@JimTheFish … we could go for the pilot – ‘Serenity’ – on the grounds that it introduces the ‘Wild West’ feel and has Mark Sheppard in it.

Or we could go for ‘Shindig’ on the grounds that it includes a high-society hoedown and has Mark Sheppard in it…

@JimTheFish @Bluesqueakpip @blenkinsopthebrave @ScaryB

Oooh – thanks for the feedback. Sounds like a plan. I’d be interested in comparing the two myself Who stories myself.

I thought it would be good if there was enough interest to launch it as a “plan” later on when the sites more busy and ask if anyone wanted to contribute a blog (or Blogs)…[Read more]

@PhaseShift, @Bluesqueakpip, @JimTheFish

A rootin, tootin, shootin pairing of #1 and #11 sounds too good to resist. But I would keep it Who-centric, as there is just too much non-Who sci-fi western-themed shows to choose from (Star Trek old and new, etc).

As for the poor, unloved Colin, why not a fond farewell to Kate O’Mara with Mark of the Rani?

@JimTheFish

(Mind you, it is an integral part of Who history and that might be as good a reason as any for tackling it.)

::bluesqueakpip starts constructing time-loop device::

The Twin Dilemma is certainly unforgettable. Just not in a good way. 😈

Now, has anyone seen my field interphase stabiliser?

@PhaseShift and @JimTheFish – I also like the rootin’ tootin cowboys retrospective. It’ll be interesting to compare A Town Called Mercy with The Gunfighters, and I’m always up for a Firefly rewatch.

I may be classed as a heretic by saying this, but I can take or leave Red Dwarf. :-~

So – Last call for Votes, and looking at first choices, the scores on the doors are currently:
VOTE DAVISON – VOTE FOR AN EPISODE FOR THE FIFTH!

Story (Episodes)
Notes

Kinda (4)
@TheKrynoidMan @whisht

The Visitation (4)
@bluesqueakpip @Phaseshift

Earthshock (4)
Null points

The Arc of Infinity (4)
Null points

Enlightenment (4)
Null p…[Read more]

Okay, I fell for the marketing and bought SFX. I don’t know if this will calm you down or enrage you further, but here goes…

@JimTheFish Gort came in at 92, Statue of Liberty was 29, Maria was 136.

@FatManInABox Buffy singing was 22, Wickerman was 167, Gandalf’s death comes in at 16 and his arrival at Helm’s Deep is 26, but it doesn’t seem…[Read more]

http://www.combom.co.uk/2014/06/no-doctor-who-panel-for-sdcc-2014.html

@blenkinsopthebrave  @PhaseShift  @Whisht  @JimTheFish @FatManInABox  @ScaryB  et all

I’ve just realised that I could make a list of 10 reasons why I shouldn’t make lists.

Choosing favorites was fun but as soon as I posted I realised I needed another 6 months to seri…[Read more]

Just back from the pub with Mrs Blenkinsop, and since I felt my favourite moments (above) were a bit Hartnell-oriented, we thought about what would be (besides @JimTheFish‘s “fish fingers and custard” moment) the most memorable 11th Doctor moment. And we both agreed on the point when the Doctor tells Vincent that he (Vincent) has seen so much more…[Read more]

As I collapse, wearily onto the sofa I find nominations stuck behind the cushions! Huzzah for Mr Davison!

@ScaryB has been counted twice provisionally because I got the impression she was teetering on the fence, and if anyone wants to reappraise their votes/correct mistakes let me know.
VOTE DAVISON – VOTE FOR AN EPISODE FOR THE F…[Read more]

I go away for a couple of days, I come back and there are lists! The sci-fi/fantasy list I won’t even engage with. As Amelia would have said: “It’s rubbish!” And seems to reflect a collective memory of about the last 5 minutes. What about the “children of Hydra” skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts? Has no one seen This Island Earth or Forbidden…[Read more]

http://www.kasterborous.com/2014/06/philadelphia-comic-con-press-roundup/

Doin’ the drunk giraffe…

@ScaryB  @janetteB  @FatManInABox  @JimTheFish

Here’s 10 Dr Who Moments I can think of off the top of my head. Grud knows if they are the best or even my favourites though…

Katarina is killed    The Daleks’ Master Plan

Bret Vyon is kill…[Read more]

Yeah @JimTheFish – the opening sequence is fantastic (I’d forgot to mention how the music is perfect – bombastic fanfare, turning to minor key worry then ‘action’ again. Weirdly only link to it I can find is on this guy’s site).

btw – in terms of iconic scenes in Doctor Who, I’d say that Tom Baker holding two wires and the fate of a species in…[Read more]

@JimTheFish @FatManInABox To be fair, they are listing the top 250 moments, so I’m sure they’ll all show up, but the top 10 is a disappointment.

All good calls. I think almost the whole of Nosferatu deserves to be on the list just for how influential it’s been, even now. Who could forget much of the exorcism in The Exorcist, “Soylent green is…[Read more]

@PhaseShift, @Bluesqueakpip, @JimTheFish

Should it really affect the decision if the two-parters are sold on different discs? I wouldn’t have thought that dvd sales was the primary rationale for these retrospectives, but rather it was to introduce or re-introduce to whoever is lurking on the site representative stories of past Doctors, and…[Read more]

@PhaseShift
I second the excellent suggestion by @JimTheFish that we pair up Black Orchid and The Awakening. It would do justice to the 5th, we could see that period with and without Adric, and it would be great to see how the show handled two-parters from that period. On a purely personal level, I haven’t seen either since they were first…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

and Rodney Bewes! Don’t forget Rodney Bewes.

Yeah – whatever happened to James Bolam? We need him in modern Who to complete the set of The Likely Lads! 😀

Not seeking to sway the vote, but I think the Earthshock point is well made. Sometimes familiarity breeds contempt. Earthshock was an immediate “classic”, but its surpris…[Read more]

@Phaseshift – Kinda is remarkable in that was one of the first stories to have undergone a serious academic analysis. Nowadays, that type of thing is ten a penny – what with Buffy Studies being an entire discipline – but back then the idea that anyone would study television seriously was a bit weird.

Well: unless you were learning to make the…[Read more]