Doomwatch

[The Doctor]

I MUST HAVE THIS.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Joseph Furst in today's episode!

[Philip Ayres]

Not just Joseph Furst:

Oct 30, 2015 21:21:35 GMT Philip Ayres said:

Oct 30, 2015 21:06:55 GMT blueshift said:

I have just remembered about that one ep which shared the sets from Ambassadors of Death! That should be interesting.

www.cathoderaytube.co.uk/2012/09/classic-doctor-who-ambassadors-of-death.html

The cockpit for Recovery 7 was a set built and jointly financed by the Doctor Who and Doomwatch (1970-72) production teams to reduce costs. Dicks notes that the Doomwatch team had sent a memo to them regarding storylines, suggesting they both confer about upcoming episodes to avoid reproducing themes and ideas, but nothing further came out of that mooted collaboration. Overseen by the two designers working on these episodes, Ian Watson and David Myerscough-Jones, the set debuted in the Doomwatch episode, Re-Entry Forbidden. This was recorded two days before The Ambassadors of Death which subsequently used a modified version of the set that also included an airlock.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomwatch

It exists!

archivetvmusings.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/doomwatch-why-isnt-it-available-on-dvd/

And on it's original VT

Silurians/Ambassadors of Death control panels, Ambassadors of Death space ship sets

[Pinwig]

Oh wow! It has to be said what I've seen of this series so far feels like an adult version of Pertwee's first season, it's very similar in tone but obviously with the sci-fi element grounded more in reality. Very talky, but very engaging. Re-Entry Forbidden is another superb story.

[The Doctor]

Might need to get the dvd of this now.

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

£12 on Amazon. DONE.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

50p an episode! Well worth it.

I am currently watching an episode called THE DEVIL'S SWEETS.

[Pinwig]

Blimey 2.01 is something else. So much going on in that it's riveting. There's an underlying bleakness that reminds me of Survivors, and I love the way the writing combines character development and plot in equal measure.

[The Doctor]

I have still never seen an episode of the original Survivors and, er, at the moment no wish to do so. I watched the first series of the remake but it never really got going so I skipped the second series.

The Big Finish version gets rave reviews but, er, not something I want to listen to at this time.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Doomwatch 2.4 - Anthony Ainley!

[Pinwig]

Doomwatch 2.5 - Olaf Pooley!

This episode seriously messed with my head. Not only does it include the most bizarre suicide attempt ever, but features Nursie from Blackadder II as housewife of the week, mother to Sally Thomsett playing a schoolgirl at the age of 21, a year after pretending to be 11 in The Railway Children. Coupled with a trio of upper school boys all clearly played by men in their late twenties.

[Pinwig]

Jackpot! Doomwatch 2.9 - Patrick Troughton!

[The Doctor]

I may get on to this when SeaQuest finishes.

-Ralph

[Pinwig]

And Andromeda.

[Andy Turnbull]

A bloody dreadful show.