Slither, slither

TV I haven't had the time to do this so I've been able to watch the horror from the outside. See if you can spot the moment when my fellow posters to Behind The Sofa become totally disenchanted with the supposed classic Doctor Who story, Dalek Invasion of Earth. Darth Marsden sums up the mood:

"- The Dalek spaceship looks like two plates stuck together.
- The numberous bombs all look absolutely ridiculous, with Team Earth's looking suspiciously similar to ones used in Loony Toons cartoons.
- Carole Ann Ford shattered my glasses with her numberous shreaks.
- That's clearly a little toy model of Ian falling down the mine shaft. The Slyther manages to change appearance between episodes 4 and 5 (go on, watch it again and see).
- THE DAL-EKS HAVE NO IN-NER MON-O-LOGUE.
- Their plan to replace the Earth's core with a giant motor is so ridiculous as to defy logic entirely (Earth's hardly unique in having a magnatic core, folks).
- And, to top it off, I was bored throughout most of it."

Lord, they're doing the Peter Cushing movies next week, which means the same story again on Thursday on the big screen in colour! I'd entirely forgotten that Bill Hartnell doesn't even appear in one of the episodes. In those days when one of the cast went on holiday, they'd just write them out that week by having them fall into a coma, hit by a ray blast or their part being shot on film the week before. The new series equivalent was apparently The Long Game (or the one with Simon Pegg) in which Chris and Billie only turn up in three sets and are only in about fifteen minutes of the episode. Drama, people.