Thanks for posting that link: I've had that opening theme in my head since '79. And seeing that showed where Lorenzo Lamas got his start.
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Thanks for posting that link: I've had that opening theme in my head since '79. And seeing that showed where Lorenzo Lamas got his start.
From an alternate Philippines where Ermitaño language (Chavacano de Ermita) survived and became the base of the national lingua franca, Filipino or Chavacano de Filipinas (having co-official status with Spanish)
Title: "Mara y Clara"
Genre: Telenovela
Running time: 30 minutes
Original run: 17th August,1992 - 3rd June,1994
Original timeslot: Monday-Friday, 19:00 PST (7:00 PM)
Original language/s: Filipino/Chavacano[1], Spanish
Cast:
Judy Ann Santos, Gladys Reyes, Susana Africa, Eruel Tongco, Beverly Vergel, Juan Rodrigo, Guillé de Guzman[2], Daria Ramirez, Danilo Fernandez
Synopsis:
Mara and Clara were switched at the day they were born, and the details of that faithful event was recorded by Kardo (Ricardo), a hospital staff, in his diary. Mara grew up as the daughter of Susana Manalo and Gary de David, while Clara were brought up by Amante del Valle and Almira Abesamis.
The del Valle couple takes in Mara as a servant and decided to spent her education, not knowing that she is their real daughter. Gary, actually an underground leader, approves of the idea that Mara will live in the mansion of the del Valle to extort money. Clara felt jealous on the attention Mara received from her parents, so she made her life difficult inside the mansion. At first, Mara persevered and endured Clara's behavior, but she learned to fight back and face Clara bravely.
His conscience haunted Kardo for a long time, and he can't take it anymore,so one night, he confessed to his mother Lupe (the mother of Gary and Kardo) about the switching and presented the diary as the evidence. This unfolded a series of complex events that would led to the discovery of the true identities of the two girls: Mara is a del Valle, and Clara is a daughter of a notorious underground leader.
On the last few episodes, Gary and his gang kidnapped Mara. At first, Clara was hesitant to tell the truth, but she immediately said the whereabouts of Mara and her real father after she was haunted by her conscience. In the warehouse, after a gun battle, Gary was shot in the stomach by Amante's gun. Before he died, he asked his forgiveness to his wife Susana, his mother and brother Carlos, the del Valles and finally, to Mara for unloving her and Clara for keeping silent about her real identity for a long time.
Reception:
"Mara y Clara" was one of the most popular telenovelas ever made by Telesistema Filipina[3] in the 1990s. It catapulted both Judy Ann Santos and Gladys Reyes into stardom. The final episode, aired on the 3rd of June 1994, was watched by 53.6% of the Filipino households.
It was soon exported to other countries like Thailand, Malaya, Indonesia, New Guinea, Moluccas, Republic of East Sunda[4], Sarawak and Brunei.
Notes:
[1] Filipino is the standardized version of Chavacano de Ermita/Ermitaño.
[2] Alternate name of Wowie de Guzman.
[3] ATL ABS-CBN
[4] OTL Indonesian provinces of Bali, West and East Nusa Tenggara and East Timor
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Ernie Kovacs decides that the suggestion he get a cab home in January of 1962 is a good one and does so.
The Ernie Kovacs Show continues on ABC, sponsored by Dutch Masters cigars, through the 1965-66 season. When ABC drops it, NBC decides Kovacs' show would make a good tie-in with something new, titled Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Indeed, members of the two casts often appeared on the other show (Jolene Brand did more than a few bikini clips on Laugh-In with appropriate body paint, for example, and definitely sparked young male interest; Goldie Hawn and Teresa Graves appeared frequently on Kovacs' double take-inspiring blackouts). Kovacs was one of the pioneers in using video tape-derived special effects during this period, heightening the already cartoon-like humor of many of his spots.
In time, Laugh-In faded, and with it, so did Kovacs' show. He took a hiatus after the 1973-74 season, going into semi-retirement while enjoying life as a part-owner of the Los Angeles Angels. But when the first computer-generated special effects gained traction in the late 1970s, Kovacs saw the potential instantly.
