Doctor Dwarf- Terminus

[Wilbur]

I was watching the Peter Davison adventure Terminus the other night, and I wasn’t particularly expecting much from it on the basis that it was approaching peak-era JNT madness (cue lecture from Soundable Object) and that the story had already been slagged off on the Mawdryn Undead extras, so naturally when the Black Guardian’s head appeared to give DIY electrical rewiring advice I naturally inserted, “Or was it the yellow wire?” I can’t believe how many elements from Red Dwarf they stole ;-)

Two antagognistic characters crawling round ventilation shafts together- Duct Soup
Discovering a spacecraft containing infected patients, who then pass on the disease to a member of the main cast- Epideme
Really bad clunking plastic costumes- “They were gonna sort that out in the dub!”
Baddies of the week in helmets with visors that have to be lifted up to deliver lines- Inquisitor

I’m sure I noticed lots more at the time, but I don’t think I’m ever going to give up two hours of my life to comprehsively list them.

The thing is tough, I know there have been many (superficial) similaritied betweern Dwarf and new Who, but I can’t really think of any others in the classic series. Any that come to mind?

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[Wilbur]

I suppose one of the reasons that the quality of Who dropped off in the 80s was that it wasn’t seen as a prestigious position anymore, hence the lack of qualified/ quality writers. Fast forward 20 years and a whole new generation of writers who grew up on the series have revived the show’s fortunes. Do you think this points the way for future Red Dwarf?- looking around just this forum there are numerous writers who are in this position, and when you have people such as Duncan Jones coming out and citing Dwarf’s influence the parallels are there.

Or is Dwarf still considered too cult? Would Doug be open to this? Why am I asking while all you fuckers are asleep?

[Dave]

>I know there have been many (superficial) similaritied betweern Dwarf and new Who, but I can’t really think of any others in the classic series. Any that come to mind?

There are Mechanoids in both

[Wilbur]

And both have used Earth as a cheap local location.

[Ben Paddon]

Location shots on Earth are a lot cheaper than some of the alternatives.

[Wilbur]

I thought when they suggested moving filming to Mars for Series 2 Norm spat his dummy out saying it was too far for him to come in for rehersals, and that it was impossible for him to play football in those conditions (and they know who he’s talking about).

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