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I planned this story’s screening like it was a military operation. Seriously, Douglas Camfield would have been proud of me. I rigged up the DVD player the night before, when Sue was fast asleep: my PS3 will resume a disc from the same point that you stop it, if you remember to press the right button, so when I played the disc the next day, the machine circumvented both the menu screen and the ...
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Sue: It’s the Bristol Boys.
I’ve been schooling Sue between stories. After all, the experiment is the -
Sue: They were responsible for the giant prawn. I don’t like the Bristol Boys.
Nicol: What on Earth are you talking about?
Yes, I persuaded Nicol to join us for Underworld. Let’s just call it payback for overcooking my chips the other night.
The episode begins with a stunning vista that features a ...
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Sue: Anything I should know?
Me: Only that it’s late 1977 and context is everything.
Sue: I would have just turned 16. Oh look, it’s Robert Holmes; I feel better already.
The episode begins with a nervous man named Cordo standing in a very drab corridor.
Sue: This reminds me of Brazil.
Me: The country?
Sue: The film.
It’s an astute observation (it helps that she watched it recently), and ...
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Sue: I don’t know why we’re bothering with this experiment anymore.
Me: What?
Sue: Well, according to some of the comments on the blog, Doctor Who is a complete waste of time now.
Me: For the last time, stop reading the comments. No good will ever come of them.
Sue: The general consensus seems to be that it’s all downhill from here. I was ...
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Sue: Great. Invisible monsters again. I bet this is a cheap one.
The story begins with a spaceship navigating an asteroid belt…
Sue: Oh ****, it’s a spacey one. I don’t like the spacey ones. I like it when it’s set in the past and -
Me: And they have wooden cabinets.
Sue: Yes, exactly. Look, I told you it would be cheap. Someone is pretending to ...
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Sue: What do I need to know about this one?
Me: Well, it’s a new season and there’s a new producer in charge.
She didn’t ask for a name. That’s how interested she is.
Me: Oh, and it was made in Birmingham.
Sue: Fascinating.
She couldn’t care less. In fact, Horror gets off to a very rocky start.
Sorry.
Sue: New season. New producer. New shit special ...
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Sue: Six parts. Oh joy. This had better be ****ing good.
The title sequence kicks in and Sue wants to know when Talons was originally broadcast.
Sue: I would have been fifteen; I would have been playing badminton when this was on. When Part Six came along, I was probably playing golf.
Backstage at a Victorian Music Hall, a Chinese magician and his ...
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Sue: Oh no. Not Chris Boucher again.
Me: It’s pronounced Boucher, actually.
Sue: Whatever.
On a desolate and dusty planet, a sandminer is churning up the landscape.
Sue: This looks good. They’re selling it well. The camera movement certainly helps.
The sandminer appears to be run by robots.
Sue: The robots look like walking BAFTAs. Were the BBC trying to be subliminal in the ...
Posted by: Neil Perryman
Sue: Is there anything I should know before we start?
Me: Well, the first episode was broadcast on New Years Day 1977.
Sue: So any adults watching this would have been hungover. Fair enough.
Me: Oh, and there was a six-week gap between this story and the last story.
Sue: I didn’t even get six days off. Thanks.
Me: In fact, the BBC promoted ...
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