Talk:Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)

Removed myth
The "Myths" section used to say this:


 * Designer Paul Allen researched the lighthouse sets from a book called Lighthouses, Lightships and Buoys by E G Jerrome. (He didn't. He visited two lighthouses, took lots of photographs of them, and based his designs on those.)

However, the production notes (INFO) for Horror of Fang Rock say that he did. In fact, they say that his main source was Lighthouses of England And Wales by Derrick Jackson, in which he found information on and images of the lighthouse at the Needles on the Isle of Wight — but it then goes on to say that both Allen and Terrance Dicks used the Jerrome book.

Now, it's possible that the info text is wrong. (Perhaps Dicks used the Jerrome children's book, but Allen used only Jackson.) But we shouldn't say so unless we've got a source to cite. —Josiah Rowe talk to me 03:19, June 18, 2012 (UTC)

Historically amusing aside from DVD commentary
On the DVD commentary, there's an amusing bit when Terrance Dicks, talking about Doctor Who fans working in television, says that he's just had lunch with "the Dead Ringers people", who are fans, and then says, "And the other nice link is that Steven Moffat, the guy who writes Coupling, is also a Doctor Who fan, and he introduced it into the show last week."

Of course, that was recorded before the new series' debut, and long before the Moff took the reins of ths show... but it's interesting to see him on Uncle Tewwance's radar back then. (One could probably date the commentary recording from whenever the first Doctor Who reference of Coupling was!)

I can't think where to put this on the wiki, as it's not really related to Fang Rock. But it's a fun moment. —Josiah Rowe talk to me 04:15, June 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * How about on Steven Moffat's page? The first section, "Prior to Doctor Who", describes his work on Coupling, including his references to Doctor Who on that show. Shambala108 talk to me 04:25, June 18, 2012 (UTC)


 * Done. —Josiah Rowe talk to me 04:43, June 18, 2012 (UTC)

One At A Time, Please
"This story marks the last time that the Doctor travels with only a single companion until The Caves of Androzani in 1984. However, if the introduction of Nyssa in The Keeper of Traken does not qualify her as a companion, then the next occasion really occurs in that story."

Whether it qualifies her as a companion or not, she certainly doesn't travel with the Doctor in The Keeper of Traken. The Doctor only travels with one companion in that story.165.225.76.164talk to me 10:38, May 24, 2018 (UTC)

The Fearless Vampire Killers
"Horror of Fang Rock was a late replacement for the scripts Terrance Dicks had originally submitted, a vampire-based tale entitled The Vampire Mutations, which was cancelled close to production lest it detract from the BBC's high-profile adaptation of Bram Stoker's classic novel Count Dracula, due for transmission close to when the serial would have aired."

There's a brief clip of Bob and Terry discussing the vampire script in Whose Doctor Who.165.225.76.164talk to me 15:11, May 24, 2018 (UTC)

A Date With A King
"The story's exact year is never made explicit, but a reference to the beast being seen "eighty years ago" in the "twenties" suggests the early 20th century." The reference to King Edward places it in the first decade of the 20th Century.165.225.80.75talk to me 09:32, May 25, 2018 (UTC)

Location, Location, Location
"Horror of Fang Rock was the only story of the classic series run to be made entirely outside of London." Not entirely, the filming took place in Ealing, as usual.165.225.80.75talk to me 15:31, May 25, 2018 (UTC)