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Nf-From: nemesis.UUCP!uhclem    Apr  6 20:38:00 1992


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[0]These stories date from around 1977-1979.
[0]Can anyone tell me their names?

You didn't indicate if you saw these on the BBC, or somewhere else.
Assuming these dates are for original BBC broadcasts, I compared plot
lines +/- one year from the range given.

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[0](1) Set on a spacecraft (I think). Part of the ship was filled with some
[0]sort of fog or smoke. A hapless crew-member who wanders in, screams and
[0]is killed.

My guesses are:  (1 is most likely)
1.	Nightmare of Eden (5K 24-Nov-79).  The collision of two ships have
	created an unstable zone on one ship (we never see the other until
	after they are separated).  However, there was no fog, even in the
	Eden projection, more of an interference pattern.  A creature that
	exists in the unstable zone/projection kills several of the crew
	before getting completely loose.  Plenty of screaming.  A crew
	member on the drug does stagger to his death.

2.	Full Circle (5R 25-Oct-80).  Plenty of fog, but most is off the
	ship.  Creatures from the fog-shrouded exterior attack and enter
	the ship and kill several people.  Some screaming.

3.	Horror of Fang Rock (3-Sep-77).  No ship but a lighthouse, plenty of
	fog, excessive amounts of screaming and everybody dies (except the
	Doctor and the companion).  Hope this isn't the one you were thinking
	of (what a waste of long-term memory!).  :-)

4.	Underworld (4Y 7-Jan-78).  Takes place underground and/or on ships.
	At one point the tunnels are filled with a white gas to try to 
	kill off any opposing forces.  No one is seen to die or scream
	from this smoke. 


[0](2) The parts I remember of this story occurred underground (in caves, I
[0]think). The 'bad guy' was actually a woman, dressed in black, or some
[0]other dark colour. In the end she is killed by some sort of giant
[0]insect (perhaps a spider).

1.	The Creature from the Pit (5G 27-Oct-79).  A woman is in charge of
	the sole source of metal on a planet (she controls the only mine).
	A neighboring planet rich in minerals sends an ambassador that looks
	like a giant green blob to arrange a trade agreement.  She instead
	traps the ambassador in the mine.  When her power is broken over
	the ambassador, he kills her by crushing her.   It is never explained
	how a creature so large could get into the mine in the first place,
	nor how they winch it out again.  Not an insect, but meets all
	other requirements: (1) in caves or mines, (2) woman villian, (3)
	dressed in dark colors, (4) woman killed in the end.

2.	Full Circle (5R 25-Oct-80).  Extremely unlikely.  Only mentioned
	because the marsh monsters start off as spiders that bite people
	and turn them into marsh monsters.  Romana II gradually turns into
	a relative of the spiders/marsh monsters, but is saved before the
	process goes too far.  She does not die, and I do not recall seeing
	any women killed in this story.  Romana II almost never wore dark
	clothing, so that argues against this story as well.  There is a
	cave in part of this story, however.

3.	These stories are even less likely, but a woman plays the villian
	or one of the villians:  (A person was considered a villian if she
	opposed The Doctor, certainly if she tried to kill him)
	a.	The Hand of Fear (4N 2-Oct-76)
	b.	The Stones of Blood (5C 28-Oct-78)
	c.	The Androids of Tara (5D 25-Nov-78)
	d.	Meglos (5Q 27-Sep-80)
	e.	State of Decay (5P 22-Nov-80)

Now I'll prove that "A Study in Scarlet" really did happen in October
of 1876...

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