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Future Revisitations @futurerevisited.bsky.social · 4h

7. OTD 1966. The next entry was Hugh Leonard’s ‘Second Childhood’, starring Nigel Stock as Charles Dennistoun, the recipient of a new rejuvenation process. Although the episode is now lost, here’s a rare audio clip of the process being explained to Charles by its creator Dr Keppler (Hugo Shuster).

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 2d

OTD 1992 - UK Gold is launched & this devotee of the show, desperate to view archive Doctor Who, begins stocking up on blank VHS tapes.
This channel jingle quickly became synonymous with my first viewings of many surviving Hartnell episodes. Such a wonderful time.

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 2d

OTD 1992 - UK Gold is launched & this devotee of the show, desperate to view archive Doctor Who, begins stocking up on blank VHS tapes.
This channel jingle quickly became synonymous with my first viewings of many surviving Hartnell episodes. Such a wonderful time.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 2d

NEWS: Toby Hadoke Podcast

Toby Hadoke, plus a host of Doctor Who luminaries, have recorded a very special podcast about missing episodes. Fantasy Film Cans (Part One) is, as Toby states: ‘Pure fantasy: a parlour game turned into a podcast.’ But what great fun!

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 2d

So many wonderfully staged moments - including some subtle but very effective shot directions (the simplicity of the camera pushing to a close-up of Baker, as the Dr suddenly realises that Sutekh is building a rocket, always springs to mind).

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 3d

A great way to subvert audience expectations here - a favourite of mine too, nicely structured plot and plenty of engaging characters.

26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 3d

Revisiting The Curse of Peladon & I’m reminded just how good a performance Alan Bennion provides as Izlyr.
Augmenting Sylvia James‘s superb make-up work, Bennion works wonders with timing, inflection, gesture & posture - and it’s all beautifully sustained throughout each episode.
Such a fine actor.

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 4d

Absolutely - such a fine actor 👍

26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 4d

“Is that bang big enough for you Brigadier?”
So many quotable lines & brilliantly staged moments. Easily in my top 5 favourite stories from the classic series.

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 5d

Here’s one of my favourite (and admittedly very short-lived!) Hardy roles:

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 5d

Ah yes, I think he was working as a production assistant on Hartnell’s last story? Fabulous director - one of my favourites from the classic series.

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 5d

OTD 1966.
William Hartnell takes his bow, just eight episodes into Season 4. The change of lead actor would usher in a key component of the show‘s mythology, one that would help to secure it a longevity no one to that point could have foreseen.
It is of course far from all over…

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 6d

Now revisiting ‘The Curse of Peladon’. My earliest memories of watching this in the 70s are now as steeped in flickering darkness as those shadowy castle corridors, but I do vividly recall avidly reading Hayle’s Target novelisation - for who could forget those impactful Alan Willow illustrations? 👇🙂

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 7d

Ah yes, great points - I recall Pertwee was very anxious about taking on the role, so I can well imagine his agitation when they moved on so quickly.

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 7d

Curious indeed - I wonder if we’ll ever know why? The production history of the show was certainly a chequered one at times!

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 7d

Remembering Peter Bryant, born OTD 1923.
Script Editor, Associate Producer & then full-time Producer for an absolutely extraordinary run of stories in the Patrick Troughton era.
Such a superb legacy - can we just have a little bit more of it back please? 🙂

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 9d

Finished ’Day of the Daleks’ yesterday - a pleasure to revisit after many years.
And multiple viewings hasn’t blunted my fondness for Pertwee’s performance here - he’s completely on form throughout, especially the measured intensity with which he delivers these now immortal lines…

Screenshots of Jon Pertwee as the Doctor in the 1972 story ‘Day of the Daleks’, overlayed with the dialogue: “You're trapped in a temporal paradox! Styles didn't cause that explosion and start the wars. You did it yourselves!”

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 11d

Even as an audio only experience, ‘The Destruction of Time’ is devastatingly effective - I never tire of listening this 👍

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 11d

The casual looking chap in the raincoat in this photo may be a ‘predictable’ guess (given the extent of his output), but from a classic series perspective I’m going to hazard the likes of Louis Marks or Robert Sloman (if for no other reason that they simply came to mind just now! 🙂)

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 11d

OTD 1976.
The more I revisit Sarah Jane Smith’s departure, the more I come to appreciate the cleverness of the writing & the subtle staging of those closing scenes.
Performances pitched just at the right level, complemented by some very sensitive direction from Lennie Mayne.

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 11d

Excellent - skipping about here like Troughton in a Tam-O-Shanter to celebrate…
Looking forward to hearing this - always a joy to listen to 👍

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Tim - Missing Episodes Podcast @missingepisodespod.bsky.social · 11d

It's Episode 17 of The Doctor Who Missing Episodes Podcast - THE HIGHLANDERS

With the brilliant Gav Rymill and Rhys Williams. New info and our best to date!

All shares much appreciated. Links below 👇

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 12d

Absolutely - they often put me in mind of Jo Grant & Pertwee’s Dr 🙂

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 12d

Absolutely - and looking forward to this release immensely. So many things to admire about this season 👍
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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 13d

With Season 13 gracing the shelves, I recalled one of the many things that makes ‘Terror of the Zygons‘ such a joy to watch - quite simply, it’s that beautifully staged cut to a close-up of Baker replying how the sea “may be calm, but its never empty”.
Timing, framing, intonation - all perfect 🙂

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26 Glorious Years @26gloriousyears.bsky.social · 12d

A fine series with multiple charms. Thinking about the multiple crossovers with DW, here’s a little bit of photoshop fun I indulged in a few years back 🙂

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