Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sdcc3.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!ios!oliveb!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!sdcc3!ee173xcb From: ee173xcb@sdcc3.UUCP (ee173xcb) Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho Subject: Black Orchid Message-ID: <2363@sdcc3.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 18:25:35 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcc3.2363 Posted: Tue Oct 16 18:25:35 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 06:18:30 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U.C. San Diego, Computer Center Lines: 19 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)