#Keith Temple

[noneverwillisubmit]

I think a big part of the emotion of planet of the Ood is the fact that obviously we would all like to think that we would be "friends of the Ood" but like. The majority of us probably wouldn't actually be. Society for the most part accepts the exploitation of the Ood, and odds are most of us would be too conformist, or at least too unconfrontational to actually do anything about it. And I think it is an invitation to introspection on Temple's part to look at how we respond to issues of severe exploitation in our own society, and what we as people do about it. Anyway very excited for tomorow

[denimbex1986]

'It's no secret that Doctor Who has never shied away from dark themes, but sometimes an idea comes along that's just too terrifying to show on screen.

That's exactly what happened for Keith Temple, who penned the widely-praised season 4 episode Planet of the Ood, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble.

The episode shows the Doctor and Donna visiting the Ood-Sphere during one of their first adventures together, and vowing to free the Ood when they see the alterations being performed on the creatures.

As he revisits the episode for a new novelisation, Temple exclusively told RadioTimes.com: "When I first started, and this was a first draft and storylining stage, I wanted it to be quite dark – because as a kid, the most memorable stories for me were the dark ones, the scary ones.

"I wrote a whole sequence which was set in Ood conversion, where you see the Ood translator balls being kind of stitched onto the Ood and they're going through these kind of conveyor belts.

"And at that early stage, I think it was maybe [producer] Julie Gardner who said, ‘I think this is just a bit too horrific.’ So we cut it, but I’ve put it in the book."

And it wasn't the only scene that was cut from the episode.

He continued: "The other one – I don't even know that it made the first draft but it was certainly in the story synopsis, that the Ood could climb up walls, I think that may have been an expense issue, so they said no to that."

The episode provides integral moments in the relationship between the Doctor and Donna, but Temple didn't always know he was writing for Catherine Tate.

"When I was writing it, Catherine had been in the Christmas special and then she'd gone," he explained. "And when I went for initial meetings with Russell, he would say things like, 'We have this new character, she's called Penny, and she's like this, and she's a bit like that.'

"I had an idea that she was a bit...'Woah', a bit out there. He'd say after a first draft, 'You've sort of got her character right,' and then the second draft was, 'It's nearly there, not quite,' and the last time they said, 'For God's sake, it's Catherine Tate!'"

As for how he feels revisiting the episode for his new novelisation all these years later, Temple explained: "It was fascinating because I was thinking back, not that long ago, it must be 16 years since I first looked at it, created it, and I haven't watched it that many times since. So, looking back at it, I was struck by how it really was a lovely adventure."'

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Doctor Who books out in July, writers revealed

Five new Doctor Who novels will be released in July. Here's a guide to the titles and their authors, who include Stephen Gallagher and Peter Harness

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BBC Books Celebrates 50 Years of Target Books With Five New Doctor Who Novelisations

BBC Books Celebrates 50 Years of Target Books With Five New #DoctorWho Novelisations

Five new Target novelisations featuring the Fourth, Tenth, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Doctors will be released in July, celebrating half a century of the Target Books range. Each book will come with new cover artwork by the sensational Anthony Dry, a friend of the DWC! The titles are: Warriors’ Gate and Other StoriesPlanet of the OodThe Waters of MarsThe Zygon InvasionKerblam! These will all be…

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Supermodule week! The format — a perfect bound softcover, often with a folder in the back containing a large foldout map or a booklet of maps — was introduced with Lankhmar, but was frequently used by TSR from the mid-‘80s to the early ‘90s, particularly in reprinting older adventure material. As much as I love the Lankhmar book, I begrudgingly acknowledge that The Temple of Elemental Evil (1985) is probably the real star publication using the format.

Temple was supposed to be a couple of more traditional modules by Gary Gygax, starting with T1: The Village of Hommlet (1979), but he never got around to finishing the writing. Aside of Hommlet and some notes, the rest of this book is Frank Mentzer’s work. It’s OK! I like Hommlet a lot — a starter module with a seemingly friendly town (like the village in Jennell Jaquays’ Dark Tower, this is a facade) where 1st level characters can square off with a memorable villain (Lareth the Beautiful) in a ruined moathouse. They then move along to the seedy town of Nulb, where more agents of the Temple are gathering, before proceeding into the Temple itself. I like Nulb too. I’m a little mixed on the Temple.

It’s a megadungeon (though one on the smallish side), and I generally like those, but Temple doesn’t make sense to me, really. I mean, dungeons never do, but Temple particularly so, as it is both a staging ground for the forces of evil and a prison built by the forces of good. I also think “Elemental Evil” is a silly concept, but I do like the big twist at the end, the fact that the big bad is the demon queen of fungus, of all things. I also like that Zuggtmoy looks like a weird ET knock-off. I think the problem for me is that the towns are dynamic and full of potential, but the encounters in the temple feel very samey. It’s fine, its just no Barrier Peaks, you know? Nice Parkinson cover, though.