Funding two pilots out of his own pocket, and pulling together a new cast that included newcomers Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Stefanie Zimbalist, and Jaclyn Smith, Kovacs convinced ABC that his efforts were worthy of a time slot. Nervous ABC executives assigned him Friday evening beginning at 9:00 PM Eastern time: not the death slot of 10:00 PM on Friday, but not too good either. What they didn't count on was word of mouth spreading so fast that Kovacs became something of a cult figure. Televisions in campus watering holes might have Kovacs on briefly, only to encounter vociferous protests if the channel were about to be changed. From the campuses, it was a short leap to a full-blown pop culture phenomenon. Celebrities were all but standing in line for a cameo in a Kovacs blackout, but perhaps the most (in)famous was now-pardoned former president Richard Nixon, who performed admirably in something of a caricature of himself during the 1982-83 season. Another memorable sequence showed Steve Martin shooting an arrow, which wound up apparently piercing the head of...Steve Martin, poking fun at Martin's own fake-arrow-through-the-skull schtick.
Kovacs turned over the cast from time to time to keep things fresh, but decided to retire permanently after the 1993-94 season. His no-speech finale, Eugene Returns, aired in May 1994, reprising a no-talk episode that aired a generation earlier in 1962. He passed away in September 2005 in Los Angeles.
The Ernie Kovacs Show continues on ABC, sponsored by Dutch Masters cigars, through the 1965-66 season. When ABC drops it, NBC decides Kovacs' show would make a good tie-in with something new, titled Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. Indeed, members of the two casts often appeared on the other show (Jolene Brand did more than a few bikini clips on Laugh-In with appropriate body paint, for example, and definitely sparked young male interest; Goldie Hawn and Teresa Graves appeared frequently on Kovacs' double take-inspiring blackouts). Kovacs was one of the pioneers in using video tape-derived special effects during this period, heightening the already cartoon-like humor of many of his spots.
In time, Laugh-In faded, and with it, so did Kovacs' show. He took a hiatus after the 1973-74 season, going into semi-retirement while enjoying life as a part-owner of the Los Angeles Angels. But when the first computer-generated special effects gained traction in the late 1970s, Kovacs saw the potential instantly.
Funding two pilots out of his own pocket, and pulling together a new cast that included newcomers Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Stefanie Zimbalist, and Jaclyn Smith, Kovacs convinced ABC that his efforts were worthy of a time slot. Nervous ABC executives assigned him Friday evening beginning at 9:00 PM Eastern time: not the death slot of 10:00 PM on Friday, but not too good either. What they didn't count on was word of mouth spreading so fast that Kovacs became something of a cult figure. Televisions in campus watering holes might have Kovacs on briefly, only to encounter vociferous protests if the channel were about to be changed. From the campuses, it was a short leap to a full-blown pop culture phenomenon. Celebrities were all but standing in line for a cameo in a Kovacs blackout, but perhaps the most (in)famous was now-pardoned former president Richard Nixon, who performed admirably in something of a caricature of himself during the 1982-83 season. Another memorable sequence showed Steve Martin shooting an arrow, which wound up apparently piercing the head of...Steve Martin, poking fun at Martin's own fake-arrow-through-the-skull schtick.
Kovacs turned over the cast from time to time to keep things fresh, but decided to retire permanently after the 1993-94 season. His no-speech finale, Eugene Returns, aired in May 1994, reprising a no-talk episode that aired a generation earlier in 1962. He passed away in September 2005 in Los Angeles.
"Darkclaw: The Animated Series" (1992-1997).
Amalgam Comics' most popular and longest running character, DARK CLAW, immortal Billionaire Playboy Logan Wayne (no reboots since he was introduced in 1939) gets an animated series tracing his early career. from his parent's death and own serious wounding in an alley in 1922, though his early vigilante career and his capture and use by the Weapon X project in the late 50s, and triumphant return to Gotham in 1961, though the end of the 1990s and the Secret Crisis at the Zero Hour crossovers with Iron Lantern and Super Solder, which launched the successful Avengers of Justice League cartoon in the early 2000s.
Produced by Brice Timm and Paul Dini
Amalgam Comics' most popular and longest running character, DARK CLAW, immortal Billionaire Playboy Logan Wayne (no reboots since he was introduced in 1939) gets an animated series tracing his early career. from his parent's death and own serious wounding in an alley in 1922, though his early vigilante career and his capture and use by the Weapon X project in the late 50s, and triumphant return to Gotham in 1961, though the end of the 1990s and the Secret Crisis at the Zero Hour crossovers with Iron Lantern and Super Solder, which launched the successful Avengers of Justice League cartoon in the early 2000s.
