Cliff Chapman VO

Settling down to watch The Taint Between The Willy and the Bum

I'm glad it's not generic clips and actor closeups, like so many shows, and I like that it's not an endless stream of cast and production names too, as that's always felt a bit immersion-breaking. Keep it simple, I reckon.

I quite like the tradition of the time vortex. And the evolution of adding the Doctor's face and then the TARDIS tells you everything you need to know. A good title sequence tells a very simple story - the TARDIS is on its way to the destination... Or us.

The only other one from this team is Web of Fear 3 - which is technically weaker but also only one ep and at least makes an effort to be like surviving episodes. The best by far is The Moonbase, and then Faceless Ones and Evil of the Daleks. Macra Terror isn't bad but sadly cuts some stuff.

Avoided it because of the editing issues. Shame they haven't learnt about the music. I presume a bunch of nonsensical and tonally clashing 80s and 00s music cues all mixed up, too?

The Caves of Androzani (1984)

Well there's only been The Savages since (from the main, better team, albeit a significantly simplified style). I hope we're not going to see more from Shapeshifter - while seeing more in general - but it's been quiet on the animation front for ages.

Thanks to the lovely Benjamin Peel for pointing out that Audible have a ton of new Big Finish additions; just nabbed VAMPD S1 and S2 for a free credit each.

I can't get past the dreadful Hartnell, Troughton and Toymaker faces. Just hideous.

And everything Troughton does in Tomb of the Cybermen is flat-out amazing. That speech about his family is so good.

I watched various episodes of B&W #DoctorWho on live TV last night. The scene in The Aztecs where the Dr proposes to Cameca without realizing it is still superb to this day. Loved the acting at the start of The Edge of Destruction: they sell the disorientation so well in their performances.

That explains some of his odder decisions in Reality War, I suppose

Bearing in mind the primary goal of this is to play emulated Amiga games from thirty two years ago it may be a bit much

Oh, is it available already?

Would quite like a joystick like the one on the right (Quickshot python, with triggers in the handle) but all the USB retro gaming sticks seem to be like the older kind on the left (trigger buttons on the base.) Don't like that kind. Anyone know if there's a USB joystick like the one on the right?

"Tell Dexeter... We've come Full Circle!" One of my all time favourite stories that. Forever impressed and a tiny bit jealous the writer was only 18 at the time. It's terrific.

If you're a fan of the older versions of Dr Who, here's an episode (part 1) called FULL CIRCLE - with Tom Baker as the Dr - which features my late father as 'Decider Draith' - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

This one doesn't seem to be working properly? Would be quite keen if it did :)

I've friends who adore it but I just can't quite get in to it. Was slightly too young on broadcast. Troughton's only in a little bit of it - might give it another go on Blu ray.

a double caricature of Wendy Padbury as Zoe on Doctor Who on the left she is in color, on the right in Black & White. she is a young woman of small stature, with a "bob" hairstyle and wide eyes. She is wearing a one piece jumpsuit made of a sparkly material.

Doctor Who #art post!

7/12/2025

Happy 78th Birthday to Ms Wendy Padbury who played companion Zoe opposite the #2ndDoctor as played by Patrick Troughton on #DoctorWho!

#WendyPadbury #PatrickTroughton #DoctorWhoArt

I watched All Creatures instead of War Games on tv, caught the last half hour and though it was very poor. Sad as The War Games is quite possibly my favourite story. The colourisation was impressive, mostly. Ruined by the edit and sound design.

Beautifully mature, wistful, ethereal, spooky story about old things getting under your skin, changing you and inevitably dying. Ainley's best Master performance. Gorgeous music. Great direction. If it had to be the end, it was a confident, competent one. Love it. Ignore wrong cliched discourse!

People who good trailers not necessarily people who can cut narrative drama. He did the DVD trailers for many years, people liked them, that's it really. It's the *every bloody second has to have music to cover the cuts up* that grates the most.

Is this an AI fever dream? Are you (or an AI) confusing it with Out of the Unknown (which did have Dalek cameos and the original robots which, repainted, became the white robots from Mind Robber?) Doctor Who was very end of 1963.

Would watch Sunday teatime programme Radagast’s Hedgehog Hospital.

Won't be bothering with the new cut of Sea Devils cos Odido in NL only supply BBC1 and 2, and no iPlayer - but I don't need to see a version cut without any sense of visual grammar and smeared with music from the wrong era anyway. Happy with the Blu ray.

Happy "The Wotsit Under or Over or Beside the Thing and the Other Thing" launch day

Book: Learn Chess in a Weekend by Ken Whyld

This book! Helped me thirty years ago. Far better than trying to follow online videos.

Nobody did righteous indignation and outrage like Colin Baker.

6th December, 1986:
"Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord" part 14. #DoctorWho