Episode One Sue: I like this one already. We’re on location and it’s got a Land Rover in it. The Green Death takes place at a colliery in South Wales, and there’s definitely trouble at t’pit. Sue: I feel like we’ve stumbled into a Ken Loach drama by mistake. As Stevens, the director of Global…
Episode One Sue: We used to have a wardrobe like that. Actually, everyone had a wardrobe like that in 1973. And why have we never seen this wardrobe before? Have the Time Lords sent the Doctor some furniture in his hour of need? Is it a magic cupboard of some sort? What the **** is…
It’s been a whole year since we started watching Doctor Who together. Sue: It’s flown by. Me: Really? I thought you’d be fed up with it by now. Sue: Not at all. In fact, I think it’s probably brought us closer together. Nicol: I think I’m going to be sick. Me: Go away, Nicol. Episode…
While Sue is busy elsewhere, I cue up the alternative version of Episode Two. You know, the one with the Delaware theme music. Sue: I’m looking forward to this. Now that the Doctor’s got a fully-working TARDIS again, it should be a completely different show. Were they given a bigger budget for this season, Neil?…
As promised (or was it threatened?), here’s a video commentary featuring the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Doctors. As a very special treat (or not) we are joined Sue’s brother, Gary and (for Episode Four) by her daughter, Nicol. Normal service will be resumed next week, when we will celebrate this experiment’s first anniversary. Adventures with…
Episode One Sue: A Time Monster, eh? I bet the Master’s in this story. He’s a monster and he knows about time. It just so happens the Doctor is having a vivid nightmare about his arch-nemesis. Sue: She shoots, she scores! The Doctor is woken by Jo, but the dream continues to disturb him. Sue:…
Episode One Sue: Hey, it’s… Monty Python man! Write that down, Neil. That’s a good one. Has anyone ever made that connection before? We are introduced to Christopher Coll as Stubbs (who looks like Peter Purves and sounds like Ernie Wise, apparently) and Rick James as Cotton. Sue: Bloody hell, a black character in Doctor…
Episode One We don’t have very long to wait before Sue passes judgement on Malcolm Clarke’s avant-garde soundtrack. Sue: I really like the music. Well, I certainly didn’t expect that. Sue: It’s nice and bassy. This isn’t Dudley, is it? The next thing that elicits a response from Sue is the transportation that picks the…
Episode One Sue: So what’s Peladon, then? Is it a person or a place? Or an oil painting? Is it a cursed oil painting? Am I close? She’s pointing at the model shot, which begins this story before the image eventually dissolves to… Sue: And these are the corridors we’ll be running down later. I’ve…
Episode One Me: I’m sorry, but I need you to close your eyes during this title sequence. Sue: Why? Me: Because the title of this story is a massive spoiler. Sue: Wait, don’t tell me… Is it The Return of the Master? Me: No. Sue: Is it The Return of the Cybermen? Me: Look… Sue:…