The Aztecs

"The Incas", "Doctor Who and The Mexicans", "Aztec Cameca"

"The One with the Human Sacrifices" (USA), "Dr Who and the Tanned Savages" (Spain)

Doctor Who and Barbara are mistaken for gods while Ian is mistaken for a warrior and Susan is mistaken for someone old enough to get married.

*** - History rocks though often in thought provoking ways.

"Engaged ? Tish and pish you half-witted wench - I've got a wife back on Gallifrey" (cut from final script)

"How shall a man know his pants?"
"By the signs of their divinity."
"And what if thieves walk among the pants?"
"Then, indeed, how shall a man know?"

This story was actually shot on location in Mexico

The line “You cannot rewrite history, not one line” was only achieved on the second take as Billy, bless him, fluffed it originally by saying “You cannot rewrite history you half-witted bint”

The Aztec names were not genuine and were achieved by drawing letters from a Scrabble bag. The Scrabble set was permanently on hand as production staff knew that Sydney Newman was more likely to agree to their requests if he’d just defeated in non-violent combat.

The fledgling Dr Who Club reacted angrily to the Doctor’s relationship with Cameca as they felt he should be above such things. Eight of the nine fans involved imploded during the TV Movie.

This story was the first to truly benefit from the vidFIRE process. An unfortunate name since putting videos in fires caused some small problems in the past.

The Virgin New Adventure “Requiem For a Sinful Hummingbird” implies that Cameca is in fact The Rani in a previous incarnation.

BBC advertising regulations meant that the following dialogue had to be cut.

“Would you like some cocoa ?”
“I’d prefer some Horlicks”
“I’ll see if any of the concubines are free”

Thora Hird wrote a letter to the BBC in the aftermath of episode three and called the story “At least three times better than Shakespeare.”

With high production values, an excellent script and genuinely thought provoking concepts, it was only a matter of time before historical stories such as these were dropped in favour of cheap and clichéd space opera.

Si Hunt

"This was the first digital versatile disc made available to the proles which featured the "Videofire" technique. I was on a panel of experts shortly after the release of this title and one audience member asked me "Does this technique make the experience of watching Doctor Who comparable to watching it back in the early 1960s?" I considered his question for a moment before giving my reply. "Don't be pathetically stupid" I quipped, "back in the 1960s h-o-m-o-s-e-x-u-a-l-i-t-y was illegal and I could've ordered a constable to imprison you and your kind for sodomy. Aside from this retrograde step, the answer is a qualified yes." The proles were admiring my balanced answer as they milled out of the room. There didn't seem much point in mentioning that the Question and Answer session would be continuing for another two and a half hours as they had clearly had enough of the other people on the panel."

Modern uses of cocoa

That's all very well but are YOU a god?