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Classic Who "Terror of the Vervoids" Parts 1&2 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Andrew Vignaux

"What isn't completely uncharacteristic is this resort to excuses and subterfuge. To gloss over the death of Peri, the Doctor conveniently presents us with another companion.", The Valeyard, "Terror of the Vervoids" An interesting time jump from the previous episodes - with a new companion ... "Twenty three, twenty four, twenty five ...", Melanie, "Terror of the Vervoids" It's Mel! It's Mel! It's Mel! - Melanie Bush - played by Bonnie Langford. Bonnie was a child actor and dancer who had been on UK TV screens and in theater productions through the 70s and 80s - over-present if anything, almost to the level of a joke that you couldn't turn on a TV screen without seeing her on it. I imagine this was a celebrity casting by JNT - but she is great fun in it. Fun fact which I only just discovered: Bonnie was the first companion actor to have been born after Doctor Who began in 1963. "Now, I'll go first. We don't want you breaking your neck. At least, not until ...", Edwardes Fun fact #2: For the cliffhangers, Bonnie was asked to scream in a key which merges perfectly into the closing Who theme. And she does have quite a scream on her! "Let's exercise the grey cells for once, shall we, rather than the muscles.", The Doctor, "Terror of the Vervoids" A murder mystery - excellent! And we have "grey cells", and later we see Professor Lasky reading "Murder on the Orient Express". They are kind of rubbing the Agatha Christie vibes in ... hm ... whatever happened to her? "Simply a bromide.", "Enzu", "Terror of the Vervoids" That's a nice whodunnit-style giveaway - not using the translator gives away a disguised character. "Or why it is that every time you appear on the scene, people begin to die?", "Hey, I don't care who you are, you've no right to say that to the Doctor.", Travers and Melanie, "Terror of the Vervoids" This story was written by Pip and Jane Baker. We last saw them with killer tree-mines in "The Mark of the Rani". The Rani ... hm ... whatever happened to her? "Now, before you go rushing off, Mel, do you know what a Judas goat is?", "Er, yes. It's a decoy goat that's tied to the stake to lure the tiger out into the open.", The Doctor and Melanie, "Terror of the Vervoids" No, that's not the meaning of "Judas goat". "Am I expected to trust my life for millions of millions of miles to a bunch of incompetents who can't even get my luggage aboard without losing it?", Professor Lasky, "Terror of the Vervoids" It's Honor Blackman! Best known as Cathy Gale from the "The Avengers" or, the role you have seen her in, Pussy Galore in the James Bond film "Goldfinger". Of course, another "The Avengers" actor, Diana Rigg, was also in Doctor Who ("The Crimson Horror") and was another Bond girl. "At my age, one doesn't like to be reminded of mortality.", Kimber, "Terror of the Vervoids" Kimber, the nice old man who gets attacked in his cabin was played by Arthur Hewlett who we've seen before in "State of Decay". "This is a situation that requires tact and finesse. Fortunately, I am blessed with both.", The Doctor, "Terror of the Vervoids"

Ryan

Of course, the big excitement here is you at long last come full circle on Mel. Bonnie Langford had about as rough a time with the fans as Colin himself, which makes it incredibly sweet that she not only eventually got to come back, but was considered a big enough get to be given a recurring role at UNIT. Though it's also hard to blame the fans too much, since as you can probably already tell, the character was initially created just as a screamer, with Bonnie getting the job mostly because she could do a scream that the casting director described as "peeling paint off the walls." Though a bonus that came along with it is that she has perfect pitch (as you've seen with her offhand duplication of the Giggle) and could do a scream that seamlessly merged into the closing credits music, providing a fantastic new way to do cliffhangers.

Thomas Corp

Perfectly understandable that you’re still reeling from the ending of the last episodes. As I see some of the other fellas have said, great to see Honor Blackman in this. It is a big highlight of the reaction how you keep jumping on those running this trial. You see it in your eyes how so done you are with it. Nicely put on how the top priority is less on the trial itself, and more on the question of who is responsible for this chicanery that’s been going on. See we both have a love for the Audrey II, or just Little Shop of Horrors in general. Then of course, there is the introduction to Bonnie as Mel. Well, you’ve met her already. I maintain that it speaks to how you invest so deeply in the stories that you just aren’t thinking about the forgone conclusion of things such as Mel’s arrival. And yeah, the whole timey wimey of it all, it fries your brain like an egg. And I do agree with you that say you were thinking about it, you did recall that Bonnie had the nostalgic moment of with the coat whilst helping the Doctor contend with Sutekh. So, it would stand to reason that her arrival was imminent. Even so, the fact that you were not quite expecting it made the reaction better. A unique introduction to Mel, like you said. She is on the fitness kick. I share the Doctor’s aversion to carrot juice. Nice to see you had the favorable first introduction in Classic Who to Mel. She does have the set of lungs that would make Fay Wray and Evelyn Ankers proud with the screaming. I get what you mean about reserving sorting out feelings until the trial is concluded. One big complaint that you had: Alas, no Cinderella style presentation of the shoe, much to your chagrin. Thanks for the fun reaction, Jess.

Ryan
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The fitness stuff is pretty uncomfortable now as Colin would later get diabetes which devasted his BMI, and he's never gotten back to where he was here. Kind of balanced out by seeing him so squeamish about carrot juice when he's eaten possum's anus on live television.