Doctor Who: Redacted
2x03 Underground
[Listen to it (again) on BBC Sounds.]
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Livestream
WeeklyMTG | Universes Beyond Doctor Who x Magic: The Gathering
For the first time in ages, I've had a little debate about what category this falls under — it's a livestream, which I watched live (on Twitch, I think the first time I've ever done that)... although it turned out to be prerecorded, so that was kinda pointless.
Anyway, the important thing is that it was all about revealing a load of Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who cards, including all the main Doctors and their primary companions (they promised there are more companions in the sets, which is exciting, and they didn't show the War Doctor or Fugitive Doctor cards, which have been confirmed previously). Even more excitingly, for me, they showed off most of the Saga cards — a total of 19 cards, each based on a Who story. They premiered seven in the stream, and ten more have been revealed previously, so there are still two unknown. Can't wait to find out what they are.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
For the first time in ages, I've had a little debate about what category this falls under — it's a livestream, which I watched live (on Twitch, I think the first time I've ever done that)... although it turned out to be prerecorded, so that was kinda pointless.
Anyway, the important thing is that it was all about revealing a load of Magic: The Gathering Doctor Who cards, including all the main Doctors and their primary companions (they promised there are more companions in the sets, which is exciting, and they didn't show the War Doctor or Fugitive Doctor cards, which have been confirmed previously). Even more excitingly, for me, they showed off most of the Saga cards — a total of 19 cards, each based on a Who story. They premiered seven in the stream, and ten more have been revealed previously, so there are still two unknown. Can't wait to find out what they are.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]
Monday, 2 October 2023
TV
Doctor Who
7x19 Inferno Episode 1
My Doctor Who 60th celebrations move on to the Third Doctor now, and my choice is particularly noteworthy because it’s the only traditional TV serial in my celebration lineup. Why have I chosen to almost completely ignore Who’s native medium? Well, I haven’t really — there are multiple other TV broadcasts included, it's just that they’re either special-length episodes, or animations, or from that one season when Classic Who experimented with double-length episodes (so, yes, really speaking you could count that as a “traditional TV serial” too).
As for Inferno itself, I’ve been meaning to get to it for a while, because I’ve become aware of how well-regarded it is; an impression that was most recently cemented by it ranking 1st among all Third Doctor stories in DWM’s 60th anniversary poll. That surprised me a little (when I was younger, at least, it never seemed to be talked about as one of his best; stories like Spearhead from Space (3rd in DWM's poll), The Daemons (4th), and The Green Death (2nd) came up more often), so now I’m going to see what all the fuss is about.
7x19 Inferno Episode 1
My Doctor Who 60th celebrations move on to the Third Doctor now, and my choice is particularly noteworthy because it’s the only traditional TV serial in my celebration lineup. Why have I chosen to almost completely ignore Who’s native medium? Well, I haven’t really — there are multiple other TV broadcasts included, it's just that they’re either special-length episodes, or animations, or from that one season when Classic Who experimented with double-length episodes (so, yes, really speaking you could count that as a “traditional TV serial” too).
As for Inferno itself, I’ve been meaning to get to it for a while, because I’ve become aware of how well-regarded it is; an impression that was most recently cemented by it ranking 1st among all Third Doctor stories in DWM’s 60th anniversary poll. That surprised me a little (when I was younger, at least, it never seemed to be talked about as one of his best; stories like Spearhead from Space (3rd in DWM's poll), The Daemons (4th), and The Green Death (2nd) came up more often), so now I’m going to see what all the fuss is about.
Sunday, 1 October 2023
Films
Partners in Crime (1961)
[#74 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Road to Utopia (1945)
[#73 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
[#74 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Road to Utopia (1945)
[#73 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
No new reviews were published to 100Films.co.uk this week, but as it's the first day of a new month, there's a monthly review...
More next Sunday — and, for once, there (almost) definitely will be, because there's the other half of my monthly review (the "failures") to post yet.
