The Powell Estate, London. Me: The estate was named after Jonathan Powell, the **** who cancelled Doctor Who.Sue: And what’s wrong with having a housing estate named after you? Didn’t Nelson Mandela have some flats named after him? I would have been flattered. The Doctor has brought Rose home. Sue: So the Doctor can steer the…
In a Victorian funeral parlour in Wales… Sue: The BBC are really good when it comes to period dramas like this. I feel like I’m in safe hands this week. Suddenly, a corpse wraps its gnarled fingers around an undertaker’s neck, and Sue nearly jumps out of her skin. Sue: Not for kids! Bloody hell!…
Sue: Are you going to moan all the way through this episode as well, Neil?Me: I’ll try not to. Although I was in a terrible mood the first time I saw this because Christopher Eccleston had just quit the show and I thought the sky was caving in.Sue: Little did you know they were about…
Sue: I love this version of the theme music.Me: Yeah, nothing encapsulates the mystery and otherworldliness of Doctor Who quite like a brass ****ing band.Sue: Don’t be daft, Neil. It’s meaty. It’s music that says: “Come on! Let’s have an adventure!”Me: I had a trumpet when I was at school, and yet I never tried to play…