Produced by Brice Timm and Paul Dini
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The West Wing (September 22, 1999 to May 9th, 2004)
The West Wing is an American television serial political drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 9th, 2004. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior staff are located, during the fictional Democratic administrations of Josiah Bartlet (played by Jason Robards) and John Hoynes (played by Tim Matheson).
The series' first season is devoted to the early presidency of Bartlet, who won by a razor-thin margin and finds his agenda thwarted by a weary, and divided Congress. The season ends with an assassination attempt on Bartlet's life.
With Robards' real-life death, the Bartlet character was killed off at the beginning of season two and the remainder of the series followed the rise, and subsequent fall, of President Hoynes - who ascended to the presidency with sweeping approval and saw it all undone in the series' final season - where the President is forced to resign in the final episode due to covering up an extramarital affair. The series concludes with a dejected Hoynes leaving the White House aboard Marine One.
The West Wing is an American television serial political drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to May 9th, 2004. The series is set primarily in the West Wing of the White House, where the Oval Office and offices of presidential senior staff are located, during the fictional Democratic administrations of Josiah Bartlet (played by Jason Robards) and John Hoynes (played by Tim Matheson).
The series' first season is devoted to the early presidency of Bartlet, who won by a razor-thin margin and finds his agenda thwarted by a weary, and divided Congress. The season ends with an assassination attempt on Bartlet's life.
With Robards' real-life death, the Bartlet character was killed off at the beginning of season two and the remainder of the series followed the rise, and subsequent fall, of President Hoynes - who ascended to the presidency with sweeping approval and saw it all undone in the series' final season - where the President is forced to resign in the final episode due to covering up an extramarital affair. The series concludes with a dejected Hoynes leaving the White House aboard Marine One.
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Torchwood (2006-2010)
Aware of the fact that audiences would be mostly aware of the Doctor Who universe, and that one of the main attractions of the series was Captain Jack Harkness's role as lead protagonist, showrunners Russell T Davies and Chris Chibnall decide to take a different direction from the start. The first episode is told primarily from Jack's point of view, intercutting between the main storyline set in present-day Cardiff and a flashback storyline showing what happened to Jack in the immediate aftermath of his resurrection on Satellite Five (immediately after Jack's immortality is revealed in the present day, the flashback shows him using the time vortex manipulator and emerging on Earth in the 19th century); the second episode is then mainly from Gwen's point of view and introduces Rhys to the show. The first season includes a story arc about Jack's past, showing flashbacks of what he did over the past 100+ years and culminating in a two-part finale that finally reveals his real name and what happened in his missing two years of memory. The finale also kills off Rhys permanently, driving home the point about how Gwen's role in Torchwood is isolating her from the "normal" world.
Ratings for the first season are consistently respectable throughout, thanks to the strong core storytelling the show displays (despite the inevitable initial silly approach to its "adult" content); following the switch from BBC3 to BBC2 for the second season the ratings climb higher. Consequently the show is largely spared from the budget cuts resulting from the frozen BBC licence fee, and broadcasts a full 13-episode third season on BBC2 in early 2009; following the deaths of Dr Toshiko Sato and computer specialist Owen Harper in the second-season finale, Doctor Who companions Dr Martha Jones and Mickey Smith join the team to replace them. The third season also features the only guest appearance of the Doctor on the show.
Russell T Davies remained executive producer on the show for its fourth season, even after relinquishing control of Doctor Who to Steven Moffat. The final season featured, among other stories, the horrific reappearance of Torchwood Four and the death of Ianto Jones. After 52 episodes in total (an ideal figure for syndication), the show ended with Torchwood being disbanded, Jack leaving Earth, and Gwen, Martha and Mickey being recruited by UNIT.
Aware of the fact that audiences would be mostly aware of the Doctor Who universe, and that one of the main attractions of the series was Captain Jack Harkness's role as lead protagonist, showrunners Russell T Davies and Chris Chibnall decide to take a different direction from the start. The first episode is told primarily from Jack's point of view, intercutting between the main storyline set in present-day Cardiff and a flashback storyline showing what happened to Jack in the immediate aftermath of his resurrection on Satellite Five (immediately after Jack's immortality is revealed in the present day, the flashback shows him using the time vortex manipulator and emerging on Earth in the 19th century); the second episode is then mainly from Gwen's point of view and introduces Rhys to the show. The first season includes a story arc about Jack's past, showing flashbacks of what he did over the past 100+ years and culminating in a two-part finale that finally reveals his real name and what happened in his missing two years of memory. The finale also kills off Rhys permanently, driving home the point about how Gwen's role in Torchwood is isolating her from the "normal" world.
