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Tanmann wrote:stengos wrote:Boofer wrote:Nah.
I have never understood who coud possibly have thought this scene was in any way a good idea: having the Doctor dangling from an ice cliff edge on the end of a fuckin' umbrella like Charlie Chaplin. And this isn't even meant as a criticism of Sylvester himself who I guess was just following the script. So presumably it was JNT, Cartmel, Chris Clough or Ian Briggs. The word "twat" comes to min.
Incidentally I thought this was the best story of season 24 so i feel it does have somethin of value about it.
Well I think the makers have always put that scene down to a miscommunication of the script to either the director or designers. That there was meant to be a lower ledge McCoy's Doctor thought he could reach, only to realize halfway down he'd miscalculated.
To be honest I think an actor like Pertwee or Tom could've conveyed clearly and wordlessly that that's what he was thinking. McCoy just makes it seem like a moment of exaggerated hapless panto idiocy.
So that's why it was filmed that way.
I think however the decision to make that stupid bit the cliffhanger rather than the immediately preceding moment where Mel screams at the Dragon.... I think was simply down to the more politically correct approach and the makers now being a bit ashamed of the show's alleged 'sexist' cliches prior.
It's the only explanation that makes sense. They put politics over what would make a better cliffhanger.
Thanks Tannman. I have genuinely always been interested in knowing the reasons for filming it that way. It was such a bizarre, embarrassing scene.
