Sylvester McCoy
Season Twenty Five
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668. Part One Wed 05.10.1988 7.35pm - 8.00pm 5.5M/78th/68% 669. Part Two 12.10.1988 7.35pm - 8.00pm 5.8M/78th/69% 670. Part Three 19.10.1988 7.35pm - 8.00pm 5.1M/91st/70% 671. Part Four 26.10.1988 7.35pm - 8.00pm 5.0M/94th/72%
The Doctor lands on Earth in 1963, and finds that the military have already found a Dalek and are attempting to fight it. But is it the wrong Dalek? The Doctor soon discovers that there are two Dalek factions fighting each other in the battle to obtain the Hand of Omega.
The Doctor re-programs the Hand of Omega, and wants the Daleks to have it. He has two problems: First, ensure the right faction gets the Hand, and to try to keep the military from getting diced in the cross-fire, as well as looking after his new companion Ace.
The intended Daleks manage to get the Hand, and when they use it the Doctor's program comes into play: Destroy Skaro and return to destroy the mothership. The last of the second Dalek faction self-destructs when it cannot find any data about it's home planet or fellow Daleks.
Episode 1?: There's a scene where you can see Sylvester McCoy's shadow on the wall of the school cellar steps as he waits for his cue.
Episode 2: The TV announcer announcing "Doc..." gives the time as a quarter past five. This comes in episode 2 between breakfast and lunch! And even if it was a quarter past five, it should be pitch dark outside if it's November! (Note: The show being announced is obviously the first ever episode of Doctor Who, but it wasn't shown at 5.15 anyway - it was delayed by about 2 minutes due to extra news coverage on the JFK assassination.)
Episode 3: When the Dalek shuttlecraft lands, you can see the wires lowering it down, along with the metal eyelets that attach them to the shuttlecraft at each corner.
Episode 3: When the Dalek's shuttlecraft is landing, the view from outside shows that the window to the laboratory is wide open. However, from the inside, it's closed until the blast rips it from the frame!
Episode 3?: When Ace is yelling at Mike for being a stinking dirty scumbag (the second time), she's supposed to be very angry. However, it's plainly clear that she's doing her best not to laugh. Near the end of the scene, she has a grin breaking through, and you can see her actually smirking at the end, as she runs off screen.
Episode 4: When the little girl kills Mike Smith, he falls back against some stairs and if you watch, you can see the stairs slide backwards!
Epsisode 4: Watch the Black Dalek just before the Doctor arrives and destroys him. As he turns to face the second of the approaching vans, the top of his dome slips sideways as if it's about to fall off!
Episode ?: Modern cars are driving past in several scenes.
Episode ?: In one scene, the Doctor switches seats with Ace while they are in a van, supposedly during a blackout lasting about a second as they go under a bridge. If you watch closely during the blackout, you can see the Doctor and Ace sitting perfectly still until the lights come on, when they bounce down leaving Ace to be surprised at the seat change.
Episode ?: See if you can notice where the Black Dalek's lights have been made to flash using an electronic effect added in post-production (since the actual lights failed to work during shooting).
Episode ?: Just before the Doctor tells Ace about the Hand of Omega, watch as Sophie Aldred trips on some of the barbed wire.
