@@Goat4459 why is Carl an “ass” for disagreeing and making his point? All you did was call names someone you do not know. That says more about you than him. You made no comment worth reading at all.
Not actually. This episode had a rather large contingent of extras and of course the spaceship models, planet and Ark jungle sets and the Monoid costumes had to cost a bit. Yes Doctor Who was a low-budget show which relied on clever ideas and even cleverer execution to make up for lack of cash, but the creation of a race of invisible beings for this story wasn't merely a budgetary concession but serves a specific plot point here. In this case, the inhabitants of the Ark, both human and Monoid, being faced with having to prove worthy to inherit Refusis as a new home and a race of beings who can easily stop them from landing and against which force is of no avail. Yes it is a sign of the creativity Doctor Who relied so heavily upon in its early years but it would have been as easy to have depicted Refusis as inhabited by a humanoid race with a full range of psychic and psychokinetic powers. Invisible Refusians, however, are quite different from another bog-standard humanoid race and add a decided element of mystery as you cannot know if they are nearby watching and perhaps waiting to strike with their power.
@eyedelon And there I was thinking that there are the "notwe's" who are too narrow-minded to suspend their disbelief, they must have fancy special effects! Oh, the irony!
