Talk:The Space Museum

Tricky grammar

"Richard Shaw, who spoke with a Cockney accent, was cast as Governor Lobos and asked to deliver his lines with a BBC accent instead."

From this formulation, was Shaw asked to used a BBC accent or did Shaw request that he play Lobos with a BBC accent? There's no way to know. Now, if we go with the more awkward construction of:

"Richard Shaw... was cast as Governor Lobos and was asked...."

then it is clear that the decision was not his.

-- Proteus71 Sept 15 2005 17:40 GMT

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:19, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

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• ... that before writing The Space Museum, Glyn Jones had never seen Doctor Who? Source: Ainsworth 2016, p. 42
  • ALT1: ... that the alien leader in the Doctor Who serial The Space Museum was named after the word "lobotomy"? Source: Ainsworth 2016, p. 43
  • ALT2: ... that the script for the third episode of the Doctor Who serial The Space Museum was structured to omit the Doctor, played by William Hartnell? Source: Ainsworth 2016, p. 43
  • Reviewed: Röhm scandal

Improved to Good Article status by Rhain (talk). Self-nominated at 05:55, 10 January 2022 (UTC).

• Hi Rhain, review follows: article promoted to GA on 10 January; exceeds minimum length and is well written; sources used look to be reliable and are mainly offline; I found no overly close paraphrasing from a check on online sources, AGF on the offline ones; hook s are interesting and mentioned in the article, AGF on offline sourcing; ALT2 might perhaps be improved by mentioning Hartnell was on holiday but happy to leave that up to the promoter; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me; you're doing some great work on these early Dr Who serials, keep it up! - Dumelow (talk) 11:22, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

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Promoting the main hook to Prep 4 – Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 16:19, 12 January 2022 (UTC)

35mm?

really?

seems a bit unlikely...

duncanrmi (talk) 08:40, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

@Duncanrmi: Care to elaborate? – Rhain ☔ 09:01, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

sure. a quick glance at the main dr who article suggests that budgets were extremely tight for this show, & it was sometimes aired live. the show was recorded on monochrome 2" videotape when it was going to be edited afterwards, but if this was archived at all (& often, infamously, it wasn't), it would have been on 16mm.

almost certainly there was no 35mm during studio production or archiving of this show, though imdb asserts that some vfx shots were 35mm.

duncanrmi (talk) 17:06, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

@Duncanrmi: Yes, the model shots were filmed on 35 mm. No, the show was never aired live. – Rhain ☔ 22:21, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Release dates

This article says the serial first aired from 24 April to 15 May 1965. However, the official Doctor Who website states that it aired from 8 May to 29 May 1965. There's no source in the article, so maybe it should be changed to what doctorwho.tv says. Spectritus (talk) 08:21, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Apparently, it's a mistake on doctorwho.tv. Spectritus (talk) 09:51, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Definitely appears to be the case—and, to clarify, there is a source in the article. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 11:30, 24 April 2025 (UTC)

Sources are so easy to find:

• Cornell, Paul; Day, Martin; Topping, Keith (1995). Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide. London: Doctor Who Books. p. 37. ISBN 0-426-20442-5. 24 April 1965 – 15 May 1965
• Haining, Peter (November 1988). Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years. London: W.H. Allen. p. 211. ISBN 1-85227-021-7. Screened: 24 April–15 May 1965
• Howe, David J.; Stammers, Mark; Walker, Stephen James (1994). Doctor Who The Handbook - The First Doctor. London: Doctor Who Books. p. 97. ISBN 0-426-20430-1. 24.04.65 01.05.65 08.05.65 15.05.65
• Howe, David J.; Walker, Stephen James (1998). Doctor Who: The Television Companion. London: BBC Worldwide. p. 53. ISBN 0-563-40588-0. 24/04/65 01/05/65 08/05/65 15/05/65
• Lofficier, Jean-Marc (1981). The Doctor Who Programme Guide - Volume 1: The Programmes. London: Target Books. p. 27. ISBN 0-426-20139-6. 24 April 1965 to 15 May 1965
• Richards, Justin (2005) [2003]. Doctor Who: The Legend Continues - 5 decades of time travel (revised ed.). London: BBC Books. p. 50. ISBN 0-563-48640-6. First broadcast 24 April–15 May 1965

I see complete agreement with our article text. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:57, 24 April 2025 (UTC)