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One week finds him engaged in a duel of brains with a mysterious something who attacks and kills women in [[broadwcast:The Talons of Weng-Chiang|Victorian London]]. And not many days later, he may land on [[broadwcast:The Sun Makers|Pluto]], pitted against a vicious Orwellian Company that enslaves its workers. | One week finds him engaged in a duel of brains with a mysterious something who attacks and kills women in [[broadwcast:The Talons of Weng-Chiang|Victorian London]]. And not many days later, he may land on [[broadwcast:The Sun Makers|Pluto]], pitted against a vicious Orwellian Company that enslaves its workers. | ||
| − | Lest you get the impression that the show is always well done, guess again. Actor Tom Baker, in the title role, sometimes recites lines like, "[[broadwcast:Horror | + | Lest you get the impression that the show is always well done, guess again. Actor Tom Baker, in the title role, sometimes recites lines like, "[[broadwcast:Horror of Fang Rock|Don't shoot until you see the green of their tentacles]]." And my young sons are quick to point out the occasionally awful special effects. |
"I can make a better monster out of crepe paper, Mom," jeered the 10 year old one evening when something materialized on the screen resembling a float in a high-school homecoming parade. | "I can make a better monster out of crepe paper, Mom," jeered the 10 year old one evening when something materialized on the screen resembling a float in a high-school homecoming parade. | ||
