A question about Regeneration

[diankra]

Given the context of the post, I assume the “In-Vision” referenced there is a fanzine/magazine, so it’s an interview.

Yep. Along with its predecessor, Space and Time, covered the entire original run, generally with one issue per story, from 1981 to 2004. Steve contributed to the issues on his two serials.

 

[Timewalker]

It helps if you watch the episode rather than reading a synopsis. Nossa, quite famously as it seems out of place, basically strips down as the story continues. Possibly because she’s running a fever, possibly because the whole thing is pretty odd.

WTF did I say that would have given you the impression that I haven't seen the episode?

I have seen it numerous times since it was first shown in the '80s. I've read the novelization. I also read an interview in which Sarah Sutton claimed she took her skirt off as a "parting gift" to her male fans. Whatever the real reasons, it just looked ridiculous.

What I don't get is this "In-Vision Terminus Issue" reference. What does THAT mean?

 

[jaime]

WTF did I say that would have given you the impression that I haven't seen the episode?

I have seen it numerous times since it was first shown in the '80s. I've read the novelization. I also read an interview in which Sarah Sutton claimed she took her skirt off as a "parting gift" to her male fans. Whatever the real reasons, it just looked ridiculous.

What I don't get is this "In-Vision Terminus Issue" reference. What does THAT mean?

The comment you said you didn’t get the meaning of, and you comment asking what it meant, and your subsequent ‘all I know about terminus is’ gave that impression. ‘WTF is an in-vision issue?’ Wouldn’t have xD
In-Vision was a sort fanzine that was like the old Andrew Pixley Databanks in DWM, crossed with DVD extras, but in a magazine format. I think I have the one from survival somewhere, because you could get them in places like the Who shop. They used to. Commission new covers and stuff too I think...am fifty-fifty on the survival one, but it is very Seventies Target, if you like that sort of style.

 

[Timewalker]

The comment you said you didn’t get the meaning of, and you comment asking what it meant, and your subsequent ‘all I know about terminus is’ gave that impression. ‘WTF is an in-vision issue?’ Wouldn’t have xD
In-Vision was a sort fanzine that was like the old Andrew Pixley Databanks in DWM, crossed with DVD extras, but in a magazine format. I think I have the one from survival somewhere, because you could get them in places like the Who shop. They used to. Commission new covers and stuff too I think...am fifty-fifty on the survival one, but it is very Seventies Target, if you like that sort of style.

Re: the part I bolded above: That is NOT what I said. What I said is this:

I know Terminus is a Fifth Doctor story, and it's the one where Nyssa leaves to stay on Terminus and find a cure for the disease that people are sent there for.

Point of information, stating that I know what Terminus itself is. At no point did I imply that it's "all" I know, with the further implication that I hadn't seen it. So your comment of

It helps if you watch the episode rather than reading a synopsis.

comes across as unwarranted snark.

I was able to get some of the Doctor Who magazines (or general British SF ones) here, or sometimes in Calgary, as they were available in bigger cities but not in smaller ones. There has never been a successful SF bookstore in my city, because there just aren't enough fans to support it even if it does have a good central location. There's a comic store that's been around since the early '80s, but for a combination of reasons that would take too long to explain here, I no longer support that place.

So most of my Classic Who has been accessed on PBS, on DVD, and I have most of the Target novels.

NuWho is irrelevant for my collecting purposes. The only nuWho DVD I have is the 50th anniversary one, only because it includes Paul McGann's "Night of the Doctor" and because Tom Baker is in the 50th anniversary story.

So... question answered. Thank you.

 

[jaime]

Re: the part I bolded above: That is NOT what I said. What I said is this:
Point of information, stating that I know what Terminus itself is. At no point did I imply that it's "all" I know, with the further implication that I hadn't seen it. So your comment of comes across as unwarranted snark.

I was able to get some of the Doctor Who magazines (or general British SF ones) here, or sometimes in Calgary, as they were available in bigger cities but not in smaller ones. There has never been a successful SF bookstore in my city, because there just aren't enough fans to support it even if it does have a good central location. There's a comic store that's been around since the early '80s, but for a combination of reasons that would take too long to explain here, I no longer support that place.

So most of my Classic Who has been accessed on PBS, on DVD, and I have most of the Target novels.

NuWho is irrelevant for my collecting purposes. The only nuWho DVD I have is the 50th anniversary one, only because it includes Paul McGann's "Night of the Doctor" and because Tom Baker is in the 50th anniversary story.

So... question answered. Thank you.

I’m not being snarky, I was just responding to the way your comment was worded. It seemed you didn’t get why the episode had Nyssa apparently scripted as losing her outfit in story terms, and therefore did t know what had happened.
It’s always been hard to get hands on SF stuff. London basically had a very few shops, particularly for who stuff in the wilderness years, and the Who shop is t exactly a nip round the corner even if you live in London.
There’s probably ebooks of invision somewhere, and definitely ebooks of similar concepts if you are curious.

 

[Timewalker]

I’m not being snarky, I was just responding to the way your comment was worded. It seemed you didn’t get why the episode had Nyssa apparently scripted as losing her outfit in story terms, and therefore did t know what had happened.

You responded to the way you thought the comment was worded. What you thought I said is not what I actually did say.

I'm aware that Nyssa was sick, and that sick people sometimes shed layers of clothing. But the actress herself stated that she dropped her skirt to please her male fans, and conceded that it didn't really come across as she'd meant it to, since people were wondering "WTF did she do that for?".

Making a dismissive comment that I should see the episode rather than going by a synopsis is snarky, as I have not given any indication in this conversation that I haven't seen it. You read words into my post that aren't there, so this is on you, not me.

At any rate, my question has been answered. It would be best to drop this.