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Subject: Re: jphalt's Doctor Who reviews
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<20f91dc2-8838-4952-ab2d-024e4e3b04dd@z12g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
"jphalt@aol.com" writes:
>BLACK ORCHID
>
>2 episodes. Approx. 50 minutes. Written by: Terence Dudley. Directed
>by: Ron Jones. Produced by: John Nathan Turner.
>
>
>THE PLOT
>
>The TARDIS materializes at a railway station in 1925, where the Doctor
>is mistaken for a cricket player being sent for a match at a party at
>Cranleigh Hall. The Doctor is happy to go along with this case of
>mistaken identity, enjoying the chance to show off his skill at the
>game. But Cranleigh Hall hides a secret - a mysterious figure, held
>captive in a hidden room.
This story is a special one for me, as I actually live in the village
(more of a small town, really) of Cranleigh. Sadly, though, in real life
there is no Cranleigh Hall or Lord Cranleigh. I imagine that the
production team probably came up with the name by flicking through a
gazetteer.
--
John Hall
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw
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