Oh my word, we are in a pickle.
I've such a backlog of entries to write it's unbelievable. I knew I wouldn't do that 30 Doctor Who things meme in 30 days!
But anyway I shall start with the present and then catch up; after all if the show messes around with it's chronology on a weekly basis I suppose I can too.
On Saturday Leslie and I went to the Winter Warmer hosted by The Flashing Blade Podcast at The Fitzroy Tavern.
For those who don't know 'The Tav' was something of a Mecca to Doctor Who fans back in the day before t'internet where a huge group of them would meet up regularly. It's tailed off since then though I'm lead to believe a few still attend on the first Thursday of every month. Past regulars were the likes of Steven Moffat and Paul Cornell and as you'll know from Tony Gallichan's Private Lives column in TTZ8 that the first drafts of Timewyrm: Revelation were passed round the Tavern as Mr Cornell worked on them.
Saturday's event was a follow on from The Flashing Blade's hugely successful summer picnic and was of course timed to take place around Doctor Who's anniversary. Leslie and I had had a great time at the first one and it was so wonderful to talk about Doctor Who all day with people who were so passionate about the show.
I've never been to the Tavern before despite living in London all my life (Though to be fair I was still a kid when it was in its heyday of being the hub of fandom) but I had a reasonable idea of where it was. As it turns out I was almost right. I confidentally took Leslie to the Fitzrovia which was just round the corner and it was amusing to walk in and find absolutely nobody in there.
Although the outside temperature was a bracing 1C and thus scarves were of course highly justified, once we finally got to the right place, even if we hadn't of recognised people from last time, the sheer number of very long scarves in one corner of the room would've given the game away. Not to mention that Tony was dressed as the Fourth Doctor circa Season 18 (Though as some wag had it, the Fourth Doctor as in Dimensions in Time!).
People we'd met before were Tony of course, his two co-hosts Robert and Rob (Jo! came towards the end of the evening), Adam (the best dressed man in Fandom) from Staggering Stories, Craig (aka Mister Chinn from the Ministry) and Lee from That 1963 Show Podcast (Wyn joined us later), Tim from Tim's Take On and Martyn from the Bad Wilf Podcast plus other faces that I sort of recognised from last time but hadn't really had a chance to speak to them / been properly introduced.
There's also the weird element that some were people who I later learnt I've spoken to on Twitter like Luke from The Minute Doctor Who Podcast but hadn't made the connection whilst there. A couple of people were still tweeting whilst there and using the #fbwinterwarmer hashtag so I sort of worked out who some people were.
Another Tony turned up, he had seen me tweeting about the event and so as a result of that decided to come down and we chatted for most of the evening. Melissa (also published in The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who) arrived not long after us and would be staying with us for the weekend as we were to have a belated Thanksgiving on the Sunday.
It was nice to be recognised as the team behind The Terrible Zodin and to get positive feedback for the zine. Discussions with other Who fans gave me ideas for future articles and Tony C. is already so passionately defending The Web Planet that he's gonna have a shot at the next No! Not The Mind Probe! And whilst you don't know what that is yet, all I can say is stay tuned for it's debut in TTZ9.
Tony G. had dared Leslie and I to wear our costumes for Halloween which reminds me that I never did post it on here. So that's another entry pending. Ditto I need to write an entry about my Draculasaurus t-shirt but I hope he'll be pleased to note that people did get the joke.
Highlights of the evening for me were:
* A chap called Andrew wearing an authentic Seventh Doctor question mark jumper
* Lots of Doctor Who lego figures
* Fans comparing sonic screwdrivers
* Everybody shouting "HELLO LILIBET!" down the phone to Florida
* Learning that one shouldn't wear a long Doctor Who scarf when on the toilet
* Playing the "first Doctor Who memory" game and having to sheepishly say "Dalek flying up the stairs in Remembrance versus other people's memories of Magnus Greel having his mask ripped off and the giant maggots advancing upon Jo.
