I Mean This In The Nicest Way Possible...

On watching The Claws Of Axos.

Good lord, was the budget so tight they couldn't afford all of Katy Manning's skirt?

PS - must redo my vintage UNIT gear... I'm sure I can find me a snazzy beret and army surplus sweater around here, somewhere, although I noticed that the one female UNIT member I've seen was wearing gray. Hm. Hmm....

Pleasant Surprises.

The BFA Cuddlesome came with Doctor Who Magazine #393, a couple of months ago. I'd ripped it to iTunes and promptly forgot to listen to it. Yay for pleasant surprises on the hard drive!

Eleven minutes into it and the author - Nigel Fairs - cheerfully throws in a local joke which betrays his origins.

The Doctor: "It's not something you'd expect (catches himself) in Brighton"
Angela: (tartly) "Hove."

Naturally, I had to go looking up the author's biography at that point. Sure enough, the lad's from my old hometown, Brighton.

( Non-fannish tangent )

PS - FWIW, I'm with Turvey, as messed up as he was, on this one...

¹ - The city of Brighton and Hove, I might add. I wonder how many backs that put up. albion_fan? Can you shed any light on that?

BFA: Cuddlesome - Postscript

Cuddlesome was, overall, entertainingly silly, with a rather disturbing undercurrent to it. There's nothing like mucking about with childhood tropes for a horror/thriller story. If I have a nightmare featuring the Cuddlesome jingle, tonight, someone is getting a very stern note.

I might have to add Nigel Fairs to my list of favorite BFA contributors. He's directed several of the Sapphire and Steel audios which I count amongst my favorites: Daisy Chain, The Lighthouse, The School. I haven't gotten around to listening to Water Like A Stone, which he's written. I'm looking forward to it, though.

(PS: I'll get you, if I have to chase you to Worthing! Oh, lawks)

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Right on!

Toby Hadoke will be performing Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf at Gallifrey One!

I've been watching my Whovian pals on the other side of the Atlantic happily whittering on about this, so 'tis lovely to find out I'll be seeing it for myself, next year!

(Okay, okay, the rest of the guest-list-so-far ain't chopped liver, either, but I was particularly surprised by the addition of Mr. Hadoke)