I'm not sure if I saw Pyramids of Mars when it was first broadcast in 1975; I know I did catch the edited rebroadcast in November 1976, which got a larger TV audience than any previous episode of Doctor Who, and I also remember devouring the novelisation by Terrance Dicks at a young age. Once New Who had rekindled my fervour, it was one of the ( Read more... )

Second paragraph of third chapter:On Friday 31 January 1964, Bob sent Donald Bull an outline for an episode entitled 'The Hallelujah Chorus', which was quickly re-titled 'The Hallelujah Favourite' before becoming 'The Hallelujah Stakes'. Bull liked the story, made a few structural alterations to the storyline, and then commissioned Bob to write the ( Read more... )

Second scene of third episode:2. PROFESSOR LITEFOOT'S DINING ROOM.

(LEELA peers out of the window. She hears the front door shut, then turns around.)

LITEFOOT: Nobody out there now! Fellow must have got wind of .. .

(He breaks off mid-sentence with a groan. There is a rustling sound in the hall.)

LEELA: Professor ( Read more... )

My vague ambition to read all the novelisations of Doctor Who stories before my vacation did not come off, but I did at least finish the Sixth Doctor novels on Eurostar on Tuesday.

( 26) Doctor Who - Vengeance on Varos, by Philip Martin )

My apologies to those of you who are not all that interested in Who; I have three posts brewing on different aspects of the canon (of which this is the first) which I plan to write this weekend. There are a couple of non-Who posts brewing as well, and I'll try to leaven the mixture.

( 29) Doctor Who and the Time Warrior, by Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes )

I've tended to rather rush through writing up the Pertwee stories I have been watching, as they are much of a muchness, but this is different. I remember back in 1981 when it was re-broadcast, we really wondered why - surely there were other, better Pertwee four-parters out there? The Terrance Dicks novelisation is only average. It seemed as if ( Read more... )