* The unfortunate phrase "Daniel Redcliffe pulled off Equus" considering the subject matter of the play
* Shouting "Zarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrbi" across the bar.
* Planning a series of graphic novels of the missing Hartnell and Troughton stories though knowing the purists will try to burn down our publishing empire if we put the colorful Victory Daleks in The Dalek's Masterplan or have Mavic Chen interviewed by the Bad Wolf channel.
* Speculating about who River Song is / What will happen in the next series of Torchwood / What's in store for Season 6
All in all I had a very fun evening and I hope I'm invited to the next one.
PS: Tony you've got till Friday to get that column in for the next issue!
Monday 29 November 2010
Tuesday 23 November 2010
All of Time and Space, Everywhere and Anywhere
Happy 47th Birthday Doctor Who! And Happy 2nd Birthday The Terrible Zodin!
I know I suck at updating this blog. As compensation have a video!
I know I suck at updating this blog. As compensation have a video!
Sunday 7 November 2010
We're Going To The Year One Hundred Trillion!
A few years back during a typical British summer (i.e. it was non stop pouring with rain) my Dad and I thought about doing a Doctor Who marathon to pass the time. He suggested the straightforward option of going from An Unearthly Child through to (at that point) Army of Ghosts but I suggested we approach it in a different manner. I said "Why don't we do it from the beginning to the end.... but from the beginning of the universe through to the end of time!"
In the end we didn't get very far before time being what it is flew by and it was time for him to go back to school and time for me to get off my unemployed arse and find a job. But I always liked the idea (bet you can tell I love Lance Parkins History of the Universe) and so when The Terrible Zodin came along and Leslie solicited my ideas I pitched this voyage through time to her. This was before we started dating so I can say with confidence that the idea was accepted on its merits rather than nepotism towards her boyfriend by giving him his own regular feature!!
It was Leslie I believe who coined the title "Back2theWhoture". It was always the intention that this being a shared experience and so I invited two of my friends Sebby and Big Al to join us. In particular I was keen to have fresh eyes on the show in all its guises as although both were fans of the new show they hadn't seen much of the originals; Sebby had seen a smattering of repeats in the mid 90s starting with The Sea Devils and has since borrowed many of my DVDS, and Al's first experience was Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 one Sunday morning on Channel 4.
Personally I have enjoyed having them on board and without having their brains hardwired full of lists and stats and opinions from absorbing all the Peter Haining and Jean-Marc Lofficier books during The Wilderness Years it has lead to some very enlightening view points. I loved Al's theory when we watched Time Flight that maybe the villain was Adric who'd survived Earthshock and sworn his revenge on the Doctor for abandoning him! It's not something I'd have thought of in a million years and its because I've known the plot to Time Flight, read the novelisation, read countless interviews with the cast and crew nearly 20 years before I finally ever saw the story. But, and it's a big but, because I came with low expectations I actually ended up enjoying the story a lot more than I thought I would which is a bonus.
We're going two stories at a time (more or less) and given that we come out quarterly it'll be a long journey to the end of the universe but I'm looking forward to it.
If you fancy doing your own such marathon you're more than welcome to use the below playlist as a guide. I don't make any claims for it to being definitive and dating stories are subjective in many cases. I did use reference books by Parkin and Lofficier for guidance but the final order was mine and is subject to constant rejigging. It's proved a talking point too, there are some who think I should've started with Terminus, and others who disagree with my placing of The Androids of Tara. And as for the UNIT era....
Once the back issues are up, feel free to peruse the adventures we've had so far, they're printed in TTZ3 onwards. Readers comments are always solicited, there's still time to get in comments for The Keys of Marinus, The Romans and The Fires of Pompeii if you wanna be in TTZ9 (deadline's 20/11/10), otherwise send your comments for The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang and The Time Meddler for TTZ10, the Spring 2011 issue.