Ratings for the first season are consistently respectable throughout, thanks to the strong core storytelling the show displays (despite the inevitable initial silly approach to its "adult" content); following the switch from BBC3 to BBC2 for the second season the ratings climb higher. Consequently the show is largely spared from the budget cuts resulting from the frozen BBC licence fee, and broadcasts a full 13-episode third season on BBC2 in early 2009; following the deaths of Dr Toshiko Sato and computer specialist Owen Harper in the second-season finale, Doctor Who companions Dr Martha Jones and Mickey Smith join the team to replace them. The third season also features the only guest appearance of the Doctor on the show.
Russell T Davies remained executive producer on the show for its fourth season, even after relinquishing control of Doctor Who to Steven Moffat. The final season featured, among other stories, the horrific reappearance of Torchwood Four and the death of Ianto Jones. After 52 episodes in total (an ideal figure for syndication), the show ended with Torchwood being disbanded, Jack leaving Earth, and Gwen, Martha and Mickey being recruited by UNIT.
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I don't think that's probable, or even necessary -- remember, the reboot of the show technically has fewer episodes than the "old" series, but it still lagged at the end, while still wrapping up the whole series quite nicely. More likely, the producers would only need two or three more seasons to give audiences a memorable (Fry Leela Wedding) finale.
Guyver
In a world where the first live action Guyver movie (probably never going to happen
) was actually well made there is a brief 2 season series which deals with the Guyver dealing with the activities of CRONOS
In a world where the first live action Guyver movie (probably never going to happen
) was actually well made there is a brief 2 season series which deals with the Guyver dealing with the activities of CRONOS
Hey Dead
Crap Australian (alleged) comedy HEY DAD is made eminently more watchabout when the shows producers employ an actual comedian to write the script. At its peak the show drew in over 8 viewers.
Crap Australian (alleged) comedy HEY DAD is made eminently more watchabout when the shows producers employ an actual comedian to write the script. At its peak the show drew in over 8 viewers.
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Legend - the Continuing Adventures
The TV Series "Legend", starring Richard Dean Anderson & John de Lancie is renewed. It runs for four more seasons from 1995.
Legend/Pratt & Bartoks (Anderson & de Lancie) efforts in saving President Grant's life gains them the attention of the US government. Their expertise with inventions and the unconventional pulls them into unique adventures across the US and the world.
As a side cultural note, the exotic inventions feed off & fuel the Steampunk concept.
A much later spinoff - running from 2010-2011, is a CGI adventure where our heroes are operating on the colonized planets of our solar system. (Borrowing heavily from "Space 1889")
The TV Series "Legend", starring Richard Dean Anderson & John de Lancie is renewed. It runs for four more seasons from 1995.
Legend/Pratt & Bartoks (Anderson & de Lancie) efforts in saving President Grant's life gains them the attention of the US government. Their expertise with inventions and the unconventional pulls them into unique adventures across the US and the world.
As a side cultural note, the exotic inventions feed off & fuel the Steampunk concept.
A much later spinoff - running from 2010-2011, is a CGI adventure where our heroes are operating on the colonized planets of our solar system. (Borrowing heavily from "Space 1889")
Alternate history of TV shows for the worse:
- Cheers: Shelley Long doesn't leave the show after 5 seasons, and Sam and Diane get married at the end of the 5th season. Two lousy seasons follow after and the show ends in 1989. Frasier never gets a spin off.
- Sanford and Son: It goes on after 6 seasons. The show ended at the perfect time, if it had gone on any longer it would've jumped ship. I could also say this about Maude to but part of me says that it should've ended a season earlier.
- The Simpsons: This is an obvious one. The show ends in 1999 and Futurama takes its' time slot on FOX. A Simpsons movie comes out in 2002 and depending on the success of said movie, the show is revived from 2002-2005. The worst of the Scully era (Seasons 11 and 12) never happen and you still get the best of the Jean era and a movie.
