And while I’m sure – legally – Victor Kennedy was based on absolutely no ‘superfan’ in particular, around that time I cracked up in a shop [sadly closed 18 years ago today] when a little boy pointed to a green plastic inhabitant of Clom’s twin planet and asked his Dad, ‘Can I have a Levine?’
4/5
Adding another great pop record occasionally:
My Brave Face – Paul McCartney
and happy birthday, Macca!
I have vivid memories of the Doctor and Ace’s visit to Llanfer Ceirog from staying in Lancaster the week I read it:
At the time it seem a bit of a breather after the last three books (brilliant as they were), a more traditional adventure where there is a ‘god’, but he’s a git.
On shortly, worth watching in itself, but also IIRC one of those conditional firsts:
It’s not the first gay kiss on British TV, as sometimes billed, but with caveats might be first consensual male gay kiss depicted?
Excellent part for Joseph O’Conor (Lost Hearts and Dark Crystal and loads more)
One of our several wedding readings:
“You know, when you’re a kid, they tell you it’s all, ‘Grow up, get a job, get married, get a house, have a kid’, and that’s it.
“Oh… But the truth is, the world is so much stranger than that. It’s so much darker, and so much madder. And so much better.”
5/5
A bonus TV memory from not long after:
BBC4 repeated an ELO concert and documentary
Prefaced by the video for Don’t Bring Me Down, which the announcer introduced as “Elton’s favourite” because everyone would just know what that meant…
3/5
This has a powerful feel of the New Adventures, one of my most beloved DW times (and it was first shown in the anniversary week of the first NA coming into shops, three days ahead of official release date)
While Elton narrates his own ‘Doctor Who In An Exciting Adventure With the Absorbaloff’.
2/5
OTD 1992: #DoctorWho Cat’s Cradle – Witch Mark
Was New Who still under the influence of the NAs into this decade? Let’s try the pub!
Andy Hunt’s book was near-unique among New Adventures in contemporary Earth, even Wales, then, through a fairy circle, 73 Yards further into (perhaps) magic – and yet…
OTD 2006: #DoctorWho Love & Monsters
On its 20th anniversary, I’m very much on the ‘Love’ side for this Marmite story.
LINDA shining a little love is delightful
I adore the closing speech
And I love a bit of ELO!
But best of all is full-on Jackie – hilarious, ferocious, heartbreaking.
Wow.
1/5
Another great vaccine success - the science works.
Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given HPV vaccine - BBC News
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