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Tag: Vintage

Old but not bad, that’s what I mean by vintage.

Season 1: Space 1999

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So I’ve watched the whole of season 1 of Space 1999. It was good, I enjoyed it. It is slow, philosophical, and sometimes very strange, but I still enjoy it. The question is, what do I do next?

The most likely outcome is that I’ll buy season 2 on iTunes as it’s very cheap. There are another 24 episodes and then that’s it. Nothing more, but I’d like to see them and follow the whole thing through.

Blake’s 7: Battleground

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I really should have subscribed to the latest Blake’s 7 series. It is excellent. I love that it’s a full cast drama rather than a narration. These stories are so like the original TV series that they’re a joy to listen to.

Blake’s 7: Warship

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I listened to this again today, a great story, a really good jaunt back to the original series. I think I’m going to have to give in and start buying the latest series.

Dear Big Finish, stop being awesome, it’s costing me a fortune

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Having just watched Survivors (the last BBC version) for the third time (I think), I hear today that Big Finish are releasing a version of the classic TV series as an audio book. Their series 1 will be 240 minutes long and features, amongst others, Louise Jameson.

I don’t begrudge big finish, it’s just that they seem intent on releasing excellent content that I want to buy, resulting in me having to spend loads of money with them. On the one hand I don’t want them to stop, and on the other, actually I don’t want them to stop at all. I’d rather they just kept it up as it goes.

4th Doctor: The Energy of the Daleks

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Another great story from the first series of fourth Doctor stories from Big Finish, and I can barely remember it from the first time around. I listened to it yesterday and it’s awesome. A classic Dalek romp.

I hadn’t realised that Leela had never done a Dalek story. In fact, the fourth doctor didn’t do many either. Primarily Genesis and Destiny of the Daleks. Neither of which contained Leela. So this story is very significant indeed.

Journey to the far side of the sun …

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I remember this film although not very well, and as a big Gerry Anderson fan I thought I’d give it a try. It’s a very leisurely film with so many Gerry Anderson touches I almost thought I was watching UFO or Space 1999, and of course there’s nothing wrong with that at all.

Anyway, overall the film didn’t really live up to either my recollections or my expectations. There’s nothing wrong with it as film of its time, but it isn’t really a classic, not in my book anyway.

4th Doctor: Philip Hinchcliffe Presents

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I’m really looking forward to this. Two stories, a six part and a four part. I love the longer and more involved stories and with Philip Hinchcliffe it’s going to be excellent.

Big Finish really are awesome and are putting out some truly awesome content these days.