Aw, I'm sorry about the play. It's hard to have to miss out on things like that and let people down - but you're entirely right, you've got to do it if it's needed. :-/
And, yes, Revenge of the Cybermen is definitely one of the weakest stories of that era! And obviously you are not the first person to notice the Seal of Rassilon in its first incarnation as the seal of the Vogans. I am quite sure it has been used as a theory somewhere, although I'd have to Google to find out and I can't be bothered this morning!! (If Virgin or BBC or Big Finish haven't explained it by now, then there'll definitely be fanon.) (My favourite thing about my DVD of Revenge is that it actually has David Collings on the commentary. He suggests at one point that they should have improved it by having Glenda Jackson as the Queen of the Vogans, which probably would have helped! It is the only David Collings commentary we have! They didn't even get him on the new special edition one for Robots of Death.)
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And, yes, Revenge of the Cybermen is definitely one of the weakest stories of that era! And obviously you are not the first person to notice the Seal of Rassilon in its first incarnation as the seal of the Vogans. I am quite sure it has been used as a theory somewhere, although I'd have to Google to find out and I can't be bothered this morning!! (If Virgin or BBC or Big Finish haven't explained it by now, then there'll definitely be fanon.) (My favourite thing about my DVD of Revenge is that it actually has David Collings on the commentary. He suggests at one point that they should have improved it by having Glenda Jackson as the Queen of the Vogans, which probably would have helped! It is the only David Collings commentary we have! They didn't even get him on the new special edition one for Robots of Death.)