Incidental things you've never noticed in Doctor Who

[Antony Cox]

Time for another old thread to be resurrected!

I was watching City Of Death the other day, and noticed that in one of the scenes where the Doc and Romana are sitting outside a cafe in Paris, you can see a car which has broken down in the background and people are trying to push it with the door open!

[Fatso the wombat]

I don't know: I've never noticed them.

[Andrew Curnow]

During the marketplace scene in "The Underwater Menace" you can see Julia Smith scratching her arse in the background.

[Pip Madeley]

During the marketplace scene in "The Underwater Menace" you can see Julia Smith scratching her arse in the background.

Please tell me this is true

[Andrew Curnow]

Would I lie, Pip? With my pleasant, open face and all...

[Dave Lewis]

Andrew said "arse"!

[Pip Madeley]

When The Doctor and Rose leave the TARDIS at the beginning of Father's Day, you can hear "Never Can Say Goodbye" by The Communards playing in the background... I'd never noticed it!

[Andrew Curnow]

Considering the fate of Pete's vase, it's a shame it wasn't "China in Your Hands"! Arse!

[Jonno]

Ah, but T'Pau was in Star Trek!

[Andrew Curnow]

Excellent, Jonno.

[Anthony Williams]

Considering the fate of Pete's vase, it's a shame it wasn't "China in Your Hands"! Arse!

that was number one on the day i was born, that was!

Ant x

[Larry]

Ah, but T'Pau was in Star Trek!

can't remember her name but that bird who was lead singer boy was she sexy..

[Pip Madeley]

Carol Decker is her name

And at Uncle Jonno and Uncle Andrew

[Larry]

Carol Decker is her name

yep that's the one ...for smoe reason i've all ways had a thing about girls with ginger coloured hair..

[Andrew Curnow]

that was number one on the day i was born, that was!

I was doing my A-Levels! And Doctor Who was riding high, oh yes!

[Si Hunt]

Carol Decker wasn't sexy, she was always "rough as a dog" - that's a quote from her by the way! A whey-faced ginger porkball in a dress.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

She was too! Rather in-your-face, but great in jeans.

[Jonno]

Watching the first part of Tomb tonight, I knew that I recognised the voice of the chap who played Haydon (the one who gets killed at the cliffhanger) and couldn't place it. A look at the end credits told me it was Bernard Holley - who played the Axon Man. Which explains why I recognised his distinctive voice, but not his face!

[Larry]

Carol Decker wasn't sexy, she was always "rough as a dog" - that's a quote from her by the way! A whey-faced ginger porkball in a dress.

Si.

LOL - Oh well you know what they say about beauty being in the eye of the beholder..

[Antony Cox]

it was Bernard Holley - who played the Axon Man. Which explains why I recognised his distinctive voice, but not his face!

He's also been the voice on the Just For Men TV adverts for some time!

Slightly off topic, but I had no idea that Dennis Waterman had been married to Patricia "Hilda Winters" Maynard! And their daughter's the one who just won the Two Of Us thing on the telly, isn't she?

[Andrew Curnow]

One of the Timelord extras in the Panopticon in the first episode of The Deadly Assassin is played by Christopher Lee - he was at the BBC at Tom Baker's invitation, presumably to sound him about about appearing in the Scratchman film, and got roped in to make up the numbers.

[Dave Tudor]

No way! You have got to be kidding!? I thought he hated 'Doctor Who'?

[Larry]

One of the Timelord extras in the Panopticon in the first episode of The Deadly Assassin is played by Christopher Lee - he was at the BBC at Tom Baker's invitation, presumably to sound him about about appearing in the Scratchman film, and got roped in to make up the numbers.

oh come on your pulling my chain..

[Andrew Curnow]

He can be clearly seen scratching himself just behind Chancellor Goth about two minutes before the end of part one.

On a similar note, K9 never was a robot-controlled prop, but was in fact operated by the lovechild of Tom Baker and June Hudson - because of the very strict laws about exploitation of juvenile performers, the poor child was ferried into and out of the costume under cover of darkness. Matt Irvine never was a visual effects man, he was actually the child's chief babysitter. If you freeze-frame "The Creature from the Pit" 13 minutes and 22 seconds into part three, you can just make out the corner of a child's comic (opinions differ as to whether it's Buster or Whizzer & Chips) sticking out of the bottom of the K9 prop.

[Dave Tudor]

Has some loony hacked into Andrew's account!?