Retroactive oh, HA! for the Joke of Rassilon

[teenygozer]

Once upon a time, there was a Doctor Who episode called "The Five Doctors", wherein Peter Davison's Doctor checks out a room with all kinds of "of Rassilon" objects in it as he wanders through the Gallifreyan capital city. The "of Rassilon" joke had become a mild running gag on the show (and in the fandom) at this point, that there were a

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[ljs]

Heee!

[hugs]

[teenygozer]

A great mystery, REVEALED! (not)

[spikewriter]

::snerk:: I hadn't thought of it that way, but having met JNT once, I can believe it. He did, by the way, actually ask the question costumers always joke the celebrity judge at a masquerade will say: "What are we going to give the girl with the big tits?" (Laughing that hard when you're wearing a corset can be painful.)

The list from the Five Doctors commentary was apparently champagne-fueled and they left out the best one -- the Pink Polka-Dot Jim-Jams of Rassilon, which Phil uttered to the accompaniment of much cackling.

[teenygozer]

I think we own a copy of that particular, more recent version of The Five Doctors, but did not know about the Easter Egg! When I unpack the boxes, I'll have to pop it in the player and look for it.

We met JNT at a party held on the fourth floor of a Greenwich Village walk up about 3 years into Peter Davison's turn as the Doctor (early 80s). ComicbookMan saw JNT practically crawling up that last flight of The Stairs O' Doom (tm). As JNT leaned against the wall, sweaty and trying to get his breath back, ComicbookMan said, "Why didn't you take the elevator?" JNT shot him a look of horror, and ComicbookMan cracked up. Fortunately JNT was a good sport about it and cracked up, too!