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Actually, you were SUPPOSED to fall into The Faceless Ones trap. The ironic attribute is that Part 1 of The Faceless Ones is the oldest, surviving, complete episode in the BBC vaults that contains the Doctor's face in the title sequence. None of The Macra Terror episodes exist in the vault, but, you are right in that The Macra Terror Part 1 was the first episode to feature the Doctor's face in the opening titles. So, points there. Interestingly enough, The Faceless Ones Part 1 is the only fully surviving episode of that arc. Episode 3 exists, but, is severely damaged. My information for the first wiped episode was what was listed in either the 20th or 21st anniversary books. However, since one of them, too, also incorrectly listed that The Faceless Ones was the first arc to feature the Doctor's face in the title sequence, something I hadn't thought of until just now, that information could also be wrong. But, from that book, The Feast Of Steven was said to have been the first one junked, sometime shortly after August 17th, 1967. However, the reason why no copy exists can be fairly well theorized. The BBC never included it in syndication packages to other countries, because of the fact it was a Christmas episode and the spoofs of so many BBC programs would probably not be caught by viewers in other markets who didn't get those spoofed shows on their networks. Since daily reruns weren't the norm back then, airing a holiday episode outside of its holiday date wasn't viewed as desirable. Lastly, since the episode doesn't really have anything to do with the entire story, being a Christmas spoof one-off, it could easily be skipped and not interrupt the story flow. Networks wouldn't pay for something like that, so, why offer it? Thus, no copies were ever made for other markets. These copies were what ended up saving many of the junked episodes. Plus, the copies are the reason why the series looks like it was always on grainy film. I remember when seen the VidFire restored segment on The Tomb Of The Cybermen and The Day Of Armageddon on the Lost In Time set... I was floored! I had been so used to the old VHS style of releases, I never even knew it was supposed to look like it was on video tape, except for the Pertwee and later era. The Beatles and the Daleks. I admit I'm not a Beatles fan at ALL. The only connection I know of is the film clip of the Beatles in The Chase. So, you could be right. The only other film appearance I am aware of is a strange cameo in Looney Tunes: Back In Action. An appearance that I'm sure most American audiences wondered, "Why the HELL did that happen?"

What irony is present in the opening title sequence of The Faceless Ones? What was the very first episode of Doctor Who junked by the BBC, when was it wiped, and what is the most likely cause why no copy of it existed outside of the BBC vaults? Other than the two Peter Cushing Doctor Who movies, the Daleks appeared on screen in only two other movies, as far as I know. One is the highly verboten Abducted By The Daleks. What is the other one?

The Davros one is kind of tricky. The common thread is that each pair of stories features the actor who played Davros in a different role in the other story. Michael Wisher played Davros in Genesis and then right after played a Vogan in Revenge Of The Cybermen. Terry Molloy played one of Lytton's hired men in Attack Of The Cybermen and then the next time he appears on Doctor Who, he plays Davros in Revelation Of The Daleks. There's also another tricky link with Revenge Of The Cybermen. Kevin Stoney shows up as the leader of the Vogans. He had previously appeared on the series as... Tobias Vaugh in The Invasion! And, before that? Mavic Chen in the Dalek Master Plan! I had forgotten the recently departed Michael Sheard was also in some Star Wars part. Good call! He has probably played Hitler more than anyone else ever in the history of film. As for the waxwork of Tom Baker, I don't need to count him. He already played the Doctor before The Five Doctors. No, the "tricky" one I was referencing is this one: Ian Russell reading William Hartnell's lines for the BBC Audio release of David Whitaker's Doctor Who And The Daleks novelization. If we don't count him, as I said, I had 24 on my list: William Hartnell Edmund Warwick (Hartnell's stunt double as well as the robot Doctor Hartnell tackles in The Death Of Doctor Who, an episode of The Chase) Peter Cushing Trevor Martin (Seven Keys To Doomsday stage play) Patrick Troughton Jon Pertwee Tom Baker Peter Davison Richard Hurndall (William Hartnell in The Five Doctors) Colin Baker David Banks (Two performances as the Doctor as Pertwee's understudy for The Ultimate Adventure when Jon was ill) Sylvester McCoy Paul McGann Christopher Eccleston David Tennant Rowan Atkinson (Curse Of The Fatal Death) Hugh Grant (Curse Of The Fatal Death) Jim Broadbent (Curse Of The Fatal Death) Richard E. Grant (Curse Of The Fatal Death) Joanna Lumley (Curse Of The Fatal Death) David Collings (Big Finish Products Doctor Who Unbound) David Warner (Big Finish Products Doctor Who Unbound, and almost became the Third Doctor) Arabella Weir (Big Finish Products Doctor Who Unbound) Geoffrey Bayldon (Big Finish Products Doctor Who Unbound)