Enjoy!
***
Castravalva
Edge of Destruction
Time Flight
Time and the Rani
An Unearthly Child
Genesis of the Daleks
The Time Monster
The Myth Makers
The Horns of Nimon
The Keys of Marinus
The Romans
The Fires of Pompeii
The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
The Time Meddler
The Time Warrior
The Crusade
The Kings Demons
Marco Polo
The Masque of Mandragora
The Aztecs
The Massacre
The Androids of Tara
The Vampires of Venice
The Shakespeare Code
The Visitation
The Smugglers
The Highlanders
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Reign of Terror
The Mark of the Rani
The Next Doctor
Evil of the Daleks
The Unquiet Dead
Tooth and Claw
The Gunfighters
Ghost Light
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Vincent and the Doctor
The Celestial Toymaker
Horror of Fang Rock
Enlightenment
Pyramids of Mars
Human Nature / The Family of Blood
The War Games
Black Orchid
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Carnival of Monsters
Daleks in Manhatten / Evolution of the Daleks
The Abominable Snowman
Victory of the Daleks
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
The Curse of Fenric
The Idiot’s Lantern
Dreamland
Delta and the Bannermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Planet of Giants
The War Machines
The Faceless Ones
The Underwater Menace
Fury from the Deep
The Web of Fear
Image of the Fendahl
The Pirate Planet
The Stones of Blood
City of Death
Shada
The Invasion
Spearheads from Space
The Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
The Mind of Evil
The Claws of Axos
The Deamons
The Sea Devils
The Three Doctors
The Green Death
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Planet of the Spiders
Robot
Terror of the Zygons
The Android Invasion
The Seeds of Doom
The Hand of Fear
Meglos
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
Four to Doomsday
Arc of Infinity
Mawdryn Undead
The Awakening
Resurrection of the Daleks
Planet of Fire
Attack of the Cybermen
The Two Doctors
The Tenth Planet
Father’s Day
Silver Nemesis
Survival
The Eleventh Hour
Battlefield
Doctor Who – The Movie
The Mind Robber
Rose
Aliens of London / World War Three
Boom Town
The Christmas Invasion
School Reunion
Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Love & Monsters
Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
Blink
Turn Left
The Runaway Bride
Smith and Jones
The Lazarus Experiment
The Sound of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords
Time Crash
Voyage of the Damned
Partners in Crime
The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End
Planet of the Dead
The End of Time
The Lodger
Dalek
Fear Her
Amy’s Choice
The Enemy of the World
The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood
Power of the Daleks
The Waters of Mars
The Moonbase
The Seeds of Death
The Wheel in Space
Warriors of the Deep
Nightmare of Eden
The Space Pirates
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Day of the Daleks
Paradise Towers
The Leisure Hive
Midnight
The Daleks
The Twin Dilemma
The Macra Terror
Vengeance on Varos
Colony in Space
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Happiness Patrol
The Rescue
Earthshock
The Space Museum
The Chase
Frontier in Space
Planet of the Daleks
Death to the Daleks
The Sensorites
The Power of Kroll
Revenge of the Cybermen
Kinda
The Mutants
The Ice Warriors
The Beast Below
The Ribos Operation
The Robots of Death
The Caves of Androzani
Galaxy Four
The Brain of Morbius
The Curse of Peladon
The Monster of Peladon
Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks Masterplan
The Infinite Quest
The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
42
Planet of the Ood
Destiny of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
Snakedance
The Invisible Enemy
Born Anew
Time of the Angels / Flesh and Stone
Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead
The Doctor’s Daughter
Terminus
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warrior’s Gate
Ark in Space
The Sontaran Experiment
The Face of Evil
The Web Planet
Planet of Evil
The Long Game
Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
The Sun Makers
Timelash
The Dominators
The Deadly Assassin
The Invasion of Time
The Five Doctors
The Trial of a Time Lord
Dragonfire
The Ark
Frontios
The End of the World
New Earth
Gridlock
The Savages
The Krotons
The Creature from the Pit
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Armageddon Factor
Underworld
Utopia
In the end we didn't get very far before time being what it is flew by and it was time for him to go back to school and time for me to get off my unemployed arse and find a job. But I always liked the idea (bet you can tell I love Lance Parkins History of the Universe) and so when The Terrible Zodin came along and Leslie solicited my ideas I pitched this voyage through time to her. This was before we started dating so I can say with confidence that the idea was accepted on its merits rather than nepotism towards her boyfriend by giving him his own regular feature!!
