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why and how, we shall always remember EDITORIAL them. COOL THINGS by Alan Stevens Fiona’s eulogy for David Collings closes this issue. THE FACE OF EVIL “Take me down to Kaldor City By Fiona Moore and Alan Stevens Where the Vocs are green Lastly, I would like to thank JL Fletcher for yet ❄ and the girls are pretty.” another breathtaking, full-colour postcard, 34 Cool Things about The Face of Evil trees, the Tesh are up to something, or the this time themed on… the Storm Mine (And 16 Stupid Ones) great god Xoanon extends much further than Yes, we’ve gone Vocing mad! murders! (But we’re not telling you which is which) anyone realises). (We're expecting you So buckle up for a journey into the to work that out for yourselves) 8. A lot of industry goes into making a ‘Boucherverse’, as Fiona Moore and I tackle crossbow, so the Sevateem are really not as eugenics, religion and colonialism on an 1. The depiction of the Sevateem primitive as they look. unnamed planet ruled by the great god demonstrates, from the start, that they aren’t Xoanon! just an ordinary primitive tribe, as Andor’s 9. The god Xoanon, according to the throne includes visible computer parts. Sevateem, is held captive by the Tesh, driving Fiona then takes a look behind-the-scenes their rivalry against the other tribe. of The Robots of Death and shares some 2. The cape he’s wearing is also presumably fascinating production details, before the expedition’s flag. 10. Neeva, also, must clearly recognise that treating us to a sample chapter from her although the Doctor has the Evil One’s face, up-and-coming critical monograph on the 3. Later, the first scene of the Tesh, with he has Xoanon’s voice. aforementioned story, by way of The Black candles placed haphazardly all over pieces of Archive book series. Issue 506 advanced equipment, shows us they aren’t 11. If you think about it, Leela denies Xoanon Edited by Alan Stevens just an ordinary technological society, either, and sides with the Evil One. But we haven’t finished yet. Ann Worrall Cover by Andy Lambert but perhaps, one rather more primitive than delves into the politics, strategies, and mind- Proofreading by Ann Worrall they seem. 12. In case you hadn’t heard, a xoanon is the bending questions raised by Magic Bullet’s and Fiona Moore ancient Greek name for a carved statue of a Kaldor City audio drama series, which leads us Postcard by JL Fletcher 4. The jungle sounds first appeared onDoctor god. If you go to the Parthenon Museum in nicely into a presentation by Sarah Egginton Who in Mission to the Unknown. They also Athens (well worth the price of admission), and myself of a complete, annotated version Published by the reappeared in The Daleks’ Master Plan and you can spend your visit surrounded by of the warped game of chess that took Doctor Who Appreciation Society Planet of the Daleks. xoanons. place between the psychostrategist Carnell Layout by Nicholas Hollands and possessed robot V31 for the Kaldor All content is © 5. The invisible “monster” in the jungle is not 13. The Sevateem warrior tasked with City Taren Capel Master adventure ; the episode, relevant contributor/DWAS unreminiscent of the Visians from guarding the Doctor has his thumb stuck incidentally, that inspired artist Andy Plan. down the front of his loincloth. Lambert to produce this issue’s magnificent No copyright infringement is intended wrap-around cover. 6. The Doctor’s first scene has him actively 14. “And the Evil One raised the Tower of CONTACT US: breaking the fourth wall and speaking to the Imelo and the Black Wall and gave them I was the producer of Kaldor City and it was DWAS, PO Box 1011, viewers at home. to the tribe of Tesh.” The Sevateem litany immense fun, and a real privilege, to work Horsham, RH12 9RZ, UK covers everything you need to know as to with Chris Boucher and to write for and what happened following the Doctor’s last direct such a talented cast. Russell Hunter, or email: [email protected] visit to the planet. Peter Halliday, Paul Darrow, Peter Miles, Scott Frederick, Philip Madoc and Peter FIND US ONLINE 15. “Xoanon has promised us victory.” “No. Tuddenham have now all passed away, and He has promised you. And you have promised it’s with a great sadness that I have to add www.dwasonline.co.uk us.” An important distinction. David Collings to the tally. facebook.com/dwasonline twitter.com/dwas63 16. “Speak to me, Xoanon, that I may know Fortunately for us, their vitality lives on youtube.com/dwasonline your will. Speak, Xoanon. Speak.” WARRIOR through their tremendous work and this is 