Jet Simian

You're so random. Happy birthday old chum!

Formed... forged... fromaged.

- And there goes my sleep tonight!

QI: Series I, Episode 11 - Infantile - British Comedy Guide A guide to Infantile, Episode 11 from Series I of QI.

"Anyone for a game of Milking Cromick?" www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/qi/...

That reminds me of an episode of QI (SF era) which had a question about old pub games of which we only have the names for and nothing else.

Follow up thought: it may come down to a loss of community in the game. You can't engage in it solo. You need at least one reliable, dedicated co-player.

So I put it down to a lack of winkmen.

I have no comment to make - I'm just here for the counter argument...

That poster as an ad in our local newspaper absolutely sold me, even if it turned out to be on vhs some time later when I finally caught it. Great film, great image. Special shout out to the artist even committing to the misaligned contact from the photo reference in the central face. No notes!

How does Sallah do that with his arm??

Ooh... at the extreme end, maybe not? But we know there were other factors going in as well: diet, booze, your friendly MD pushing a pack of Lucky Strike on you once daily for your emphysema, etc.

Counterpoint: these days an artist of his profile (he was HUGE) would be faced with suggestions of botox, fillers, weaves and who knows what else to stay relevant to der kids.

"If you're bored I can give you a job to do!" - Dad.

I loved Making Plans for Nigel!

Not to mention the unrealised Shalka Doctor stories...

Starro!!

If I told you it was Beatles-adjacent, would you be surprised?

Via George Harrison.

Never Mind the Morlox...

There's more future Doctor Who in Scream of the Shalka than it's credited with.

And if anything should get breaked...

We were probably both lucky to be in coastal areas. That might have influenced the flightpath?

Certainly saw them at home flying over a few times and even took some endearingly amateur and optimistic shots of them on my old kodak. Was v keen at the time as I recall.

Yes but quicksand.

I go by feels, sir. Feels!

Well. It was only ten to fifteen years ago, as I recall...

Those US prints really do have lovely covers, though the Venus one seems to have eerily captured the Doctor's face during his opening scene in Time and the Rani.

Father Mulcahey's fountain pen!

I've not seen the meisterwirk in question, but I believe so.