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Sue: So what are you putting me through tonight?
Me: Tonight I’m going give you a taste of how desperate Doctor Who fans were in 1995.
Sue: A desperate Doctor Who fan. Sounds wonderful.
Me: So I’m going to show you a fan film.
Sue: Haven’t I suffered enough?
Me: The fans grew tired of waiting for the BBC to bring Doctor Who back, so they did it themselves. Fans are like that.
Sue: But how could they afford it? Kickstarter didn’t ...
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Sue: This had better be good.
Me: What are you going to do if it isn’t? You can’t give up now.
Sue: Wanna bet? I could still do a Scanapanasky.
Me: Schapansky.
Sue: Whatever. I’m just saying.
Once Sue has gotten over the fact that the theme music isn’t in 5.1 surround sound, she latches onto the writer’s name.
Sue: Aaronovitch…
Me: You almost pronounced that correctly. Well done.
Sue: I like him, don’t I?
Me: Well, you liked Remembrance of the Daleks quite a ...
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Sue: Robert Banks Stewart. Does he exist? I recognise the name.
Me: Yes, he exists. He wrote Terror of the Zygons.
Sue: I liked Terror of the Zygons.
Me: I know, but you try telling some of our readers that.
Two men are gathering samples from a glacier in Antarctica when one of them proclaims, “This isn’t ice!”
Sue: No, it’s polystyrene, love, but ...
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Sue: Oh no.
Me: Go on, then. Say your catchphrase.
Sue: No. I’ve decided to say “Terry ****ing Nation” from now on instead.
Trust me, it’s completely different.
A soldier is walking through a wood. His right arm is twitching erratically.
Sue: Either he’s late for breakdancing practice or ...
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Me: We’ve made it to Doctor Who‘s 13th season.
Sue: 13, eh? Unlucky for some.
Me: We’ll see.
Thankfully, Terror of the Zygons gets off to a cracking start…
Sue: That’s a nice edit to kick things off. I’m not entirely sure what I was looking at there, but it’s a confident start.
An oil rig crumbles into the sea…
Sue: I still don’t know what I’m looking at, but that was probably a very nice explosion. I’m sure it was a ...
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Sue: Ooh, scary face. Tom Baker looks very serious, doesn’t he? But this is a much better title sequence. You don’t need to see the Doctor’s legs.
And then…
Sue: They still haven’t fixed the credits! That’s just lazy. They slapped the new titles over the old ones and hoped for the best. Will they ...
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Me: Right, this is it.
Sue: This is what?
Me: This is the last Jon Pertwee story. Six more episodes and it’s all over.
Sue: Really? Why are you telling me this now? Are you winding me up again?
Me: I was going to keep it a surprise, but I believe this story works better if you know that it’s the Third Doctor’s swan song. It would have been common knowledge to the average viewer at the time, too. ...
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Me: Right, we have two choices tonight. We can watch a recently recolourised version of the first episode – which looks a bit ropey around the edges – or we can watch a black white copy instead. It’s up to you.
Sue: Wow, I’m spoilt for choice. What do you recommend?
Me: I’d go with the black and white version if I were you. I think it ...
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Sue: Oh, I like this one already. It’s filmed on location and it’s got a Land Rover in it.
The Green Death begins at a colliery in South Wales, and there’s trouble down pit.
Sue: This is very topical, isn’t it? I feel like we’ve stumbled into a Ken Loach drama by mistake.
As Stevens, the director of Global Chemicals, perfects his Neville Chamberlain impersonation, a miner ...
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As promised (or was it threatened?), here’s a video commentary featuring the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Doctors. We plan to record an edited video commentary per Doctor and I will be setting up a poll, where you can vote on which 4th Doctor story we tackle/ruin, in the very near future.
As a very special treat (or not) we are joined Sue’s brother, Gary and (for Episode Four) by her daughter, Nicol.
Normal service ...
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