“I was very good on my walkies today. At the end of the walk, my lead came away from my collar, but I didn’t notice. I thought we were just running fast back home. So I bombed off down the road at my fastest speed, thinking maybe the hoomon had […]
Monthly archives: February 2016
Doctor Who continued … I watched The Forest of Fear and The Firemaker whilst I was working on something else at the same time but, even so, it’s pretty clear that there is a deeper story hidden beneath the surface. The political wranglings between Za and Kal seeking power over […]
The Tribe of Gum (overview)
Doctor Who continued … Recaptured and returned to the tribe’s encampment, the Doctor seeks to drive out Kal by deducing the real killer of the Old Woman. Za recovers just in time, but his desire for the secret of fire outweighs any sense of gratitude for his life being saved, […]
4. The Firemaker
Doctor Who continued … You can’t say that this episode doesn’t do what it says on the tin. Our heroes spend most of their time in a forest. Za defeats a beast that we don’t see and, despite apparently being at death’s door, it doesn’t take him long to recover. […]
3. The Forest of Fear
Doctor Who continued … This episode starts the caveman adventure and, as such, it’s the “first” episode of three. At first, we don’t get to see what’s going on inside the TARDIS since the dramatic “take off” prior to the cliffhanger. Instead, some time is spent setting up the heirarchy […]
2. The Cave of Skulls
This third version of the pilot episode of Doctor Who, at just 25 minutes long, is pretty much the same as the “raw” version except that it has some scenes reshot (to avoid the banging doors), and some that may have been edited (Barbara getting her coat trapped in the […]
An Unearthly Child
Continuing my Doctor Who marathon, I watched the shorter (23 minute) “official” broadcast version of An Unearthly Child last night. In comparison to the previous version, it felt like it zipped along a bit quicker but I couldn’t honestly tell you where the missing 12 minutes were (although a good […]
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