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Richard Franklin: Doctor Who and Emmerdale actor dies aged 87

RIP Captain Mike Yates

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/dec/25/richard-franklin-doctor-who-and-emmerdale-actor-dies-aged-87

Richard Franklin: Doctor Who and Emmerdale actor dies aged 87

Family say actor died in his sleep on Christmas morning after a long-term illness

The Guardian

Reminiscing about Remembrance Of The Daleks

New entry in my blog about media that shaped me growing up - my first memory of TV is the famous cliffhanger to part 1....

https://thisisyesterday.org/2023/12/15/doctor-who-the-remembrance-of-the-daleks/

DOCTOR WHO – THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS

There was always going to have to be at least one Doctor Who story for this blog and if there was only going to be one it would have to be Remembrance Of The Daleks. It’s actually a complete …

This Is Yesterday

Lost Doctor Who episodes found – but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC

As sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary nears, a collector pleads for BBC to offer amnesty to those with recordings discarded by corporation

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/11/lost-doctor-who-episodes-found-owner-reluctant-to-hand-them-to-bbc

Lost Doctor Who episodes found – but owner is reluctant to hand them to BBC

As sci-fi show’s 60th anniversary nears, a collector pleads for BBC to offer amnesty to those with recordings discarded by corporation

The Guardian

Doctor Who's first Dalek story colourised for new feature-length revamp

Well this could be very interesting indeed... Obviously the main question is how on earth can they cut anything from that story down to 75 minutes when it's already such a lean script with no padding at all?!?...

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-daleks-colourised-newsupdate/

Doctor Who's first Dalek story colourised for new feature-length revamp

The seven-part serial has been re-edited with a new musical score.

Radio Times

Doctor Who missing stories animations to continue, more Hartnell likely

It's nice to know that they're planning to do some more Hartnell animations. Although The Smugglers would seem like quite an odd choice

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-missing-stories-animated-hartnell-newsupdate/

Doctor Who missing stories animations to continue, more Hartnell likely

Plans are afoot for more animated revamps of missing episodes following the release of The Underwater Menace.

Radio Times

"Costume Time" be The Other End Comics

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Biden campaign joins Trump’s Truth Social platform

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The Kindly Ones - Jonathan Littell

I finally finished this book this week (I took a year long break somewhere around page 400) and it's left an impression but I'm still not sure what I think.... #books

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kindly_Ones_(Littell_novel)

The Kindly Ones (Littell novel) - Wikipedia

I mean my options as a fan growing up in the wilderness years was basically whatever I had on video/whatever I could borrow or copy off someone else.

And my options now as a father are quite limited to 'does it have Daleks/Cybermen in?' That said he watched Midnight recently. He thought it was really funny.

What’s the Best Order to Watch (All of) Doctor Who?

With every available Doctor Who episode and its wife coming to BBC iPlayer on November 1, how should you approach a Classic and NuWho rewatch? We have options...

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/whats-the-best-order-to-watch-all-of-doctor-who/

What’s the Best Order to Watch (All of) Doctor Who?

With every available Doctor Who episode and its wife coming to BBC iPlayer on November 1, how should you approach a Classic and NuWho rewatch? We have options...

Den of Geek