- Family Guy: The show originally airs in 1999-2003 and then is revived in 2005 due to DVD sales in 2005 as it does in OTL, however in TTL, the show ends in 2009 as opposed to staying on the air. I feel that the 2005-2009 period was the best of the revived series, and that it went down hill after that.
- Futurama: This kind of ties into "The Simpsons" ATL. Have it run from 1999-2008 and have it end with the series finale of OTL.
- All in the Family: Have the show end in the 8th season when Mike and Gloria move to California. The ninth season and even Archie Bunker's place were not too terrible, however I think we could've lived without them.
- M*A*S*H: Don't let Alan Alda write any episodes. While it didn't bother me so much that the show took a dramatic turn in the latter years I felt that the episodes Alda wrote were a little too preachy. Prevent that from happening, the show may end earlier, but the latter seasons will have a bit more comedy in them than they did in OTL.
Interestingly, something like this happened in way OTL, what with CW's Arrow\The Flash\coming Spinoffs (all in the same continuity and with occasional crossovers) on the DC-Side and the MCU with its films and now TV-Shows on the Marvel side.
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Fairly Odd Parents
For the worse: Butch Hartman leaves (a la Hillenburg) and someone out of nowhere takes command. The show loses sense of direction, the new man in charge goes all-in with Flanderization and introduces some badly executed new characters (like, say, an alternate Poof, and a Scrappy analogue). Nick does nothing to save the show, and it sinks in ratings till it gets cancelled in 2008-2009.
For the better: Butch Hartman gets a pay boost in 2003-2004 for the great reception Channel Chasers got, and it continues to churn out comedy gold at magic pace for years. Flanderization is milder and Wishology and the live action movies are both done near-perfectly and the show becomes better known, becoming almost as popular as Spongebob for years on end. It gets some awards along the way.
You can tell of course I'm a fan of the show by now (hint, hint, my username).
For the worse: Butch Hartman leaves (a la Hillenburg) and someone out of nowhere takes command. The show loses sense of direction, the new man in charge goes all-in with Flanderization and introduces some badly executed new characters (like, say, an alternate Poof, and a Scrappy analogue). Nick does nothing to save the show, and it sinks in ratings till it gets cancelled in 2008-2009.
For the better: Butch Hartman gets a pay boost in 2003-2004 for the great reception Channel Chasers got, and it continues to churn out comedy gold at magic pace for years. Flanderization is milder and Wishology and the live action movies are both done near-perfectly and the show becomes better known, becoming almost as popular as Spongebob for years on end. It gets some awards along the way.
You can tell of course I'm a fan of the show by now (hint, hint, my username).
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Doctor Who
Some alternate ideas I posted a while back on the Planet Mondas forum:
1: Mac Hulke's Hidden Planet story actually gets made for season 2. His later script, The Big Store, is made for Hartnell's Doctor instead of The War Machines.
2: The German/BBC co production of "Paul Temple" doesn't happen or falls apart during the planning stages, so Derek Sherwin remains as producer for at least the duration of season 7.
3: Caroline John still leaves but her departure is filmed for the start of Season 8.
4. George Gallacio gets the Producer's job instead of JNT (he was offered but turned it down)
5. With Blake's 7 finishing in late 1981, Chris Boucher is offered the job of Script Editor instead of Saward.
6. Marc Platt is able to adapt his Big Finish audio "Spare Parts" properly for the new series. With better budget, the cloth faced Cybermen actually look good.
7. The guy who did the redesign for the BMW hunchback Daleks has a fall at home and is injured the day he gets the commision. Thus the redesign duties go to someone who actually has a clue.
8. Chris Chibnall declines the opportunity to work on the series further following a drunken brawl in the Tavern in 2009 with Moffat, after the latter accuses him of spilling his pint.
9. Derek Jacobi decides to stay as the Master, so John Simm gets more time with his family (he hated being away from them during shooting on Life on Mars) before going onto other projects.
10. Sam West is confirmed as the 12th Doctor.
1979
1. During the Paris location shoot for "City of Death", a car driven by a drunken French peasant careers off the road and into the film crew during the final wrap up shots. The only casualty is John Nathan Turner. Rushed to hospital, he is later found to have lost the use of his legs and leaves the BBC to take up a career as a painter.
