Re: Dr Who had an extra quality the others lack.
Nother quality: Quality.
Sylvia (?) and the Bannermen, with a real Vincent Black Shadow w/sidehack, as one of the transports.. was woven throughout the episode - the girl gets the Vincent in the end! (nice touch, that..)
I dunno about the production crew through the years, but obviously someone on writer's side had enough pull to create such an episode (even if many watchers of the time would know little of cycles and maybe nothing of Vincents and what they signified).
An understandable insertion: stark reminder (at least to some of us) of the times when British cycle design was the Best anywhere, even via clapped-out left-over WW-II tools. Oddly, the V. was made for the wide open spaces of Murica! Never could comprehend *where* anyone could cruise 'at the ton' on that Isle? Here you could do it for hours; SF --> LA in ~5 hours, with no Interstates then.
Anyway - memorable episode. When I saw it approaching I Knew! and marvelled that it had been sneaked-in as a subplot. (Hey.. the girl knew how to use the compression release! and start the 1000 cc V-twin, right at the end.)
{sniff}
Ashton
fond memories of that 150 MPH (not KPH) speedo
