You are elevating futility to a high art. There is nothing you can do to prevent the catharsis of spurious morality Eric has been coerced back to finish the last two scripts of the season. He had already started on episode 13 before he resigned. Sadly, just before the transmission of ‘Mysterious Planet’ Robert HolmesContinue reading “The Ultimate Foe by Robert Holmes/Eric Saward/Pip and Jane Baker! (1986)”
Category Archives: Season 23
Terror of the Vervoids by Pip and Jane Baker (1986)
My submission concerns a crisis which threatens the lives not only of a group of people confined together with no means of escape, but would, if unresolved, threaten every mortal being on the planet Earth. What are you, a comedian? No, more a sort of clown, actually. Some context… So, while the next story isContinue reading “Terror of the Vervoids by Pip and Jane Baker (1986)”
Mindwarp by Philip Martin (1986)
‘How pathetic and juvenile are your attempts at humour.’ – The Valeyard ‘Thanks for pointing that out’ – Me So after ‘Mysterious Planet’, most opinion seems to have it that the next story ‘Mindwarp’ is the highlight of this season, at least from the reviews I’ve seen. The DWM polls count Trial as one storyContinue reading “Mindwarp by Philip Martin (1986)”
The Mysterious Planet by Robert Holmes (1986)
‘Why do I have to sit here watching Peri getting upset, while two unsavoury adventurers bully a bunch of natives’ So ‘Doctor Who’ has been away for a year and a half. When we left it, the TARDIS was about to leave Necros after a pretty decent story – it was Blackpool bound. We re-joinContinue reading “The Mysterious Planet by Robert Holmes (1986)”
A Journal of Impossible Things 