tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934487773490396103.post6458094697237806580..comments2022-03-26T06:53:18.794-06:00Comments on cj's notebook: Fill My Eyes With That Double Visionchrissyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574969300905906532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934487773490396103.post-73192914420882774492013-12-05T15:17:23.769-07:002013-12-05T15:17:23.769-07:00Thanks for the insight! I've never seen "...Thanks for the insight! I've never seen "The Avengers" TV show, so I don't have that frame of reference. But now I can see where that would influence this story, so thanks for your comment!chrissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17574969300905906532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4934487773490396103.post-26272509163582664092013-12-05T15:14:02.696-07:002013-12-05T15:14:02.696-07:00Although I can see the TWILIGHT ZONE echoes, I thi...Although I can see the TWILIGHT ZONE echoes, I think that a much bigger influence on this story is THE AVENGERS (the TV version with John Steed rather than the recent comic book/movie). In one of the episodes--THE TOWN OF NO RETURN-Steed and Emma are sent to a picture book village on the English coast. They discover that the surly, suspicious villagers are in fact enemy agents who have been sent to replace the real occupants. As more invaders arrive, more villages will be taken over, leaving a fifth column ready for when a real invasion takes place. ANDROID INVASION is a sci-fi version of a cold-war thriller. The Patrick McGoohan series DANGER MAN has an episode where his secret agent character infiltrates an Eastern European spy school. Enemy agents are put in a idealised version of an American or English town, where they are trained as 'sleepers' who will live as normal citizens until they are needed. Nation wrote and script-edited THE AVENGERS for a while, so it's seems likely that he decided to use the secret agent tropes for a DOCTOR WHO story (Interestingly, director Barry Letts actually appeared in some episodes of THE AVENGERS before he became a Producer/Director).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com