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[abigailbrady]

Been watching lots of 80s Who lately. Got to Earthshock. It has the worst science fail in any Doctor Who that I've seen. I quote:


doctor: fascinating
nyssa: so huge! What sort of creature had such bones?
tegan: dinosaurs
doctor: an amazing species!
[... contined dialog as if dinosaurs were a single species ... ]


i'm sure I knew that there were lots of types in 1982 and I was 3!!!

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[x-mass.livejournal.com]

do you know rhialtio? If not are you coming to Bicon? I can introduce you to each other. Olaf is a huge who fan and would probably love to chat

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

No and no.

[x-mass.livejournal.com]

gawds. It times like this i feel ooooollllldddd!!!!!!!

[thatmakesmemad.livejournal.com]

Tsk I don't and I can remember back to Patrick Troughton (I'm doubful about William Hartnell as I was 3 when he left)

[x-mass.livejournal.com]

I just keep thinking of myself as the same age as abi

[shermarama]

Hee. We've just started watching some classic Who here, beginning with Four, and since so far we've seen a blatantly toy tank shot in close-up to look like a full-size one in Robot, and a space station that's clearly made of about three bits of plastic junk painted white in Ark In Space, I doubt that dodgy science is going to be top of my fail list.

[abigailb.livejournal.com]

I think I've become inured to all that. And the technobabble. But this really stuck out like a sore thumb - on a level with confusing the galaxy with the solar system, which also happens from time to time.