The Moonbase
“Mr Benoit”, “Doctor Who and
the Poisoned Sugar”, “The Dalek Invasion of the Moon”
“The One with the Important
Lesson about Using Sweetener” (USA), “This could put us out of a job” (Met
Office News)
Doctor Who stops the Cybermen
invading the moon because an airless ball of rock is terribly important.
*** - Dig that funky
cyber-march.
“Lose weight now, ask us how”
(Cyberman ad libs as they float away into space)
"Every pant's got a weak point. It's
just a question of waiting until it shows up, that's all"
This story is the first
appearance of the Cybermen. Despite rumours of an earlier appearance,
historians don’t consider there to be any truth in it.
One of the Cybermen is played
by a young Mr ‘BS Barakus’ T.
Anneke Wills and Michael Craze
married during the making of episode two but had it annulled on the
grounds of boredom by episode four. This lead a future Archbishop of
Canterbury to denounce the show as “a breeding ground for weasels and
sin”.
The flags on the base members
chests were a late addition after the director was heard to call certain
accents ‘mangled and pathetic’.
The shower hats worn by the
scientists were bought from Woolworth's. The props man got a ten percent
discount when he gave the assistant a signed picture of Patrick Troughton.
The creator of the Simpsons
admitted in 1997 that Marge was based loosely on Benoit but by 1999 he
denied he ever said it. In 2000 he denied having denied it but by 2003 he
denied his denial of the denial. He is hoping he is never asked about it
again.
Si Hunt
"I must commend Story HH for its attack
on the needless indulgence that is "sugar". I have never seen the need for
the stuff - first thing in the morning I have my coffee strong, black and
bitter. I like bitterness at breakfast time and so does Ian Devine. He
says that's why he always insists on breakfasting at table with me. I
assume he means that he can have the residue of my small cup of coffee. He
knows that he would be welcome to a small cup of his own if he leaves
eight pence in the usual place. I once expressed similar opinions to this
at a video cassette launch "party" for Cybermen - The Early Years. John
Nathan Turner said he always enjoyed a mouthful of sweetness in the
morning. "Don't be pathetically stupid" I quipped, "sugar is just another
of those expensive luxuries which the modern young person is utterly
addicted to. Such as pre-packed sandwiches, deodorant and lavatory paper.
I only use lavatory paper now because Doctor Flapjack said my a-n-u-s
condition required it and he gave me a prescription. Any indulgence of the
unessential is beneath contempt." I was going to go on when Gary Downie
came over. "Did you call?" he asked. I was about to reply in the negative
when Mr Nathan Turner beat me to it. "I did, Sweetness, I wanted someone
to rescue me..."
 
 
 
 
 
What black and white TV could hint at but never
truly show you
The "Nokia sugar bowl" isn't the
sweetening/telephoning hybrid you'd think it would be
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