UNIT attempt to get into the bunker to stop Miss Winters setting off the world's nuclear missiles but first they have to get past the K1.UNIT attempt to get into the bunker to stop Miss Winters setting off the world's nuclear missiles but first they have to get past the K1.UNIT attempt to get into the bunker to stop Miss Winters setting off the world's nuclear missiles but first they have to get past the K1.
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- TriviaThis episode was watched by 9 million viewers on its original transmission.
- GoofsIn its original broadcast the giant robot suffered from the use of CSO (blue screen) because the screen it stood in front of reflected in its silver sheen, causing large parts of the robot to randomly vanish as it moved around, particularly its lower legs, however, this has been largely corrected in later releases.
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Doctor Who: You know, what you need is a change.
Sarah Jane Smith: Hmm.
Doctor Who: How about a little trip in the TARDIS? I'm just off.
Sarah Jane Smith: Wait, you can't just go!
Doctor Who: Why not? It's a free cosmos!
Sarah Jane Smith: The Brigadier!
Doctor Who: The Brigadier? Wants me to address the cabinet? Have lunch at Downing Street, dinner at the Palace, and write seventeen reports in triplicate! Well I won't do it. I won't, I won't, I...
Doctor Who: [pounds his fist on the table] won't!
Sarah Jane Smith: [startled] Ooh!
Doctor Who: Why should I?
Sarah Jane Smith: Doctor, you- you're being childish!
Doctor Who: Well of course I am! There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Bite Back: Episode #1.19 (1993)
OK so some of the effects are a bit on the dodgy side, it does look like a few things were done on the cheap, the King Kong moment especially looks a wee bit dodgy, too many outlines.
An interesting idea about the Robot developing an attachment towards Sarah after killing kettlewell.
I loved the interchange between the Doctor and Sarah at the end, what a fantastic chemistry between them. You can just see they enjoyed working together (talk about glad that Harry went too!)
Tom is so convincing, his first story and I totally bought into it, he plays it with conviction and pizazz he is utterly brilliant. Those mad eyes, the curly hair, it was never going to fail was it!
A really good end to what's been a fantastic debut for Tom. 8/10
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