Am I the only person who frequently finds things in TN that DEFINITELY weren't there before? Rereading my entire TN collection, prior to getting FAS, I reached the bit where Thursday is deep in the 'darklands' of Bookworld - where all the fabulous creatures and monsters are. There, among the centaurs, unicorns etc was ... a Dalek!!! This was the only reference I could find, to something that wasn't mythical in origin. In fact, it was the only reference to any known sci-fi monster including the Cybermen.I'm pretty damn sure it wasn't there when I read that passage last time! Which begs the question - if the ghost of Mycroft can appear to influence things in the TN world, is it not possible that the spirit of the late, great Pterry Nation could act in a similar manner in this one, i.e by dropping a casual reference to his greatest creation (apart from Blakes 7) into the text?
Why? you may ask. Well, it just so happens I've got inside knowledge that a Terry Nation tribute weekend is to take place in Ipswich next year (hosted by one of the B7 stars asitappensnotthatI'manobsessiveffanoranything) and since Dr Who pops up a fair bit on this forum I thought it was worth a plug.

I know, I know. I'll get my coat ...

Y'know, maybe you didn't read the word dalek, there was just a dalek in that area, which you noticed due to the imagino- transference device. Check if it's still there now.

Or maybe it was on an exchange programme and a griffon had a nice weekend away?

sic

I believe all three of your previous posts are correct. My eggs are now terminated ...

Sorry - a dissenter - I didn't think much of the little of Blake's 7 that I could be bothered to watch.

I think that Terry Nation's concept of the Daleks was second only to using a Triumph Herald steering wheel as flying saucer in one of the early episodes of Dr Who.

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> Sorry - a dissenter - I didn't think much of the
> little of Blake's 7 that I could be bothered to
> watch.
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> I think that Terry Nation's concept of the Daleks
> was second only to using a Triumph Herald steering
> wheel as flying saucer in one of the early
> episodes of Dr Who.


Hmm ... I was young, the second male lead was hot ... it was pretty much a hormonally driven thing, as I remember. You got to admit, B7 was a good introduction to the world of sci-fi ffunny (perhaps not altogether intentionally, but there were some genuinely good one-liners in amongst the dross) Believe me, the producers would have DIED for a budget the size of a Triumph Herald Steering Wheel!

I reckon there's a potential best-seller, currently lost deep within the Well, based around the adventures of a low budget 1970's Sci fi actor. Then again, maybe not.

It was called Galaxy Quest.

I read the reason the Beeb keep bigging up the Daleks in our present Dr Who is because they bought the rights temporarily so have to keep using them to get their money's worth.

You can't beat the Borg for the most sinister Sci Fi creation, IMO.

I dunno. Hal could give them a run for their money.
Or Reavers

yeah hal's a bit of a nasty *******!!! I just had to google the Reavers, but I have seen the film...yes they are horrible. My mate sent me the Firefly series...yet to watch it, but they are rave about it. Oops I forgot about the Cylons, they can be pretty horrible!!

And the triffids... They are fun

Yes.... But they were just harmless pansies. They did not mean any of it.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Please! They were hardly shrinking violets!

Back to sci-fi machines... What about the tripods? Was anyone ever actually scared by those? I remember wishing I had one I could ride in to school as a kid.

The Kandyman - the Bertie Bassett looky-likey from "Dr. Who - The Happiness Patrol" - not Tony Todd

The tripods from Arthur C Clarke? I was a bit put off by the mesh that was put in peoples heads

Or is it the Tripods from the brilliants '80's Beeb series?

What about the actual trilogy's Tripods?

I think written by John Christopher.

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

I meant from War of the Worlds, yes.

They make a (sort-of) appearance in "Never the Bride" by Paul Magrs.