2. In the wake of the accident, George Gallacio reluctantly takes over when Graham Williams resigns.
1981
Season 18 ends with Christopher Priest's "Sealed Orders"
1982 Liz Sladen returns to the series as Sarah Jane Smith.
1983
The 20th anniversary story will be penned by script editor Chris Boucher.
Tom Baker, still in the role he has made his own for almost a decade, decides to quit. His final story, "Chain Reaction" will be screened in 1984, introducing his successor, David Warner.
1967 - Innes Lloyd resigns, fed up with working on Doctor Who and is replaced by Peter Bryant. Douglas Camfield resubmits his "Operation Werewolf script and it's accepted by Derrick Sherwin.
1968 In the wake of the success of "The Enemy of the World", David Whitaker is asked to write a first contact style story with James Bond style elements. His script, titled "Invaders from Mars" is accepted but Derrick Sherwin thinks it needs some rewrites to incorporate UNIT. The story is screened as part of season 6 after Robert Holmes "The Space Trap",
Intrigued by the prospect of working in colour, Pat Troughton agrees to one final season as the Doctor, as the shorter season means less work and he can spend time with his families.
Seasons 6 and 7 look like this:
The Dominators
The Mind Robber
The Invasion (6 episodes)
The Space Trap
Invaders from Mars
The Seeds of Death
The Prison in Space
The War Games (6 episodes)
Season 7
Facsimile
The Cave Monsters (4 episodes)
Vampire from Space (4 episodes)
Aliens in the Blood (4 episodes)
Inferno (6 episodes)
Over on BBC2, Irene Shubik is given the go ahead for the Out of the Unknown adaptation of Arthur C Clarke's "The City and the Stars" to be expanded to a full 90 minute play. David Hemmings stars as Alvin and due to his success on the earlier OOTU episode "The Machine Stops", Norman Foster is again the designer, whilst the future producer of Blake's 7, David Maloney, is given the Director's chair.
Sadly, due to the BBC's inept archival policy, no copies of the production that Irene Shubik felt was amongst her finest work survived, although some of the film inserts were retained in the BBC film library. A copy of the soundtrack was recovered in 1994 from the collection of Graham Strong and David Maloney made his collection of Cura snaps of the production available to the fanzine "DWB" in 1992.
In recent years, the rumours of a recovery of a massive haul of missing British TV were given some credence after complete copies of the Doctor Who stories "Power of the Daleks" and "The Faceless Ones", along with two episodes of "Evil of the Daleks" were returned by archive hunter Philip Morris. Morris is alleged to hold two prints of "City and the Stars", along with further Who episodes but no further information is forthcoming
Some alternate ideas I posted a while back on the Planet Mondas forum:
1: Mac Hulke's Hidden Planet story actually gets made for season 2. His later script, The Big Store, is made for Hartnell's Doctor instead of The War Machines.
2: The German/BBC co production of "Paul Temple" doesn't happen or falls apart during the planning stages, so Derek Sherwin remains as producer for at least the duration of season 7.
3: Caroline John still leaves but her departure is filmed for the start of Season 8.
4. George Gallacio gets the Producer's job instead of JNT (he was offered but turned it down)
5. With Blake's 7 finishing in late 1981, Chris Boucher is offered the job of Script Editor instead of Saward.
6. Marc Platt is able to adapt his Big Finish audio "Spare Parts" properly for the new series. With better budget, the cloth faced Cybermen actually look good.
7. The guy who did the redesign for the BMW hunchback Daleks has a fall at home and is injured the day he gets the commision. Thus the redesign duties go to someone who actually has a clue.
8. Chris Chibnall declines the opportunity to work on the series further following a drunken brawl in the Tavern in 2009 with Moffat, after the latter accuses him of spilling his pint.
9. Derek Jacobi decides to stay as the Master, so John Simm gets more time with his family (he hated being away from them during shooting on Life on Mars) before going onto other projects.
10. Sam West is confirmed as the 12th Doctor.
1979
1. During the Paris location shoot for "City of Death", a car driven by a drunken French peasant careers off the road and into the film crew during the final wrap up shots. The only casualty is John Nathan Turner. Rushed to hospital, he is later found to have lost the use of his legs and leaves the BBC to take up a career as a painter.
