@whisht Supposedly the ‘computer tape’-style opening and closing title graphics were specially created for this story by graphic designer Bernard Lodge.

It’s in the “Trivia” section here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/tenthplanet/detail.shtml

@Bluesqueakpip , @whisht, @Wolfweed

General Cutler is an idiot.

He is all of that, but my first thought was that he is an example of a common – at the time – stereotype of the totally unimaginative and by-the-rule military officer who is so mentally and emotionally incapable of processing such a truly out of the ordinary experience as this that he…[Read more]

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@wolfweed – perfect, as ever.

@whisht, @jimthefish, @missrori

Thanks for your good wishes. I’ll have to see if the draft is any good on November 30th. 🙂

I have now caught up after watching the remainder of ep 4 and 5 today, topped off which half of “Face the Raven”. It is interesting transitioning from first Doctor to Cap’ Doc’ like that. I much prefer the later. The first Doctor lacks the depth of compassion and some of the wisdom. One could not imagine him making a speech like that at the end of…[Read more]

@whisht I was thinking yesterday about just how strong a character Barbara is. She is not really a companion to the Doctor as much as a fellow traveller and often a reluctant one at that. The Doctor isn’t always the wisest or noblest either at this early stage and that is shown by Barbara’s “gritting teeth” expression.
Like you I am not always…[Read more]

@whisht (and @thane15) it’s not just you…

Sure, everyone's talking about the F, but look how appallingly spaced the 'THAT' is too. #CrimesAgainstFormatting#FontOCD pic.twitter.com/dv0DotpcGr— Alan TurkINgton (@thisisalanturk) October 4, 2017

@Whisht   ‘Don’t pretend to be a Doctor…’

Well, that was quite fun.

First of all, going by her behaviour I’m less and less inclined to think of Susan as any kind of Time Lord. She’s much too much of a wuss. I get that that was how teenage girls were written back then but still.

As @whisht pointed out, the TARDIS crew was much more even-handed in those days (which is rather in the eye…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @whisht @bluesqueakpip   You can count me in! I have watched very little BG and even less 1st Doctor episodes. It would be quite interesting.

@bluesqueakpip, @whisht

Totally in agreement–with the suggestion and with the choices. Quite a few people on the board have confessed to watching very little (if any) BG Who. Not only would it be good to revisit those great stories (and I confess to having a soft spot for “The Web Planet”) but it would help contextualize what we are likely in…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave, @whisht

I was thinking along the lines of the rewatches we’ve done before. That is, we pick two or three stories and ‘watch’ as-it-happened, on Saturdays. I suppose we could binge watch if there were votes for more than three stories.

My preference is for Tenth Planet (4 parts, part 4 animated), The Aztecs (four parts) and…[Read more]

@whisht

I’m not arguing that @jimthefish is wrong on the changes that are happening, but (in a different way) we’ve been through something similar before which we might use as pointers to what might happen with the way people consume entertainment and that the alliance between content production and money mean that the big TV that drives…[Read more]

To save @whisht from stumbling onto spoilers, which I know he dislikes…

@Nick is right that it’s been a kind of rolling, evolving thing. But where it’s at at the moment is a rough discussion of AI, automation and cultural production with me arguing that how we consume culture — meaning everything from TV to music to books — is ultimately…[Read more]

@whisht

It started of as a debate about new media arising from a discussion about the importance of ratings and whether we’d past Peak New Who or not (from a UK perspective) which sort of came out of a debate about the standard internet theme of “moff is a poor writer” which itself started of about the Christmas story and my opinion that Moff…[Read more]

@whisht— that. is. awesome.

@Whisht

Just dour…!