And, for the well dressed Cyberman on the go, may we recommend heads with see through brain pans? Next time, when you claim your racial superiority, you can show off those fancy brains you're so proud of... literally! Step out for a fancy night on the town with your fellow clockwork friends! http://img118.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rt30bj.jpg

The answer for the David Graham question was, indeed, City Of Death. He played the scientist who gets turned into a skeleton. All the other times he shows up in the series, credited, anyway, were in black and white episodes of the first two Doctors. Well played. I know of three actors off the bat involved with Doctor Who that have been a part of Star Wars. Peter Cushing was in the two Dalek movies as "Doctor Who" and played Tarkin in Episode IV. Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett, was in The Space Museum, The Time Warrior, and recently appeared at a charity function signing autographs for The Trial Of Davros. David Prowse, Darth Vader, was not in The Time Warrior, but, ironically, was in The Time Monster, also featuring the 3rd Doctor. Plus, Prowse played Hotblack Desiato's bodyguard in the BBC adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, which featured Peter Davison as "the Dish Of The Day." The Guide, of course, was written by Dogulas Adams, who was script for Doctor Who, as well as the writer of two produced scripts, and the unfinished Shada. Two sets of story arcs that aired very close to each other featured either the Daleks or the Cybermen. One, in fact, aired back to back. Genesis Of The Daleks was followed by Revenge Of The Cybermen. Later, Attack Of The Cybermen was followed by Revelation Of The Daleks. What interesting common thread about Davros is present in all 4 story arcs? Now, this one isn't as easy as it sounds. Name as many actors as you can who have officially played the Doctor in BBC licensed stories. (For instance, I can name 24 people! 25 with a minor "trick." )

No need to Google. Parts of the Dalek Master Plan, playing the part of Bret Vyon. I admit I can't name the exact episodes, but, I do remember he was killed in the last of the 3 surviving episodes, Escape Switch. Now, speaking of bizarre Dalek Master Plan trivia... David Graham, one of the Dalek voices, appeared in several other black and white Doctor Who stories, but, only ONE in color. Which one? And, before he was the title character, which Doctor appeared on the series as someone else?

Wouldn't want LUK to blow a fuse. The board might go on the fritz.

I'll need to go over the original again to see what was cut. Dalek isn't fun, no, but, it's easily the most satisfying episode of the ones I have seen. It actually starts off with comedic elements, with the rich man runs the world mentality. Which works in its favor when things start to get serious. Dalek builds off what Shearman started in Jubilee and fixes most of the few minor problems in the original. For instance, I think having just the one Dalek serves the story better than integrating the Dalek in with other Daleks, as was attempted at the end of Jubilee. Because, near as I can recall, no one has ever attempted a story with just 1 Dalek before. Mostly because Daleks are boring conversationalists. Even Jubilee adds more Daleks into the story later on. Using a single Dalek as the focal Dalek character also forces it on the defensive, which, as we've seen, Daleks when they aren't in the opposing positions of power, become, though they wouldn't admit it, scared. Also, the parallels that are made between the Dalek and the Doctor. "You- would- make- a- good- Dalek!" and the Doctor's realization that his greatest enemy is right. After all, we'd already seen the willingness of the Doctor to nova a sun to vaporize Skaro and eliminate the Dalek race. And, as Dalek shows, he was apparently willing to wipe out both the Daleks and the Time Lords to stop the Daleks. So, finding one and only one Dalek would pretty much enrage the Doctor with evidence of his failure. That sacrificing his people, oops, well, it didn't work, did it?

