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From: riff@coos.dartmouth.edu (Christopher P. Riff)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Current news and notes
Date: 12 Aug 92 14:45:13 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Some current news and notes regarding Doctor Who.
[This info is taken from DWM #190]

To be rereleased in September, Anthony Coburn's scripts
for 'The Masters of Luxor' (which, if I remember correctly,
was supposed to have been the 2nd Doctor Who story in 1963,
but was replaced by the Daleks).  The cover is by Alister
Pearson.  Other script books will be released by Titan,
with 'The Daemons' due in October.

The next New Adventure, Nightshade by Mark Gatiss, is due 
out August 20.  (Could someone post an ISBN as soon as
they get it, please?).  Gary Russell has this to say about
Nightshade:
   For me, it is the first real 'Doctor Who' story since
   Terrance Dicks' 'Exodus' last year - I can see this
   working on television (budget notwithstanding)...
   Ace is the smae Ace from the previous novel 'Witch
   Mark', and therefore, the same Ace we all remember from
   television....The Doctor is also the Doctor - by the end 
   of the book the intense introspection of the later
   Tymwyrm and Cat's Cradle sequences seem to have gone and
   we're back on familiar ground.  Once again, events
   occur around him and he's foremost an explorer and
   adventurer - not the manipulative chess-player some 
   stories that both the novels and TV portrayed him as,
   with the people of the universe as his pawns.

Some of the results of DWM 1992 reader survey:
Ranking of Tymwyrm series in order of preference:
   Exodus      34.53%
   Revelation  27.36%
   Apocalypse  20.18%
   Genesys     17.93%

Favorite Doctor:
   Tom Baker           19.19%
   Patrick Troughton   15.47%
   Sylvester McCoy     15.16%
   Peter Davison       14.86%
   Jon Pertwee         14.51%
   William Hartnell    10.93%
   Colin Baker         10.16%
 They also broke this down into age groups: 6-12, 13-17, 18+
 Tom Baker was first in all three and Colin Baker and William
 Hartnell brought up the rear in all three.
 Many of those listing Colin Baker last expressed a disappointment
 with the material he was given rather than with his portrayal of
 the Doctor.

--------------
Chris Riff
riff@dartmouth.edu
From: jblum@hamlet.umd.edu (Hi ho -- Kermit the Frog here...)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: SURVIVAL: the missing scene
Date: 18 Aug 92 20:24:08 GMT
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a message mentioning that I had a transcript
of the scene cut from the end of "Survival", in which even the Master is
frightened by the darker side of the Doctor.  I offered to type up a
version of it and post it, but didn't receive any responses in the few days
before I went on vacation.

Two weeks later, I returned and found a half-dozen requests for it, plus
a note from Stephen "Iain Robert Asplin" Manfred saying that he didn't
really want to include it in his transcript of the episode.  So, sometime
in the next few days I'm going to write a stand-alone version of the end
of the story.

Sorry about the delay... but it'll be worth it.
From: scottg@amiganet.chi.il.us (Scott Gittlitz)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: "SHADA" US release {Update}
Date: 21 Aug 92 23:46:47 GMT
Organization: Amiga Network Information Systems

In article <1992Aug19.200744.4817@wam.umd.edu>, mrmuon@next04epsl.wam.umd.edu
(Eli John Hawkins) writes:
>In article <scottg.05wq@amiganet.chi.il.us> scottg@amiganet.chi.il.us  
>(Scott Gittlitz) writes:
>>   I am afraid to report that the US release of "SHADA" will not have the  
>script
>> packaged along with the video.
>
>  Is there a good reason for this, or could they perhaps be convinced to  
>include it after all?
  The reason the script will not be include is that the BBC never offered it to
them.  According to the Prydonian Renegade (newsletter of the Prydonians of
Pryncton) which I just received in the mail, Douglas Adams just sold the film
rights to his novel Dirk Gently HDA to a Hollywood studio.  Since certain
similarites were drawn from SHADA and CITY OF DEATH, he did not want it
released here in the US.

  I also hear that "The Claws of Axos" may have been cancelled due to the
sudden decision to release "SHADA" instead.  According the article in the
Renegade CBS FOX does not see British SCI-FI series as a lucrative business,
they are stuck in a catractual obligation with the BBC.  So maybe as soon as
their contract is up CBS FOX Video may drop the Doctor Who line.
From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Past CBS/Fox Releases (was Re: "SHADA" US release {Update})
Date: 19 Aug 92 18:19:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Aug19.181903.7501
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando

Distribution set to NA.

ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) wrote:
>In article <cole.714208860@lea> cole@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Robert Cole) writes:
>>scottg@amiganet.chi.il.us (Scott Gittlitz) writes:
>>>  I just learned some good news, CBS FOX VIDEO has decided to push up the
>>>release of "SHADA" in America. It will be released on Oct. 9th along with the
>>>releases of "Tomb of the Cybermen", "The Pertwee Years", "Caves of Androzani"
>>>and "The Claws of Axos".
>>I wish they would step up the releases on laserdisc.  One LD so far --
>>"Day of the Daleks".
>I didn't even know "Day" was out on LD...

Last time I looked, this was still at the end of the monthly FAQ:

CBS/FOX Doctor Who video releases

Ep?=episode format, LD?=laser disc
 
Title                        Ep?  LD?   Comments
-------------------------    ---  ---   --------
An Unearthly Child            Y    N
The War Games                 Y    N    2 tapes, 2 audio glitches
The Three Doctors             Y    N
Curse of Fenric               Y    N    Contains extra footage
The Hartnell Years            -    N    Contains: pilot for An Unearthly Child
                                                  The Crusade (3)
                                                  The Celestial Toymaker (4)
                                                  other misc. clips
The Troughton Years           -    N    Contains: The Abominable Snowmen (2)
                                                  The Enemy of the World (3)
                                                  The Space Pirates (2)
 
The Seeds of Death            N    N
Spearhead from Space          N    N
The Day of the Daleks         N    Y
The Time Warrior              N    N
Death to the Daleks           N    N
The Ark in Space              N    N
Revenge of the Cybermen       N    N
Terror of the Zygons          N    N
Pyramids of Mars              N    N
The Brain of Morbius          N    N    edited down to 60 mins
The Deadly Assassin           N    N
The Robots of Death           N    N
The Talons of Weng Chiang     N    N
The Five Doctors              Y    N    it's only 1 episode anyway

Tom
From: ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Ghost Light, this week, forget it.........
Date: 12 Aug 92 17:02:59 GMT
Distribution: rec.arts.drwho
Organization: University of Virginia

I just don't think I can get it done anytime this week folks, far far too
busy.  Lots of hours at work this week to make up for a bloke who's
appendix needed extrication rather unexpectedly.....

All I'll be doing this week is responding to other people's posts and
answering questions.  

The trouble is my synopsis have become increasingly more detailed as I've
gone along, so that now one part takes six to eight hours of effort,
and I'm just getting sick of sitting in front of the computer that long.
But it will be done!  Never doubt it, it will be done, someday.....

BTW, even if I do get some time, I think I'm going to devote at least some
of that over on rec.arts.startrek.misc where I think I might do a "parody
synopsis" of Ryan K. Johnson's "Star Trek: The Pepsi Generation."

Every once in a while, one just gets a little tired of writing about the
Doctor you know, and a change is as good as a rest....
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
From: mrmuon@next14epsl.wam.umd.edu (Eli John Hawkins)
Subject: Re: "SHADA" US release {Update}
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 23:16:36 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.210212.8745@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>  
ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) writes:
.. (reasons for CBS/Fox not to include scripts)

Ok, that all made sense, but is there a way for us to get this script and  
so have the full "Shada" experience?
Has Titan printed it? Come to think of it, does anyone have a list of  
precisely which stories Titan has printed so far?
From: doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Doug Vermes) 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: RE: "TOMB" ON KERA 13 AUG
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:36:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
Reply-To: doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Doug Vermes) 

-> If you pledged $120+, Sylvester McCoy would call you back for a 2
-> minute chat.  If you pledged the $275 on credit card, you would get
-> the brunch,
Hmmm... Really? When WLIW did some pledge drive a WHILE back (when they
still had DW), they had Tom Baker and Sophie Aldred there... You could
call in and talk to them w/o pledging lots of $$$! (In fact, if you had
wanted to talk to Sly, you could always have said your check was in the
mail! <G>)
    - Doug
------
doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com
             
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
From: ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin)
Subject: Re: PBS & SCIFI CHANNELS
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 03:45:48 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.175142.25098@Princeton.EDU> shari@room.Princeton.EDU (Shari L. Landes) writes:
>In article <2168.130.uupcb@ssr.com> doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Doug Vermes)  writes:
>>
>>By the way... did you ever notice how the TARDIS slowly became a LOT
>Well, in The Invasion of Time, I half-recall the Doctor negotiating
>with Andred to drop a couple of new TARDIS components to the TARDIS
>before the Doctor's snuffing....
>

You definitely half-recall that.  No such scene occurred.

