Read The Man Who Invented the Daleks Online
Authors: Alwyn Turner
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ludicrously small
-BBC WAC RCONT18
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really ambitious
-Pixley, ‘Daleks’ Invasion USA 1967 A.D.’
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children’s science fiction
– ibid.
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a sort of dynamic
– Goss,
Daleks! Conquer and Destroy
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no value
– Terrance Dicks, PC
9 Avenging and Persuading
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Television is a monster
– Moseley,
Roger Moore
, pp. 147–8
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I always saw the scripts
– ibid.
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Action dramas
– Chapman,
Saints and Avengers
, p. 174
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The enormous advantage
–
Daily Mail
, 27 November 1969
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anything to declare
–
Dept S
: ‘A Cellar Full of Silence’
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the actual room
–
Dept S
: ‘The Man in the Elegant Room’
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I couldn’t bear
–
Dept S
: ‘A Cellar Full of Silence’
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the
Marie Celeste
–
Fantasy Empire
#4, 1982
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adventure-thriller
– Macnee and Rogers,
The Avengers
, p. 15
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He came in
– Brian Clemens, PC
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Every time I got
–
SFX
#51, May 1999
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It got wilder
– Peel,
Starburst
, 1995
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He turned in
– Brian Clemens, PC
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I am not
– Nazarro,
TV Zone
#35
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He wasn’t suited
– Brian Clemens, PC
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I wouldn’t have cast her
– Brian Clemens, PC
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arguably the best
–
Times
, 10 October 1968
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really weird
–
Fantasy Empire
#4, 1982
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the best of all
– Cornell, Day and Topping,
The Avengers Dossier
, p. 228
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They rate as
– Macnee and Rogers,
The Avengers
, p. 15
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The country needs the money
– Moore,
My Word Is My Bond
, p. 156
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anti-smoking lobby
– ibid. p. 157
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I always try
–
Times
, 18 September 1971
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every little fabric
–
Persuaders
: ‘A Home of One’s Own’
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what was originally
– Chapman,
Saints and Avengers
, p. 241
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had always wanted
– Roger Moore, PC
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It was a great comfort
– Groves,
The Terry Nation Story
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drive me bananas
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
, 1989
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Making any long running
– Roger Moore, PC
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making changes
– Roger Moore, PC
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He was demanding
– Peel,
Starburst
, 1995
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Tony on the screen
– La Rivière and Cock,
The Morning After: Remembering the Persuaders!
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reached new heights
– Chester,
All My Shows Are Great
, p. 184
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Mostly it is lousy
–
Times
, 29 October 1971
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Awful
–
Observer
, 10 October 1971
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not a nude in sight
–
Observer
, 26 September 1971
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Tooth rot
–
Guardian
, 16 October 1971
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tongue-in-cheek
– Curtis,
The Autobiography
p. 238
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I had to say
–
Times
, 25 June 1973
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Get out your gat
– Kavanagh,
Tommy Handley
, p. 135
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multiplied by three networks
–
Guardian
, 26 February 1971
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why don’t we quit
– La Rivière and Cock,
The Morning After: Remembering the Persuaders!
10 Darkness Descends
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That’s not Mr Heath
– Dicks,
Terry Nation’s Dalek Special
, p. 22
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We sat down
– Brian Clemens, PC
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I shall be charitable
–
Guardian
, 9 July 1970
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a would-be thriller
–
Times
, 10 July 1970
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all the surprise
–
Daily Express
, 10 July 1970
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I promise you
– BBC WAC RCONT 20
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is leaving things
– BBC WAC T65/85/1
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the dark recesses
– ‘Chase’ ep. 4: ‘Journey into Terror’
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All your life
– DVD production text, ‘Chase’ ep. 4: ‘Journey into Terror’
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railway nuts
–
Observer
, 8 October 1972
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This position
– BBC WAC T65/85/1
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I stopped
– Beryl Vertue, PC
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Roger was a legend
– Barry Cryer, PC
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good guy, bad guy
– DVD commentary, ‘Planet’ ep. 6
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a rottweiler
– ibid.
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I think Terry
– Terrance Dicks, PC
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It was very much
– Owen and Burford,
The Pinewood Story
, p. 137
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I was grateful
– Howerd,
On the Way I Lost It
, p. 279
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As good an attempt
–
Times
, 19 April 1973
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his funniest film role
–
Daily Mirror
, 30 March 1973
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for much of the time
–
Daily Express
, 30 March 1973
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obviously tried
–
Guardian
, 29 March 1973
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nailing a kipper
–
Observer
, 1 April 1973
11 Dalek Renaissance
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We had a story
– Terrance Dicks, PC
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bottle of champagne
– DVD commentary, ‘Planet’ ep. 6
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Peter Vincent
– Barry Cryer, PC
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You can’t solve
– Carpenter,
Spike Milligan
, p. 277
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Spike’s racist humour
– Carpenter,
Spike Milligan
, p. 280
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Dalek Hugless-Doom
–
Guardian
, 23 October 1973
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the second coming
– Howe, Stammers and Walker,
Doctor Who: The Seventies
, p. 44
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I must have visited
– Charles Braham, PC
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part of the rock and roll generation
– Hernon,
The Blair Decade
, p. 17
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In the present climate
– DVD production texts, ‘Planet’ ep. 4 p.
