@ScaryB –

The same thought passed throuh my mind as I watched the first two episodes tonight. Which thought then transmuted: How long has SM known about and been watching these lost episodes? And how much have they informed his choices on many levels, from the inclusion of The Great Intelligence in his writing to the casting of Peter Capaldi…[Read more]

@ScaryB

is it complete coincidence that 7.2′s Big Bad was the GI?

Indeed.

It now all makes sense. Why re-introduce the GI to an audience who, for the most part, would never have been aware of the GI?

For this reason alone, everyone (even @JimTheFish !!) should be watching “The Web of Fear”.

I am not sure that the connection between the GI and n…[Read more]

@ScaryB – Very happy. Especially happy about Web of Fear – we can live with one episode still missing; the DVD release isn’t until February, which raises hope that they’re planning an animation.

@ScaryB – the BBC already had one episode in archive. So they’ve found nine, you’ve got ten.

@ScaryB – Loving your new profile…

@ScaryB – Great!

‘Alons-y Fools & Horses’ by Rufus Hound

‘Everybody Loves Raymond Cusick’ by Gareth Roberts

‘Terry Nation & June’ by Scottish Falsetto Sock

God there’s loads!

@ScaryB – It turns out you were right…

(Your rumours make me chuckle – just imagine!)

@ScaryB @CptNifty

Do you think they will be on sale tomorrow ? It would seem unusual (to me anyway) for the BBC to prioritise downloads rather than DVD’s retailers. I’d have thought a release date might be more likely ? I would have thought the story would have leaked earlier if there was going to be a DVD release given the logistics.

Cheers

Nick

@ScaryB

Any number above zero being found is to be heartily celebrated.

Just this… I want to kiss you.

I hope everyone else has the same opinion. No ARSE here please.

@Shazzbot: Right! I’ll have pitcher of margaritas please- and one glass! Not exactly weeping, just feeling a bit shakey.

@ScaryB: thank you! you can uncross them now. Think it went ok… its weird doing exams on a computer, I kept getting worried about the structure, having to remind myself they’re not marked in quite the same way as a…[Read more]

@ScaryB – I’m guessing it’s either a lot of episodes, a complete story, or episodes which make stories complete. To me, a full scale press conference implies something whose importance can be understood by the average BBC viewer – not just the hard core fans. In that sense, Tenth Planet 4 is up there with the BBC’s studio coverage of the Moon…[Read more]

@ScaryB – Thanks. I’m now aging quickly at the thought that there may be more Colin Baker episodes than we’ve already suffered.  What if an extra season of Colin Baker was actually filmed while the show was on hiatus, and they’re gonna inflict that on us now, with the reveal that Docs 7-11 were all a closed timeline and PC will actually turn out…[Read more]

@scaryB made a comment on the Terror blog about the target covers @JimTheFish and I posted, which made me want to share this. The earliest Who books were released in Japan and had some astonishing covers by people who clearly had never seen the show, or didn’t give a wet slap. I mean – everyone knows that British telephone boxes are red, don’t…[Read more]

@ScaryB @Bluesqueakpip

Haha!

@ScaryB – I think you are probably over-thinking.

For one thing, the Mirror blew the gaff but it is, I suspect, nothing more than a combination of how long it took to negotiate and BBC marketing peeps wanting to strike hard, strike sure.

anything significant in this week?

@ScaryB – they can’t possibly have found the legendary Episode 4 of The Tenth Planet, could they? They’d have Anneke Wills doing the press conference if it were that, surely?

But this week in October is when the First Doctor became the Second Doctor – not broadcast; it’s the week they filmed the first…[Read more]

@Shazzbot @ScaryB

One of the great Doctor Who bloopers involves the plastic face covering.

If you go to around 6:25, just before Jo gets sprayed, you can see someone shoving the plastic face cover onto the desk.

It just goes to show how cheaply it was made in those days. But how great it is, because we didn’t notice.

@PhaseShift @Steve-Thorp @Bluesqueakpip @JimTheFish @Shazzbot @ScaryB

Is that everyone?

I’m thinking Tomb myself. It’s Troughton and it’s Cybermen… The original Cybermen!

And Victoria… I have a soft spot for her. 😀

If you don’t want spoilers then don’t watch below, but I quite liked this fan-made trailer.

It reminds me how, even with…[Read more]

Thanks Shazz, just checked and the possible possible was announced but better safe than sorry.

@ScaryB – Apologies