Talk:The Web Planet

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I think mention of the Animus in the annual is more likely a plug for the forthcoming DVD of this serial :P </cynicism> Tim! (talk) 12:55, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

I'm inclined to agree with you, although you'd think the giant butterflies and giant ants would be enough. Who doesn't love giant ants? :) -Sean 20:27, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Broadcast and reception

Believed lost in the BBC's early 1970s purge, negative film prints of all six episodes were recovered from BBC Enterprises in the late 1970s. These prints appear to have stemmed from a 1973 sale to Algeria and as a result the final episode was amended so that the "Next Episode" caption referred to "The Space Museum" instead of "The Lion", as the next story The Crusade was not sold to Arab countries. There were also some edits to the first episode. Unedited prints of all six episodes were also discovered in Nigeria in 1985.

These points are simply not true, and come from long-standing unsupported fan-rumours from the 1980s. Sales documents found at BBC by Paul Vanezis in 2008 have revealed the truth, some of which hve een published in Richard Molesworth's book, Wiped (published by Telos): 1) The negatives held at the BBC were in English, not Arabic. 2) Algeria never screened the story, so prints cannot have been returned from there.(per documentation found at BBC in 2008, and reported on the BroaDWcast website with Paul's assistance.) 3) No story after The Rescue was sold to Arab-speaking countries, so the subject matter of The Crusade really had nothing to do with the serial not screening in that region; it's a coincidence (ibid) 4) The caption was changed after The Crusade was withdrawn from sale; The Space Museum was still available for sale, so the caption was changed to reflect this (ibid)

There are many fan-rumours dating back to the early days of fandom that are still be perpetuated despite being debunked.

Jpreddle (talk) 22:44, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Feel free to cite the book. DonQuixote (talk) 03:12, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:43, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

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Bull ants

Menoptra costume

• ... that while writing the Doctor Who serial The Web Planet, Bill Strutton recalled a childhood memory of watching two bull ants (pictured) fighting inside an empty can? Source: Wright 2017, p. 120
  • ALT1: ... that in the Doctor Who serial The Web Planet, the alien Menoptra (pictured) represent free enterprise and the Zarbi represent communism? Source: Wright 2017, p. 121
  • ALT2: ... that the recording of the third episode of the Doctor Who serial The Web Planet finished so late that the dressing room lights were switched off by studio management? Source: Wright 2017, p. 132
  • ALT3: ... that the fifteen bags of seaweed used as set dressing for the Doctor Who serial The Web Planet emanated an overpowering vegetable smell under the hot studio lights? Source: Wright 2017, p. 133
  • Reviewed: 1979 Boston University strike
  • Comment: Bull ant image for AL0, Menoptra image for ALT1.

Improved to Good Article status by Rhain (talk). Self-nominated at 01:57, 7 January 2022 (UTC).

• Nomination made within a week of GA promotion, meets policy requirements, no close paraphrasing detected with Earwig. Assume good faith for online source for all hooks. No prejudice for promotion of any hook, but ALT0 and ALT3 are most interesting to me personally (although if we can get a crop of that awesome photograph of that Menoptra costume I would approve ALT1). QPQ fulfilled. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:13, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
  • @DigitalIceAge: Thanks for the review! I've added an image of the Menoptra costume in case that hook works better. – Rhain ☔ 12:34, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
    • Images looks great! DigitalIceAge (talk) 03:28, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
      • @Rhain: hi there! Could ALT3 be cited at the end of the sentence before I promote? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 17:00, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
        • @Theleekycauldron: Done! – Rhain ☔ 00:02, 19 January 2022 (UTC)
          • Promoter's comment: thanks! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 10:43, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

ALT3 to T:DYK/P4