Greg Buzwell
@gregbuzwell.bsky.social
Curator of Contemporary Literary Archives at the British Library. Co-curator of Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition. Loves literature, Doctor Who, the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe and anything spooky.
It’s the Season 13 story I’ve seen the fewest times, which is telling. Salamar (Prentis Hancock) is a painful to watch one-note ball of lunacy but otherwise it has its moments. Baker and Sladen are great (but then they always are) and it looks pretty good. You can’t beat a 1970s BBC studio jungle.
October 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s the Season 13 story I’ve seen the fewest times, which is telling. Salamar (Prentis Hancock) is a painful to watch one-note ball of lunacy but otherwise it has its moments. Baker and Sladen are great (but then they always are) and it looks pretty good. You can’t beat a 1970s BBC studio jungle.
Oh, gosh, that brings back memories … I graduated 35 years ago and at the time the ‘d’ in ‘good’ was disappearing making the sentence a rather curious ‘Ah Goo the Sea’. I’m impressed it’s still there. It’s reassuring somehow…
October 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oh, gosh, that brings back memories … I graduated 35 years ago and at the time the ‘d’ in ‘good’ was disappearing making the sentence a rather curious ‘Ah Goo the Sea’. I’m impressed it’s still there. It’s reassuring somehow…
Probably my favourite Hammer film, and certainly the one I’ve seen the greatest number of times. Barbara Shelley rather steals the show (understandably, as she’s terrific in this) but I’ve always had a soft spot for Suzan Farmer. The cute, likeable blonde amidst all the swirling Gothic chaos …
October 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Probably my favourite Hammer film, and certainly the one I’ve seen the greatest number of times. Barbara Shelley rather steals the show (understandably, as she’s terrific in this) but I’ve always had a soft spot for Suzan Farmer. The cute, likeable blonde amidst all the swirling Gothic chaos …
Probably my favourite Hammer film and I must have watched it a dozen times over the years. It’s so stylish, and Lee is superb, but for me it’s Barbara Shelley and Suzan Farmer who really steal the show. They’re both pitch perfect and they work so incredibly well together.
September 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Probably my favourite Hammer film and I must have watched it a dozen times over the years. It’s so stylish, and Lee is superb, but for me it’s Barbara Shelley and Suzan Farmer who really steal the show. They’re both pitch perfect and they work so incredibly well together.
The Time Monster is actually rather wonderful. Certainly in the Top 5 Pertwee stories and I say that as a Pertwee fan.
August 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The Time Monster is actually rather wonderful. Certainly in the Top 5 Pertwee stories and I say that as a Pertwee fan.
Ah, that’s really interesting … I’ve read about seven of her books and I’ve loved them all, but A View of the Harbour was the first one I read and it remains my favourite. How curious …
July 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Ah, that’s really interesting … I’ve read about seven of her books and I’ve loved them all, but A View of the Harbour was the first one I read and it remains my favourite. How curious …
Funnily enough I bought a copy the other day! I should get around to it in the next week or so.
April 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Funnily enough I bought a copy the other day! I should get around to it in the next week or so.