It comes to something when a Doctor Who DVD commentary is less interesting than the story itself. But it's accomplished with ease on the recent release of Tom Baker's first story - Robot.
The normally on form Tom was joined by Producer Barry Letts, the woman who just keeps looking younger and younger - Elizabeth Sladen (how does she do it? I wonder), and the writer of the story Terrence Dicks.
Poor old Tom was particularly dull in the two episodes I could listen too before heading to the pub for relief. Terrence Dicks on the other hand appeared to be full of beans.
Why he felt the need to congratulate himself every five minutes about his work in general rather than talk about how poor Robot is remains a mystery.... ah, I get it.
So now we know that all the good parts of Robot were in the script. The bad parts might just have been added by the actors or the director. Terrence inspired all the good writers of the new series into writing via his books. Terrence the great!
So we've got Courtney and now we have Dicks - The Doctor Who pension fund for people who really deserve our money. Please provide generously by buying their products.
The Undefinable Magic of Dr Who
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