7. There appear to be corrugated pipes in [OFF CAMERA]: “Shaman Neeva! It’s time to instagram.com/dwasonline the jungle (either they are very pipe-like - 2 - - 3 - leave!” This is actually quite a funny moment, 24. Xoanon, it’s worth noting, has at least 31. Planet of Evil Recyclingwatch: jungle 36. Ghost Light would later go on to heavily but not really telegraphed as such. one female-gendered persona. planets, invisible creatures, CSO phantoms, rip-off The Face of Evil, with its backstory of stranded spaceship crews who want to kill an exploratory mission where the Survey 17. One can’t help but be impressed with 25. It’s pretty surprising that the Sevateem’s the Doctor. went forth to study the planet and Control actor David Garfield’s ability to keep a medikit is still working, considering the stayed behind at the spaceship. Light is completely straight face while playing Neeva conditions in which it’s kept. 32. Forbidden Planet Recyclingwatch: Xoanon. the Shaman, clad in leatherette and sporting invisible Id-Monsters terrorizing spaceship an armoured spaceglove on his head. 26. “Answers are easy, it’s asking the right crews, a forgotten high-tech civilisation, 37. Also Paradise Towers, where the Doctor questions that is hard.” one person’s repressed psychological issues is first greeted by the Caretakers as the mapping themselves onto a machine and Great Architect returned, and then slated for 27. “Neeva! Is it really you? They told me you putting everyone in danger. execution. were dead. Or was it the other way round?” What, you told him they were dead? 33. The Deadly Assassin Recyclingwatch: 38. It’s worth repeating that in the 1970s, Societies mired in ritual and grown ignorant most people genuinely believed psychic 28. The Horda look like Cybermats. of the uses of their technology. powers were scientifically possible, so the Tesh’s telepathy isn’t a gratuitous insertion 34. The concept of an electrified floor and of fantasy into an otherwise sci-fi narrative. Leela falling under Xoanon’s control and attacking the Doctor in Part Four make it 39. Worst digital clock ever. tempting to set up a Death to the Daleks Recyclingwatch too, but we’ve probably 18. “Gods don’t use transceivers.” “Are you done enough of those. certain?” That’s actually a good point on Leela’s part. 35. The tunnel the Doctor and Leela enter in Part Three after going into the monumental 19. There’s one other female warrior in the effigy of the Doctor’s face, has certain design Sevateem, but we get no idea what the features that are not unlike those we’ll see people, male or female, who aren’t warriors inside of the Doctor’s brain during The or Neeva, are up to throughout all this. Invisible Enemy. Make of that what you will. 29. The Sevateem aren’t stupid, are clearly 20. Where are the baby Sevateem (to say capable of learning from observation, nothing of all those leather thongs and highly and have a motivation to investigate the engineered crossbows) coming from, if there behaviour of the Evil One’s creatures, so it’s 40. How did the Doctor get that mirror in his are no others? surprising they haven’t made the connection hand to fuse the particle analyser? He takes about the “phantoms” being attracted to it out of his pocket in the previous scene, 21. While perhaps it’s not surprising that vibration themselves. just before Jabel stuns him with his psychic the Doctor doesn’t really think about this powers. when he’s telling Neeva to get the Sevateem 30. “The nose could be a shade more aquiline. behind the barrier in Part Three, it’s more and the noble proportion of the brow hasn’t 41. The Tesh’s shoes are a rather lovely shade surprising that neither Leela, Calib or Tomas been perfectly executed.” Apparently the of green. seem to be concerned about saving the non- Doctor is vain. warriors. 42. The Doctor admits that he may have forgotten to wipe his personality from the 22. The Tesh aren’t particularly any better computer out of egotism. Which is very on the subject of equal rights, for all they’re much in keeping with the Fourth Doctor, but supposed technological and scientific unusually self-aware of him to admit it. advancement. 43. Artificial intelligence would go on to be 23. One does wonder if the female Tesh are something of a theme in Chris Boucher’s all hidden away somewhere in the city, or writing, for instance in The Robots of Death, if they’ve mastered cloning and become a Corpse Marker, and to some extent in Star single-gendered society. Cops. - 4 - - 5 - 44. The sight of stuntman Stuart Fell in Part 49.

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