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[Demoncrat]

My mate went to Thailand and all I got was ......

The Jon Pertwee biog (HB)

[gag]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

My mate went to Thailand and all I got was ......

The Jon Pertwee biog (HB)

For a moment then I thought it was going to be some sort of joke .

Like and all he got me was this lousy T-shirt type of joke

[Demoncrat]

He actually got a really bonny Boards Of Canada shirt.

Now all I need is his single

[Susan Foreman]

May 15th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1925 - Roy Stewart (Toberman in The Tomb of the Cybermen and Tony in Terror of the Autons)
1937 - Darrol Blake (director of The Stones of Blood)

1942 - Paul Shelley (Persuasion in Four to Doomsday; Big Finish Productions actor - Jestan in The Whispering Forest, Ethan Kaldwell in the Bernice Summerfield story The Relics of Jegg-Sau and Socrates in the Bernice Summerfield story The Oracle of Delphi)

Deaths
1990 - Peter Grimwade (production assistant on Spearhead from Space, The Dæmons, Robot, Pyramids of Mars, The Robots of Death and Horror of Fang Rock; director of Full Circle, Logopolis, Kinda and Earthshock; writer of Time-Flight, Mawdryn Undead and Planet of Giants) aged 47

1992 - Bartlett Mullins (Second Elder in The Sensorites) aged 87
2013 - David Harcourt (Cameraman on the Dalek movies from the 1960s) aged 97

Episodes
1965 - The Space Museum, Episode Three ('The Final Phase'): 8.5 million viewers
1971 - Colony in Space, Episode Six: 8.7 million viewers
2010 - Amy's Choice: 7.55 million viewers

Documentaries
2010 - Doctor Who Confidential: Arthurian Legends

Releases
1980 - Issue 32 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

1986 - Turlough and the Earthlink Dilemma (Target Books); The Early Years (W.H. Allen)

2002 - Nightdreamers (Telos Publishing)
2008 - Destiny's Door and Fuel (online comic strips); issue 64 of Doctor Who Adventures (BBC Magazines); Starships and Spacestations (BBC Books)
2015 - The Worlds of Big Finish and Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 120 (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
2000 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Stones of Venice took place

2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Twilight Kingdom took place
2006 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story Timeless Passages took place
2011 - Recording of Big Finish's Bernice Summerfield story Road Trip took place
2012 - Recording of the sixth series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot took place
2013 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Trial of the Valeyard took place

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The reanimated gargoyle Bok from 1971's The Dæmons

[Susan Foreman]

It could be during the filming of virtually any story (!), but apparently this was during 'The Macra Terror'

[Gothmogxx]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

The reanimated gargoyle Bok from 1971's The Dæmons

I'll probably be at that point tomorrow. If I remember that "chap there with the wings", despite receiving 5 rounds rapid, pretty much hammers UNIT. On the topic of statues it makes you think how funny it would be to see them up against a Weeping Angel in a large room with flickering lights haha.

[Gothmogxx]

The Mind of Evil/A Clockwork Orange 2 is the best in the Season so far. In fact in terms of ranking the Stories thus far... It'd probably go something like-

1. Inferno
2. The Silurians
3. Spearhead From Space
4. The Mind of Evil
5. Terror of the Autons
6. The Ambassadors of Death

It seems some time has passed between this story and Terror of the Autons as the relationship between Jo and the Doctor is a lot better. The Doctor is less of a prat in this one compared to Terror (although he still finds time to berate Jo even after she saves him from the Keller Machine) and the opening scene where he's caught waving is delightful. Roger Delgado likewise is great again as the cigar chomping Master.

I like the idea of the Keller Machine. It is very Clockwork Orange, especially at the start. It looked harmless but it’s anything but. It a nice way of throwing the audience off. One point though (and I re-winded it a few times to make sure) as it attacks the doctor, he see’s a Cyberman, a Zarbi, a Sensorite, A War Machine, an Ice Warrior, Koquillion and a Silurian, and hears a Dalek. Right… Can somebody please explain why he’s terrified of Koquillion? He’s a guy in a mask that an aging First Doctor was able to hold off in hand to hand combat! And the Zarbi? THE ZARBI? WHY IS HE FRIGHTENED OF THE ZARBI?!?! Aside from that though it’s a good enough scene.

UNIT get another good showing. Yeah they have a lot of problems in this episode but in all fairness when you have the Master, a bunch of prisoners and the Keller Machine all causing havoc its never going to be easy. Benton is the star of the story though. He starts off in a bad place when he loses Chin Lee (courtesy of the Keller Machine) but gradually gets his way back into the Brigadiers good books. Then after he gets injured later on he discharges himself from hospital to help in the quite frankly brilliantly directed shoot-out in the prison. He’s so keen. His final reward is that he gets to be acting-governor. I don't dislike Yates but I think Benton is a lot better.

Its just another great story... And to tell you the truth, so was Claws of Axos. I hadn't seen it in years and completely mis-judged it. But as Colony in Space is currently paused on my TV, i'll write my thoughts on that one later...

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Gothmogxx

Can somebody please explain why he’s terrified of Koquillion? He’s a guy in a mask that an aging First Doctor was able to hold off in hand to hand combat! And the Zarbi? THE ZARBI? WHY IS HE FRIGHTENED OF THE ZARBI?!?!

Untelevised adventures and wibley wobley timey wimey stuff of course!

[Susan Foreman]

May 16th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1913 - Hugh Cecil (extra in The Daleks' Master Plan, The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve, The War Machines and Doctor Who and the Silurians)

1936 - Roy Hudd (Max Miller in the Big Finish audio Pier Pressure)
1959 - Mare Winningham (Ellis Hartley Monroe in the Torchwood story Miracle Day)
1967 - Ramon Tikaram (Big Finish Productions actor - Wanchese in Voyage to the New World, the Castellan in Doom Coalition 1, Marlock in Theatre of War, Colin Colchester-Price in the Torchwood story Aliens Among Us and Colonel Vikram Shindi in the Doctor Who spin-off UNIT: The New Series)
1990 - Thomas Sangster (Tim Latimer in Human Nature/The Family of Blood; Big Finish actor - Kyle in The Mind's Eye and the Miner in The Bride of Peladon)

Deaths
2011 - Derek Crewe (Synge in The Sun Makers) aged 65

Episodes
1964 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode Six ('The Keys of Marinus'): 6.9 million viewers
1970 - Inferno, Episode Two: 5.9 million viewers
2003 - Shada, Episode Three (webcast)
2013 - Strax Field Report: The Name of the Doctor (webcast)

Releases
1985 - The Doctor Who Cookbook (W.H. Allen & Co)

1991 - Issue 174 of Doctor Who Magazine (Marvel)

1996 - Happy Endings, The Sands of Time and A History of the Universe (Virgin Books)
2013 - Issue 320 of Doctor Who Adventres (Immediate Media Co.); Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 19 (Big Finish)
2014 - The Elixir of Doom (Big Finish)
2016 - Technophobia, Time Reaver and Death and the Queen (Big Finish)
2017 - Vortex Ice/Cortex Fire (Big Finish)

Behind-the-Scenes
1963 - A document, prepared by Donald Wilson and C. E. Webber and Sydney Newman, was submitted to Donald Baverstock which outlined the concept of a proposed programme called Doctor Who
2000 - Recording of the Big Finish audios Sword of Orion and The Stones of Venice took place
2003 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Scherzo took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Shadow Heart took place
2016 - Recording of Big Finish's Torchwood story Outbreak took place