2. In the wake of the accident, George Gallacio reluctantly takes over when Graham Williams resigns.
1981
Season 18 ends with Christopher Priest's "Sealed Orders"
1982 Liz Sladen returns to the series as Sarah Jane Smith.
1983
The 20th anniversary story will be penned by script editor Chris Boucher.
Tom Baker, still in the role he has made his own for almost a decade, decides to quit. His final story, "Chain Reaction" will be screened in 1984, introducing his successor, David Warner.
1967 - Innes Lloyd resigns, fed up with working on Doctor Who and is replaced by Peter Bryant. Douglas Camfield resubmits his "Operation Werewolf script and it's accepted by Derrick Sherwin.
1968 In the wake of the success of "The Enemy of the World", David Whitaker is asked to write a first contact style story with James Bond style elements. His script, titled "Invaders from Mars" is accepted but Derrick Sherwin thinks it needs some rewrites to incorporate UNIT. The story is screened as part of season 6 after Robert Holmes "The Space Trap",
Intrigued by the prospect of working in colour, Pat Troughton agrees to one final season as the Doctor, as the shorter season means less work and he can spend time with his families.
Seasons 6 and 7 look like this:
The Dominators
The Mind Robber
The Invasion (6 episodes)
The Space Trap
Invaders from Mars
The Seeds of Death
The Prison in Space
The War Games (6 episodes)
Season 7
Facsimile
The Cave Monsters (4 episodes)
Vampire from Space (4 episodes)
Aliens in the Blood (4 episodes)
Inferno (6 episodes)
Over on BBC2, Irene Shubik is given the go ahead for the Out of the Unknown adaptation of Arthur C Clarke's "The City and the Stars" to be expanded to a full 90 minute play. David Hemmings stars as Alvin and due to his success on the earlier OOTU episode "The Machine Stops", Norman Foster is again the designer, whilst the future producer of Blake's 7, David Maloney, is given the Director's chair.
Sadly, due to the BBC's inept archival policy, no copies of the production that Irene Shubik felt was amongst her finest work survived, although some of the film inserts were retained in the BBC film library. A copy of the soundtrack was recovered in 1994 from the collection of Graham Strong and David Maloney made his collection of Cura snaps of the production available to the fanzine "DWB" in 1992.
In recent years, the rumours of a recovery of a massive haul of missing British TV were given some credence after complete copies of the Doctor Who stories "Power of the Daleks" and "The Faceless Ones", along with two episodes of "Evil of the Daleks" were returned by archive hunter Philip Morris. Morris is alleged to hold two prints of "City and the Stars", along with further Who episodes but no further information is forthcoming
Voyage To Bottom Of Sea TV series extension
Instead of more male crew members outside the regular cast, they have 5 female cast to replace Barbara Eden's character and Peter Lorre's character and then three female characters. The first new character would be an aquatic humanoid(same as Patrick Duffy's Mark Harris) in her early teens found by Nelson years before the 1st pilot episode and is adopted by him. Her story arc of her origin will be in the 5th season of the series and with teaser episodes made during the 1st season(one episode), the 2nd season(two episode, a two-parter), the 3rd season(three episode, a three-parter), and the 4th season(two part season finale episodes). The 5th season on-going story arc will be four episodes and in the end of story arc is where she decides to stay with the Seaview crew instead of going back to her people. The 2nd new character is an oceanographer and Nelson's love interest who joins the Seaview after 'Submarine Sank Here' episode. The last new character is an ensign assigned as the new diver and is Kowalski's rival :roll eyes:. More details later on new cast actresses.
Instead of more male crew members outside the regular cast, they have 5 female cast to replace Barbara Eden's character and Peter Lorre's character and then three female characters. The first new character would be an aquatic humanoid(same as Patrick Duffy's Mark Harris) in her early teens found by Nelson years before the 1st pilot episode and is adopted by him. Her story arc of her origin will be in the 5th season of the series and with teaser episodes made during the 1st season(one episode), the 2nd season(two episode, a two-parter), the 3rd season(three episode, a three-parter), and the 4th season(two part season finale episodes). The 5th season on-going story arc will be four episodes and in the end of story arc is where she decides to stay with the Seaview crew instead of going back to her people. The 2nd new character is an oceanographer and Nelson's love interest who joins the Seaview after 'Submarine Sank Here' episode. The last new character is an ensign assigned as the new diver and is Kowalski's rival :roll eyes:. More details later on new cast actresses.
