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Whovians: The Pilot (2017)
A fun show with a really wonderful atmosphere
I went to many of that season's shows when I lived in Sydney. Everyone in this fan show really love the Doctor and it was wonderful to find fellow fans so close to my new home. The audience was always deeply moved by the depth of the emotions in the first run of that week's Dr Who. I'd already watched it 'live' so I could experience their pleasure without missing the plot. Most of us in the audience watched it three times on the first day !
Thanks everyone at ABC !
McDonald & Dodds (2020)
You'll either love or hate this - I loved it.
I could find only one 'middling' review here for this show. I go for the unabashed delight side of comment. One point though, I don't see how the boss can be such an idiot and be in such a high position at such a young age - plot line there for series two I hope !
This is a Poirot meets Sherlock and Johnathan Creek - and I think it's great.
Residue (2015)
Don't even bother reading this review
It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it. It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it. It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it. It is truly an utter waste of time.Writing a full five lines is also a waste of my time. There is not enough to say about it.
Play for Today: The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980)
30 years on
I helped make the first of these two splendid TV programs. I was a video tape operator/engineer on the pub / party scenes in part one. I had the chance to read the script before the recording. It read well and they acted it wonderfully. I am delighted that these programs survived the pillage of the VT library that killed so many other programs, but this one would still stand out as superlative even if all the rest made it to the 21st century.
I watched it just now on an 'old' digital PVR and online (for part 2). The machine I recorded it on from the studio at the BBC shares none of that technology. We have come further in these 30 years in many technical and social areas than is shown in the future view of 2130 that we see in these flips and yet this double past somehow still feels alive and vibrant. If we can see and hear the past, it's still there. I would never have 'clean wiped' that tape.
Enterprise (2001)
General thoughts
Yes, this could have been better - but it is far better to have some Star Trek rather than none. Voting this series down - when it had shown great promise - cuts our own throats. OK, by the end of the series I still didn't know all the character's names - or that of the actors, but I knew the plots and that's the most important part!
Looking forward to more - eventually.
Get rid of that dreadful title music, that's what really killed it. The sub-series in the parallel universe had far a better theme, it really set you up for something special. Unfortunately the acting which followed and the general premise was just silly, but it proved the point about the music!
Don't Forget to Write! (1977)
I know the recordings still exist.
In my time as a BBC Video Tape engineer I managed to find several Phillips VCR recordings of episodes from both series. I made copies and lent them to a play writer friend - now famous - who loves them. I have been told by contacts that all the episodes do still exist in the BBC archives, but I failed to find them when I did a search many years ago. It was the Video Tape editor who told me they existed, so I expect they do! No reason not to release or repeat them then is there? I believe that this series is a favorite of Mr. Cole too!