It was Leslie I believe who coined the title "Back2theWhoture". It was always the intention that this being a shared experience and so I invited two of my friends Sebby and Big Al to join us. In particular I was keen to have fresh eyes on the show in all its guises as although both were fans of the new show they hadn't seen much of the originals; Sebby had seen a smattering of repeats in the mid 90s starting with The Sea Devils and has since borrowed many of my DVDS, and Al's first experience was Dalek Invasion Earth 2150 one Sunday morning on Channel 4.
Personally I have enjoyed having them on board and without having their brains hardwired full of lists and stats and opinions from absorbing all the Peter Haining and Jean-Marc Lofficier books during The Wilderness Years it has lead to some very enlightening view points. I loved Al's theory when we watched Time Flight that maybe the villain was Adric who'd survived Earthshock and sworn his revenge on the Doctor for abandoning him! It's not something I'd have thought of in a million years and its because I've known the plot to Time Flight, read the novelisation, read countless interviews with the cast and crew nearly 20 years before I finally ever saw the story. But, and it's a big but, because I came with low expectations I actually ended up enjoying the story a lot more than I thought I would which is a bonus.
We're going two stories at a time (more or less) and given that we come out quarterly it'll be a long journey to the end of the universe but I'm looking forward to it.
If you fancy doing your own such marathon you're more than welcome to use the below playlist as a guide. I don't make any claims for it to being definitive and dating stories are subjective in many cases. I did use reference books by Parkin and Lofficier for guidance but the final order was mine and is subject to constant rejigging. It's proved a talking point too, there are some who think I should've started with Terminus, and others who disagree with my placing of The Androids of Tara. And as for the UNIT era....
Once the back issues are up, feel free to peruse the adventures we've had so far, they're printed in TTZ3 onwards. Readers comments are always solicited, there's still time to get in comments for The Keys of Marinus, The Romans and The Fires of Pompeii if you wanna be in TTZ9 (deadline's 20/11/10), otherwise send your comments for The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang and The Time Meddler for TTZ10, the Spring 2011 issue.
Enjoy!
***
Castravalva
Edge of Destruction
Time Flight
Time and the Rani
An Unearthly Child
Genesis of the Daleks
The Time Monster
The Myth Makers
The Horns of Nimon
The Keys of Marinus
The Romans
The Fires of Pompeii
The Pandorica Opens / The Big Bang
The Time Meddler
The Time Warrior
The Crusade
The Kings Demons
Marco Polo
The Masque of Mandragora
The Aztecs
The Massacre
The Androids of Tara
The Vampires of Venice
The Shakespeare Code
The Visitation
The Smugglers
The Highlanders
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Reign of Terror
The Mark of the Rani
The Next Doctor
Evil of the Daleks
The Unquiet Dead
Tooth and Claw
The Gunfighters
Ghost Light
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Vincent and the Doctor
The Celestial Toymaker
Horror of Fang Rock
Enlightenment
Pyramids of Mars
Human Nature / The Family of Blood
The War Games
Black Orchid
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Carnival of Monsters
Daleks in Manhatten / Evolution of the Daleks
The Abominable Snowman
Victory of the Daleks
The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances
The Curse of Fenric
The Idiot’s Lantern
Dreamland
Delta and the Bannermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Planet of Giants
The War Machines
The Faceless Ones
The Underwater Menace
Fury from the Deep
The Web of Fear
