Quotes
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"Doctor, this is serious. There's something wrong." ~ Mel
"That kitty defies all known laws of physics. I keep filling it up and it's always empty. Mel, there's something wrong. Only their landing lights are on." ~ The Seventh Doctor
"Your prize. Hang about. You have won our fabulous Fifties tour. A week, a whole week, in Disneyland, planet Earth. And this time, they're going back to 1959. The rock and roll years." ~ Tollmaster
"Navarinos from the tribe on Navarro? Squat, wrinkly, purply creatures? Won't they be a little conspicuous on Earth?" ~ The Seventh Doctor
"That's great. Knowing Nostalgia Trips, we may need a doctor. Come on, folks. All aboard!" ~ Murray
Billy: Old man Burton said there was something wrong with your bus, is that right?
Murray: Well, we hit this low orbital satellite, which jammed the navi-pod and here we are.
"A stitch in time fills up space." ~ The Seventh Doctor
"What an unexpected bonus. You're the traveller in time they call the Doctor. Your death will make me richer still." ~ Keillor
"I'm afraid he was paid in kind. You see this signal beacon? It exploded from the inside. Obviously the Bannermen locked into his signal and fired off a high impulse beam right along his transmission track. Ionised. A poignant reminder that violence always rebounds on itself." ~ The Seventh Doctor
"Now, let me try and get this right. Now, are you telling me that you are not the Happy Hearts Holiday Club from Bolton, but instead are spacemen in fear of an attack from some other spacemen, and because of the danger, you want me to evacuate the entire camp? Oh well, if that is all that is needed, it should be easy. Oh, by the way, can we have space buns and tea afterwards? Or don't they drink tea on Mars?" ~ Mr. Burton
"Well, I don't know. I ain't never seen a satellite before. I always thought that they'd be smaller, somehow. Look, I don't know what's going on around here, but I think we'd better get out of here real fast." ~ Weismuller, after viewing the Bannermen's spaceship
Murray: Well, it's time to get this show on the road. As they say around here, see you later, alligator.
Mel: In a while, crocodile. Bye!
The 7th Doctor: Oh, Billy, may I borrow your bike?
Billy: All right, Doctor, but try and be careful though, won't you?
The 7th Doctor: I'll treat it as if it were the Tardis.
"Life? What do you know about life, Gavrok? You deal in death. Lies, treachery and murder are your currency. You promise life, but in the end it will be life which defeats you." ~ The Seventh Doctor
"Yeah, they're like hit men from Mars." ~ Weismuller
"Yes, I know it's time consuming, but it's our only choice. Apart from plan B. Run!" ~ The Seventh Doctor
The 7th Doctor: Oh! Excellent effort, Mister Burton, but the weapon we're using will be a little more sophisticated. Are you ready, Billy?
Billy: Ready to rock and roll.
"All haste and no speed makes Jill a dull girl." ~ The Seventh Doctor
"I know without a male the race will be wiped out, but I haven't seen many examples of species crossing. There could be the most dreadful mutation. I can't condone this foolishness, but then, love has never been known for its rationality." ~ The Seventh Doctor
"No, thank you, Doctor. I haven't had such a shindig since I went buffalo hunting in Africa. Oh, it's a ferocious brute, you know, the buffalo." ~ Mr. Burton
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Trivia
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Working titles for this story were The Flight of the Chimeron and Flight of the Chimeron. This was the title in place when the story was filmed; the final title wasn't decided upon until the fall of 1987. The title was a play on the name of a popular musical group of the 1980s, Echo and the Bunnymen.
The Doctor's question mark umbrella makes its first appearance. McCoy preferred it to the question mark pullover.
Some long shots of Sylvester McCoy riding a motorbike show him wearing his glasses, which he normally removed before filming took place.
It was originally scripted that Mel should leave at the end of this story; she was to be replaced by a character called Ace. Ultimately Langford chose to stay and Ace's character became Ray. The name Ace was used for the companion who joined in the following story, Dragonfire.
Some of the filming on this episode was done at the Majestic Holiday Camp on Barry Island, South Glamorgan, Wales (The camp no longer exists, but Barry Island was the filming location for parts of the 2005 episodes The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances.)
This was the first and only classic series story to be extensively produced in Wales. Although The Green Death and The Five Doctors had scenes filmed in Wales, in the case of The Green Death, it was set in Wales as well. When the series returned in 2005, it would be primarily produced in Wales, with a number of its earth-based stories also set there, as well as its spinoffs, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Torchwood had only a very small number of episodes not at least partially set in Wales. As noted below, the revived series even used some of the same locations as this story.
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Links (Watch on DailyMotion.com)
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
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