{"id":234,"date":"2007-11-06T08:42:51","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T19:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=234"},"modified":"2007-11-06T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T19:45:50","slug":"image-of-the-fendahl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Image of the Fendahl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/fendahlrelease.JPG\" title=\"Release Fendahl!\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/fendahlrelease.JPG\" alt=\"Release Fendahl!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><em><span lang=\"EN-NZ\">Image of the Fendahl<\/span><\/em><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"> is one of my [JE&#8217;s]\u00a0favourite stories of all time, and that alone means it should be released on DVD. This story is really about atmosphere and builds and delivers this in spades. From the hitchhiker opening, the glowing skull and the creeping terror of the Fendahl, this story could send anyone behind the sofa.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><\/span><\/font><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Arial\">Unfortunately this story is let down by the eye-makeup they put on Wanda Ventham, but other than that there are some great effects (the Fendahl themselves) and some great performances (who can forget Daphne Heard\u2019s \u2018that bain\u2019t no way to make fruitcake!\u2019). Striking a terrific balance between horror and comedic touches, this story is a classic even among the Williams oeuvre.<\/font><\/span><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Arial\">\u00a0<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-NZ\"><font face=\"Arial\">For this release, I\u2019d be happy with a vanilla edition. If they were stretching, they could do a feature on how to make the Fendahl, a make-up examination of Thea\/Fendahl Core, or maybe an exciting look at the Doctor\u2019s scarf (which was changed for this episode, despite some later stories being made earlier with the original scarf)!<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image of the Fendahl is one of my [JE&#8217;s]\u00a0favourite stories of all time, and that alone means it should be released on DVD. This story is really about atmosphere and builds and delivers this in spades. From the hitchhiker opening, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=234\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-please-release-me"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}