The Scores Here are Sue’s scores for all the Davison episodes in reverse order (and in transmission order when tied): Four to Doomsday: “Tedious bollocks.” – 1/10 Time-Flight: “I’d like to give the captain one.” – 1/10 Black Orchid: “Peter’s right. It’s rubbish.” – 2/10 The Visitation: “That was crap.” – 3/10 Terminus: “A shambles.”…
Part One Me: You’ve seen this story before, Sue, 19 years ago. It was the first one we watched together when I moved in with you in 1993. Can you remember anything about it? Sue: No. I do remember Genesis of the Daleks, though. Me: We watched Genesis afterwards. Sue: Well, it must have been…
Part One Sue: Ooh, we like Peter Grimwade, don’t we? Me: Yes, he’s a very good director. Sue: Excellent. Me: But he didn’t direct this. Sue: Oh. Well, at least we’re on location. That’s good. This is a very impressive quarry, actually. Two men are traipsing up a mountain in their pants. Sue: Blimey, he’s…
I thought long and hard about which version of Resurrection to show to my wife. Should I make Sue watch the two-part double-length version transmitted by the BBC in 1984, or would the four-part edit that was originally planned by the production team be the better option? I went to Facebook and Twitter looking for…
Part One Frontios begins in a mine. Sue: Ooh, mining. We haven’t had a mining story in ages. A man is examining some ore samples when the ground suddenly gives way beneath him. Sue: Are we supposed to see his finger wiggling about under the soil, or is that a mistake? Chief Orderly Brazen calls…
Part One Sue: I like this story already. We’re outside and we’re on Earth. That’s just the way I like it. Sue immediately recognises the actress playing Jane Hampden. Sue: Oh, it’s Polly whatsherface from The Liver Birds. We have the complete set, now. Jane watches as a group of men in Civil War armour…
Part One Sue: Are we underwater this week? Me: Yes. Sue: Good. (Singing) Stingray! Stingray… Dudda-der-da-der-da-Stingray! Me: Okay, settle down. On a sea base in the year 2084… Sue: Nice set. It’s huge! I like it when they build the set on two levels. There’s plenty of movement, too. Yes, it’s very nice indeed. It…
We watched the original broadcast version of The Five Doctors. Unfortunately, I couldn’t source an off-air copy with the Children in Need ticker running across the bottom of the screen. I hope this doesn’t invalidate the science at the heart of this experiment. Nicol: I’m not watching any William Hartnell with you. You can forget…
Part One Before you ask, yes, Sue knew The King’s Demons was only two episodes long. In fact, she could barely contain her excitement. Sue: I’m especially looking forward to visiting Turlough’s home planet so we can get to the bottom of where he comes from, and what he was doing in that bloody school.…
Part One Nicol joins us for the first episode. Let’s look in as Sue attempts to bring her daughter up to speed with the Black Guardian trilogy… Sue: So the Doctor’s companions are Tegan – she’s Australian – and… Nicol: I know who Tegan is. Sue: And an alien called Turlough. He looks like a…