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I had known Jon
– Nazarro,
Doctor Who Magazine
, 1989
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flamboyant dandy
–
Fantasy Empire
#3, 1982
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One of the reasons
– Terrance Dicks, PC
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vegetation that’s more
– ‘Planet’ ep. 1
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She turned up late
– DVD commentary, ‘Planet’ ep. 3
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cryovolcanoes
– I’m indebted here, as elsewhere, to comments from Lance Perkins
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Even though the Doctor
–
Times
, 9 April 1973
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I cannot
– BBC WAC T5/1247/1
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harmless things
–
Radio Times
, 13 December 1973
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Quatermass, Maigret
-DVD production text, ‘Daleks’ ep. 7: ‘The Rescue’
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beyond dispute
–
Observer
, 26 May 1974
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My father was killed
– ‘Death’ ep. 2
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SELL-OUT
– Hill,
Tribune 40
, p. 182
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the curse of
– DVD commentary, ‘Planet’ ep. 5
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The main necessity
– BBC WAC T65/29/1
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The idea of a city
– ibid.
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a very good story
– Molesworth,
Terror Nation
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a smashing set
– DVD production text, ‘Genesis’ ep. 6
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I think the imagery
– DVD production text, ‘Genesis’ ep. 2
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our final mutational form
– ‘Genesis’ ep. 2
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mad professor
– Nazarro,
Doctor Who Magazine
, 1989
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on all-fours
– Wells,
The Island of Doctor Moreau
, ch. 12
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early experiments
– ‘Genesis’ ep. 2
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This thing
– Nazarro,
Doctor Who Magazine
, 1989
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Davros is contained
– DVD production text, ‘Genesis’ ep. 2
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So I thought
– DVD production text, ‘Genesis’ ep. 4
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The courage and resourcefulness
– Nation, Blake’s 7: Series Two’
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If you had created
– ‘Genesis’ ep. 5
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Today the Kaled race
– ‘Genesis’ ep. 4
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It’s the villains
–
Fantasy Empire
#2, 1981
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Such was the level
– Caulfield,
Mary Whitehouse
, pp. 152–3
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Continuity on
Doctor Who
– Terrance Dicks, PC
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I see no limit
–
South Wales Echo
, 2 March 1974
12 Journal of a Plague Year
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The critics
–
Sunday Telegraph Seven
magazine, 31 May 2009
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Problems of overpopulation
– Foreword to Loraine,
The Death of Tomorrow
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Bubonic plague
– BBC WAC RCONT 20
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In those days
– Cross and Priestner,
The End of the World
, p. 16
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Incredible, isn’t it?
–
Radio Times
, 12–18 April 1975
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We are at the end
–
Daily Mirror
, 11 December 1964
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We had a big house
– Nazarro,
TV Zone
#31
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We had geese
– ibid.
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My wife was exhausted
– Macomber,
Liberator’s Log
, vol. 5 no. 7
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She slaved through
–
Horizon
, June 1989
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It is only since
–
Radio Times
, 12–18 April 1975
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I’ve been thinking
–
Daily Express
, 12 April 1975
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The Earth can start
–
http://www.kaldorcity.com/people/dtinterview.html
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It’s the land
– DVD production text, ‘Invasion’ ep. 4: ‘The End of Tomorrow’
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The most valuable
– DVD production text, ‘Invasion’ ep. 5: ‘The Waking Ally’
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Survival at all costs
– ‘Invasion’ ep. 4: ‘The End of Tomorrow’
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The thing about Terry Nation
– DVD commentary, ‘Planet’ ep. 3
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New York must spend
– Asimov,
The Caves of Steel
, pp. 95–7
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He wants a coalition
– McIntosh,
Challenge to Democracy
, p. 184
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Different people
–
Times
, 1 January 2004
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volunteers on call
–
Times
, 7 April 1975
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Two years ago
–
Sun
, 22 January 1977
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Just as Doctor Who
–
Observer, 4
May 1975
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Cartridges
– Jack Ronder,
Survivors
: ‘Starvation’
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A man of forty
– DVD production text, ‘Invasion’ ep. 2: ‘The Daleks’
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it’s up to somebody
–
Survivors
: Genesis’
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I couldn’t be a leader
–
Survivors: ‘
Gone Away’
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Nobody doubted
– Nation,
Survivors
, p. 128
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At times
–
Daily Mail
, 17 April 1975
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impressive, creepy
–
Guardian
, 30 April 1975
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perfectly passable
–
Guardian
, 17 April 1975
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It has slowed down
–
Times
, 15 May 1975
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written by
–
Guardian
, 25 June 1975
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One night
– Nazarro,
TV Zone
#31
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I’d like to be able
– Groves,
The Terry Nation Story
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didn’t suit their image
– Murray,
Into the Unknown
, p. 120
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This one was
– Macomber,
Liberator’s Log
, vol. 5 no. 7
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thick as a board
– Nazarro,
TV Zone
#31
13 Surviving
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I fell out instantly
– Peel,
Starburst
, 1995
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Wartime Broadcasting
–
Daily Telegraph
, 3 October 2008
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a tortuous affair
– interview included in
Survivors
DVD box set and DVD commentary, ep. 1: ‘The Fourth Horseman’
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He wanted to get
– Nazarro,
TV Zone
#31
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He was basically
– Cross and Priestner,
The End of the World
, p. 35
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I came up with this idea
– Brian Clemens, PC
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ever so badly
–
SFX
#51, May 1999