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@scringe1 — I had read somewhere that Eddie Allen modeled his Desslok on Roddy McDowell's Octavian from the 1963 movie Cleopatra. There are a number of noticeable parallels in the two performances.

@vlunney — no, Invidia "was returned to the cosmos" along with her father and the entire crew of his supership.

"Ten seconds to fire"

"Ten seconds to warp... nine, eight, seven..."

"Six, five, four..."

"Three, two, one."

"Fire!"

"WARP!"

The moment when Desslok recovers his sanity. One of the greatest scenes in the entire Star Blazers saga.

Why the update? It was the thick of World War II and who better to outwit Nazi spies, saboteurs and their fellow-travelers than the world's greatest (and only) consulting detective? Followed of course by Holmes soliliquising on the durability of England. Basil Rathbone carries it off brilliant...

Patrick Gowers' score for this extended episode, especially with the remix of the title theme for the end credits, was particularly haunting and truly set the mood for the story. Fitting indeed for Roy Marsden's appearance in the series.

No skill with a blade at all.

@TheTheEg —the first three episodes still existed in the BBC archive. Episode 4 was lost, but the soundtrack still existed and, combined with remaining preserved footage and stills, a telesnap reconstruction of the lost episode was assembled to finally "complete" the story for its video release ...

This brief serial was intended to allow viewers to explore the Ship in greater depth than what would be usual for the series. Gives a simplistic but logical rundown of the TARDIS systems and a good explanation for the central column, which was progressively forgotten as the series went on. I've...

Perhaps Anthony Ainley's most interesting performance as the Master.

@ZipZagginGallifrey — one day, a future producer probably will bring the Time Lords back into Doctor Who. If I were that producer, I'd change the concept: a whole new corps of Time Lords, founded by some Gallifreyan survivors of the War, like the Lensman or the Green Lanterns and recruiting new T...

The TARDIS translation circuits must be malfunctioning.

I absolutely LOVED USA NightFlight —the coolest cable TV show ever. And my favourite segments were the SubGenius video clips, J-Men Forever, and Dynaman.

@BrommaHerman — you're forgetting the issue of seniority. Data's commission predates Hobson's, making him the superior officer by dint of his being senior-in-grade. In any case, the appointment was by the order of the Fleet Captain —Picard— and Hobson was obligated to keep his fool mouth shut a...

I suppose one could say it must be humbling for Mr. Data to suck on so many different levels.

A very well made fanvid production indeed. Selecting a script from that era of Doctor Who allowed the makers to take full advantage of the limitations of an amateur film making project to yield a most credible effort. Not trying to ape British accents was another wise decision of the actors, as...

@SockMonkee16 — no, that's not a Star Trek 3D chessboard in Wayne Manor but an altogether different variant of 3D chess. Four 64-square boards and four sets of pieces. To win, you have to checkmate at least two of your opponent's kings. The Trek 3D chess consists of three 16-square boards and ...

Queeg was a man who had been through too much. He had already seen two years hard combat in the Atlantic and should not have been pushed into another command so soon but given a full rest-leave or assigned to training duties. By the point of the Yellowstain Incident, he was not able to endure t...

"I defended you, Steve, because I found the wrong man was on trial."

The absolute master of timing. When Keaton did his appearance on The Twilight Zone, in the episode "Once Upon A Time", the director Buzz Kulik had the spot where he wanted Buster to start a scene, and Keaton broke down exactly why the gag planned for the shoot would not work if he started at tha...

That wasn't at all fair — the host departed from the topic Mr. Marx had chosen. And besides, Mr. Mao had the lead after answering the Jerry Lee Lewis question on challenge.

I've missed Mr. Hooper all these years.

You can see even under the mask that Batman is very much afraid that the Joker has won, at the moment he explains how he brought Harvey Dent "down to our level". Batman can see everything collapsing.

"I just did what I do best. I took your little plan and I turned it on itself."

So, I guess there'll be no more nickles for little Gambol's grandmother.

I've heard robots deliver better dialogue.

BTW, the "3 Dimensional Chess" overlay graphic completely masks the lower level of the board and diminishes the visual appeal of the whole commercial spot.

@TELLYBOXARCHIVES1 — in that time of the programme, each episode had an individual title. The umbrella title of the serial was never projected in the credits until around 1966, the beginning of the fourth season. Anthony Coburn was indeed the writer of "The Masters Of Luxor" but the script was ...

The sound editing is poor in spots, with the music track sometimes blotting out the dialogue altogether. I'm assuming that this is an early production effort by this group, so it's natural that it would be a bit rough.

@1tabligh — You've rather turned the notion of logic on its head. Logic requires evidence, not belief. It's upon those making the claim for a creator god to demonstrate positively that such a being exists, and to do so with evidence. The claim in and of itself is useless. That is the fanatica...

@WojtaStudios — "You didn't think I was going to risk the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you? Everyone needs an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey.... I took Gotham's White Knight, and pulled him down to our level. It wasn't hard, you see. Madness, as you know, is like gravity. A...

@jericho100008 — actually, all four carriers of the Kido Butai were gone by morning of the second day. The Hiryu was hit late in the afternoon of the first day by a combined strike force from the Enterprise and Hornet, and scuttled before dawn. She was the last to go.

Rick Perry seems to be running for the office of village idiot rather than president.

In April of 1970, the Apollo 13 mission ran into trouble when an oxygen tank explosion crippled the primary craft, the Odyssey. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert had to pile into the lunar module and use it as a lifeboat to sustain them during their return to Earth orbit, a three day fight fo...

"If god doesn't exist, who wrote the bible"?

Um, people. Really, this isn't all that difficult to figure out.

This segment does not appear in the edition of this episode I've got in my video library but I well remember it from the original PBS airings back in 1980 and 81. I always knew I had a piece missing from the series.

Great cast in this movie all around —especially Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster. BTW, you can believe the submarine in this movie is every bit as cramped as it seems. I've crawled around in one of those old boats at a WW2 museum. I had to duck passing through every hatchway and the wardroom bar...

@Whatupwidat —quite right. In fact, Lutjens was holding back on giving the order to fire, and Lindemann's reply to his gunnery officer after repeated inquiries about engagement was "I'm not letting my ship get shot out from under my arse. Open fire!" After the combat, there remained quite a bit...

@Lowerthetone1 — possibly. I know the theme was inspired by a classical piece, but I was under the impression it was Rachmaninov. I'd have to find out to be certain.

@IWannabeJew — you'd end up with liver damage after repeated viewings of the season.