After reading @wolfweed‘s comment on “Planet of the Dead”, regarding the crazy guy sitting next to you on the bus, I was reminded of this song. Does anyone else remember Weird Al Yankovic’s first hit?

I think after the mixed Next Doctor, to be presented with this was disappointing, because it follows a similar trajectory.

There is a lot to like. The beginning as we are introduced to Lady De Souza and her intersection with the Doctor on the Bus is an interesting start (definitely “nutter on the bus” territory @wolfweed :-D). Andrew Cartmel onc…[Read more]

@Wolfweed Thanks for that.

There’s a great article by our very own @DanMartinUK on Doctor Who and its cultural significance on the BFI site.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/doctorwho/

Being a web geek I also love the mechanic of the page. It’s beautiful.

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I wanted to put something together that could be imitated cheaply.”
“Kids could “do up their school shirt” he told BBC Radio Wales or “grab something from the wardrobe” to look like the new Time Lord.

AWWW. How nice. That says a lot about PC. I am sooo looking forward to the 24th. (A day late in Oz)

@wolfweed I also love the pic of the Doctor…[Read more]

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@bluesqueakpip

Phaseshift – We’re not allowed to starve child actors, okay? Adult actors can and do go on crash diets to look appropriately poverty-stricken, but you can’t do that to the kids – there are Rules. You just have to do the best you can with artistically placed ‘dirt’ make-up and costume. Which probably were recycled from a stage produ…

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I have a longer-than-usual post on this story, mainly due to @PhaseShift’s challenge that those of us who supported the story should put our mouths where our money is (or something like that). While I don’t love everything about this episode, I do think that it is one of the era’s stronger ones, and the usual Master/Doctor dynamic, which had gotte…[Read more]

@wolfweed the trailer for the real series 8 is excellent. You should be a professional trailer maker.

Cheers

Janette

I remember this being fun at the time, but it doesn’t stand up very well to a rewatch. I’d agree with @Phaseshift that David Morrissey and Velile Tshabalala give very good performances, and Dervla Kirwin makes the most of the early scenes, before the script goes a bit pear shaped. The Cyberpunk Cyberman was quite good value, though. I like…[Read more]

There used to be a joke that the credit sequence was the only time the Doctor smiled in CBs tenure. It’s not quite accurate, but a scowl, condescending stare or smirk was the norm.

We open in ye’ olden times, with men doing hard graft in t’pit. The one thing I will congratulate this production on is the choice of locations. It’s shot around…[Read more]

I will watch or at least attempt to watch Mark of the Rani during the week as I don’t feel it is fair to impose it on other family members.  Might be able to convice them to watch The Next Doctor tonight as they don’t share my aversion to giant fighting robots.

@Wolfweed that looks like a captions pic..

Cheers

Janette

I thought I’d get my two cents in on this one before a new batch of material shows up tomorrow. I haven’t actually had time to rewatch, but going on my memories of it, I enjoyed it, although it was never a favourite. It was great seeing Sarah Jane Smith and company, and as others have said, Lis Sladen was marvelous. Never having seen Torchwood, I…[Read more]

@Wolfweed – hmm. So they’ve gone for ‘value added’ for the cinemagoers. See it in the cinema and you get a Q & A which the audience at home won’t get.

Leicester Square is sufficiently easy to get to for me that I’ll probably try and buy a ticket. It’ll be interesting to see if there’s a box office meltdown. 🙂

@Wolfweed Thanks for the pic – sartorially I am liking Capaldi’s Doctor very much indeed so far.

Of course <sniff> I’m still in mourning for Smithy’s bow-ties.

Have we seen his sonic yet?

Further to @Wolfweed‘s #29257, the BBC Shop has sent me an email to say that the Limited Edition of the 50th Anniversary Collection is selling like Tunnock’s Tea Cakes just after the Glasgow Opening Ceremony. 😉

As far as I’m aware, it’s only on sale through the BBC Shop – and if they are selling that fast, it may not make it through to other…[Read more]

Thanks for the link to the Colgan interview @Wolfweed. Very entertaining and almost makes me want to read the book.

Cheers

Janette

Well, this is fun. As with Black Orchid, we’re given an everyday setting in which something is pretty wrong. But unlike that story, this time the “wrongness” is immediately apparent. As @purofilion says, the atmosphere is lovely. It’s the kind of setting that, back when I first watched it, would have had me thrilled that there are places in the…[Read more]

..and it just goes to show that “lots of money” does not equal quality. I not sure what I can add to what has been said above. I think between them @Craig, @wolfweed and @PhaseShift have covered everything I intended to say. Like “Wolfie” I could watch this episode “til the end of time”. It is right up hovering about the top of my list of…[Read more]