That reminds me of one Sherlock Holmes story. He courts a maid in the suspect's house so he can gain access, then has to dump her at the end of the story. Very morally dubious...
Ah, but, unlike the Doctor, Holmes has no remorse or sympathy for his victim. A high-functioning sociopath, indeed.
Thanks, Mason. I sometimes wish that I could do things by halves, though - I might finish projects quicker. Anyway, you're one to talk! Krappefort dwarfs my efforts, and MOOSE isn't exactly a tiny project, either!
Sources again.
Two episodes (“The Tyrant of France” and “A Bargain of Necessity”) no longer exist. Cosgrove Hall are currently producing animated versions to accompany fan-recorded off-air soundtracks of those episodes for a future DVD release of the story.
Colour photos taken on set show Susan and Barbara (who I haven’t modelled), the Doctor in his disguise, the jailer, Lemaitre, Léon Colbert, the tailor, and some of the soldiers as well as Jules Renan in the plum-coloured suit he has on under that big cloak.
Jean-Pierre is from Perry Miniatures ‘ American War of Independence civilians pack.
Rouvray is a Foundry French Revolution figure (to be found under “Napoleonic – French” on their website), with his hat and sword removed and hair added with putty.
D’Argenson is a Front Rank 18th century civilian with his hat removed, his hair added and his clothes partly remodelled with putty.
The
soldiers are fusiliers in ragged campaign uniform from Eureka’s Wars of the French Revolution range. They are mostly as they come, but the soldier with the striped trousers has had his hat removed and hair and an eyepatch added with putty to match a particular character.
The
overseer is a Front Rank 18th century civilian. I removed the scythe he was carrying and the cap he was wearing, remodelled his coat into a waistcoat and shirtsleeves and added a straw hat, long hair and beard, as well as a purse and pistol. The
road gang are (left to right), a Perry AWI civilian with remodelled hair and a scrachbuilt spade instead of the sack he was originally carrying, a Foundry French Revolutionary with a scratchbuilt pick-axe, and a Front Rank 18th century civilian, miraculously unmodified.
The
jailer is a Front Rank Austrian engineer from the Seven Years War. I remodelled his hair and waistcoat, and replaced his tricorne with a bicorne and a blood-stained bandage.
Citizen Lemaitre is another Foundry French Revolutionary. I removed an item I couldn’t identify from his right hand, and added a sash with putty.
Jules Renan is a Front Rank 18th century civilian, I think, though I couldn’t find him in their online catalogue recently.
Jean is another figure from the Foundry French Revolution range (I simply removed a walking stick and repositioned his arm), as is
Danielle.
Léon Colbert is from Gary Mitchell’s Space Vixens from Mars range – only now do I realise how much this figure looks like Jeremy Northam.
The
tailor is another from the Foundry range. I removed his hat, added hair and an apron, and remodelled his jacket into a waistcoat and shirtsleeves.
The Doctor is Harlequin DW199. I added the 18th century clothes, sashes, ribbons and preposterously beplumed hat with putty. Kublai Khan’s old walking stick is made from a length of brass rod wrapped with fuse wire. The
physician is another figure from the Foundry range, with his hat removed and hair added.
Robespierre is the C-P Models figure of General Kellerman, with his right arm (under which his hat was tucked) removed and replaced, his sword clipped off, and a number of changes to his clothes. The colour tones match those from the black and white TV image, but the actual colours draw on the contemporary portrait which illustrates his Wikipedia entry.
Paul Barrass is a Perry Miniatures Carlist War civilian with his hat removed, hair added, and clothes remodelled.
General Bonaparte is the C-P Models Young Napoleon, with the plumes trimmed from his hat. Again, I have combined the black-and-white tones with colours from contemporary portraits.
And here is a shot of all the figures I have put together for this story:
Next EpisodePlanet of Giants
(Or perhaps “The Impossible Astronaut”; or something else entirely.)
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