Dr Who

[wellinghall]

Today's Times has a picture of a costume from a Dr Who story of 1978, which will be auctioned next week. (I don't see it online, but I can send you one person a clipping.)

Did anyone see Mastermind last Friday? It had a round on Dr Who in the 1970s. Sadly, we missed it; I must remember to download it before this Friday.

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[segh.livejournal.com]

*puts up hand*
*adopts winning smile*

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Sold to the lady in the third row!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I've bought the paper, but not yet looked at it, so am unable to regale you with details about the costume, story, how fandom rates it, etc., as I otherwise would.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

And I was relying on you for that ... ;-)

(It's in the Times 2 section, page 15, top right corner).

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

Surprisingly, they've got everything right - it is the costume of one of the Graff Vynda K's guard from The Ribos Operation, the first of the 'Key to Time' season. One of the costumes was worn by Tom Baker himself, when the Doctor was in disguise. It's a very curious story to start a season on, short on action, and there is a climax which is strong narratively but lacks punch on screen.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that.