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…
The TV Movie was the first brand new Doctor Who I ever watched with Sue, and she never missed another episode from that point on. So it seems appropriate to finish where we started, all those years ago. We have, of course, drezzzzed for the occasion. She’s wearing her Pip and Jane T-shirt and I’m…
Sue: So what are you putting me through tonight? Me: I’m going to give you a taste of just how desperate Doctor Who fans were in 1995. Sue: A desperate Doctor Who fan. Sounds wonderful. Me: I’m going to show you a fan film. Sue: Haven’t I suffered enough? Me: The fans grew tired of…
Me: It’s 1993. Sue: A very special year. Me: Yes, it’s Doctor Who‘s 30th anniversary. Sue: It was the year you met me, you idiot. Me: Oh yes. Funnily enough, we did meet 20 years ago this month, but forget about that – this is Doctor Who‘s 30th anniversary. Sue: So what I am watching…
Part One I haven’t told Sue what we’re watching tonight, and I expect a cushion in the face when she eventually finds out. Sue: So what are we watching this week? Tom Baker enters the Museum of the Moving Image Doctor Who exhibit circa 1992. Sue: Are we watching a Blue Peter special? Tom begins…
The Scores Here are Sue’s scores for Sylvester’s stories in reverse order (and transmission order when tied): Time and the Rani: “Irredeemable shit.” – -1/10 Silver Nemesis: “Worse than dreadful.” – 0/10 Delta and the Bannermen: “It got on my tits.” – 2/10 Dragonfire: “Cheap.” – 3/10 Battlefield: “Shame.” – 4/10 Paradise Towers: “I enjoyed…