13. Very. Slow. Ogrons. Chasing. The. Doctor. On. A. Trike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap4CD5ZkW_Q 1972 was also a good year for the unintentionally bizarre in Doctor Who. The generally marvellous Day of the Daleks from that year includes one of the most giggleworthy scenes in living memory. The scene, if you haven't already guessed, is the one in which the Doctor and Jo escape from the Daleks' base on a trike. Ogrons set off in pursuit but because the trike can only drive at a slow walking speed, they are forced to lumber after the heroes really, really slowly so they don't accidentally catch up with them straightaway. "It was really rather silly," said producer Barry Letts years later. Yes, Barry. It really rather was.
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Mike has lived in the UK, Japan and the USA. Currently, he is based in Iowa with his wife and 2 young children. After working for many years as a writer and editor for a large corporation, he is now a freelancer. He has been fortunate enough to contribute to many books on Doctor Who over the last 20 years and is now concentrating on original sci-fi & fantasy short stories, with recent sales including Flame Tree, Uffda, and The Martian Wave. Also, look for his contribution on Blake's 7 to "You and Who Else", a charity anthology to be released later this year.
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