Scripts
Complete scripts, or even script pages, are very hard to come by for TNA. Those that do crop up tend to
be snapped up quickly at high prices. Thus, I have little to contribute to this page. If you have any complete TNA scripts,
or even just a page or two, I'll be glad to post it here.
- The Last of the Cybernauts...?: The first draft of the episode, written before production began on the series.
Dated March, 1976, it differs in several respects from the final product.
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- Dead Men Are Dangerous: An original, vintage script, this was the copy personally used by Joanna Lumley when rehearsing
for this episode. Sadly, it is incomplete due to three scenes having been torn out, likely by Ms. Lumley herself for rehearsal purposes (she has been known to do the same while rehearsing for other shows).
All of the missing scenes prominently feature Purdey, which supports this explanantion. An interesting bit of trivia is that Joanna filmed part of this episode on her birthday, May 1, in 1977, namely the scenes where Purdey
and Gambit have their bout in the gym, as seen here.
Missing material aside, it still provides a fascinating insight into the scripting of the series, as well as highlighting differences between the scripted version
and the eventual filmed episode. An itemised list of the changes is available below. It includes notes about which scenes are missing and what transpired in them in the filmed version.
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List of changes between scripted and filmed episode
- The Sleeping Dragon: Not a script per se, but most definitely the predecessor
to a filmed episode. Written by Brian Clemens as an exclusive for The Daily Mirror, it was printed in October, 1976, and is
virtually identical in plot and premise to the French-filmed episode K is for Kill, with the Chinese soldiers in this story
eventually substituted for Russians, with, sadly a touch of casual racism inserted in the process. Clearly penned early in the series'
development, it features one or two early touches that were later scrapped, and one or two lines that would later pop up in other episodes.
An interesting little oddity all the way around.
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