We’re back in telesnap land for the duration now. Despite this and despite it being The Space Pirates I… actually enjoyed this episode. I wasn’t expecting it. I was expecting the remaining four episodes to be a hard slog of space hell. But the Doctor, Jamie and Zoe became the focus of this episode, unlike the …
Episode 2 is the only episode of The Space Pirates to actually still exist. I was so bored by Episode 1 that it took a long time to convince myself to continue. A part of me wishes I hadn’t. Whilst the previous episode took fifteen minutes before the TARDIS crew showed up, in Episode 2 it still takes over …
What I liked when I watched the episode of Callan in Network’s ITV 60 box set was that it seemed so different from the similar adventure series I had seen from that period. I have only seen a handful of the early Danger Man episodes and though there are similarities, in that both Callan and John …
The Space Pirates is the penultimate story in season six of Doctor Who. It is also the penultimate story for the second Doctor, who happens to be my favourite Doctor. It is the only one of his stories I have never watched. Until now. When Doctor Who returned to BBC1 in 2005 I consumed as much of …
Episode 13 – Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling First ITV broadcast: Friday 22nd December 1967, 7.30pm [ATV Midlands/Grampian] Estimated first run ratings: 7.3 million First CBS broadcast: Saturday 3rd August 1968, 7.30pm From the very beginning this episode is different as we have a pre-titles sequence, instead of going straight into the usual title …
There has been an unplanned extended break at Visual Mutterings. I was rather busy and then I got a new job so I have been even busier. But I was missing Number Six so I finally found the time to get back to the Village via a raft, a boat, a wooden box and a …
Episode 11 – It’s Your Funeral First ITV broadcast: Friday 8th December 1967, 7.30pm [ATV Midlands/Grampian] Estimated first run ratings: 9.3 million First CBS broadcast: Saturday 10th August 1968, 7.30pm The new Number Two looks like a Thunderbirds‘ character. He doesn’t look like a real person. I spent the entire episode doubting his ability to …
Episode 10: Hammer Into Anvil First ITV broadcast: Friday 1st December 1967, 7.30pm [ATV Midlands/Grampian] Estimated first run ratings: 9.1 million First CBS broadcast: Saturday 31st August 1968, 7.30pm This episode is a rare example of Number Six getting one over Number Two and the Village. I have written before about ‘little victories’, little acts …
Episode 9: Checkmate First ITV broadcast: Friday 24th November 1967, 7.30pm [ATV Midlands/Granada] Estimated first run ratings: 9.1 million First CBS broadcast: Saturday 17th August 1968, 7.30pm The episode begins with an aggressive roar from Rover as it rolls through the Village. Everyone stops completely still, apart from one man (George Coulouris). Number Six notices …
Episode 8: Dance of the Dead First ITV broadcast: Friday 17th November 1967, 7.30pm [ATV Midlands/Grampian] Estimated first run ratings: 9.1 million First CBS broadcast: Saturday 27th July 1968, 7.30pm For the first time, Number Two speaking in the title sequence is a woman. We have had a couple of female Number Two’s so far. …
