“Heroes”, from 1977, second of the Berlin trilogy, is of course one of the icons here. Largely extemporised in the studio and half instrumental mood pieces, it was still a big hit, and the title track became possibly Bowie’s most beloved song.
Beauty and the Beast
Tale as old as time, as the Disney version puts it. I also rambled about the 1980s TV series on ye main blog. Doctor Who has done riffs on this legend a few times, from the Jean Cocteau references in Warrior’s Gate to companions dealing with Doctors transformed by regeneration. But have we had someone trapped by a seeming monster hoping for love to break a curse and going about it badly?
Joe the Lion
Ringling Bros. Greatest Show On Earth is on tour in the 1890s, and one of the animal acts has a problem: a locked room mystery where the room is a lion’s cage, how did he get out?
“Heroes”
An alien probe shot down by the Berlin Wall on the eve of President Kennedy’s speech. Can the travellers and people from both sides get the visitor to safety?
Sons of the Silent Age
The late 1920s, and the talkie is taking over from the silent movie. But as seen in Singin’ In The Rain, switching from silent to talkie brings a host of problems. And in this case a group of aliens who would prefer no to have their voices recorded...
Or
Two generation after the Wall of Sound used in the Seventh World War, some grandchildren of the original victims are being born with hearing intact. And raised by deaf parents and grandparents, they don’t know that they shouldn’t be able to hear that.
Blackout
A refugee colony on a planet with very little sunlight, and a solar storm about to plunge it into darkness for weeks... and someone hunting them.
V-2 Schneider
The V-2 was the first ballistic missile, and a lot of German scientists got into the US space program(me) after working on it. So it would mess up the Space Race if somebody came back in time and stole one.
Sense of Doubt
A psychic shockwave hits modern London, leaving everyone unable to make guesses. Society comes to a halt as everybody stops to analyse everything just to be on the safe side.
Moss Garden
One of the breadbaskets of the Eleventh Great And Bountiful Human Empire, a planet they really don’t want taken over by Daleks.
Neuköln
Neukölln (two Ls) is a Berlin district, West Berlin at the time of the recording, home to a number of visitors, artists, spies for various nations...
The Secret Life of Arabia
The travellers find themselves in another folktale as they have to keep a king entertained through a long night...
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