Whovember Part 4: 1969 to 1971

Time for another installment of Whovember, and this time we're into the Pertwee years.  You know, in an odd way, Pertwee was my Doctor, partially down to how his stuff got a few repeats in the 90s, partially for a lot of his stories coming out on VHS then, and for the way he actually did a whole bunch of weird appearances in character ... and boy do I mean weird.  Here's one for a game show the BBC did called Happy Families, which I see as them trying for their answer to Gladiators, and missing by a mile, partially down to the guest score keepers being saddled with an absolute lead balloon of a catchphrase.  Pertwee even did a pair of radio serials then with Elizabeth Sladen and Nicholas Courtney, ones that I am hmming and haaaing about going back to, as one was pretty fun, but the other went somewhere I really think Who shouldn't really go.  But enough of that, time for my choices.

Whovember Part 3: 1967 to 1969

 Welcome back to Whovember, where this time, we're taking a look at the last of Doctor Who's black & white years...

Whovember Part 2: 1965 to 1967

Welcome back to Whovember, my journey through sixty years of Doctor Who in thirty days.  Today we're looking at a major turning point in the show's history, and I share a bit about my Whovian origin story...

Whovember Part 1: 1963 to 1965

 Welcome to my blog and Whovember!  What is Whovember?  Well, as this month marks Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, it seems right to celebrate it in style, with a whole month of posts about it.  But what to write about?  Well, I was toying with a few ideas, including some top ten lists, but social media gave me the idea (despite the efforts of certain emerald mine inheritors, it can still do some good).  There has been a trend to do posts of favourite things from each of the show's years, leading up to the anniversary date of the 23rd.  So then I realised; 60 years, 30 days in November, why not do that here?  Each day I will look back at two years from Who's history, and pick out something from each to talk about. It could be a particular story, a moment in the show itself, an event in the history of the show, a character, anything goes.

Now not all of these will necessarily be my favourite things per se, but they will all be things I think are worth talking about, memories about the show that I treasure and would like to share with you all, to help you understand a bit about why this daft old thing means so much to me.  Also, I will almost certainly cheat a little bit, more use the thing that happened on that date to go off on some other tangent, but what the hell, it’s my list, my Who celebration, I’ll do it how I like. Finally, as I said, this is my list, it's likely to be very different to yours so if your favourite Who things aren't on here, don't worry, it's just my opinion.  So, firing up the TARDIS wiki to check all these dates (each year will go from November 23rd one year to November 22nd the next), let’s begin!

October Horror Movie Challenge 2023

Cue the music! :Turn down your lights where available:

Spoopy and Creppy Season approaches once more folks!  Yep, I’m going to be delving into the murky depths of the horror genre again, as part of the thing from the old IMDb message boards that just, Won’t, DIE; the October Horror Movie Challenge.  Same procedure as every year; if you want to play along at home, you simply have to watch at least 31 horror movies across the 31 days of October, over than half of which (so 16 or more) must be ones you are seeing for the first time.

2023 Movie Half Term Report

Decided it's about time I did this again; a half-term report for the films I've seen this year!  This is a quick top ten of the best new films I saw in UK cinemas this year so far, as I think it will be interesting to see which of these end up in my final top ten of the year, how will my feelings on them change by then, and to reflect that a lot has happened in 2023 so far.  Now keep in mind, this is based on UK release dates, a few of these technically aren't 2023 films, but I am counting it as new to British screens as of January 1st.  I set that rule now because if I didn't, I'd be faffing about what did or didn't count so much, I'd never get the article done.  So with that in mind...

The Morlocks Will Be Right - Too Much Johnson

Yeah, going political on here again, it's been a while, but you have to admit, the last few days have certainly been proof that "A week is a long time in politics". (Whilst I started writing this, Nicola Sturgeon got arrested!  I wish the news would slow down a bit more these days.)  So, now I am no longer one constituency over from The Johnson's, and not because I moved further away.  I know he is going to stick around in some way for a while, he is the proverbial Turd That Will Not Flush, but I am going to enjoy this little moment.  Now I am not going to do a full autopsy on his time as an MP and as PM, not enough time and far wiser souls than I have done so.  Instead, what I want to discuss is the thing that really gets me about the whole sorry saga of Partygate; the fact that it was all for nothing.

I always play this song when a truly terrible person has their downfall... well, one of their downfalls.