@whohar I thought also that the anniversary of the screening of New Earth is hardly celebration worthy so here must be something more going on. I would be very happy if it is an announcement regarding more lost episodes.

I don’t recall New Earth being a particularly good episode but then I was not a fan of most of that series.

cheers

Janette

I read somewhere a week or so ago that  there is going to be an anniversary special screening tomorrow night, on BBC 4 I think. It is to mark the 20th Anniversary of the first screening of New Earth which seems rather odd to me. I wonder if that is just a cover for an announcement?

@ps1l0v3y0u We got lucky with our last state election. there was…[Read more]

@winston the maple syrup sounds lovely. I always think of you when I buy it in a little bottle from the supermarket. so much nicer to make one’s own. I miss snow. I think that is why I like to watch tv series set in the Arctic or Antarctic.

@dentarthurdent fingers crossed for you here too.

cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent talking of weather, I just saw that a cyclone is heading your way. Hope you are all ok.

We have been getting a lot of rain here, unusual for April. Our river, which cuts through the centre of town, has started flowing which is always lovely to see.

cheers

Janette

@winston I loved spring when we were in Sweden. Crocuses were the first sign of life to emerge from the frozen soil. I have photos of them peeking through snow. We were renting and the garden was deeply buried in snow when we moved in and so it was a daily discovery of new flowers and plants all through the spring. Maria, the owner, who had just…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent, I agree with you, the cloud is giving someone else your stuff to mind or otherwise. I also like to manage my own back ups. I have several, one on a desktop hard-drive, one on a portable that I carry everywhere with me, and a few old back ups in the sideboard.

I also have doubled up on my op shop dvd purchases. I keep thinking I…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u and @dentarthurdent Oh damn. Torchwood is now twenty years old. I am part of a podcast that reviews cult tv from 20 years ago and before. I have been bringing an episode of Dr Who to the table every year, one from each Doctor and this year we are doing the film, (yuck) and to make up for it I am going to introduce “Curse of Fatal…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent Yes It does seem like they are throwing all the old companions into UNIT as a way of bringing them back. It feels very contrived. I also don’t like the corporate feel of UNIT> the office under the tower of London was real style. Not the shiny Marvel style glass towers. there seems to be an inverse relationship between budget and…[Read more]

A story about watching Dr Who this time which made me smile.

@blenkinsopthebrave. I have not heard of that one. Will have to look it up. there is something magical about old cinemas. Are there any extant episodes?

cheers

Janette

Talking of Possums I thought this might bring a much needed smile to the face.

Hope everyone is getting by. I do sometimes wonder, where the hell is the Doctor Why aren’t they here right now.

cheers

Janette

I just googled to see if there was any news about Dr Who and found this just “breaking”. Not what I was looking for but a very nice surprise. Hopefully it will be possible to see these two episodes at some future time.

@ps1l0v3y0u I think of it more as “possum” noises. (Maybe because we hear of a lot of the latter. Had one snarling at the cat the…[Read more]

@winston wonderful news. You are very fortunate and I hope that the future for the wee lad will be a happy one. We do all need to keep up the fight to make it better, hard though it is.

cheers

Janette

@nerys there are some pretty ropey special effects though good for their time, some woeful filler stories and dodgy acting from minor characters but the main arc and man characters are so good. It certainly has its faults but when is is good it really is “good”. JMS was also a Who fan and apparently wanted to get Tom Baker to do a “guest”…[Read more]

@Nerys I hope you are enjoying it. Our eldest started showing it to his gf. She was not initially impressed but it has grown on her. I watched it when it first aired. would sit up to late to record it on VHS and cut out the adds. It is part of the family culture, as much as Who and Blake’s 7.

@dentarthurdent. I don’t think I have even watched the…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u Avon was a “crook”. they were all convicts being sent to a penal colony only Blake was falsely accused. don’t remember Avon’s crime. It was something corporate I suspect.

@dentarthurdent I agree that a “re-imagining” would be preferable to a remake, or a sequel. Blake’s daughter or son take up the rebel mantel. get a gang together,…[Read more]

@whohar And who would play Servalan? That’s key. I’d go with Ruth Wilson (who’d also make a great Doc btw)

Excellent suggestions.

Reading the article I have hopes that if they do get funding etc they will do a good job. It won’t, can’t should not be the same but as you say the reboot of DR Who kept the important elements while giving it a cont…[Read more]

@mudlark. Good to hear from you but sorry to hear about your friend, (and the health issues. I hope they are all in hand.) Your story about the kettle made me smile. Back in 1983 my friend and I, newly arrived in London, bought a kettle. We had no idea of how to attach the plug. In Australia appliances always came with plugs attached. We were…[Read more]

Happy New Year all. Best wishes for the year ahead.

@thane16 Lovely to hear from you.

@nerys and @dentarthurdent I share your distrust of cloud storage. I have multiple hard drives, one backup I carry with me, one is in a sideboard. I once had two backup hard-drives in my laptop bag which was stolen. Have also lost hard drives so I no longer…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent that is impressive and requires dedication. My filing system is more akin to @Nerys. I store all my images in folders roughly dated. No details attached. I have photos of places which I have forgotten the name of. Recently I made up a slide show for our eldest as a 30th gift. (it was started as an 18th gift so has taken a fair…[Read more]

Every year, despite my best intentions I just never get time to sit down at my laptop and wish everyone here a wonderful yuletide. So this year I thought I would get in early and, as our tech has failed again and we cannot watch The Snowman< I am taking the time to wish everyone a wonderful season, (despite the lack of a Christmas Special).

And…[Read more]