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Reviewer: Kusma (talk · contribs) 10:26, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
Will review this one over the next few days. —Kusma (talk) 10:26, 10 January 2022 (UTC)
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A very nice article. I don't know much about Hartnell-era Doctor Who (I have seen the first three serials and The Tenth Planet, but nothing else) so I may ask some naive questions.
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Impressive overall. Will put on hold while you address my comments below, but I don't expect this to be for long. —Kusma (talk) 23:38, 13 January 2022 (UTC)
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Plot:
They stop atop the Empire State Building in New York City in 1966, and the Doctor and companions are mistaken for stowaways on the Mary Celeste until the Daleks arrive and the frightened boat crew abandon the ship.Are the Daleks in NYC and the Doctor on the Mary Celeste separate events in separate times or is the Mary Celeste in New York in 1966?
Venturing into a metal city above the jungle, Mechonoids imprison the DoctorThe Doctor is in the metal city, and the mechonoids venture there and capture him?
time machine ... more reliable than the TARDISI didn't realise the "TARDIS is unreliable" gag was that old :)
Conception and writing:
more expensive than typicalproduction of the serial, or buying the script?
Nation's scripts required little editing from Spooner, and he was too busy to undertake rewrites.Did anyone want them to be edited or rewritten? Otherwise, it kind of doesn't matter whether Nation was buys or not?
the device was previously known as a Time Curve Visi-Scope and was invented by the Doctorin a previous serial, or in a previous iteration of the script?
An early intention was for the first episode to feature the Beatles, dressed as old menthat's cool, might be something for DYK after this passes. So the episode does feature the Beatles, just not as old men, but as their ordinary 1964 Beatlemania selves?
Directing and music
Richard Martin was chosen to direct the serial; he was reluctant to agree, but had become known as the "Dalek director", having directed both The Daleks and The Dalek Invasion of Earth—Lambert told him, "You owe it to me".and then he agreed because of being guilt tripped? I'm not a fan of the dash here. Also, who chose Martin? Do we know why he was reluctant? I don't quite see the contrast between "reluctant" and "Dalek director" expressed by the "but".
unhappy about the existence of Frankenstein in the story, concerned that it did not present the concept in a realistic wayIs this now Frankenstein or Frankenstein's monster? The word "realistic" seems a bit out of place when talking about time traveling aliens meeting fictional characters.
Sets and design:
Cusick and John Wood worked togetherthe next sentence makes it sound more like they divided the work between them?
Casting and characters:
Due to the complexity of some shots, Warwick ... in some shotsrepetitive
Martin cast several actors he had previously worked with in theatredo we know who they were? If they are the ones that follow, maybe connect with a colon?
their somewhat piscine nature led to ballet-type movement, but Martin felt that they could have taken it further.I don't quite understand this. piscine -> ballet? Would making it more ballet-like have been better?
The characters of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula were ...might be better to place this sentence earlier and combine with the Karloff mention so you don't say twice that the Frankenstein film was a big influence.
Filming:
the 90-second action sequencenot having seen the episode, I have no idea what you are talking about.
The fight scenesimilar.
Broadcast and ratings:
and made its way into the top 20; the fourth and sixth episodes entered the top 10top 20 of what?
The Appreciation Index was also successfulI think you want to say the show was successful when measured by the Appreciation Index, or something like that?
A long and very detailed article, most of it already very well written. Perhaps slightly too detailed for my taste, but then I have weird taste. —Kusma (talk) 23:22, 13 January 2022 (UTC)