@wolfweed

I have no idea why I hadn’t made the connection to “Clart” (as in “I’ve fallen in the clart”), as we used it a lot as kids, as a less offensive version of “Shit”.

I am indebted to you sir, for solving a twenty-odd year old conundrum. Doffs Hat.

@wolfweed

very TV show should start with a revolving bottom.

It would certainly make “The News” more interesting. A bit like the revolving globe they used to have on the BBC.

@bluesqueakpip

It is a very dreamlike episode – sort of ‘what, exactly, were they smoking in BBC Drama?’

Exactly 😀 It’s worth trying to put yourself in the Directo…[Read more]

@whisht

Welcome back from the world tour! Thanks for the postcard supplied on the Rose ‘n’ Crown thread.

I suppose we could recall K-9, and ask “Are Friends Electric”?

@FatManInABox @JimTheFish

That song’s put me in the mood for some NewRo.

I saw Hunting Venus again last month and it did the same to me. I ended up listening to a load of the old stuff. I didn’t realise, until my last viewing, that Starburst was written by Jools Holland.

Spot on with Danny Webb – that was the one I thought would be the tricky one…[Read more]

Just on Ben Miller, it’s reminded me of an idea I had a while ago to compile the odd quiz if people were interested (or if anyone else fancies being quizmaster let us know). Emphasis just on entertainment really. This kind of thing:
Quiz Question
Ben Miller is scheduled for an appearance in Series 8. He’s previously appeared as the drummer of a f…[Read more]

@wolfweed

Thanks for the links on casting. One name I’d missed before, but who was announced in the same batch as Tom Riley was Trevor Cooper. I guess he’ll be another one to add to the genetic multiplicity thread as he was in the Sixth Doctor Dalek serial.

As I was coming back tonight I read that Sue Townsend had died of a stroke (I think). She wrote “The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole” and its sequels among many others. But it’s the first couple of Adrian Mole’s that really annoyed me.

Because they were so bloody accurate, the bugger.

I think it’s a rare person who can point out to you how absur…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Hey – I hope you’re not describing someone from Yorkshire as Southern!? 😉

Good to see you. I spent the first part of week anticipating travel with numerous “this is not your time” moments (with hilarious visits to airport), and then did a mad dash in aid of “jet-lagging fury” towards the end.

I feel like I’m in that in-between…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

No problem, as it was my mistake – I don’t know, the sites quite quiet, and we insist on posting at the same time. 🙂

I agree with your post in that I think they deserve a lot of credit considering the how little time they had, and creation of the void in particular makes a virtue out of not-very-much. Some of the imagery is…[Read more]

BTW – Does anyone get the reference to Zoe looking like a “Wee McLarty(sp?)”.

@bluesqueakpip

I’m indebted to you for posting just after me – I’ve removed my comment that rather spoilt the cliffhanger for the casual reader.

I’m glad you enjoyed it.

So far, so confused? I think the cast may have been a bit at this point as well, as due to production issues and writing on The Dominators @craig mentioned (as well as obligatory warning about bagpipe content 😉 ) The Mind Robber was extended to five episodes, and rehearsal times were pretty minimal by all accounts.

Although I like it, I’ve g…[Read more]

OK – I’ve never quite understood the fundamental desire of Russell to make his Doctor Who so deliberately of it’s time (with pop culture references, etc.) and I think some of his attempts to inject satire in the series didn’t always work, but I really do like the TV satires in Bad Wolf.

Mainly, I think is it’s because I really didn’t like that u…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

Yes – it’s been pretty unpleasant here in Yorkshire as well (although we had a cloudburst overnight Thursday – probably initiated by the dust, which helped ease it yesterday). I’m still not over that chest infection, so I don’t think that helped. Glad to hear it’s easing for you as well.

It’s been a bit of a source of hilarity o…[Read more]

@Mobius64 @wolfweed @bluesqueakpip @BlueBoxRising88

Years ago I can remember someone on another forum writing a really good interpretation of the exchange in the TARDIS between the Doctors in the Three Doctors imagining Geoffrey Bayldon as 1, Valentine Dyall as 2, and Ron Moody as 3 (all considered for the roles). A really different dynamic as…[Read more]

@janetteB

The Doctor kept telling her/us how wonderful she was but her actions towards Mickey did not bear that out.

Yes – it did seem a little forced. From memory (looking forward) when we went into Series 2 – Specials a particular writing tick in virtually every RTD episode was to have someone congratulate 10 on being brilliant, or just com…[Read more]

Everyone breathing a little easier now atmospheric dust seems to be diminishing?

The ironic thing is that my organisation has had to cancel programmed air monitoring works this week (to determine inhalable and. respirable particulates from industrial processes) because this dust had the potential to swamp the filters we use and make the results…[Read more]

@wolfweed

Many thanks for the confirmation!

Poor old ‘Carnival of Monsters’!

I know – I’m not feeling the love!

I actually quite like the B-plot with the isolationist race of cultural knee-jerkers. They remind me of UKIP…and The Timelord (no wonder Pertwee has a moment). And the bit of satire about passively watching monstrosities on TV…..…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

I always try to congratulate a leftfield choice! If you enter Carnival of Monsters in the Search bar at the top of the page you’ll see the brevity of mentions that story has ever had in the forums. 🙂

Whenever I see it, I always seem to linger on the fact that Ian Marter (aka Harry Sullivan) is a “Boys own adventure” Sailo…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

Hi – all the DVDs are digitally remastered to improve quality, but quite a few of the “SE” (Special Edition) and “Revisited” Box sets replace (or offer alternatives) to the original effects themselves. I think that was the question @janetteB was posing. I just had a look and found the video I mentioned on Kinda. It shows, side-by-s…[Read more]