Tuesday, 18th March 2008 – 16:58
While watching The Time Meddler with the production subtitles on, I saw a reference to this classic movie. It’s one I saw on TV once many years ago, and while I’d never exactly forgotten it, I hadn’t thought about it for a while. But having been reminded, I had a look on Amazon, saw it […]
Tuesday, 18th March 2008 – 16:26
Yes, I’m nearly up to date with my Doctor Who reviews. Now this one was a pleasure to receive. While it’s great to be able to get hold of old favourite episodes, there’s an extra thrill about getting a classic Doctor Who story that I’ve never seen before. This was first shown in July 1965, […]
Monday, 17th March 2008 – 15:24
It’s become something of a tradition for the first Doctor Who DVD release each year to be a themed box set. We’ve had the set with the first stories, the set with the transition from Tom Baker to Peter Davision, and now a slightly different set. Rather than consecutive stories, this one contains all three […]
Monday, 17th March 2008 – 14:30
Oh fun. This one, first shown in 1975, stars Tom Baker as the Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith.
This was the period in which the series was borrowing a lot from horror movies, but in this case the most obvious source was Forbidden Planet. And if you’re going to borrow ideas, you might […]
Monday, 17th March 2008 – 14:01
Yes, I’m way behind with my DVD reviews again, but I’ll make a start today, and see how far I get…
This was a special double release of the end of the 1982 series and the beginning of the 1983 series. The “theme” such as is, is Tegan’s temporary departure. anyway, here’s the run-down on the […]
Tuesday, 11th March 2008 – 19:52
Now here’s a long-overdue DVD release. I remember seeing this when it was first shown back in late 1980. Back in those days when the UK had just three TV stations, it wasn’t unusual for ITV to show intelligent documentaries, and this was one of the best. These days, TV shows about UFOs, Bigfoot, ancient […]
Saturday, 23rd February 2008 – 20:32
Regular readers[1] might have been wondering if I was going to follow up my review of the first episode of the series. Well, I did start taking my usual notes, but after a couple of episodes, I realised that I was just going to end up with another backlog of unfinished reviews, and more to […]
Sunday, 3rd February 2008 – 16:51
I vaguely hinted about these in my iPod piece, so I thought I might as well get on with writing about them. I’ve always tended to upgrade the headphones when I buy a new music player, as the supplied ones tend to range from “not all that good” through “poor” to “unspeakably vile”. For a […]
Sunday, 3rd February 2008 – 16:20
Ooooooooooh, boy. Now here’s a review I never thought I’d write. I’ve had a number of different music players over the years, but I’d always shunned Apple’s offerings for a number of reasons. They tended to be expensive compared with those from other companies, no user-replaceable batteries (unless you’re a fan of microsurgery, which I’m […]
Sunday, 13th January 2008 – 18:22
Yes, I’m still catching up with last year’s Doctor Who DVD releases. This one, starring Tom Baker as the Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, was first shown in September and October 1975.
The Tardis picks up a distress call, which leads the Doctor and Sarah to Zeta Minor, a very remote planet. […]
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