Is Canada Even Real?
The Doctor: What can we do?
Caldwell: The only other
place is about ten miles
out. We might make it
there but there wouldn’t
be any kind of vehicle to
go the rest of the way.
The Doctor: The child needs
an antidote in a hurry.
Caldwell: Doc, can you fly a
plane?
The Doctor: Goodness, no,
no, I’ve only been up a few
times in my life. Why?
Caldwell: There’s a parachute
in the rear. You could land
it and I could jump with
the antidote.
The Doctor: Sorry. 1
You’re likely now considering
that scriptwriting might be a
much, much easier venture than
you’d previously imagined, and
1 “Smoke,” The Littlest Hobo, CTV
Television, 1979.
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it may prove to be a generous
source of income for you or any-
one else capable of penning such
prose — say, your nine-year-old
tabby or your great aunt with
the acquired brain injury. With
characteristic Canadian humil-
ity, even those behind the scenes
acknowledged that aspects of the
show were lacking. “Sometimes
the stories, quite honestly, may
fall flat,” producer Barrie Dieh