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  • Posted on May 3, 2023May 3, 2023
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Dragonfire

This Story: Series 24, Story 4. Production Code 7G
Overall: Story 148, Episode 671-673
Airdates: 23 Nov 1987 – 7 Dec 1987
Written by Ian Briggs
Directed by Chris Clough

Links: [ Wikipedia | Tardis Data Core | Amazon US DVD | Amazon UK DVD ]

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 671 - Dragonfire 1/3 (Serial 7G Story 148) - 23 Nov 1987 #DoctorWho 1/2

This story suffers from most in this era, production. I always thought the story was sound, just if things looked better. It is the last story for Mel, & the first for Ace. It also pic.twitter.com/LNhoPqzhmL

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 1, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 671 - Dragonfire 1/3 (Serial 7G Story 148) - 23 Nov 1987 #DoctorWho 2/2

brings back Glitz from last year's Trial. Also has Patricia Quinn (Rocky Horror's Magenta). Glitz & the Doctor look for treasure. This cliffhanger is the worst in all of classic Who. pic.twitter.com/7TlpP4rarP

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 1, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 672 - Dragonfire 2/3 (Serial 7G Story 148) - 30 Nov 1987 #DoctorWho 1/2

It's silly, but when Kane dispatches Glitz's former crew after Mel & Ace, I always wanted a deleted scene with them doing the Time Warp. I mean they had Magenta from Rocky Horror RIGHT pic.twitter.com/gkIsblRgtf

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 2, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 672 - Dragonfire 2/3 (Serial 7G Story 148) - 30 Nov 1987 #DoctorWho 2/2

THERE! There's a great scene with the Doctor and a guard talking existentialism I always liked. Ace names Mel "Donut", but no idea why. Ace's backstory is a bit weird and "etherial". pic.twitter.com/sufai5LoKf

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 2, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 673 - Dragonfire 3/3 (Serial 7G Story 148) - 7 Dec 1987 #DoctorWho 1/3

Mel's last ep. While she doesn't have the best departure, it's not awful. The scene where she talks to the Doctor is a sequence used by Sylvester McCoy when he auditioned for the role. pic.twitter.com/T2C6XUXREu

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 4, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 673 - Dragonfire 3/3 (Serial 7G Story 148) - 7 Dec 1987 #DoctorWho 2/3

Kane oddly seems to just give up by melting himself in the light; a scene right out of the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ace goes off with the Doctor after Mel goes with Glitz. pic.twitter.com/bBlU8LyEMj

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 4, 2023

#DoctorWhoMarathon Ep 673 - Dragonfire 3/3 (Serial 7G Story 148) - 7 Dec 1987 #DoctorWho 3/3

I still have my original 1987 PBS recorded Dragonfire VHS tape which I got @4SylvesterMcCoy & @sophie_aldred to autograph back in the day. Fun times. Even put production code on the VHS! pic.twitter.com/sTXidkrGss

— jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ (@JoeSiegler) May 4, 2023

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