Re: [OT] The Angels have the Phone Box

POD {Ò¿Ó} wrote:

>> ... and you really have to admire the BBC.  Taking a tight special 
>> effects budget and turning it into a plot element.
>>
> 
> No, you have to admire Steve Moffit the writer. And I seriously doubt 
> the cart before the horse theory of yours.  The budget isn't that small,

> the only constraint on this episode is that it doesn't have the Doctor 
> in it that much.  The fear element is that any statue you see in public 
> places could be a lonely assassin. It's not budget driven at all...well 
> within reason, and I doubt this episode came near it's cap.
> 
> Fans of Moffit's episodes will be pleased to know he has a two parter in

> the new series.

I wasn't being critical, I was being quite complimentary.

A set of cast statues and some gaffers to move them around has to be 
less expensive than CGI.

I also know that at least in the U.S. most series have at least one 
"retrospective" episode using mostly recycled footage to make up for the 
episodes that went over budget.

It's far better than when the crew of the Enterprise runs into a 
highly-advanced new civilization who promptly puts them on trial (with 
recycled "evidence" from the earlier episodes).

In other words: brilliant.  It may get me back to watching The Doctor.