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Subject: Black Orchid
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Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 18:25:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 16 18:25:35 1984
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I feel I have to add my two cents about The Black Orchid.  I don't
mind the setting of the story. As a matter of fact, after the first
instalment of the story, I felt that it was going to be a great Dr.
Who story.  However, after the second I think it is possibly the
worst story of all time.  It's not that not everything is explained,
but rather that almost nothing is explained!  They never really say
what happened to the professor, and ddon't even explain the
significance of the black orchid in the title.  There were several
other loose ends that infuriated me, but since it has been almost a
year since I last saw that episode, I can't remember what they were.
  I notice that the show was only two episodes long.  The only other
two episoder that I am aware of, "The Sontaren(sp?) Experiment,"
was only two episodes because Tom Baker broke his leg during the
filming.  The Black Orchid certainly seems to me that something
interupted the filming, and they just sort of edited together the
pieces as best they could.  Does anybody know if this is the case?

	    Greg Vaughan (University of California, San Diego)