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The Temple of Elemental Evil' - Keith Parkinson (1985)

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Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers

If a land can be said to have a heart, Okina is the heart of Kamigawa.

Artist: Keith Garletts TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link

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Pere Ubu - Love Is Like Gravity (Trouble on Big Beat Street; TBR May 26, 2023)

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My Mélusine Playlist:

Note: If I believe a song perfectly fits another character more, I will write their names between their parentheses [ex. If I believe a song fits Cancrelune more than Mélusine, I will write (Cancrelune)]. If I believe a song fits Mélusine and her friend group (Mélusine, Cancrelune, Krapella, Mélisande doesn't count, she's a fairy), I will write (Ensemble).

- Black Magic - Zolita

- W.i.T.C.H. - Devon Cole (Ensemble)

- Teir Abhaile Riú - Celtic Woman (Ensemble)

- For the Dancing and the Dreaming - Erutan (Ensemble)

- Witches - Alice Phoebe Lou (Ensemble)

- I put a spell on you - Sylvia Black

- Earth, Wind, Fire & Air - Hex Girls (Ensemble)

- Hex Girl - Hex Girls (Ensemble)

- Black Magic - Magic Wands

- Friends on the other side - Keith David

- I know how to hex you - Twin Temple

- Grim, Grinning Ghosts - Ghosts (Madam)

- Bump in the Night - PattyCake

- Satan's a Woman - Twin Temple

- Let the monster rise - Anthony Steward Head, Alexa Vega

- Sexy Naughty Bitchy - Tata Young (Krapella/Gothika)

- Tír na nÓg - Celtic Woman, Oonagh (Ensemble)

- The Witches Reel - Stairheid Gossip (Ensemble)

- Do you believe in Magic? - The Lovin' Spoonful

- Waiting on a miracle - Stephanie Beatriz (Cancrelune)

I am open to suggestions.

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[waugh-bao]

Keith and Ronnie try to help Julien Temple find Charlie’s best angles for a music video (1991)

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Keith Levene - KeeF does STP! - Stone Temple Pilots Big Bang Baby Cover"

[denimbex1986]

'...Iconic episode Blink, helmed by Steven Moffat, The Waters of Mars, written by Phil Ford, and Midnight, written by returning showrunner Russell T Davies, are just some of the times Doctor Who has turned a little terrifying. While fans love the show all the more for how those stories are handled, it seems the writers are no different...

Phil Ford, who wrote the terrifying David Tennant episode The Waters of Mars, recalled: "I remember, I grew up with Jon Pertwee predominantly and, looking back, I remember stories like The Green Death being really quite scary for me as a kid.

"I'm not so sure that it's moved away from that so much, I have no doubt that there will be another Doctor Who story coming down the road that will be every bit as scary, if not more than The Waters of Mars..."

Ford went on to say: "The Waters of Mars, from my point of view, was always going to be scary because that's what I like to do. I think the team around Doctor Who then and now is just so good at what it does, I think we all have confidence in each other in knowing just how far we can go.

"And certainly, whenever I went too far, I knew Russell was going to pull me up on something... my memory of Russell is not so much hauling me back on The Waters of Mars, but on other episodes, him pushing me harder to make things even scarier and even bleaker in some cases! Which is just wonderful, because he has this amazing opinion – and talent to back it up – that really there is no story you can't tell for kids. It's just a question of how you tell that story."

Meanwhile, Keith Temple, who wrote the David Tennant story Planet of the Ood, said: "Thank goodness we're past the days of Mary Whitehouse! There are other sorts of censorship restrictions we have to take into account but I don't think there are any topics that Doctor Who can't handle, as long as it's done well. Really, Doctor Who, if you look at every story, there's so much death and mayhem in it!

"People maybe don't realise how much there is in the way of death. Doctor Who is a family show, there are a lot of young people who watch it, and children - you have to be careful as a writer and a programme maker that you address all those ages within the episode and that makes it quite a difficult show but as long as you don't patronise children, you can do anything, I think. There are no barriers to what you can do."'

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In Memoriam: Pat Kelleher, the legendary British comics agent

We're sorry to report the passing of Pat Kelleher, who ran the Temple Art Agency, and, over several decades, gained many British comic artists their first break into the world of professional comics, including Keith Page, Mike Perkins and Chris Weston

We’re sorry to report the passing of Pat Kelleher, co-owner of the legendary Temple Art Agency, and, over several decades, gained many British comic artists their early breaks into the world of professional comics, including Oliver Frey, Tony O’Donnell, Keith Page, Mike Perkins, Geoff Senior and Chris Weston. They also represented many of the British “comic greats”, such as Ron Embleton, Harry…

[incorrect-try-guys]

Keith: Okay, you're driving and Zach and Ned walk into the road. Quick, what do you hit?

Eugene: Oh, definitely Ned. I could never hurt Zach.

Keith, massaging his temples: The brakes. You hit the brakes.

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Pinball Art :: Keith Temple

Pinball Art :: Keith Temple