Visit the official Doctor Who website

Visit the official Doctor Who website
Look to the future

Asylum seekers...

Asylum seekers...
Refuge of the Daleks

Doctor Who picture resource

Doctor Who picture resource
Roam the space lanes!

Explore the Doctor Who classic series website

Explore the Doctor Who classic series website
Step back in time

Infiltrate The Hub of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood

Infiltrate The Hub of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood
Armed and extremely dangerous

Investigate The Sarah Jane Adventures

Investigate The Sarah Jane Adventures
Fearless in the face of adversity

Call on Dani’s House

Call on Dani’s House
Harmer’s a charmer

Intercept the UFO fabsite

Intercept the UFO fabsite
Defending the Earth against alien invaders!

Uncover the secrets of the Dollhouse

Uncover the secrets of the Dollhouse
Programmable agent Echo exposed!

Hell’s belles

Hell’s belles
Naughty but nice

Love Exposure

Love Exposure
Flash photography!

Primeval portal

Primeval portal
Dressed to kill or damsels in distress?

Charmed, to be sure!

Charmed, to be sure!
The witches of San Francisco

Take on t.A.T.u.

Take on t.A.T.u.
All the way from Moscow

Proceed to the Luther website

Proceed to the Luther website
John and Jenny discuss their next move

DCI Banks is on the case

DCI Banks is on the case
You can bet on it!

On The Grid with Spooks

On The Grid with Spooks
Secret agents of Section D

Bridge to Hustle

Bridge to Hustle
Shady characters

Life on Ashes To Ashes

Life on Ashes To Ashes
Coppers with a chequered past

Claire’s no Exile

Claire’s no Exile
Goose steps

Vexed is back on the beat!

Vexed is back on the beat!
Mismatched DI Armstrong and bright fast-tracker Georgina Dixon

Medium, both super and natural

Medium, both super and natural
Open the door to your dreams

Who’s that girl? (350-picture Slideshow)

Wednesday 2 April 2008

Keeping Who Covered





Having no sooner got back from the newsagents, after acquiring all six “Doctor Who” DVDs courtesy of The Sun giveaway, I now have to make a return visit, pronto, if I’m to pick up all four versions of this week’s Radio Times while stocks last! My favourite cover is the one on which the Ood looms large, not least because it also happens to be the one on which la Donna is least visible!! Miss Tate has her knockers, it’s true, but never let it be said that I am one of them! My impartiality is exposed for all to see!! Otherwise, why would I post four blooming great pictures of the lovely lofty lassie?!!

Guest stars are pictured in abundance including Phil Davis, recently seen as Wilfrid Brambell in “The Curse of Steptoe”, as Lucius together with Peter Capaldi as Caecillius whom I remember playing rocker Zeno Vedast in “Some Lie and Some Die”, one of my favourite Inspector Wexford “Ruth Rendell Mysteries”. Shame they didn’t see fit to include former “Howards’ Way” actress Tracey Childs as Metella in the picture, who also features in “The Hanky-Panky of Frankie”, as well as spell Capaldi’s character’s name correctly! Ladies exhibiting their wares include Sarah Hotpot as Miss Lager, from the opening episode “Pilchards in Brine”, and Velocity Mint Cake as Lady Edible with Vanilla Thermal Undies as “Marble Sponge Pudding” creator Marathon Christ Knows, both featuring in “The Horny Horse and the Hornet”.

The Ood cover features Tim McInnerny as Mr Halpen. Dunno what he likes for breakfast but he’s best known for playing the Chancellor of the Exchequer in “Blackadder Goes Forth”! Oh, hang on, I’ve got my facts slightly muddled… Tim was Captain Darling in the final series of “Blackadder”, not Alistair Darling!! I can only imagine the misunderstandings that might arise from such a problematical surname. Picture Prime Monster Gordon Brown addressing this formidable financial fellow, by said surname in the Gents, with the conversation being overheard by an undercover police officer… Anyway, don’t forget to tune into “Doctor Who” this Saturday evening, at 8.30pm on BBC Four, for what promises to be the start of an exciting adventure!

8 comments:

Andrew Glazebrook said...

You can never have enough copy's of the Radio Times, that's what I say ! :)

TimeWarden said...

I might forget when it's on without them, Andrew!

Steve said...

Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis - ok. At least two reasons to tune in and give a go then.

TimeWarden said...

Agree with you on Phil, Steve. His was the one episode of "Ashes to Ashes" I missed, unfortunately! But, I've seen him in many other productions of which my favourite is probably "Births, Marriages and Deaths", with Ray Winstone and Maggie O'Neill. I enjoyed him as Smallweed in "Bleak House", too.

Regarding Sarah, she was good as Mrs Corney in the recent version of "Oliver Twist" whereas, hitherto, I don't think I'd seen her in anything, her soap credentials putting me off! I'm not a fan of "Corrie" or "Where the Heart Is"!!

Steve said...

I agree with you about her soap stuff... but she was excellent in a drama that was on TV a while ago co-starring Lorcan Cranitch about a man falsely arrested and imprisoned for child abuse... can't think what it was called though.

TimeWarden said...

"My Fragile Heart" and it was aired by ITV in September 2000. I like Lorcan Cranitch. As well as "Cracker", I even watched him in "Ballykissangel"! I've even seen him in "The Bill"!!

Steve said...

Totally on the ball as always! ;-)

TimeWarden said...

I try my best!