Chris Dale

One of my fave YouTube series ever. Do yourself a favor & explore TV's most misjudged spinoff, featuring exploding frog women, killer dumpsters, scary trash bags, The Vampire, Romulus & Remus, & Griff, reviewed by someone with near-infinite enthusiasm for material that would flatten lesser mortals.

It could be said that I have too many copies of UFO on Blu-ray, but that would be incorrect. (Since one of these is a DVD.)

Despite having the 4 disc version, the 11 disc 50th anniversary Doctor Who soundtrack set had somehow slipped my radar. This has now been rectified - & a thing of beauty it is too. Needed cleaning as I don't think it's been well looked after - but the light & sound still work!

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My novel finally has its very first rating on Amazon! A whole five stars. www.amazon.co.uk/Stingray-Tit...

Also, as someone who lives for sightings of background artist/extra Mike Stevens & his legendary look of extreme concern he'd soon take on to Moonbase Alpha it was great to see him among the Moonbase 3 crew. The last episode seemed to accidentally suggest there were two of him, so win-win.

Exactly. And most men would only ask 'what if'? But these pioneers dared to make it a reality. And then burnt it.

So, Moonbase 3. Nowhere near as bad as its reputation suggested; far from spectacular either, but it occasionally climbed to impressive heights considering the limitations of its budget & production. Glad I've seen it, & a bit sad there's only 6 episodes. Will definitely rewatch.

Yet the leads are all likable enough & gel well, & it's always fun trying to guess which of the semi-regulars will go mad this week. The final two episodes also raise the stakes quite significantly, with the finale being a genuinely gripping story that I wish had gone all the way.

There's also more than one episode that ends with someone saying "we thought that something unusual & interesting was going on - thank goodness it turned out to have a thoroughly scientific & rational explanation! As you can see on this detailed diagram/map/scale model I've prepared..."

I don't think it'd win an award for, well, anything; the pacing rarely exceeds glacial & a lot of it is oddly dressed people arguing in plastic porta cabins. But then again, I like good actors arguing in old UK shows. (Particularly when you're also trying to guess what accent they're doing.)

Finally seen Moonbase 3. The DVD's been on my shelf for years, but like Star Maidens the received wisdom of 'it's bad' meant I never got round to it...so, like Star Maidens, going in with such low expectations meant I found it surprisingly enjoyable - & even gripping on occasion!

Loved your review of Stingray The Big Gun today! Been my favourite episode since I was a kid, every department firing on all cylinders. And I especially love the fearsome Mighty Leader plotting to overthrow the terraineans while swinging back & forth on his comfortable pink garden furniture.

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Talking Pictures TV is easily the channel I turn to most often so it was lovely to have the chance to sit down with Sarah Cronin & chat all things @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social for the Gerry Anderson Podcast! (Part 2 airing at 7pm tomorrow night!) @gerryanderson.bsky.social

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Thanks to a price drop at CeX & enough trade-in vouchers to cover most of it, I finally caught my DVD white whale - Network's release of The Gold Robbers! No doubt DCS Cradock would be proud of my persistence in tracking it down. ("Aye lad - but who's behind CeX? That's what I wanna find out!")

"Ya did it yerSEL - oh good grief, answer the phone would you Jo?"

Hurrah!

Thank you kindly sir! Just digging into Stingray anthology 2 and loving your work there too!

I know I won't be the first person to notice this but surely nobody expected 1971 drama anthology Shadows of Fear's choice of stock music for this thrilling 'stop the tap from dripping' scene in episode 2. (Were sink plungers amongst their weaponry?)

Fantastic news, a big win for Team Marnie!

This year's Christmas Eve double feature, though by now I really should know not to have Muppet Christmas Carol as the 1st film of a double since the 2nd always suffers from the absence of Mr. Dickens & Rizzo. And now I wish Peter Cushing had worked with the Muppets.

Last night.

Loving the double dose of Moore-era Bond soundtracks from @lalalandrecords.bsky.social this week! Moonraker in particular is a gorgeous listen, some of John Barry's finest work for the series. Eager to see what's on the way in 2025, these expanded soundtracks are building into a lovely collection.

Wishing for good news and a speedy recovery for this dear girl, she's come such a long way and landed in the best home she could ever have hoped for.

The tree won't hurt him!

If you get him nasty soggy chips,
He'll begin to make some notes.

"Shut up, Emmet."

Randomly thinking about my first budgie Banjo and his fave TV show; Robot Wars. He loved him some Robot Wars.