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Classic Who "Planet of Fire" Parts 1&2 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Andrew Vignaux

"Timanov says Logar is benevolent. Perhaps he's waiting with a cool drink and new shoes.", Amyand, "Planet of Fire" We've been here before! And by "we", I mean your faithful New Who viewers, and by "here", I mean Lanzarote. The cast and crew of "Planet of Fire" got a location trip to Lanzarote to film this story (representing both the outdoor scenes on Earth and the outdoor scenes on Sarn) - as did the New Who production team when Lanzarote was used to film the lunar surface scenes in "Kill the Moon". "Yes, but it's still a wise precaution to send the occasional free-thinker to the flames. Encourages faith in our traditions.", Timanov, "Planet of Fire" Timanov has some nice lines in this story - my favourite is next week. Peter Wyngarde has a long IMDB list of credits but, honestly, the only highlight for me was that he was Number 2 in one of "The Prisoner" stories. "So what? I'm Perpugilliam Brown and I can shout just as loud as you can.", Peri, "Planet of Fire" Peri is played by Nicola Bryant. Her character is American - probably as an attempt to appeal to the (then) new American audience - but Nicola (obviously) , er ... isn't. And "Perpugilliam" - really? What was JNT thinking? "Earthlings!", Turlough, "Planet of Fire" The famous swimming scene! On "The Five Doctors" commentary track with David Tennant, Phil Collinson, and Helen Raynor, they went off-topic and started talking about Peri and Turlough in this very scene. I will merely mention that the young David and the young Phil reported they had been concentrating on quite different characters during this sequence. But the famous fun-fact from this scene, however, is that Nicola was "saved" from drowning by a German tourist who didn't realise she was just acting. (Actually, it was a German naturist and he later ruined a take by being visibly naked in the background of a shot). "You're not taking the TARDIS anywhere, and you're not listening to any more messages from Trion. You're finished, Kamelion!", Turlough, "Planet of Fire" We get Kamelion back for the first time since "The King's Demons". The prop never worked well. There was a scene filmed for "The Awakening" but it was edited out. And it's almost as if no one ever remembers he was on board all this time. "No one can order a Chosen One.", "Except another Chosen One. Now please, take me to where you were found.", Malkon and Turlough, "Planet of Fire" Oh, a Turlough backstory! We've all been waiting a while for this. "Have I seen everything today. A transgalactic payphone, a stepfather who turns into a robot, and a robot who turns into a gangster.", Peri, "Planet of Fire" This story is directed by Fiona Cumming (Castrovalva / Snakedance / Enlightenment - and I like all those stories). It was Fiona who suggested Lanzarote as a location because when had been there on holiday. It's Fiona's last Who. Well, her last Who as director anyway. "I have succeeded. Contact has been made.", Howard(Kamelion), "Planet of Fire" Contact has been made? Oh, no! BTW: Nicola's slide down the rocky slope really did hurt!

Frank Shailes
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What was JNT thinking? "I never warmed to the name Perpugilliam, but I like Peri as a name. John Nathan Turner found it in a book. Apparently, in the Sixties, mothers in America were naming their children with particularly long ostentatious names. Obviously, John was using this to typify the kind of background that Peri had had, and the kind of mother she had." (DWM, Dec 1986)

Steve Webster
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According to the extremely minimal research I just did, 'Perpugilliam' apparently has various meanings such as "a Jamaican bellflower", "From the hills/She who lives in the hills", and "Handful of stardust". One shudders at the thought of what someone with the calibre of a Steven Moffatt would have done with THAT. Now if I could only find the meaning of her sibling Terrygilliam...