>-- 
>_________________________________________________________________________
>          Only the ephemeral is of lasting value--Ionesco
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Quiz Part 5
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 05:17:34 MDT
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems #2, Edmonton, AB, Canada

we have the results from the first 4 trivia quizzes, scores out of 40 :

   Frank Durda IV (uhclem@nemesis.lonestar.org)  32
   James William Bennetts (james@mundil.cs.mu.oz.au) 23
   Jonathan Drukman (jondr@sco.com) 19.5
   Ron O'Dell (keeper@deeptht.santa-cruz.ca.us)15.5
   Kevin Blayton (kgb8752@ultb.isc.rit.edu) 14
   Iain Asplin Roberts (               )  10
   Ariane(Ablanch@physics.su.oz.au) 8
   Richard K. Fox (fox-r@cis.ohio-state.edu) 5
   Franklin Trumphy (swan@iastate.edu)  3.5


And now Part 5, which is purely based on DR mk 2:

*1)  Who did the Cybermen use to deflect a ship into the sun?

*2)  After regenerating, who did the doctor see in the mirror ?

*3)  Name the first DW to feature Patrick Troughton's face at the beginning
     of the show?

*4) Who was suppose to be the next companion after Ben and Polly had left?

 5) What did the cybermats home on ?

*6) Which country does Salamander originate from   ?

*7) How did the Doctor and companions rescue the riggers in "Fury from the
    Deep"?

 8) Describe the Master of the LAnd?

*9) What was Benton's rank according to the 2nd  Dr ?

10) Who was the other Gallifreyan renegade in "The War Games" ?


    Rules:

    1)  No posting of answers.  That is up to me.
    2)  Enter as many times as you like, until you get 10/10.
    3)  Deadline is extended to Wednesday, 19 August, 1992 11:59 MDT.




Dave Shariff Yadallee
yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All!
cowboy (n): A 20th century extension of  the neanderthal caveman




Dave Shariff Yadallee
yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
God Save the Queen, God Bless us All!
cowboy (n): A 20th Century extension of  the neanderthal caveman.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
From: bcr@cernapo (Bill Riemers)
Subject: Re: "Tomb" on KERA 13 August 15th
Organization: CERN, European Research Center for High Energy Physics
	<1684014FB5.RCARR00@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU> <1992Aug17.183845.3655@iex.uucp>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 20:52:17 GMT

In article <1992Aug17.183845.3655@iex.uucp> djones@iex.iex.com writes:

>   One interesting twist to this pledge drive. A 275.00 pledge (credit card only)
>   would get you and a friend the opportunity to have brunch with Sylvester McCoy.
>   Ok netters would it be worth it?

Sure! Maybe it would be worth the plain ticket and several days worth of
time to get to this brunch.

                             Bill
From: sanjay@moho.sdsu.edu (Sanjay Phatak)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Doctor Who
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:14:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: newshub.1992Aug14.181455.13874
Organization: San Diego State University, College of Sciences
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY ARE STILL MAKING THE SERIES IN ENGLAND.DOWN HERE IS SAN DIEGO. THE SERIES ISN'T SHOWN AT ALL
From: doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Doug Vermes) 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: THE SCIFI CHANNEL
Date: 14 Aug 92 09:30:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
Reply-To: doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Doug Vermes) 

Well, is this new SciFi channel going to have a logo in the corner of
the screen throughout Doctor Who? I hear it's owned by USA, a channel
which constantly uses such a logo, so.........
      - Doug

P.S. I don't see how anyone expects to get their cable company to pick
it up just like that... Don't they usually wait until they do a complete
overhaul of their lineup?

The Doctor Who Episodes released on video are pretty good, actually...
The Troughton years has the first regeneration scene ever... Also, what
NEW material was added to Curse of Fenric between the time it was on TV
and the time it went on video?

