Thursday, December 02, 2010

Target - Nightmare of Eden

I'm rather lukewarm about this Target, it's a workmanlike adaptation with nothing particularly special about it.

The TARDIS arrives in response to Rigg's mayday call.

K9 does not give a chemical name for Vraxoin, he just calls it Vraxoin. Later on he says something 'dogmatically', a turn of phrase which I enjoyed.

When we first meet Fisk and Costa they're accompanied by several (silent) colleagues.

In response to the massacre Rigg says 'They're only tourist passengers after all,' which is somehow a lot less funny than 'They're only economy class!' TD realises that there's a glitch in the screen version: Rigg is marched off by Costa after this scene, only to reappear in the lounge and hassle Romana. So he has him say 'I soon dealt with their stupid guard, never knew what hit him. I'm still Captain of this ship.'

The Doctor refers to the laser on the Hecate as an encoder laser. He might be saying 'encoder' on screen but it doesn't sound quite like the same word. He doesn't do the Oates impression before leading the Mandrels into the projection, and he doesn't say 'My fingers, my arms...!' etc either. TD is right to leave it out as it really undoes the scariness of the Mandrels.

The Doctor tells Stott he must quarantine Eden to prevent anyone else finding out about where Vraxoin comes from. In the final gag, the 'zoo' is referred to as electronic, not electric.

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