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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 12, 2023 0:23:10 GMT
Obviously the actual first is Invasion, but each of these sowed the seeds for UNIT and gave birth to parts of the formula - WM the contemporary earth invasion with some level of topical commentary, WF old Lethbridge and giving military supporting characters greater focus. But which is closer to what would be termed a 'UNIT story' and which was arguably the bigger influence? Which would be UNIT Zero, essentially?
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Post by J.A. Prentice on Aug 12, 2023 2:37:46 GMT
I think War Machines is the birth of the genre of “Doctor defends roughly contemporary Earth from invasion/mad science” but I don’t feel like the supporting characters are proto-UNIT in the same way they are in Web of Fear.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Aug 12, 2023 6:57:02 GMT
Web of Fear is more prototypically UNIT-y, but I offer Tenth Planet as “base under Seige, Doctor & companions allied with and against the military, with a combination of understandable technology and technobabble” as the prototypical prototype of a UNIT story.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Aug 12, 2023 9:01:17 GMT
Web of Fear is more prototypically UNIT-y, but I offer Tenth Planet as “base under Seige, Doctor & companions allied with and against the military, with a combination of understandable technology and technobabble” as the prototypical prototype of a UNIT story. Can't say I agree personally., but an interesting thought. |
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Post by mark687 on Aug 12, 2023 16:09:39 GMT
War Machines definitely an embryo story for the next 2 phases of the show.
Regards
mark687
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