-------
doug.vermes%acc1bbs@ssr.com
From: bhollon@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Brett Hollon)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Wanted to buy - NTSC videos
Keywords: Videos buying
Date: 14 Aug 92 10:09:05 GMT
Organization: Ohio University C.S. Dept, Athens

Will pay reasonable transcription fee (eg $10.00 a show) for clear NTSC VHS
of Tom Baker and Peter Davison era shows.  Especially looking for

  Keeper of Traken
  State of Decay
  Enlightenment
  The Andriods of Tara
  The Power of Kroll
  The Armageddon Factor
  City of Death
  Warrior's Gate
  Castro Valva
  Meglos
  Snake Dance
  Warriors of the Deep

If I could buy these in the stores I would.  If you have infomation where
I can obtain these (legally or otherwise) please e-mail me at with info or
offers.
                                Thanks
p.s. I am not the man.

-- 
!  bhollon@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu      !  Purgamentum init, exit purgamentum  !
!  Brett Hollon, prof. student       !                                      !
!  one more example of the failures  !  That's latin for those of you who   !
!  of the US educational system      !  were wondering                      !
From: dave.yadallee@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Yadallee) 
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: RETURN THE EPISODES!!
Date: 17 Aug 92 20:52:00 GMT
Reply-To: dave.yadallee@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Yadallee) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Freddy's Place BBS - Edmonton, AB - 403-456-4241

Are we all tired of seeing the movies?
Are we tired of missing those interesting cliffhangers?
Do we want to see vintage Doctor Who in movie format?
If you said no to all of the above, here's what to do:
   Pledge for episodes, and call for the elimination of the the movies,
during the next Doctor Who run when PBS go pledging.

  Let bring back the pure vintage stuff!!

REmember, I am yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca !!

Signing off

Dave Shariff "The Doctor Mark 1 and Purist" Yadallee
From: clay@hydra1d.cs.utk.edu (Clay Breshears)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: RETURN THE EPISODES!!
Date: 20 Aug 92 18:37:41 GMT
Organization: Ragnarok Cafe -- Jotunnheim
Distribution: world
Reply-To: clay@cs.utk.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra1d.cs.utk.edu


Pardon me for being dense or something, but I woud rather see the episode
versions of Doctor Who return.  However, this call for the episodes and the
logic of the questions and their answers escapes me.

In article <105.1004.uupcb@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>,
dave.yadallee@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Yadallee)  cajoles:
|> Are we all tired of seeing the movies?

Yes (I'd rather have episodes).

|> Are we tired of missing those interesting cliffhangers?

Yes (they're an integral part of the show and it's melodramatic, seiral-like
atmosphere).

|> Do we want to see vintage Doctor Who in movie format?

No (as I said before, let's have the episodes back).

|> If you said no to all of the above, here's what to do:
|> [proposed procedure deleted]

Now here's where I get confused.  I said "Yes" to two and only "No" to one of 
the questions.  Does this mean I'm really not for the return of episode 
versions?  Can it be true?!?  Holy Freudian slip!  This is better than a 
Rorschach test!  Next thing you know, I'll find out that I hate my father.  
:-) :-)

						clay
-- 
Clay P. Breshears       | Her hair matted with greasepaint and her magnificent
University of Tennessee | torso protruding from a negligee of green nylon, she
E-mail: clay@cs.utk.edu | maundered through the apartment house next to her own
Phone: (615) 974-3848   | thrusting her key into each astounded door.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
From: NG.LAY@forsythe.stanford.edu (Laurie Yadon)
Subject: Re: In defence of the 6th doctor
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:59:46 GMT

This is the second time recently that our computer has done me the
jolly favor of telling me that it has posted my message and then
posted exactly....nothing!  One more try....

In article <1992Aug14.134436.7508@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
bn823@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Peter Mullaney) writes:
>
>When I first saw the "evil" Baker (forgive me Laurie I'm only kidding) I
>didn't like him.  I have come to the conclusion that this was because his
>character was not the 'lovable' type doctor I had come to expect.  I think
>it was the nasty way he sometimes treated his companions.  Other Doctors
>showed their 'superiority' but not in the same NASTY arrogant manner.
>(To answer disputes before the arise - I think Hartnell's Doctor was gruff
>but still lovable.)  Collin's Doctor has 'grown' on me, it's still far from
>my favorite, but I enjoy watching it.