Image of the Fendahl
The Pirate Planet
The Stones of Blood
City of Death
Shada
The Invasion
Spearheads from Space
The Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
The Mind of Evil
The Claws of Axos
The Deamons
The Sea Devils
The Three Doctors
The Green Death
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Planet of the Spiders
Robot
Terror of the Zygons
The Android Invasion
The Seeds of Doom
The Hand of Fear
Meglos
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
Four to Doomsday
Arc of Infinity
Mawdryn Undead
The Awakening
Resurrection of the Daleks
Planet of Fire
Attack of the Cybermen
The Two Doctors
The Tenth Planet
Father’s Day
Silver Nemesis
Survival
The Eleventh Hour
Battlefield
Doctor Who – The Movie
The Mind Robber
Rose
Aliens of London / World War Three
Boom Town
The Christmas Invasion
School Reunion
Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel
Love & Monsters
Army of Ghosts / Doomsday
Blink
Turn Left
The Runaway Bride
Smith and Jones
The Lazarus Experiment
The Sound of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords
Time Crash
Voyage of the Damned
Partners in Crime
The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky
The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End
Planet of the Dead
The End of Time
The Lodger
Dalek
Fear Her
Amy’s Choice
The Enemy of the World
The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood
Power of the Daleks
The Waters of Mars
The Moonbase
The Seeds of Death
The Wheel in Space
Warriors of the Deep
Nightmare of Eden
The Space Pirates
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Day of the Daleks
Paradise Towers
The Leisure Hive
Midnight
The Daleks
The Twin Dilemma
The Macra Terror
Vengeance on Varos
Colony in Space
The Tomb of the Cybermen
The Happiness Patrol
The Rescue
Earthshock
The Space Museum
The Chase
Frontier in Space
Planet of the Daleks
Death to the Daleks
The Sensorites
The Power of Kroll
Revenge of the Cybermen
Kinda
The Mutants
The Ice Warriors
The Beast Below
The Ribos Operation
The Robots of Death
The Caves of Androzani
Galaxy Four
The Brain of Morbius
The Curse of Peladon
The Monster of Peladon
Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks Masterplan
The Infinite Quest
The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit
42
Planet of the Ood
Destiny of the Daleks
Revelation of the Daleks
Snakedance
The Invisible Enemy
Born Anew
Time of the Angels / Flesh and Stone
Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead
The Doctor’s Daughter
Terminus
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warrior’s Gate
Ark in Space
The Sontaran Experiment
The Face of Evil
The Web Planet
Planet of Evil
The Long Game
Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways
The Sun Makers
Timelash
The Dominators
The Deadly Assassin
The Invasion of Time
The Five Doctors
The Trial of a Time Lord
Dragonfire
The Ark
Frontios
The End of the World
New Earth
Gridlock
The Savages
The Krotons
The Creature from the Pit
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
The Armageddon Factor
Underworld
Utopia
Oh, You're Celtic? There's Lovely.
Transcript of the Back2theWhoture team livetweeting The Fires of Pompeii for inclusion in TTZ9
This is Back2theWhotures first foray in to the new series. Hold on to your togas for The Fires of Pompeii
Well ok so the new series has the budget for it, but plunged straight in to the market, it's like The Romans
I think Donna's reasoning about the TARDIs translation device is pretty good actually
Ohhh its Amy Pond!
"That fire had nothing to do with me..." even funnier after watching this off the back of The Romans
Ohh it's Volcano Day!
Ohh it's Frobisher!
Anchoring the tale with your typical Roman family adds to the poignancy of the tale
Donna's growth evident immedietely, her first instinct is to save everybody in Pompeii
"I am Spartacus!" "And so am I!"
