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.
Tag: Science fiction
What’s not to like right? It is my favourite genre of fiction by a long way indeed.
Galaxy Quest
Some days you need to watch a great old film on a Sunday just to get cheered up over going back to work after the weekend. Tonight’s timeless classic is the ever amazing “Galaxy Quest”.
What a lovely little film. Funny but not in a cruel way. A wonderful film, great performances, a lovely story. I love it. Does it show?
4th Doctor: Destination Nerva
What a great story to start off the 4th Doctor on Big Finish. I really enjoyed this story. A good solid episode which delivered just what I was after. Excellent stuff Big Finish. This is exactly what Doctor Who is all about.
8th Doctor: Scherzo
Well I finished listening to this story today, and I’m both confused and a little disappointed. It didn’t seem to go anywhere at all. There was also way too much stuff about love and all that. I’m not too fond of that kind of thing in Doctor Who. I just think it doesn’t work at all. So I’m a bit wary of going on to the next story in the series.
Pizza, Beer and the Genesis of the Daleks
On Mr Baker’s birthday I thought it would be ideal to watch what is arguably one of the best Doctor Who stories ever. The six part ‘Genesis of the Daleks’, and what better way to watch it than with a pizza and a beer.
These days you just wouldn’t get a story split into 6 parts, but back in 1975 it was perfectly normal. Genesis of the Daleks was a complex story with a lot of characters who come and go throughout the whole six parts. It’s a great story too.
So why didn’t he destroy the Daleks? Well I guess we’re all glad he didn’t right?
Logan’s Run
I haven’t seen this for ages and noticed it was on Film 4. Even though it’s a very old film now it’s still a good story, and the concept’s been used many many times in newer films. I may have to buy this film now.
Classic Who: The Horror of Fang Rock
A wonderful Tom Baker story. Thoroughly enjoyable with classic Leela-ness about it too. I also liked ‘The Horror of Glam Rock’, the 8th doctor story of a similar name, with an excellent Bernard Cribbens performance.
2010
I hadn’t watched this film for a long time, and it’s still great But you couldn’t make a film like that now. It is just too slow, too leisurely in the telling of the story. Personally I like that, but it doesn’t seem to work too often now.
I did read 2061 and 3001 although I thought that they weren’t as good as Clarke’s first two stories.
More Who
The first of the new fourth Doctor Who stories has arrived, “Destination Nerva”. I’m looking forward to listening to this one over the weekend at some point, and I hope that the second story won’t be too long behind it either.
Doctor Who: Neverland
Another good story, and nice to hear Lalla Ward again in an 8th Doctor story. I’m looking forward to getting hold of a copy of the next story in this series, called ‘Zagreus’, which sounds like it is going to be fairly important in the whole story arc.
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