My father had said his major regret was he just never thought the procedure through before agreeing to it. Because, obviously, it requires anesthetic. LOCAL anesthetic. He said he just never thought about it, but, it comes with the territory: a shot to the balls.

No, the Poufters lost out early in the first Dalek War. The poofters, though, are a different story.

Christ... silver/gold backs only apply to DVD-9 pressed discs! Sounds like the "tech" doesn't the know the difference between a DVD+R DL and a pressed DVD-9.

Try this one. BE SURE to load it as the ONLY page in the ONLY window of the Browser. Or, you'll be pretty hard pressed to close it before its done without losing any opened Tabs, too. Unless you're using Opera, I suppose. BTW, if memory serves me correctly, the name of the URL is still work place friendly... I think... http://www.geocities.com/rockn69er2002/NAKED.htm

So, are the TARDISodes going to replace the Confidentials for this new season? Any more Who Masterminds?

I already sided with the Venusians. No greater power. End of argument.

Dalek premieres tonight, in just a little over 12 hours! Already seen it, but, still, it's such a fun episode! Plus, I am curious how they handle the little of cursing on Sci-Fi. And, the new season should debut "tomorrow." It may have had a lot of farting in it, but, Aliens Of London: World War III, as I call it, was clever in some ways. An interesting idea to trick the nations of Earth into nuking themselves and then carve the planet to sell the radioactive rubble as cheap starship fuel. Although, was it necessarily cost effective? To fake a crash landing, genetically alter a human pig to appear like an alien pilot, prepare fake human disguises, sneak into positions of power in Britain by kidnapping the Prime Minister (Which, BTW, I guess we infer they killed Tony Blair/the PM? He went missing and I don't recall they ever saying they found him by the end of the story.)... is it cheaper to do it that way or simply bombard the planet from space with nukes and eliminate the middle man? Granted, if the Slitheen trick us into launching our own missiles at each other, they save on having to use nukes themselves to do it. But, is it still cheaper to just use your own nukes as opposed to the elaborate plot described? Inherently, I suppose, it would be because if they used their own nukes to do it, why not just then sell the nukes as the starship fuel.

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERE'S CORNY! http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/parodius/cool10.png

Oh, yeah! I believe you said the same thing when I asked about requesting it for other dialogs.

Fucking Austrians! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking%2C_Austria I love the caption for this image: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...street_sign.jpg "The most frequently stolen traffic sign in Austria, at the entrance to the village of Fucking." Entrance to the village of Fucking! It writes its own jokes, I swear!

Has God let you down one too many times before in the past? Have you felt let down? Beaten up by the Universe? Then, why not try these two alternatives? Pastafarianism: simply surrender your life over to the Flying Spaghetti Monster! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster and the holy text and tenants of Pastafarianism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_of...aghetti_Monster Flying noodles and balls of meat not your thing? Then, why not fly up to Heaven with Frisbeetarianism? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbeetarianism

I am aim to please, an equal opportunity confuser. If I had a name, I would be CONFUS-O THE STUPIFYING! Dumb fact: did you know the famous "clown music" that plays when clowns enter the rings at circuses in actually called "Enter The Gladiator?"

Reminds me of those old Volkswagen Fahrvergnugen commercials. "FAR- FROM- POOP - EN! Say the word!"

I think something like this was recently added. I forget. I made a similar request, can't remember the exact one, at one point in the beta cycle. But, when, I forget. So, it may already be in there and just hasn't been released yet. Checked the changelog and this might be what I was thinking. From 1.1.0.6: "A 'MB' (megabytes) value to the 'Not enough space on disc' dialog box." So, maybe it is already in the live release. If this was even my suggestion, I forget.

Feel like you're walking a wire between good taste, eh? You should try to transformer perception.

Now, THAT one's good!

Like a bolt from the blue?