Absolutely. Baker could've been a fine Doctor, but JNT's ideas and the behind the scenes troubles killed him.

Nyssa's out because she wasn't contractually able to be in those episodes, due to the amount of episodes she was signed on to do. There's a huge bit of padding in the last episodes because it was running very short, so they put that scene in where Adric and Tegan argue. That scene's extremely painful.

I just wanted to say that your icon and name are fucking amazing.

Agreed. One point in the serial's favor is how many characters are made to look like idiots because of their racism. Five points off for what's wisely pointed out in Henry Gordon Jago's comment below.

In the "Making of" documentary, Deep Roy can be seen in an awesome polyester love-man suit, just hanging out. Also smoking. It's great.

They've brought Jago and Litefoot (not the Clint Eastwood movie) back in the audio stories.

Damned right. Amazing record.

The last new episode set up the idea that The Doctor's name — 'Doctor" — became the name used for people who heal — doctor — because he saved so many lives. I assume "Master" can be given as the same. Makes bloody brilliant sense.

McGavin said he played the character as over the top as they'd let him, and they eventually let him go pretty far.

He was like Kirk Douglas — wanted to help, wanted to make himself look good, didn't want to think too much about it or make too many waves. But Heston never followed through, and like John Wayne, retreated to a fan base that was much further to the right once people started to turn to the younger Hollywood of the 60's…

Here's a much better description of the one visit you're talking about: http://www.blueoklahoma.org…
Clara Luper thought him a hero. That's enough for me.

I'm going performance art — and it is hysterical!

Bring on Battling Maxo.

Besides the fact that this looks like an incredibly shitty film, Norman never looked that tacky. At best, this place looks like El Reno.

They'll probably deal with it during the Xmas Special.

In regards to previous postings: fuuuuuck. Totally fell for the Fenric thing.

I thought the scene with all the cars was pretty fucking awesome, but the part where she eats her boyfriend was weird.

Prelude to a Kiss.

Most of the kung-fu scenes *are* badass. There's a scene where BD smashes a guy into a bunch of crates by kicking up his leg behind him, and then smashing the guy's head with the side of his foot.

That scene makes me laugh harder than anything else in the film. I love how the guys just look up at him while he's still laughing, and he stops, embarrassed.