The Royal Navy offered full support and cooperation in this story, on condition that they were portrayed in a more positive role. This is probably why they seem more competent and effective in combat than the UNIT troops usually did.
Take into account that Jon Pertwee was also in the Royal Navy during WWII. He served on board the HMS Hood but was transferred off for naval intelligence training 2 weeks before it was sunk by the Bismarck. He served the rest of the war in the NID.
@@stormwulf117 I heard an interview with Pertwee where he recounts that he begged for the transfer to go through because he had an awful premonition about staying on Hood. He said he didn't like to say this because people would always joke about how that meant he was perfect to play the Doctor then, with his foreknowledge of terrible events. He didn't like it because only 3 men survived the sinking of the Hood; he knew the 1400 men who died. You realised he carried an awful lot of guilt about not sharing their fate.
Ugh really? That comes off as pretty insecure for a militarily service. I'm not saying the Royal Navy is incompetent or something but it has the same vibe as the US military being glorified in the transformers movies, it's just weird propoganda-ish forced messaging. Having said that though, it's always nice seeing human task forces be competent in Dr who stories. I never like it when the story treats it like humans can't do anything when it comes to an alien threat.
IIRC the plot device of the Doctor being trapped on Earth was used so that the BBC could save money on building sets and having to make special effects of alien planets, spaceships etc.
Sea Devils dropped like flies here. They were virtually unstoppable in 'Warriors of The Deep'. The Sea Devils in 'Warriors of the Deep' of Elite Group 1 must have had very sophisticated battle armor for protection. These Sea Devils were far less protected.
I saw in the BTS features that the actor playing Captain Hart wasn't supposed to man the gun because he was a civilian. But because he was in uniform and played the part well, the Royal Navy personnel on site just went along with it.
70's Doctor Who benefited from lower quality film which meant cheaper special effects looked better. They also had a bigger budget during Jon Pertwee's era than they did during the latter half of Tom Baker's and during the 70s. Although as Invasion of the Dinosaurs proved; the sfx could still fall down badly.
