Actually, DOS is an operating system. That's why it has "OS" in the name.

I think they just wanted to shake things up a bit.

I think they just wanted to shake things up a bit.

I haven't seen it for 20 years, but I think the "scringe stone" speech was bullshit, not authentic Ribos culture.

I haven't seen it for 20 years, but I think the "scringe stone" speech was bullshit, not authentic Ribos culture.

When the station self-destructs near the end, I was impressed that it didn't make a sound. After all, an explosion in space wouldn't make a sound.
Then I learned that this was only correct by mistake.

When the station self-destructs near the end, I was impressed that it didn't make a sound. After all, an explosion in space wouldn't make a sound.
Then I learned that this was only correct by mistake.

The survival of episodes of DMP was pretty damn random. As I recall, 2 of those episodes were discovered in the basement of a Mormon church. I don't think anyone knows how they got there.

Dodo was also from contemporary England.
She was introduced in a brief present-day scene at the end of "The Massacre". So, she arrived as perfunctorily as she departed.

Interesting.

Jacqueline Hill (Barbara) actually did come back as a villain, 3 years before this in "Meglos". Not that I recommend that story; the main villain was a malevolent cactus.

When I first saw this, I was younger than Turlough was meant to be, and Mark Strickson looked very old to me.

Oh, silly me. I thought you meant the Julia Roberts movie.
It's almost as if I had chosen to blot that DW episode from my memory.

"Equipment on this scale, power on this scale, it would cost millions and millions. Even you, Count, could not afford such things."

I haven't seen "The Runaway Bride", but I had assumed it to be a simple romantic comedy, without any aliens.

I don't think the money was mainly to pay the electric bill. It was to fund the time machine research. Equipment costs money.

This story has my favorite incidental music of any DW. It's the only one that has a really distinctive theme.

I've seen both versions that were broadcast on PBS, and I don't think that anything was cut from either.

Duggan: You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs.
Romana: If you wanted an omelette, I'd expect to find a pile of broken crockery, a cooker in flames, and an unconscious chef.

I think they met at Douglas Adams' birthday party.