nicholas Courtney has reprised his role as Lethbridge-Stewart in:
- Minuet In Hell
- The Spectre Of Lanyon Moor
- Sympathy For The Devil
- UNIT: The Coup
- UNIT: The Wasting
- UNIT: Time Heals

he also appeared in Zagreus and the Benny Summerfield audio Oh No It Isn't!

and for the BBC he was in Death Comes To Time.

he has recently had an autobiography published (his second):

Dougy · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 9:24 pm Post subject:

Wester · Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 604 Location: Brisbane

I think despite the plot holes and Baker not being in it, I agree that it is still great to see Troughton and Pertwee, as well as some of the other companions. But thank God that wont do "the 9 Doctors".