Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

[elleflies]

Dear Beeb: Why must you vex me so? Who had the great idea to wipe the Second Doctor episode where the flight crew of a charter airline were aliens and abducting passengers in their spaceship planes? Didn't you know that I would find that to be the most awesome storyline in the history of ever and would weep emo tears of woe that I could not see it in all it's glory? Why BBC why? WHHHHYYYYYYYYY?!?!

Ahem.

I'll be okay... someday. *weeps*

Comments

[erateini.livejournal.com]

No way! D:

That storyline is too awesome to be gone!!!
It calls to me!

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

It's rather fabulously awesome.

It's a six part episode and only two parts remain. The rest are just stills with the soundtrack laid over it.

But it's soooo good. Not only do the aliens abduct people, they miniaturize them because they do not have a spaceship that's bigger on the inside and they actually filmed it at Gatwick Airport, so the sets aren't terrible.

Plus, it's got Jamie who's all OMGFLYINGBEASTIES!!!!!

oh oh oh, also, the girl that plays Sam in the episode comes back to Doctor Who YEARS later as Queen Victoria in Tooth and Claw. Apparently they offered her a part as a companion but she turned it down. Fun facts!

Wikipedia has lots to say about the whole ep... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faceless_Ones)

[erateini.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link!

Damn, I wish there was more left of the episode.

That's pretty cool that 'Sam' ended up as the queen in T&C.

[elrina753.livejournal.com]

The BBC really failed EPICALLY when they decided it was a good idea to wipe their archives. I'm sure they're kicking themselves over the lost revenue. I volunteer to help kick them if at all possible.

If you ever want the ep - or what remains of it, lemme know. I'm happy to share the awesome.

British TV is so much fun in its incestuousness isn't it? :)

[erateini.livejournal.com]

*facepalms* Truly an epic fail!
If there is kicking to be done let me in on the fun!

If it's not too much of a bother I would love to see the episode!
How can I pass up on an episode with an awesome alien flight crew that shrinks their passengers? :D