Playmakers
Alternate history of Playmakers (2003 ESPN Show)
Nov. 6, 2003: Sensing that the NFL may not be pleased with the show (without official word), but not wanting to see the show die, ESPN sells the rights to Spike TV (it changed to that from TNN in August of that year).
Storylines for Season 2 (Fall of 2004):
Coach George survives prostate cancer after extensive treatments. However, Gene Wilbanks (the owner) doesn't renew his contract. He promotes Steven Lyles to HC instead. His offensive philosophy is more in-tune with what Wilbanks wants. George takes the season off to let his body heal and to mend his relationship with his wife and kids.
After going on IR at the end of the season (excuse to the media was an ankle, but it was because of the rumors about him being gay), Guerwitcz (who announced to the team that he was gay in episode 9) is not brought back to the team by Wilbanks, and is out of the league for that season.
The Cougars draft a QB in the first-round who is more appropriate for Coach Lyles' West Coast Offense, giving McConnell a serious threat for his job.
Guard Dog's PED use catches up to him when he is tested positive, ending his career at age 34.
Leon Taylor moves on to another organization in Free Agency on a one-year deal.
Also, if there is a season 3 in 05, I can see George coming back to the league as HC of a bad team, and trying to do a bit of a George Allen, acquiring veterans that he is familiar with (like McConnell, Leon Taylor, and even Guerwitcz) to re-build the team.
Another cool story line for a third season would involve Guard Dog, who is now out of football. He was unhappy with Guerwitcz and his homosexuality, and he could be pissed off that he was kicked out of the league for PED's while some "fairy" (in Guard Dog's words) is allowed to play in the league again. They could have him come to one of the games and taunt Guerwitcz from the stands with a sign and some jeers, and then meet him in the parking lot after the game.
Alternate history of Playmakers (2003 ESPN Show)
Nov. 6, 2003: Sensing that the NFL may not be pleased with the show (without official word), but not wanting to see the show die, ESPN sells the rights to Spike TV (it changed to that from TNN in August of that year).
Storylines for Season 2 (Fall of 2004):
Coach George survives prostate cancer after extensive treatments. However, Gene Wilbanks (the owner) doesn't renew his contract. He promotes Steven Lyles to HC instead. His offensive philosophy is more in-tune with what Wilbanks wants. George takes the season off to let his body heal and to mend his relationship with his wife and kids.
After going on IR at the end of the season (excuse to the media was an ankle, but it was because of the rumors about him being gay), Guerwitcz (who announced to the team that he was gay in episode 9) is not brought back to the team by Wilbanks, and is out of the league for that season.
The Cougars draft a QB in the first-round who is more appropriate for Coach Lyles' West Coast Offense, giving McConnell a serious threat for his job.
Guard Dog's PED use catches up to him when he is tested positive, ending his career at age 34.
Leon Taylor moves on to another organization in Free Agency on a one-year deal.
Also, if there is a season 3 in 05, I can see George coming back to the league as HC of a bad team, and trying to do a bit of a George Allen, acquiring veterans that he is familiar with (like McConnell, Leon Taylor, and even Guerwitcz) to re-build the team.
Another cool story line for a third season would involve Guard Dog, who is now out of football. He was unhappy with Guerwitcz and his homosexuality, and he could be pissed off that he was kicked out of the league for PED's while some "fairy" (in Guard Dog's words) is allowed to play in the league again. They could have him come to one of the games and taunt Guerwitcz from the stands with a sign and some jeers, and then meet him in the parking lot after the game.
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Boston Legal-
Candice Bergen declines David Kelley's offer to be a semi-regular on this nascent series, and without her on board to give the show a vague semblance of 'class', few bother to watch this show because they haven't forgotten or forgiven David Kelley having sabotaged The Practice to make it a James Spader vehicle . Thus, the show gets cancelled by the 13th episode and henceforth, media appearances for James Spader and William Shatner are essentially limited to Stargate and Star Trek conventions.
Candice Bergen declines David Kelley's offer to be a semi-regular on this nascent series, and without her on board to give the show a vague semblance of 'class', few bother to watch this show because they haven't forgotten or forgiven David Kelley having sabotaged The Practice to make it a James Spader vehicle . Thus, the show gets cancelled by the 13th episode and henceforth, media appearances for James Spader and William Shatner are essentially limited to Stargate and Star Trek conventions.
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