More next Sunday — and, for once, there (almost) definitely will be, because there's the other half of my monthly review (the "failures") to post yet.
Saturday, 30 September 2023
TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
31x02 Episode 2
Richard Osman's House of Games
7x02 Week 1: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
31x02 Episode 2
Richard Osman's House of Games
7x02 Week 1: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Death on the Nile (2022)
[2nd watch]
[#71 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
[#72 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
[2nd watch]
[#71 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
The Man Who Was Nobody (1960)
[#72 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Three new additions this week, of which the biggest (in every respect) is The Wicker Man on 4K. Despite being one of StudioCanal's fancy big-box editions (with five discs, including a music CD, and a bunch of posters and art cards and whatnot), because it replaces my old Blu-ray copy it actually does almost nothing to the numbers below (but the other two additions do, of course). Still, it's a definite upgrade: all three cuts in 4K (meaning the Director's Cut jumps from an SD NTSC-to-PAL conversion straight to 4K), plus some new special features (as well as all the old ones). Now, I just need to actually watch it — when I last saw the film, the Director's Cut didn't even exist, never mind the Final Cut.
Number of titles in collection: 3,161 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,022 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,139 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 298 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,726 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,880 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 342 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,621 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,079 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Three new additions this week, of which the biggest (in every respect) is The Wicker Man on 4K. Despite being one of StudioCanal's fancy big-box editions (with five discs, including a music CD, and a bunch of posters and art cards and whatnot), because it replaces my old Blu-ray copy it actually does almost nothing to the numbers below (but the other two additions do, of course). Still, it's a definite upgrade: all three cuts in 4K (meaning the Director's Cut jumps from an SD NTSC-to-PAL conversion straight to 4K), plus some new special features (as well as all the old ones). Now, I just need to actually watch it — when I last saw the film, the Director's Cut didn't even exist, never mind the Final Cut.
Number of titles in collection: 3,161 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,022 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,139 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 298 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 7,726 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,880 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 342 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,621 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,079 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 29 September 2023
Fiction
Doctor Who: The Nameless City by Michael Scott
Chapters 2–5 [the end]
That completes the Second Doctor portion of my 60th anniversary celebrations. Another really good little story, I thought — this collection is two for two so far.
A brief pause for the weekend now (which is why I got through Fury in three days instead of six), and then on to the Third Doctor.
Chapters 2–5 [the end]
That completes the Second Doctor portion of my 60th anniversary celebrations. Another really good little story, I thought — this collection is two for two so far.
A brief pause for the weekend now (which is why I got through Fury in three days instead of six), and then on to the Third Doctor.
Games
The Dragon Staff of Maladoria
23–28 March 2021
Unusually, didn't have time for this yesterday, so have caught up by simply playing two days' worth today (no point overcomplicating it by spreading those skipped days over several play-days). And that turned out to be fortuitous, because the 24th to 26th are just about companions you can employ for the next part of the adventure, while the weekend of 27th/28th is just a shopping exercise.
23–28 March 2021
Unusually, didn't have time for this yesterday, so have caught up by simply playing two days' worth today (no point overcomplicating it by spreading those skipped days over several play-days). And that turned out to be fortuitous, because the 24th to 26th are just about companions you can employ for the next part of the adventure, while the weekend of 27th/28th is just a shopping exercise.
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Fiction
Doctor Who: The Nameless City by Michael Scott
Prologue + Chapter 1
The second in the 11/12/13 Doctors, 11/12/13 Stories series, to finish off the Second Doctor portion of my 60th anniversary celebrations. Despite these books only being short (calling them novellas feels a stretch — their long-ish short stories), I managed to start this one today but didn't find time to finish it. Tomorrow, hopefully.
Prologue + Chapter 1
The second in the 11/12/13 Doctors, 11/12/13 Stories series, to finish off the Second Doctor portion of my 60th anniversary celebrations. Despite these books only being short (calling them novellas feels a stretch — their long-ish short stories), I managed to start this one today but didn't find time to finish it. Tomorrow, hopefully.
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