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Classic Who - "State of Decay" Part 3/4 Full Reaction - EA

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Andrew Vignaux

"A really big stake!", sesskasays, Reaction to "State of Decay" There was a bit of a fight to keep the horror-story vibe in this one. The script editor had rewritten some of the story to be more hard-SF but the director went back to an earlier "horror" version of the script for the filming. But using the scout ship as a big stake to kill the Great One is a nice idea. "He who outlives this day and comes safe home shall stand a tip-toe when this day is named and rouse him at the name of E-space", King Henry V, Shakespeare's "Henry V", er, ... no, The Doctor, "State of Decay" It's easy to have good lines when you steal from the best. And great to see the long-serving stunt man Stuart Fell again as the guard who gets thrown around a bunch in these episodes. Among other apperances, he had been inside the Shrivenzale costume in "The Ribos Operation", inside the Alpha Centauri costume in the Peladon stories, and, of course, he was driven over by the Third Doctor by a hovercraft in "Planet of the Spiders". When did we last see him in Classic Who but not in a monster costume? I think it probably was as the hypnotized guard in "The Sunmakers" when Leela got hypnotized as well. "There was once an old hermit from the mountains of South Gallifrey", The Doctor, "State of Decay" I think we, Classic Who connoisseurs, are meant to recall the mention in "The Time Monster" and I guess he was also K'anpo/Cho-Je in "Planet of the Spiders". Stories that Terrance Dicks would have been very familiar with. And K9 sitting on the throne - fantastic! "Then die! That is the purpose of guards.", Aukon, "State of Decay" Good line!