I love love the scene with the volcano rumbling in the background as the Doctor and Donna are told the future
"Doctor, she is returning. And you... daughter of London. There is something on your back" - Always sends tingles down my spine
"Ipso facto..." "Look... you?"
I always call it T K Maximus now as a result of this episode.
Haha sorry, I'm enjoying it so much I'm not typing anything
The Doctor armed with a water pistol FTW!
Lucius Pextrus sounds like he said "Summon the C**ts of Vulcan", That along with the Sisterhood chanting "peadophile, peadophile"...
Is this first confirmation that the Doctor percieves reality in 5 dimensions?
I'd forgotten to check this scene out when I wrote my Adric article but it fits my theory that the Doc knew about his death in advance
Donna running around Pompeii. Getting all hot and... glistening. Oh my.
Haha! Al just realised that Pyrovillia was one of the planets stolen by Davros at the end of the season
The most terrible choice...
The Doctor says nothing can survive the explosion, not even them. And yet they do. Ok then!
Donna sharing the Doctor's burden. This scene is amongst the best in Doctor Who
The Fires of Pompeii doesn't let up on the full horror of the explosion. I defy anyone to watch this without feeling the punch
Is the Doctor really going to leave Donna behind?
Although this is one of my fave episodes I kinda wish they'd had the conviction to have the Doctor leave without going back for anyone
Of course it would've been impossible for Donna to continue travelling with The Doctor is that happened.
Why that family though? How could the Doctor change time for them?
Al speculates that Caecellius and go move in to the villa seen in The Romans
When I first saw this I honestly thought Captain Jack would make a cameo at the end, just as Rose did at the end of Partners in Crime!
RT @thanatos_kalos RTD has said that John Frobisher is the distant descendent of Caecilius and his family. Consider your ? in that light..
So what do you all think of The Fires of Pompeii?
This is Back2theWhotures first foray in to the new series. Hold on to your togas for The Fires of Pompeii
Well ok so the new series has the budget for it, but plunged straight in to the market, it's like The Romans
I think Donna's reasoning about the TARDIs translation device is pretty good actually
Ohhh its Amy Pond!
"That fire had nothing to do with me..." even funnier after watching this off the back of The Romans
Ohh it's Volcano Day!
Ohh it's Frobisher!
Anchoring the tale with your typical Roman family adds to the poignancy of the tale
Donna's growth evident immedietely, her first instinct is to save everybody in Pompeii
"I am Spartacus!" "And so am I!"
I love love the scene with the volcano rumbling in the background as the Doctor and Donna are told the future
"Doctor, she is returning. And you... daughter of London. There is something on your back" - Always sends tingles down my spine
"Ipso facto..." "Look... you?"
I always call it T K Maximus now as a result of this episode.
Haha sorry, I'm enjoying it so much I'm not typing anything
The Doctor armed with a water pistol FTW!
Lucius Pextrus sounds like he said "Summon the C**ts of Vulcan", That along with the Sisterhood chanting "peadophile, peadophile"...
Is this first confirmation that the Doctor percieves reality in 5 dimensions?
I'd forgotten to check this scene out when I wrote my Adric article but it fits my theory that the Doc knew about his death in advance
Donna running around Pompeii. Getting all hot and... glistening. Oh my.
Haha! Al just realised that Pyrovillia was one of the planets stolen by Davros at the end of the season
The most terrible choice...
The Doctor says nothing can survive the explosion, not even them. And yet they do. Ok then!
Donna sharing the Doctor's burden. This scene is amongst the best in Doctor Who
The Fires of Pompeii doesn't let up on the full horror of the explosion. I defy anyone to watch this without feeling the punch
Is the Doctor really going to leave Donna behind?
Although this is one of my fave episodes I kinda wish they'd had the conviction to have the Doctor leave without going back for anyone
Of course it would've been impossible for Donna to continue travelling with The Doctor is that happened.
Why that family though? How could the Doctor change time for them?
