spudnik wrote:
Was Timelash the one in Paris?
No, the one in Paris is City of Death, considered to be one of the better Dr Who stories.
Timelash is entirely studio-bound with;
- Blue faced, yellow haired robots with sing-song voices.
- A Sock puppet who only appears on a viewscreen
- Some really sad plastic dog things
- A supposedly scary thing which is really just a door with silver christmas tinsel on it
- A very wobbly foam interior of the timelash with "crystals" literally sticking out of the foam
- Some rather sad looking orange sets
- Paul Darrow from Blake 7 - being confused about whether he's in a children's pantomime.
- An idea that was probably good but turned into a crap script. I remember guessing HG Wells in the first 5 minutes.
Of course, it has some great makeup for the Borad, but I think it may be where 95% of the budget for the story went.