Sunday 9th August 2015
Well the year rattles on and we've finally gotten to the last story of Troughton's, sorry, Trout-Man's, second season! "The Wheel In Space" is a six-part story - set on a wheel.....in space!
Oooo! Sounds exciting! So, for our 40th meet-up (we should have all had a glass of Ruby Port - or a curry (Ruby-Murray) to celebrate!) we all met around Jason's to watch a story which had 2 real episodes and 4 re-cons. Happily (if you're not a re-con fan) this is the last re-con we shall watch UNTIL Trout-Man's penultimate story!
Anyhow onto today and the story starts (as a re-coon) with The TARDIS landing but the scanners show nothing! The Doctor's readings show that air and temperature is OK but they are surrounded by metal! Then the scanner begins to work and Jamie is happy to see a lake which soon turns into a scene with birds then into a waterfall and then a beach. Jamie is confused but the Doctor explains that this is the TARDIS' defence mechanism and that there is danger! Something I believe we may have seen WAY back in the third story (The Edge of Destruction). Anyhow before they can take off again there is a power overload which triggers a mercury vapour in the console room. Our duo have to leave and the Doctor opens a panel near the TARDIS door and removes a rod. The TARDIS begins to shake and tremble as they leave. The Doctor explains he has disengaged the time vector generator - the TARDIS is no longer bigger on the inside. They start to have a look around and realise they are on a spaceship - with a random servo robot slowly moving about! After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing they manage to blow-up the robot, but not before it has released some orbs into space....
Oh and the Doctor and Jamie get knocked out!
Meanwhile at a nearby Space Station ("The Wheel") the leader, Jarvis, notices the random spaceship coming towards them and decides to blow it up - with his X-Ray laser! This episode ends with the Doctor waking up not knowing that he is about to be blown-up!
Photo 1:
MJ (holding the sign), Mark, Leigh (holding the Lost In Time DVD Cover)
and Shaun around Jason's house!
Anyhow we move on to episode 2 (still a re-con) and Jamie saves the day by taking some technical equipment he's ripped off the wall, pointing at the Wheel and causing a right noise!
When the Wheel Crew hear this they deduce that someone MUST be on board. So they go across and rescue Jamie and the still knocked-out Doctor! In fact the Doctor stays knocked out all the episode (Patrick Troughton was on holiday!).
When the Wheel Crew hear this they deduce that someone MUST be on board. So they go across and rescue Jamie and the still knocked-out Doctor! In fact the Doctor stays knocked out all the episode (Patrick Troughton was on holiday!).
Photo 2:
Jason (holding the sign), Mark (holding the mock DVD Cover),
Leigh (holding the Lost In Time DVD Cover) and Shaun around Jason's house!
Leigh (holding the Lost In Time DVD Cover) and Shaun around Jason's house!
Anyhow blah blah more orbs get sucked in etc the crew want to blow up the rocket still - but, as the TARDIS is still on it! In episode 3 (which exists) Jamie stops them blowing up the rocket by spraying some equipment with liquid plastic and thus knocking out the laser.
Anyhow ALL this not important - what's more important is that we are introduced to a young lady called Zoe Heriot - a young (slightly know-it-all) genius who will be the next companion.
Anyhow ALL this not important - what's more important is that we are introduced to a young lady called Zoe Heriot - a young (slightly know-it-all) genius who will be the next companion.
I like Zoe - she's all big-eyed and pretty!
Photo 3:
MJ (holding the sign), Mark (holding the mock DVD Cover),
Leigh (holding the Lost In Time DVD Cover) and Shaun around Jason's house!
Leigh (holding the Lost In Time DVD Cover) and Shaun around Jason's house!
I'm finding it quite hard to remember all what happened - the story was a bit too long and the plot had to be stretched. I liked a lot of the characters, the Cybermen looked cool BUT I still found it quite hard to understand what they were saying! The effect on their voices is good but you have to REALLY concentrate to get what they are saying. This could have been a better four part story.
Photo 4:
Close-up of Jason (holding the sign),
and Mark (holding the mock DVD Cover)around Jason's house!
We had some good destructive Cyber-Mats (the Cybermen's little pets) beeping about causing mischief! Oh and we had some of the crew being hypnotised by the Cybermen - which is always good.
I think all of us found it quite hard going, but there were some positives. The look and design of the piece was excellent. I liked the Cybermen (even if I couldn't understand them). Zoe, though a haughty know-all, seems like she could have potential AND it's our penultimate re-con (and our last one for a while)! Well that will be it for now. Before I go - we need a new group photo, so here it is!
Seen as we were missing one other character I decided to add in Leigh as Victoria - well I hadn't created a group photo for her and I didn't want her to feel missed!
So now I'm going to leave and go YAY!
Until then, I shall return, yes I shall return
Photo 5:
Close-up of Leigh (holding the Lost In Time DVD Cover),
and Shaun around Jason's house!I think all of us found it quite hard going, but there were some positives. The look and design of the piece was excellent. I liked the Cybermen (even if I couldn't understand them). Zoe, though a haughty know-all, seems like she could have potential AND it's our penultimate re-con (and our last one for a while)! Well that will be it for now. Before I go - we need a new group photo, so here it is!
Seen as we were missing one other character I decided to add in Leigh as Victoria - well I hadn't created a group photo for her and I didn't want her to feel missed!
So now I'm going to leave and go YAY!
Until then, I shall return, yes I shall return
MJ - 14-08-15
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