and the Master misquotes Crowley too
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incandescensI was watching the classic Doctor Who story The Daemons earlier this evening. It was entertaining: perhaps not quite as golden as I remember it being, but still pleasant, neat, fun, enjoyable, etcetera.
The Master (who kept on cropping up for several stories in a row at this point) was disguised as the local vicar, and had recruited a group of villagers to act as his coven (and, in the story's pseudo-science, provide psychic backup power). At one point I was struck by their miserable hangdog chanting in response to the Master's vigorous declamations. Then it struck me. This was exactly the volume level and tone of embarrassment that one expects from the responses in a Church of England service. The "I mustn't be heard talking any louder or more enthusiastically than my neighbour" mumble of "and with thy spirit". Perfect.
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BRIGADIER: I see, Yates. So the Doctor was frozen stiff at the barrow and was then revived by a freak heat wave, Benton was beaten up by invisible forces, and the local white witch claims she's seen the Devil.
-- the Brigadier getting an update on the current situation in The Daemons
The Master (who kept on cropping up for several stories in a row at this point) was disguised as the local vicar, and had recruited a group of villagers to act as his coven (and, in the story's pseudo-science, provide psychic backup power). At one point I was struck by their miserable hangdog chanting in response to the Master's vigorous declamations. Then it struck me. This was exactly the volume level and tone of embarrassment that one expects from the responses in a Church of England service. The "I mustn't be heard talking any louder or more enthusiastically than my neighbour" mumble of "and with thy spirit". Perfect.
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BRIGADIER: I see, Yates. So the Doctor was frozen stiff at the barrow and was then revived by a freak heat wave, Benton was beaten up by invisible forces, and the local white witch claims she's seen the Devil.
-- the Brigadier getting an update on the current situation in The Daemons
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Date: 2012-08-30 12:57 pm (UTC)(No, I do not have the dates of the Brigadier and Good Omens at my fingertips; no doubt the former precedes the latter by decades.)
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