Ixesha le-8-Ibali lama-56
Isibhengezo
Lo matshini unamandla okuchaphazela iingqondo zamadoda, iRhuluneli… kwaye iya isomelela- ugqirha
Umxholo webali
Ukutyelela iNtolongo iStangmoor, uGqirha noJo bangqina ngoKeller Machine, ekucingelwa ukuba ukhupha iintshukumisa zabenzi bobubi kwaye ngaloo ndlela umnqweno wabo wokona. Ukurhanela kukaGqirha malunga nenkqubo kuyomelezwa xa ibanjwa lisetyenziswa njenge-guinea-pig ewayo kwaye linikezelwa ngokulula. Kwaye baqinisekiswa kukufumanisa kwakhe ukuba umsunguli, uNjingalwazi uEmil Keller, inene uyi-Master. (Umatshini wakhe sisiqulatho nje somntu wasemzini owonyusa uloyiko kwaye uzondla ngobubi.) INkosi ikwazimisele ukonakalisa iNkomfa yoXolo yeHlabathi-apho uBrigadier ajongene nezokhuseleko - kwaye uthimba umjukujelwa ovaliweyo weThunderbolt ngoncedo yamabanjwa avela eStangmoor. Injongo yakhe: kukukhaba iMfazwe yeHlabathi yesiThathu…
Ukuhanjiswa kokuqala
Isiqendu 1 -Mgqibelo nge-30 kaJanuwari 1971
Isiqendu 2 -Mgqibelo umhla we-6 kweyoMdumba ngo-1971
Isiqendu 3 -Mgqibelo umhla we-13 kuFebruwari 1971
Isiqendu 4 -Mgqibelo nge-20 kaFebruwari 1971
Isiqendu 5 -Mgqibelo nge-27 kaFebruwari 1971
Isiqendu 6 -Mgqibelo umhla we-6 Matshi 1971
Imveliso
Indawo yokufota: Okthobha 1970 eKent eDover Castle; IAlland Grange, RAF Manston; kunye neArchers Court Road, eWhitfield. Ngo-Novemba ngo-1970 kwiiConwall Gardens, eLondon SW7
Ukurekhodwa kwesitudiyo: ngoNovemba / Disemba 1970 kwi-TC3 kunye ne-TC6
Abalingisi
Ugqirha Ngubani-uJon Pertwee
UBrigadier Lethbridge Stewart -Nicholas Courtney
INkosi (uNjingalwazi uEmil Keller) -Roger Delgado
UJo Grant-uKaty Manning
UCaptain Mike Yates - uRichard Franklin
USergeant Benton - uJohn Levene
Igosa eliyiNtloko leNtolongo Amandla - uRoy Purcell
IGosa eliPhezulu leNtolongo eliluhlaza-uEric Mason
Irhuluneli yentolongo-uRaymond Westwell
UNjingalwazi uKettering - uSimon Ukungabikho
UGqr Summers-uMichael Sheard
UGeorge Barnham-Neil McCarthy
UCaptain Chin Lee-Pik-Sen Lim
ULinwood-uClive Scott
Intloko yentsimbi-UFernanda Marlowe
UFu Peng-Kristopher Kum
U-Len Vosper-uHaydn Jones
UHarry Mailer-uWilliam Marlowe
USenator Alcott -Tommy Duggan
UCharlie - uDavid Calderisi
Omkhulu uCosworth - uPatrick Godfrey
Ngokugcwele- uJohnny Barrs
Abasebenzi
Umbhali-UDon Houghton
Umculo ongalunganga-UDudley Simpson
Umyili - uRay London
Umhleli weskripthi-iTerrance Dicks
Umvelisi-UBarry Letts
UMlawuli -Timothy Combe
Uphengululo lwe-RT nguMark Braxton
Ugqirha odibana no-Sweeney kwindawo ephambeneyo ngabom yesenzo esandayo, ubundlobongela oqhelekileyo kunye nengqondi yomlawuli. Ewe kunjalo, ukuseta ibali lomboniso wosapho elinamacala amathandathu ngaphakathi ejele kuhlala kuyinto enzima yokuthengisa, ukuba uyakuxolela i-homophone, kodwa ubukhulu becala iqela liyaphumelela.
UTimothy Combe wenza umsebenzi obalaseleyo wokunyibilikisa imeko yangaphakathi exineneyo (iiseti ezinemibala eqinileyo zinceda kakhulu) ngomsebenzi wobunewunewu bendawo, kunye nokuvala izikhewu kwingcinga ebalisayo. Umbhali uDon Houghton ubonakala ngathi akayikhathalelanga ukusixelela ukuba ngubani okanye yintoni isidalwa, kwaye sifunde njani ukutsiba malunga nentando yakhe, kunokuba kunjalo ngokubeka isiphithiphithi ngakumbi kubuGcisa. Ngaloo mgaqo, nangona kunjalo, Ingqondo yoBubi isebenza kakuhle.
Ngokuqinisekileyo yigwegwe enamanzi: Imiphunga kaKettering yayigcwele amanzi. Warhaxwa… embindini wegumbi elomileyo. Kwaye uHoughton ugcwalisa ibali lakhe ngobunzima oboyikisayo, iinkxalabo zehlabathi kunye nokutshintshiselana phakathi kwabafundi abalingane besikolo eGallifreyan.
Mnumzana isini esikhulu edolophini
URoger Delgado akabalwa ngokwaneleyo ngobuqhetseba bokusebenza kwakhe njenge-Master. Emva kokuhambisa i-pandemonium eStangmoor ngokusebenzisa isikhwama esinezixhobo, usika ii-alamu kwaye alinde i-nemesis yakhe kwisango eliphambili. Ngaphandle kweziphazamiso, uthi, ngokuzola okukhulu, Kulungile, ngoku ndikulungele, kwaye ndinika ukuhleka okuncinci. Ngaba kukudelela? Ngaba lulwaneliseko oluzolileyo? Mhlawumbi zombini.