You're forgiven, Pete!  Even if you hadn't been kidding, everyone
is entitled to their opinion about (among other things) the Sixth
Doctor.

What is pretty much guaranteed to incur my wrath, however, is
when folks who dislike the Sixth Doctor *unfairly* transfer those
feelings to Colin.  All too often, unfortunately, I see or hear
fans make statements to the effect that (a) he can't act, and/or
(b) he's an unlikeable person.

With respect to (a), I wish a few more people would take into
consideration that Colin is a professional actor (having made
a nice living at it for 23 years now and received rave reviews
for performances in many different types of roles) who was paid
to play the Sixth Doctor AS INSTRUCTED TO BY THE DIRECTORS AND
THE PRODUCER.  *THEY* had the final say with respect to the
character's personality, development, etc.

With respect to (b), Colin "in real life" (which doesn't necessarily
include convention appearances, since they're also performances
of a sort) isn't much like the Sixth Doctor at all and IMHO is
extremely likeable.

End of today's lecture!  8-)

Laurie Yadon
Coordinator/Editor
The Baker Connection
Colin's official American fan club since 1987
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
From: lalibr@jec305.its.rpi.edu (Ron Scott Laliberte)
Subject: Re: "Tomb" on KERA 13 August 15th
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 18:21:55 GMT

  I did brunch with Mr McCoy right after he had finished filming his first
episode of Dr Who.   He was quite enjoyable... Told fun stories, and then
circulated amongst the fans.  He signed autographs, andswered questions,
posed for pictures, and the lot.  He was very congenial and not rushed at all
(though that may have been thanks to the con-staff (Hi UNIT-USA!))
  Anyway, Public Television (specially those stations that show the shows
that you want to see) is worth the $275, and if you can afford it,
go for the brunch... 
  Scott
From: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: results
Date: 23 Aug 92 11:06:00 EST
Reply-To: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Distribution: rec
Organization: Canada Remote Systems

Bill White, aa634@Cleveland.freenet.edu OR aa037@Medina.Freenet.edu
wrote:

-> I think that the "*" denotes that the answer lies in a section of the
-> story that is among the "Lost Episodes".

 No, that's from "Planet of the Daleks". Episode 4, me thinks.

 He used a.... spoilers...














 A plasic type sheet and filled it with hot air. The Doctor and company
floated out of a air duct. Ah! This was the cliff hanger at the end of
ep. 4. They were trapped in a room with the Daleks crashing in on them;
while the Doc was trying to fill the sheet with air. That's it!
 The planet they were on was called Spiridon.

Regards,
Dale Clayton
-----------------------
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From: ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: Results from Quiz 5 and Now Quiz Part 6
Date: 20 Aug 92 18:42:12 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia

In article <i4ZsPB1w165w@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca> yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Dave Shariff Yadallee) writes:
>
>*3)  Name the first DW to feature Patrick Troughton's face at the beginning
>     of the show?
>
>     The Macra Terror


Dave, this is completely wrong.  I know my title sequences, and
the Troughton update did *not* take place until the story immediately
after this, The Faceless ones, as I said in my answer to the question.

> 8) Describe the Master of the LAnd?
>
>    A Master computer in the Land of Fiction which needed human imagination
>    to operate on.
>

	Also wrong here Dave.  The Master in "The Mind Robber" was
not the computer but the old man plugged in to it.  That is the person
who was called "the Master" and is called nowadays "the Master of the
Land" to avoid confusion with the Master we all know and love to hate.
The computer was never called anything other than "the computer."

and don't try pulling out novelization answers to these, as they are
non-canon.

>d

>Dave Shariff Yadallee
>yadallee@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca, userLIBE@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca
>God Save the Queen, God Bless us All!
>cowboy (n): A 20th Century extension of  the neanderthal caveman.
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
From: mrmuon@next03pg2.wam.umd.edu (Eli John Hawkins)
Subject: Re: "SHADA" US release {Update}
Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 22:11:35 GMT

In article <1992Aug20.012807.11698@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>  
ira2p@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Iain Robert Asplin) writes:
> As for "the full Shada experience," I just don't see why the scripts
> are necessary.  Somewhere around 40% of the show itself is there,
> and I think we can trust Tom Baker's narration for the rest of it.

   It's just that I'd imagine that the narration omits potentially  
entertaining details.