I’d just like to post a grateful thanks to the England football (as I believe it’s called) team!

Look lads. You did your best. You played your hearts out. You dreamed impossible dreams, and, in the end, fulfilled my own impossible dream.

You kept it short.

Congratulations.

@bluesqueakpip

Steven Moore is “just this guy” as Zaphod’s physiatrist says. When Sue Townsend died a few months ago I went back to the Adrian Mole TV series and completely forgot Steven Moore was his dad! Every time I come across him it’s “Hello Steven Moore”. He’s really good, but it seems oddly appropriate that his most famous role is a v…[Read more]

This video is more than a little odd. I remember the track being likened to Black Sabbath channelling The Beatles, which actually seemed really appropriate. The video is a tirade against those gated suburban communities in the US.

Black Hole Sun – Soundgarden

@TheImpossiblegirl

Welcome to the site! Pick a soufflé, plonk yourself down, help yourself to a nourishing cup of tea.

If you are a fan of the Fifth Doctor, tell us your favourite story of his if you’re minded. We’re currently trying to decide on a good story to do a retrospective on him (see upthread), and all votes matter.

Cheers!

Loving the XTC and Buddy Holly double bill from @whisht and @thekrynoidman.

I’m in the mood for oddness this weekend. When aren’t I? This bloke is the son of yer’ actual physicist who didn’t get invited to those sort of parties and dies early – having given us the “many worlds” or parallel worlds theory. His son buggers about with instruments and…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

I have a cool one slipping very nicely down the throat at the moment, so good luck on your own “beer o’clock” search.

Just on the episodes, I think we’ve tried to keep it as inclusive as possible for those who prefer to buy the DVDs as opposed to just accessing a digital feed. I think that’s why we’ve tried to highlight d…[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]

It’s Friday, it’s half past three, after a long hot gruelling week. That must make it ….. a quarter to beer o’clock?!  Something like that anyway.

Unbelievably, as we approach the third episode of the Fourth Doctors City of Death, we need to turn out attention to the first full Doctor of the eighties, Peter Davison, and work out – just what wi…[Read more]

Late night evening tuck with more Hitch Hikers, and this second episode introduces us to the other main cast elements.

Some of the jokes and references are time and place. The stuff about digital watches for instance. 01 telephone numbers for London! What surprises me though is how much more of it is still relevant.

The opening segment regarding…[Read more]

@arbutus

Definitely a bit of a poke.

It’s a kind of joy to see it in action. All the Doctors have that ability to poke their enemies but some like the Fourth and Fifth just do it so elegantly that you have to bow down.

@bluesqueakpip

All I can say is that you are adorably bluesqueakpipy and if we could mine your intellect we would be a richer…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip

That’s the point about theology – always changing the goalposts.

Would you care for a drink? You’re a beautiful poster. Probably.

@bluesqueakpip

The Futurekind, it’s rumoured, were recruited from such terrifyingly tough extras that no acting was required in the chase scenes. There was no way the regular cast wanted that bunch to actually catch them.

Brilliant. That’ll get the running (in a heroic, coat flapping kind of way)!

I have to say that I do find RTD’s per…

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@craig

That’s the joy of opening a thread – you can always get the best lines in first!

In these retrospectives, I’ve tried to explain the joy of seeing various incarnations of the Doctor goad enemies in different ways. I think this highlights this era of the Fourth Doctors “wilful offensive insouciance”, and isn’t it a weapon of mass destru…[Read more]

@TheKrynoidMan

That was a lovely tribute to the man, although to be honest he’s not quite my favourite Master, that would be Peter Pratt, although Delgado is a very, very, close second.

Many, thanks but – you’re dead to me……. 😉

No, I love Delgado first, but I think Pratt did a fantastic voice performance behind that mask. I was at a c…[Read more]

@wolfweed

Utopia was written as a sort of continuity-fest or Fan-’Porn’. RTD was concerned that this would kill the ratings but he needn’t have worried.

That line about “nobody knows nothing” in TV and film comes to mind, doesn’t it? I think he played it very well – by this time the new show had its own mythology and it could afford to be self-…[Read more]

@TheKrynoidMan

Yes I definitely get that feeling, and I think RTD (& probably SM) know that streak well. Largely, it doesn’t matter if you know the material or not to the story they tell, but it seems like a little bit of a reward.

@wolfweed pointed out last week the mood patches were from another spin-off book called Only Human (for the ninth D…[Read more]

I mentioned Doctor Who weekly and this story had a couple of resonances. I know I’ve been banging on about similarities since Smith and Jones, but I do find it quite interesting that Series 3 wore its influences on its sleeve probably more than any other series.

I mentioned the call-outs to 2000AD, you have the Shakespeare-fest, you have a r…[Read more]

As we’re skipping a lot of episodes, I’ll briefly run through the episodes between Gridlock and Utopia. Gridlock (which I’ve stated I genuinely love) was a good high point, and then I think it struggled for a while.

I thought Daleks in Manhatten/Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment and 42 were OK (there was no fear her here) with some…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

You’re surely not going so swim in here, flash your scales, and leave are you? There’s nothing out there but fusballs I tells ye!

At least give us your levels of anticipation for Series 8! 😀