Ingxoxo yabo elandelayo kwi-ofisi yeRhuluneli, ngokungathi baxoxa ngamanqaku acocekileyo esitokhwe kwiklabhu yamanenekazi, yenye yezinto ezibalaseleyo. Isibongozo sika-Master soncedo lukaGqirha ekupheliseni uKeller sidibana ne-Well wing, sisikimu segeza. Sekunjalo, oko kulindeleke kuphela. UPertwee noDelgado bahlala bezisa ezona zibalaseleyo komnye nomnye. Mhlawumbi owokuqala waziva enesidingo esinzulu sokuphakamisa umdlalo wakhe xa ukuthandwa kuka-Master kwaqala ukunyuka-kwakulungile ukuba umqambi uDudley Simpson amzukise ngekhadi lokufowuna lomculo (isoyikiso esincinci esivelisiweyo).
Iziganeko ezibini ezinxulumene noko kufanelekile ukuba zichazwe, zombini ziqiniswe sisikhokelo esiphefumlelweyo. Owokuqala ubona uMphathi enikezela koloyiko lomatshini weKeller Machine, kwaye yintoni ekufuneka oyike kakhulu ngaphandle koGqirha ngokwakhe, ebamba ubuSathana njengejita enkulu. Kukuphambuka okunomdla kulindelo lwababukeli, kwaye kunika ubuxoki kwintsomi edumileyo yokuba iklasikhi Ngubani onomgangatho wokuziphatha omnyama nomhlophe. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, baninzi abantu-kunye neentlobo-kugqirha ekufuneka yena abe ngumntu okhohlakeleyo kuye.
Kwaye kamva, njengoko uGqirha kunye noMphathi bechacha kuqhushumbo lobubi bukaKeller, umfanekiso uphela kakuhle phakathi kobuso babo bobabini ukubonisa ikhonkco phakathi kwabo. Lilonke, libali elinomdla kuGqirha, ongekho kwelona gorha lakhe. Nangona ubudlelwane bakhe noJo buqina, kubonakala ukuba akanambulelo kuye ngokusindisa ubomi bakhe, uhlala ethe thaa kuye, kwaye ngaxesha lithile wamshiya ngovuyo kwintolongo yezaphuli mthetho.
Ngokubanzi, yintoni emasiyenze ngeNgqondo yoBubi…?
UBULUNGISA obunetyala
Nge-cliffhanger ephindaphindwayo (isidalwa saseKeller esenza izinto zaso ezingaphelanga iziqendu ezine), ndikhunjuzwe ngesiqendu se-déjà vu se-Flying Circus yaseMonty Python, apho NGOKUQHELEKILEYO iziganeko ezifanayo zitshixiwe kaninzi nangaphezulu. Kwaye ukubala komzimba kwiNgqondo yoBubi kukujonga ngamehlo, kunye nohlobo lweemfazwe zemipu ezingakhange zibonakale zingaqhelekanga kwimveliso ye-Euston Films yasemva kokuntywila.
Isizathu esingathethelelwanga sibonakala ngathi uninzi lwamaxhoba agwetywa nokuba kunjalo - noJo ungena kwisenzo, ephakamisa ingalo kaMailer ukuze elinye ibanjwa libethwe emqolo. Kwaye okuncinci kuthethwe ngenamba eyoyikisa uSenator wase-Alcott, kungcono. Isenokuba nguBarney iDinosaur emfusa.
UXOLELO
Izidubedube zasentolongweni, iihelikopta, imeko enokwenzeka yohlobo lwemijukujelwa yaseCuba, iindwendwe ezikumgangatho wokuqala… konke oku kunye nokutyhilwa malunga noGqirha (ipilisi yeentlungu ingambulala kuye; uthetha uHokkien; woyika umlilo). Kunzima ukuphikisana nayo yonke loo nto. Kuyinto engaqhelekanga, ewe, kodwa ngamanye amaxesha, engaqhelekanga ilungile. Ngamanye amagama, libali elingangqinelaniyo elibangela ukuba livele kwisihlwele.
Wenza ntoni uKaty ngokulandelayo…
Ndiyithandile Ingqondo Yobubi. Enye yeentando zam. Kwakungokokuqala ukuba ndikwazi ukuzihlalela kuyo. Ndifundile ukuba wenza njani: ukuqala ngokufota, emva koko studio. Yonke into yayintsha kum. Ndiyithandile isuti yam yesikhumba kwaye ibali apho uJo afumanise ukuba ugqirha uneentliziyo ezimbini.
Ngelo xesha ke mna noJon sasizibophelela nyhani. Siye sabuqinisa ubuhlobo bethu, ukuba izakuba njani yonke le manqaku. Into emnandi ndimyekile umntwana kuye ukuba avele kuba ebesiya esiba mandundu ngayo yonke le nto, kwaye yamvumela ukuba aphumle kancinci. Ugqirha owayengumsebenzi wakhe wokuqala wokubamba ngokuthe ngqo kwaye kwakubaluleke kakhulu kuye.
Kwaye, sasinabadlali abathandekayo beendwendwe abanjengoWilliam Marlowe owathi watshata nomhlolokazi kaRoger Delgado.
(Ukuthetha no-RT, Epreli 2012)
Udliwanondlebe no-RT Patrick Mulkern u-Katy Manning
Indawo yokugcina iRadio Times
Isibhengezo
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