Al speculates that Caecellius and go move in to the villa seen in The Romans
When I first saw this I honestly thought Captain Jack would make a cameo at the end, just as Rose did at the end of Partners in Crime!
RT @thanatos_kalos RTD has said that John Frobisher is the distant descendent of Caecilius and his family. Consider your ? in that light..
So what do you all think of The Fires of Pompeii?
That Your Excellency Would Be An Impossibissity!
Transcript of the Back2theWhoture team livetweeting The Romans for inclusion in TTZ9
Right. Togas on folks, doormice and honey for snack food at the ready. We're about to begin our livetweeting on The Romans #doctorwho
The Slave Traders!
Ian lounging in the villa is reminiscent of the fantasy in The Keys of Marinus
Vicki scampering along looks very happy to be in ancient Rome
The design work on the Roman market is fantastic
Ohhh look at that harp playing old geezer, he looks a bit like Hartnell...
Scenes of the TARDIS crew in the villa are so lovely, the crew all getting along fantastically
The First Doctor loves his food doesn't he? nom nom nom
"What do you think I am? A goldfish!"
Haha the Doctor calls Ian "Chesterfield", Barbara corrects with "Chesterton" and the Doc repies "There you are boy Barbara's calling you"!
Ohhhhhhhhhh Ian and Barbara are sooooo in love!
Oh no! Barbara hits Ian!
The Doctor disarms the Roman Centurion with wit and bluster FTW!
"She keeps an eye on all the lyres!" hahahaha
Oh, that ended a bit suddenly!
All Roads Lead to Rome
Hahaha Hartnell kicks ass!!
ROMA! Yeah that doesn't look like a model.
Ok I take it back, the Roman Galleon is impressive!
It's the oldest trick in the book.... and that's why the Roman slave master doesn't fall for it!
Haha I bet the stage hand who got to throw the bucket of water over them had fun!
It's interesting how it plays with the comedic conventions of farce despite the somewhate brutal setting
Hahaha Hartnell and Nero are a hoot together!
"That your excellency would be an impossibissity!" #billyfluffs
Stock footage lion montage as cliffhanger!
Conspiracy!
Boom mic in shot when Nero and Poppea are discussing the banquet
Is that Nero trying to hide his boner?! That's a bit risque for kids TV!
The Doctor naked in a sauna! Alas for the fangirls it's Hartnell not Tennant!
Is the Doctor going to be poisoned? Time for the HARVEY WALLBANGER!
Would Vicki really be so naive as to risk such a massive alteration to the timeline?
Priceless moment at Nero poisons his hapless slave!
So actually Vicki is responsible for Locusta's death?
Fantastic scene as the Doctor plays the lyre for everybody. "He's alright but he's not all that good!"
Now that Ian's seen Barbara he's determined to fight for his freedom but he still has that basic decency that he can't bring himself to kill
Pausing for tea and birthday cake before we go on to Inferno (Ep 4 of the Romans if you're just tuning in, not the Pertwee one)
Right on we go
Huzzah, Ian and Delos both escape!
"I've got a friend who specialises in trouble. He just dives in and usually finds a way"
Ohhh the Doctor has his specs! Didn't realise this was a Hartnell thing
Haha Hartnell is clearly having a whale of a time in this story! "I'll make it a roaring success!"
"I'll have you killed over and over again!"
Did the Doctor set fire to the plans on purpose?
So Tavius was a Christian all along!
Vicki's enjoyment of seeing history come alive is a delight
The Doctor's protestations about interferring with history seems to be a rule he constantly breaks anyway!
So what do you all think of The Romans? #doctorwho
The Editor was expecting it to be hilarious based on reputation and wasn't prepared for the quite strong brutality
Its an interesting juxtoposition between high farce and the darker elements, particularly Ian & Barbara's subplots
Al notes that Doctor Who always has such imagination and the few b&w ones he's seen are just as good as the color
Huzzah for Hartnell!
