Well, despite the flaws here and there in the execution, I still think this is a properly creepy story. The scene in which the vampires accost the reverend, who is vulnerable because he has lost his faith, always resonated with me. Because how easy it is to suffer moments of weakness! The Seventh Doctor was always a bit of a chameleon, but like @pu…[Read more]

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It is not that they highlight the actions of Bomber Command that rankles with me (indeed it is a powerful corrective to a sanatized interpretation of the war). Rather, it is the complete absence of historical context that is the approach of postmodern relativism that I recoil against. There is no notion presented of why the war is…[Read more]

@BadWulf That stones video has been driving me mad for years. The version of the song they play isn’t the one from the album. They’re clearly miming, so it’s not a live version. Was it the single release? Is it even available to buy? I hope so because it’s better than the lousy album version.

Yeah, it’s pretty well known that Lloyd Webber ripped…[Read more]

@BadWulf That is one hell of a poster. My first cinematic disappointment was probably X Men Origins: Wolverine. I went to see it on my Birthday, which only made it worse.

Here I am at last, finally having had a chance to watch this. I have a great fondness for McCoy’s episodes with Ace. I always liked her as a companion, and she was very AG-style in some ways. And she was fun to watch, where I frequently found Mel and Peri irritating. (Six certainly had his problems, and he wasn’t well blessed with companions, in…[Read more]

@Rob @BadWulf    To those of us born during the war, it seems even odder to think of it being taught in GCSE and ‘A’ level history  courses.  I have to remind myself that for someone sitting those exams today, the events are slightly more distant in time than the Boer war was for me and my contemporaries when we studied history for GCE ‘O’ and ‘…[Read more]

@BadWulf – I was never sure what age the writers were going for with Ace – she looked to be in her  twenties, but her lines were written as if she was twelve.

I watched Ace’s first appearance not too long ago, and she says she’s 16 or 17, I forget which.  So her acting isn’t too far off for a bratty teenager.

@bluesqueakpip — I think we’re agreed that Aldred was hired to be a companion in a show that was rather different than what Who was turning itself (back) into in the last couple of stories. And she’s definitely a gazillion times better than Mel (can you even imagine Bonnie Langford in Ghost Light?)  You’re right, they were lucky to have landed a…[Read more]

@Badwulf and @purofilion Yes it’s Rusty the ‘good’ Dalek. He’s still out there – wouldn’t that be an
really interesting conflict between a good Dalek and Dr. Skarosa/Cyberman ? I for 1 would like to
see how that would shake out — I need to find more clues cause love investigating the mystery – if
anyone comes up with anything about this chime in !!!!

@BadWulf Like I said I don’t think it’s as bad as people make it out to be. In fact, I’m actually quite found of it since it was the first film I ever watched at the cinema.
There are a lot of things I like about it such as the music, Darth Maul and the production design.
Now Attack of the Clones, that’s an awful film.

My favorite track from Star…[Read more]

So – let’s tuck into some McCoy.

This story follows Ghost Light, which we covered last year, and the difference in openings is startling. Ghost Light was limited budget, enclosed studio sets, gloomy and claustrophobic. Suddenly we’re all at sea. 🙂 With underwater shots!? Wow – that’s adventurous for the time. Subtitles as these soldiers row…[Read more]

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The Directors cut on the DVD is a single 90 minute production (and is highly recommended for those with the DVD), so we’re going with the Episodic “as broadcast” version on Disc 1.

Lovely intro by @craig.

As well as Janet Henfrey, eagle eyed viewers may spot someone else who went on to appear in the new show. Anne Reid who appeared in [Read more]

@BadWulf – Interesting point about Dr. Skarosa. It certainly is an intriguing choice of name, but I’m not sure if that was intended by the writers as just a little in-joke, or something more significant. We certainly have no proof that the Cyberman in Dr. Skarosa’s dark water tomb was, indeed Dr. Skarosa … or if such an individual even e…[Read more]

@BadWulf Does anyone else have a problem with novels written in the Present Tense?

For me it really depends on the novel. I agree with @thommck – If the atmosphere an author intends to create is that in which anything can happen, and that events are not following some “already happened” pre-known narrative, then present tense works very w…[Read more]

<h2>@janetteB and @BadWulf – for me, the companions are just as much a part of the story as the Doctor. I agree that there is no correct template for a companion, and I think this can be applied to the Doctor also, as he has never quite been the same person, while still recognizably the Doctor.  @ janetteB – you probably haven’t heard of R…[Read more]

Hello @WhovianLookingForTheDoctor and welcome

I woke up, and wanted to know what happened.

That’s a wonderful sentiment about a dream.

Hello @PaperMoon and @purofilion

I have friends in River Downs, outside of Brisbane.  Do you know it?  It’s fantastic to see people congregating here from so many places around the globe.

Hello @BadWulf

I w…[Read more]

@purofilion – millions weren’t being spent when I lived there, lol.

@BadWulf – I watched The Daleks recently too. I noticed that Ian is the one who seems to take charge rather than the Doctor. The early seasons of Doctor Who often went on for 5 or episodes, in season 3 The Dalek’s Master Plan is 12 episodes long, but some of the episodes are…[Read more]

@Lisa The cybermen in the graveyard are described as “newborns”. They are still developing. I think there was a reference to a second cloud of “rain” which would deliver a chemical to complete the process to make them seriously scary

@BadWulf Agree with you re Jacobi’s prtrayal. I felt as much shock and loss for Chantho’s death as I did for…[Read more]