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As my wife put it, “Of all the Doctor Who stories ever made, Planet of Fire is certainly one of them.”

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Imagine getting the brief for this story. All you have to do is:

• Write out Turlough (while exploring his backstory)

• Reintroduce and then write out Kamelion

• Introduce Peri

• Write out the master

• Have scenes that can be filmed in Lanzarote

Not surprising how it turned out

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Congratulations on your timing, you’ve managed to post this on what is in Peri’s home country National Bikini Day 🫡

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- also, I’ve just clocked, 40yrs to the day since Nicola Bryant’s role was announced. Unsure if it was also America’s National Bikini Day that day too but if so then wow

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It is a load of plot threads in a search of a story but I can forgive it loads because some (if not all) of the dialogue is great, Peri is introduced as a modern, three-dimensional character with a bit of attitude, and Wyngarde gives a fabulous, subtle performance - a world away from the arch Austin Powers stuff he was known for. It also has the incredibly hot Barbara Shelley in it but you wouldn't know as she's in a bad wig and in the background playing Third Peasant or whatever.

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