Whospotting

[Jon Masters]

I watched an episode of Undermind (very cultish 1960's TV show about sinister brainwashed individuals trying to overthrow society) last night that featured Alydon from the first Dalek Movie and Dortmund from the second!

There's a bevvy of Doctor Who stars in there, from Michael Gough to Philip Latham, Peter Barkworth and that-guy-who-played-Lesterson. The lead role is played by Jeremy Wilkin, who was Kellman in Revenge of the Cybermen. (Hope I've spelled those names right...)

And I believe you might recognise the names of the series creator, and the writer of the last 2 episodes.... (puts head back into book)

[Andrew Curnow]

Seek - Locate - Destroy for Blakes 7 yesterday, meaning of course the arrival of Jaqueline Pearce!! Also spotted Peter Miles there, as well as those funky wall panels from the likes of The Mutants, etc.

[Dave Tudor]

Seek - Locate - Destroy for Blakes 7 yesterday, meaning of course the arrival of Jaqueline Pearce!! Also spotted Peter Miles there, as well as those funky wall panels from the likes of The Mutants, etc.

Plus the bloke from the cafe in Birmingham!

Watched the last half of 'Goldfinger' on telly the other day, and as well as Honor Blackman and Burt Kwouk, it also featured the WOTAN sound effects from 'The War Machines'.

[Andrew Curnow]

Mission to Destiny on the Blakes 7 front this morning, a slightly lacklustre whodunit set on a mysterious ship - not mysterious in plot terms, but mysterious in that it was made up of a bizarre mix of film and video!! It also sported the self-same style of doorhandle as the TARDIS in the 80s (ie, the sort of square handle the Doctor tied his scarf to in Castrovalva).

Spotted aboard: John Leeson; Drax from The Armageddon Factor; Nimrod from Ghost Light (also in Planet of the Spiders); Bulic from Warriors of the Deep... and Mr Hopwood from Grange Hill!!!

A rich seam of 'spotting' indeed!!!

[Perry Vale]

Burn Gorman (Torchwood) in the immense pile of shite that is Pacific Rim, seemingly channelling William Hartnell and acting like he'd come through a time portal from 1950s BBC using phrases like "By jove"....

Also Hollyoaks, where one of the more recent arrivals to the soap is a fan who named his three daughters Leela, Tegan and Peri.

[Dirk Gently]

Peter Capaldi is still to be seen, being brilliantly underhand, in The Musketeers; which I'm still enjoying.

[Stuart Wallis]

Also Hollyoaks, where one of the more recent arrivals to the soap is a fan who named his three daughters Leela, Tegan and Peri.

Just as well they weren't his sons...

George Pravda and Philip Locke in Thunderball.

[Perry Vale]

I was putting out some new cds at work the other day, and someone had printed the sticker for the new Jim Capaldi cd as Peter Capaldi by mistake. Does that count?

[Andrew Curnow]

I forgot to mention last week's new Midsomer Murders, which was a bit like an End of Time reunion! Bernard Cribbins, Jacqueline King and June Whitfield! Laila Rouass (The Death of the Doctor) was in it too.

In case any of you have taped but not yet seen it, I won't reveal which of the above turns out to be the murderer......

[Stuart Wallis]

I was putting out some new cds at work the other day, and someone had printed the sticker for the new Jim Capaldi cd as Peter Capaldi by mistake. Does that count?

Shh! they're valuable rarities now!

[Logo Polish]

Seek - Locate - Destroy for Blakes 7 yesterday, meaning of course the arrival of Jaqueline Pearce!! Also spotted Peter Miles there, as well as those funky wall panels from the likes of The Mutants, etc.

Also Ian Cullen, who was Ixta in The Aztecs, John Bryans, who was Torvin in The Creature from the Pit, and Peter Craze, who was Dako in The Space Museum, Du Pont in The War Games, and Costa in Nightmare of Eden.

[Wayne]

We've been ploughing through Silent Witness, including an episode where Geoffrey Beevers played a vicar who helped to end the life of aids sufferers....
Very good he was in the role, too.

[Andrew Curnow]

This weekend's B7 update is Duel, featuring Isla Blair and Patsy "Make an 'orse sick" Smart as guest aliens. I'm not 100% sure (although I'm sure Si will know) but was Isla wearing a reused Axon bodysuit?

Oh, and Douglas Camfield directed which probably accounts for why it was such an enjoyable episode, despite a pretty slim premise.

[Dave Tudor]

was Isla wearing a reused Axon bodysuit?

I'm not sure myself, but I know it was rather, er, revealing...

Oh, and Douglas Camfield directed which probably accounts for why it was such an enjoyable episode, despite a pretty slim premise.

Also accounts for it being the only 'Blake's 7' episode without Dudley Simpson's incidental music. You'd have thought they might have sorted out their differences by then!

[Andrew Curnow]

I'm not sure myself, but I know it was rather, er, revealing...

Yes, I noticed that it looked like it was rather a chilly night on the planet.

And I'd forgotten about the Camfield/Simpson business - I'd registered the sparse incidentals, but not twigged the reason why.

[Nyder]

What were their differences - artistic?


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[Andrew Curnow]

Wasn't it to do with Camfield believing that Dudley was paid a lot more than he actually was, and when Dudley denied it Camfield just would not believe it? I remember eading about it years ago, and it sounded a bit daft - one of those misunderstandings that maybe gets a little out of hand?

[Alex]

I watched (and thoroughly enjoyed) Thor The Dark World last night, but it was only when the credits rolled that I remembered that it was Christopher Ecclestone as the main villain. Whilst I'd been watching it I'd thought he was okay, but funnily enough I'd found his voice was a bit irritating and oddly lightweight.

[Rob McCow]

Lots of Nether-realms have a north? The Dark World was good but I think suffered from being too much like every other super-hero film, so it was probably a problem with me rather than the film itself!

As for Eccleston? A bit lost in the rubber suit, I thought. Save your best actors for the human roles and give this stuff to people like The Rock!

[Andrew Curnow]

Ep 9 of Blakes 7 (Project Avalon) gives us an obvious spot in David Bailie... well, I say obvious, actually it took me ten minutes before I realised why I recognised him. And also Stuart Fell. I sort of think I recognised the wizened old Federation scientist chap, but I don't know why.

And this morning's penultimate Season 1 ep of B5 gave a return for yer man who played the Brigadier-alike in Scream of the Shalka. (You'll let me know if I'm giving too much detail won't you.)

[Stuart Wallis]

And I thought I was vague!

[SiHart]

Troughton and Sheard in a great episode of The Sweeney

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[Rob McCow]

That's a cracking good episode! Always good to see Troughton playing something different and he makes for a thoroughly nasty second-hand car salesman.

[Nyder]

A young Valentine Dyall in the 1945 film "I Know Where I'm Going!" Also in the film was John Laurie, who actually choreographed the Ceilidh!


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[Stuart Wallis]

Does the Ceilidh ride a bicycle?