Talk:The Visitation (Doctor Who)

Slightly odd note
I think one of the notes needs a bit more context. I can more-or-less guess what this refers to:
 * Since The Visitation was filmed before Kinda, the cast just had the script to work with in the opening scenes.

but I think it could use some expansion to clarify that the note is talking about the actors not knowing what they were talking about. It is, isn't it? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 23:18, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's better. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 01:29, 6 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I saw the note today 28 Dec 2005 and still thought it seemed dodgy/pointless. It currently reads "The opening sequence in the TARDIS follows on directly from Kinda. Since The Visitation was filmed before Kinda, the cast had to act out their characters' responses to the events of Kinda based solely on the script.". Now to me it is pointless because much film and television material is shot out-of-sequence, with scenes grouped by the actors required, the filming location, etc. As a result, all film and television acting involves, at some point, actors performing reactions to something they haven't actually acted yet and are going solely by the script. e.g. Most Doctor Who location work was shot well before the studio material was shot, though it would all be spliced together in editing. So I don't see why this point needs to be made here or at all because this note is true of practically all Doctor Who adventures. Asa01 07:46, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The note has some merit because at the start of The Visitation they are acting out their responses to the events of Kinda - in particular Tegan's reaction to the particularly traumatic events therein, so (for example) Janet Fielding was acting out something she hadn't really mapped out yet in her own mind. Not just a case of jumping around within a story, but jumping around stories. In the original series, the serials were (mostly) filmed in individual production blocks, one after another in sequence unlike now. That being said, I'm not married to the note since I didn't originally write it (I don't think). --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 08:32, 28 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes I see what you mean. Yes within a story they would have read the entire script and worked through each scene - even if they were shooting out of sequence, they knew where everything fitted. In this case there would be reactions to something possibly they'd hadn't worked through or examined much. From that perspective it I see that it should stay. Asa01 10:30, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Similar issue, 2013
I've reverted, because what was added was not a reference but an observation, and the phrase "problems with the original first script" is itself unsourced. The truth is that from the ninth season onward, most seasons were recorded out of sequence (the production codes are usually a clue to the true recording sequence), and so the 19th season is no different from the established norm. The whole thing may have been better placed as part of the prose. -- Red rose64 (talk) 16:28, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

Synopsis
I hope you all don't mind- I've done a complete re-write of this synopsis because it was clearly rushed. And btw, I'm not having a dig at whoever wrote it originally- I understand how much work it takes to write an article.xxxW.G.Dude (talk) 09:07, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

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