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!