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Post by darrenj on Aug 8, 2015 15:07:02 GMT
It's often said by fans that the idea of Jago and Litefoot (from 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang') starring in their own spin-off series was considered even at the time that story was being made. So is there actually any evidence to support this or is it just fan myth?
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Post by richardwoods on Aug 9, 2015 16:46:17 GMT
I remember reading something about the proposed spin off around the time of original broadcast and being disappointed that nothing came of it.  A sort of steampunk Sci-Fi Victorian Detective show would have been fun. Talons was great, shame about the bloody rat though!! |
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Post by Simon Smith on Sept 21, 2015 6:58:13 GMT
I remember reading something about the proposed spin off around the time of original broadcast and being disappointed that nothing came of it. A sort of steampunk Sci-Fi Victorian Detective show would have been fun. Talons was great, shame about the bloody rat though!! Still looked better than the 'snake' in The Magician's Apprentice.... |
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Post by Tony Ingram on Sept 24, 2015 6:35:28 GMT
I remember reading something about the proposed spin off around the time of original broadcast and being disappointed that nothing came of it. A sort of steampunk Sci-Fi Victorian Detective show would have been fun. Talons was great, shame about the bloody rat though!! Still looked better than the 'snake' in The Magician's Apprentice.... Oh, come on! That snake was a wonderful piece of CGI, the kind of effect you'd never have got on TV just a few years ago. |
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Post by Paul McDermott on Sept 24, 2015 6:58:54 GMT
I remember reading something about the proposed spin off around the time of original broadcast and being disappointed that nothing came of it. A sort of steampunk Sci-Fi Victorian Detective show would have been fun. Talons was great, shame about the bloody rat though!! Across the pond, The Wild Wild West had definitely played in an adjacent yard some years previous. The two TV movies got made well after Talons had been and gone, too! For all the obvious reasons, I can see why it wasn't made but there's no reason that an audience for such stuff couldn't have been found.  Indeed, the appreciation that not a few of the fans of Doctor Who Series 6+ have for Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax suggest that this genre continues to remain of interest. I'd not be surprised if there's been crossovers (whether at Big Finish or in the spinoff media like comics and books) between the stalwart chaps of Season 14 and the doughty lasses (and Sontaran) of today!  |
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Post by Paul McDermott on Sept 24, 2015 8:14:25 GMT
Still looked better than the 'snake' in The Magician's Apprentice.... Oh, come on! That snake was a wonderful piece of CGI, the kind of effect you'd never have got on TV just a few years ago. I'm not sure which one he means, Tony. Do you? It could be the big reveal of the central core snake of Colony Sarff. Or it could be the cluster of smaller snakes that make up his form. Or it could be the one that the Doctor extracts from his marble-swallowing mate. Or it could be the ones that zip along the ground to serve as binders for the Doctor and co. Or it could be the one that Missy zaps off when it suits her in the airlock on Skaro. I'd reckon some aren't CGI, at least in some shots. And yeah, I agree with you, the visual effects are just one of the elements of this series that the team can take pride in.  As for the axe grinding? I guess Moffat getting Capaldi to do it is another wry meta gag...  |
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Post by Tony Ingram on Sept 24, 2015 15:54:13 GMT
The only one that looked like an obvious model to me was the one he pulled off axeman's neck.
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A sort of steampunk Sci-Fi Victorian Detective show would have been fun. Talons was great, shame about the bloody rat though!!
