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Davros sock drawer

Davros sock drawer

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I see the good in everything. :)

But, seriously, a far bigger affront to my pleasure is a ponderously boring story with nothing of any note to it. The last few serials have at least had something to talk about, even if they have been pretty naff and nasty.

I think that's a fair point. There's certainly a lot going on in this season, and even the next two seasons, whilst being the absolute pits, have points of interest.

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Iain

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He did later say that he wasn't at the press conference and got the info from Twitter, so not necessarily any more or less reliable than any other Twitter speculation.

So he puts Twitter speculation on his Facebook, which other people put on Twitter as confirmation of the rumour.

Wibbley wobbly timey wimey

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Seems Parkin may have been on the money though. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?safe=off&biw=1152&bih=588&sclient=psy-ab&q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenorthernecho.co.uk%2Fnews%2F10732000._Lost__Dr_Who_serial_found_gathering_dust_abroad%2F&oq=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenorthernecho.co.uk%2Fnews%2F10732000._Lost__Dr_Who_serial_found_gathering_dust_abroad%2F&gs_l=hp.3...13670.15872.1.16309.6.6.0.0.0.2.173.472.0j3.3.0....2...1c.1.27.psy-ab..7.0.0.ZAWEn20sZEw&pbx=1'>This article has been pulled from the Northern Echo's website after a call from BBC Worldwide. It's a bit garbled and obviously written in a rush but seems to confirm the news.

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Garwoofoo

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If that's true then it's obviously great news (most people having given up hope of finding any more missing episodes some time ago) but also strangely disappointing, given that those two stories have been heavily rumoured for a while now - I'd hoped for a nice surprise on top of that.

In particular, if there are potentially "more on the way", that can only mean that the guy who found them has them and is holding onto them, presumably for financial gain, which is pretty despicable really.

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Professor Rob

Professor Rob

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Gentlemen!

Look on the enemy of the world!

Both this and Web of fear are now available on iTunes.

Beware: spoilers in that one, if you're not familiar with the story.

Great news! I've never bothered with the reconstructions so this will be like two "brand new" classic episodes for me.

Ditto - looking forward to these.

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Sprite Machine

Sprite Machine

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Revelation of the Daleks

(Blog has pictures)

It's another Something of the Daleks story. Occasionally, these can be really good. Lately, however, this has become a less frequent occurrence. Davros returns, having escaped from the explosion in 'Resurrection of the Daleks', and does his usual routine of frothing at the mouth while yelling about his great plans to build the ultimate master race, etcetera, etcetera. Davros is definitely an iconic villain (particularly here, where for the most part he appears as a severed head attached to a machine), but this whole leader of the Daleks thing is getting tiresome now. When the 'true' Daleks return and arrest him, I thought that was a genuinely good moment and a simple but effective way to bring him down.

[Picture: The head of Davros. I have to admit, that's a lot of trouble to go to on the off chance that you might be assassinated.]

Severed heads and violent stabbings are combined with some misplaced comedy to create a distinctly mixed tone here. The low point has to be the DJ; what on Earth were they thinking with him? "He's just so ker-azy, man!", whooping and hollering as he destroys Daleks with a laser powered by rock and roll or something. And then steps out like a fool and gets shot. Dear me.

[Picture: No. Just no.]

That said, none of the action is particularly good. They try to do an action-packed assassination attempt in Davros' lab, complete with limbs being blown off, but a BBC TV studio and some weak video effects just can't do that sort of sequence justice. Good effort, but no. That's not to mention the mixed quality of acting. Clive Swift is a good comedy actor, but he's just a bit weird and creepy in this. Jenny Tomasin is unwatchably awful and cringeworthy in every scene. The romantic interest subplot is inconsequential. Elsewhere, I sort of enjoyed the scenes with Kara and Vogel, but their motives are a bit foggy.

[Picture: The creepy human-Dalek hybrid head. The see-through Dalek is cool but... why build a see-through Dalek?]

There isn't much left to enjoy, really. Orcini, the 'honorable' assassin is a kind of cool character. Tranquil Repose is an interesting place where they preserve you in death but what they're producing is suitably icky. The part where the Doctor finds his future memorial stone is quite creepy, but not enough is done with that because it turns out to be a set-up to snare the Doctor. And speaking of which, I don't actually know why Davros wanted to bring him there; that seems awfully irresponsible! Overall, this was a mess. Maybe the show should have gone on some sort of hiatus for a year and a half...

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CarloOos

CarloOos

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I actually watched this one on Netflix, in anticipation of your own review. It's seriously fucking weird, I'd seen it once before when I was very, very young and had the vaugest of memories of the snowy setting and Davros' head.

Completely forgot all the actual plot, definitely couldn't remember a thing about Alexi Sayle playing a comedy DJ with a rock'n'roll laser gun. Polystyrene statue of the Doctor was embarrassing and made no sense, half human dalek hybrid and soylent green-esque cannibalistic subplot quite effective. The assassin/knight guy was pretty awesome, both in terms of the character and the performance, and I quite liked what I saw of Colin Baker's dickhead Doctor, this being the only story I've ever seen him in. A seriously strange, mixed bag all round.

The production design was quite nice, though. First time they ever showed a floating Dalek, too.

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Reminder that UKTV Watch channel on Sky/Cable etc are running the BBC America 'Doctor Who Revisited' series from tomorrow @2pm - a half hour look at each Doctors run followed by a classic serial @2:30..

12 Oct - Hartnell - The Aztecs

13 Oct - Troughton - Tomb of the Cybermen

19 Oct - Pertwee - Spearhead from Space

20 Oct - T,Baker - Pyramids of Mars

26 Oct - Davidson - Earthshock

27 Oct - C.Baker - Vengeance on Varos

2 Nov - McCoy - Battlefield

3 Nov - McGann - The Movie

9 Nov - Eccleston - Bad Wolf/Parting of the Ways

10 Nov - Tennant - Stolen Earth/Journey's End

16 Nov - Smith - Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon

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