Doctor Who: Dark Eyes

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I was really looking forward to this box set from the 8th Doctor, and it was well worth the wait in the end. A great story and a bit of a change for Paul McGann’s Doctor too. I enjoyed it.

I’m hoping that there’ll be some more 8th Doctor stories in the not too distant future.

Doctor Who and the invasion of the dinosaurs

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I only got this because it was part of a boxed set with the Android Invasion. The special effects are very far from special, but the story was excellent. Sadly it makes me wonder about collecting Jon Pertwee stories now!

Happy birthday Mr Baker

Can you believe that Tom Baker is 79! That’s amazing, completely amazing. I was just listening to him today, talking at the end of the latest Big Finish CD. He doesn’t sound 79 at all.

I hope he keeps on doing lots more audio stories.

The Android Invasion

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This is a great Tom Baker story, and one that I needed to add to my collection. It’s part of a two story boxed set called “The Unit Files” as both of the stories feature UNIT quiet heavily. Great stuff though.

I so enjoy these earlier stories. They take their time to unfold and get going and there is much more emphasis on the science fiction.

Well worth a watch if you get the chance.

Remembering Elizabeth Sladen today

She would have been 66 years old today. We remember a wonderful actress who made a huge contribution to British Science Fiction and was brilliant in Doctor Who and her own excellent series.

She is missed.

GuitarJack and some experimentation

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now although I’d wanted to use my iPad 2, but it seems now that it won’t be usable as an input device for some reason. Anyway, I used the GuitarJack in my iPhone 4 and it works very well. Using it with GuitarTone is good too, which I wasn’t expecting as what I wanted to achieve was a non-guitar like sound. I got close enough.

WW2 Daleks

Another shot from the Doctor Who Experience. I thought that the WW2 daleks were such a great idea, and so I was really pleased to see them at the exhibition.