Twenty years ago today. :(

Over on the Dreamwidth version of the comm, swordznsorcery has shared this excellent tribute:

"Today marks the 20th anniversary of the day that Jon Pertwee died. Death anniversaries are not the cheeriest of things, I know, but it is the 20th. So I went hunting on YouTube for something, and found this:

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Well, November is now over and so, officially speaking, is the who_at_50 52nd Anniversary Fanwork-a-thon. And very nice I thought it was too, with some excellent fanworks produced and shared by all of you creative, committed Who-loving people who took part. I like to think that a good time was had by all ( Read more... )

I didn't have time to write a fic or embroider that UNIT logo onto a bag like I wanted to, but this was my tribute to the Third Doctor at this year's Chicago TARDIS convention: A marionette!


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Another vintage Doctor Who Magazine article kindly shared on the Dreamwidth version of the comm by swordznsorcery:

"Issue #95 (December 1984) again, and this time an interview with Richard Franklin:"

Some more vintage Doctor Who Magazine articles very kindly posted to the Dreamwidth side of the comm by swordznsorcery:

"Once again from issue #107 (December 1985), long-time Who illustrator Andrew Skilleter, and in an apparently continuing feature on the show's production, Who production office secretary Sarah Lee:"

"From issue #93 (October 1984), famous Who ( Read more... )

Classic Doctor Who stories and related programmes on UK television this week:

Monday 17 NovemberHorror - 10:00am GMT - Logopolis: Part Three (Repeated 3:10pm GMT and 7:50pm GMT ( Read more... )

Classic Doctor Who stories on UK television this week:

Monday 10 November
Horror - 10:00am GMT - The Androids of Tara: Part One (Repeated 3:10pm GMT and 7:50pm GMT)
Horror - 10:35am GMT - The Androids of Tara: Part Two (Repeated 3:45pm GMT and 8:25pm GMT)

Tuesday 11 NovemberHorror - 10:00am GMT - The Androids of Tara: Part Three (Repeated 3:10pm ( Read more... )

The good times continue on UK cable TV, with more Key to Time goodness on the Horror Channel and the beginning of the new Who season on Drama, as well as various other odds and ends. An embarrassment of riches!

Sunday 2 November
Drama - 4:00pm GMT - The Aztecs: Omnibus
Drama - 6:00pm GMT - An Adventure In Space And Time

Monday 3 NovemberHorror - ( Read more... )

Many thanks to member and friend of the comm lost_spook for the heads-up about this - in addition to the continuing classic Doctor Who cavalcade on the Horror Channel, UK viewers can from this coming Sunday catch some oldschool action on the Drama Channel. It appears that these are the same stories which were shown on Drama's fellow UKTV channel Watch during ( Read more... )

Good times for those of you in the UK with the Horror Channel this week, with the conclusion of last week's Pertwee classic and the airing of some possibly underrated gems starring Tom Baker. As usual, there are two episodes per weekday, beginning at 10am, with repeats at 3.10pm and 7.50pm GMT, plus the Saturday omnibus:

Monday 27 OctoberThe Time ( Read more... )