The Web of Fear

"Return of the Spheres", "The Womble Invasion of Earth", "Attack of the Fur Covered Balls"

“The One With the Subway” (USA), “Provides pleasing warmth” (Classic Fires Monthly)

Doctor Who hangs out with some butch soldiers and beats some hairy beasts

*** - It sewed the seeds of the Pertwee era with the military involvement and also for Mr Blobby with the fat, wobbly monsters who just wouldn't die

Troughton: "My word you look old, my dear Watling"

Debbie: "I haven't been sleeping well, actually"

Col. Lethbridge-Stewart: 'This Intelligence. Exactly what is it?'

Doctor: 'Well I wish I could give you a precise answer. Perhaps the best way to describe it is a sort of formless, shapeless thing, floating about in pants like a cloud of mist only with a mind and will.'

Frazer Hines' mother visited the set during the recording of parts two and three. The first visit was to see how he was, the second to bring him some pamphlets on careers in the Civil Service.

All Underground footage was shot at Troughtonsgate - Patrick's private Tube station.

Even before his UNIT promotion, Nick Courtney was known on set as "The Brig". This was because he could span narrow rivers and allowed people to cross but he couldn't spell.

The Coventry Evening Snoop's TV critic described this as "A welcome return for Big Foot" but their political correspondent said it "would discourage Coventronians from visiting the capital" because he considered "our natives are unable to tell the difference between reality and a television documentary"

John Levene was allowed to keep his Yeti costume as he said his then wife found it "sexy". Three wives later he asked to keep the nappy he wore in the Time Monster.

Si Hunt

"I attended a press conference at which a spokesman for London Transport was to unveil the latest Public-Private Partnership plans for expansion of the Underground network. I raised my hand once he'd stopped waffling on about trains and asked my sensible question. "My name is Dennis Brent and I represent the people. I would like to know why you demanded an extortionate fee from the British Broadcasting Corporation in November 1967 when Mr Camfield requested permission to record some material for Doctor Who story QQ?" He looked at me with some concern, mumbled something to the drone on his right and then responded to my fascinating question. "Don't be pathetically stupid" he said rudely. "We're running an underground railway network which carries over nine hundred million passengers per year. Do you really think I've got time to discuss some children's show?" I was about to give a witty reply when some burly men bundled me out of the hall. Thinking about it, that wasn't a very amusing anecdote. I should've replaced it with the time Ian Devine became wedged in a turnstile and I ended up in hospital after laughing so hard that I became uncoordinated and fractured my skull on a tourist."

The Great Intelligence and one of his silver control spheres

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