Right in a few minutes we're going to time travel 15 years in to the future and visit Pompeii in 79AD
RT @m_robertson_UK Without the veneer of comedy, stories of slavery, torture, rape, murder and sadistic violence could never be shown
Right. Togas on folks, doormice and honey for snack food at the ready. We're about to begin our livetweeting on The Romans #doctorwho
The Slave Traders!
Ian lounging in the villa is reminiscent of the fantasy in The Keys of Marinus
Vicki scampering along looks very happy to be in ancient Rome
The design work on the Roman market is fantastic
Ohhh look at that harp playing old geezer, he looks a bit like Hartnell...
Scenes of the TARDIS crew in the villa are so lovely, the crew all getting along fantastically
The First Doctor loves his food doesn't he? nom nom nom
"What do you think I am? A goldfish!"
Haha the Doctor calls Ian "Chesterfield", Barbara corrects with "Chesterton" and the Doc repies "There you are boy Barbara's calling you"!
Ohhhhhhhhhh Ian and Barbara are sooooo in love!
Oh no! Barbara hits Ian!
The Doctor disarms the Roman Centurion with wit and bluster FTW!
"She keeps an eye on all the lyres!" hahahaha
Oh, that ended a bit suddenly!
All Roads Lead to Rome
Hahaha Hartnell kicks ass!!
ROMA! Yeah that doesn't look like a model.
Ok I take it back, the Roman Galleon is impressive!
It's the oldest trick in the book.... and that's why the Roman slave master doesn't fall for it!
Haha I bet the stage hand who got to throw the bucket of water over them had fun!
It's interesting how it plays with the comedic conventions of farce despite the somewhate brutal setting
Hahaha Hartnell and Nero are a hoot together!
"That your excellency would be an impossibissity!" #billyfluffs
Stock footage lion montage as cliffhanger!
Conspiracy!
Boom mic in shot when Nero and Poppea are discussing the banquet
Is that Nero trying to hide his boner?! That's a bit risque for kids TV!
The Doctor naked in a sauna! Alas for the fangirls it's Hartnell not Tennant!
Is the Doctor going to be poisoned? Time for the HARVEY WALLBANGER!
Would Vicki really be so naive as to risk such a massive alteration to the timeline?
Priceless moment at Nero poisons his hapless slave!
So actually Vicki is responsible for Locusta's death?
Fantastic scene as the Doctor plays the lyre for everybody. "He's alright but he's not all that good!"
Now that Ian's seen Barbara he's determined to fight for his freedom but he still has that basic decency that he can't bring himself to kill
Pausing for tea and birthday cake before we go on to Inferno (Ep 4 of the Romans if you're just tuning in, not the Pertwee one)
Right on we go
Huzzah, Ian and Delos both escape!
"I've got a friend who specialises in trouble. He just dives in and usually finds a way"
Ohhh the Doctor has his specs! Didn't realise this was a Hartnell thing
Haha Hartnell is clearly having a whale of a time in this story! "I'll make it a roaring success!"
"I'll have you killed over and over again!"
Did the Doctor set fire to the plans on purpose?
So Tavius was a Christian all along!
Vicki's enjoyment of seeing history come alive is a delight
The Doctor's protestations about interferring with history seems to be a rule he constantly breaks anyway!
So what do you all think of The Romans? #doctorwho
The Editor was expecting it to be hilarious based on reputation and wasn't prepared for the quite strong brutality
Its an interesting juxtoposition between high farce and the darker elements, particularly Ian & Barbara's subplots
Al notes that Doctor Who always has such imagination and the few b&w ones he's seen are just as good as the color
Huzzah for Hartnell!
Right in a few minutes we're going to time travel 15 years in to the future and visit Pompeii in 79AD
RT @m_robertson_UK Without the veneer of comedy, stories of slavery, torture, rape, murder and sadistic violence could never be shown
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