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The second serial by writer Terence Dudley, ''Black Orchid'' is nine-tenths [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Fan Service]] and one-tenth the plot for said [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Fan Service]]. Also, it's the first two-part story in [[Doctor Who]] since 1975: producer John Nathan-Turner didn't like the six-part stories that had been common up until this point, and was experimenting with different story lengths. |
The second serial by writer Terence Dudley, ''Black Orchid'' is nine-tenths [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Fan Service]] and one-tenth the plot for said [[Scenery Porn]] and [[Fan Service]]. Also, it's the first two-part story in [[Doctor Who]] since 1975: producer John Nathan-Turner didn't like the six-part stories that had been common up until this point, and was experimenting with different story lengths. |
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It is also the last "pure historical" (a past-set story not featuring aliens or the like) to date, and the last one since ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S4 |
It is also the last "pure historical" (a past-set story not featuring aliens or the like) to date, and the last one since ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S4/E04 The Highlanders|The Highlanders]]''. |
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Ha. Of course, they don't believe him... until the Doctor gets them to walk into his TARDIS, which proves that he '''is''' a time-travelling alien and therefore exonerates him of the murder. (Look, we ''did'' say the plot didn't make sense.) Then everything's fine, until someone remembers that the ''real'' killer is back at the mansion. Oh noes! |
Ha. Of course, they don't believe him... until the Doctor gets them to walk into his TARDIS, which proves that he '''is''' a time-travelling alien and therefore exonerates him of the murder. (Look, we ''did'' say the plot didn't make sense.) Then everything's fine, until someone remembers that the ''real'' killer is back at the mansion. Oh noes! |
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Mystery Killer, now dressed in slacks and and a nice sweater, kidnaps Ann, kills a few more people and is then temporarily subdued while everyone tries to politely ignore the fact that a murder interrupted their pleasant summer banquet and dance. Then Mystery Killer escapes, grabs Nyssa and runs off - apparently having set the entire house on fire to break down a simple door. At this point, Lady Cranleigh decides to confess that the murdering psychopath is her ''other'' son, who was hideously mutilated during the course of his search for the black orchid; and, no longer being one of the Beautiful People, was shut away in the disused corridor. But it's all good, as the Doctor and Lord Cranleigh decide to go up and rescue Nyssa - and in doing so, cause our 'misunderstood' villain to hurl himself from the roof to his death. |
Mystery Killer, now dressed in slacks and and a nice sweater, kidnaps Ann, kills a few more people and is then temporarily subdued while everyone tries to politely ignore the fact that a murder interrupted their pleasant summer banquet and dance. Then Mystery Killer escapes, grabs Nyssa and runs off - apparently having set the entire house on fire to break down a simple door. At this point, Lady Cranleigh decides to confess that the murdering psychopath is her ''other'' son, who was hideously mutilated during the course of his search for the black orchid; and, no longer being one of the Beautiful People, was shut away in the disused corridor. But it's all good, as the Doctor and Lord Cranleigh decide to go up and rescue Nyssa - and in doing so, cause our 'misunderstood' villain to hurl himself from the roof to his death. |
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Adric doesn't have any actual speaking lines for most of part 2--presumably he was still eating. Murders be damned, there's food on that table going to waste. |
Adric doesn't have any actual speaking lines for most of part 2--presumably he was still eating. Murders be damned, there's food on that table going to waste. |
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* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: George |
* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: George |
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* [[Big Eater]]: Adric spends a good amount of time eating food because he doesn't want to dance. |
* [[Big Eater]]: Adric spends a good amount of time eating food because he doesn't want to dance. |
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* [[Breather Episode]]: Somewhat justified in that the previous four adventures often had high death counts, or at least came near grievous personal harm to our TARDIS crew. [[Doctor Who/Recap/S19 |
* [[Breather Episode]]: Somewhat justified in that the previous four adventures often had high death counts, or at least came near grievous personal harm to our TARDIS crew. [[Doctor Who/Recap/S19/E06 Earthshock|And then there is the next one...]] |
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* [[Burning Building Rescue]] |
* [[Burning Building Rescue]] |
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* [[The Cast Showoff]]: That's really [[Peter Davison]], a keen cricketer himself, playing cricket in the Doctor's cricket scenes, and doing pretty well--he bowls out an extra. |
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: That's really [[Peter Davison]], a keen cricketer himself, playing cricket in the Doctor's cricket scenes, and doing pretty well--he bowls out an extra. |
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* [[Cricket]]: Duh. |
* [[Cricket]]: Duh. |
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** [[Cricket Rules]]: In the [[Doctor Who Novelisations|novelisation]], Tegan tries explaining the rules of the game to Adric and Nyssa. |
** [[Cricket Rules]]: In the [[Doctor Who Novelisations|novelisation]], Tegan tries explaining the rules of the game to Adric and Nyssa. |
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Each of The Doctor's companions was given a story where they could take a bigger role this season. This is Nyssa's. She gets to play her [[Identical Stranger]]! |
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Each of The Doctor's companions was given a story where they could take a bigger role this season. This is Nyssa's. She gets to play her [[Identical Stranger]]! |
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* [[Fake Nationality]]: Latoni, the indigenous South American, is played by the rather more Asian-British [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451089/ Ahmed Khalil.] |
* [[Fake Nationality]]: Latoni, the indigenous South American, is played by the rather more Asian-British [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451089/ Ahmed Khalil.] |
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* [[Fan Service]]: Tegan shows off some great cleavage. And the Doctor himself looks rather fine in that deep red bathrobe, too. |
* [[Fan Service]]: Tegan shows off some great cleavage. And the Doctor himself looks rather fine in that deep red bathrobe, too. |
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