Is this from the psychic circus episode?becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys:
Whenever people call the acting in Classic Who “rubbish” or complain about the bad effects, I just laugh. The explosion here was much bigger than planned. It nearly burnt Sylvester McCoy’s clothes off, but he kept walking, staying in character, because he knew they couldn’t redo this scene. That’s dedication. *tips off her hat*
More than that - as I recall, he thought it literally had burned his clothes off and a layer of skin for good measure, but he also knew the scene couldn’t be re-shot. And look at his face. He doesn’t flinch, just carries on bad-assing his way out of shot. In spite of believing he had major burns.
There’s more to the way the actor acts than how they look that we love about them.