Whospotting

[SiHart]

But it was hilarious! Even the dig at McCoy!

Si xx

[Simon R]

Tom looked very tanned and well. The McCoy dig was cheap and the Sontaran Experient refrence obscure but it was good overall.

[Si Hunt]

Tom looked in rude health, and JUST managed to pull off the "barking mad" persona that Brian Blessed nailed recently... but at times it felt like he was there to be loopy for the sake of it. I think it'd have worked better if the trend was for "normal" performances and he'd just come on and shocked everyone by being Tom. But we kind of expect them to be zany now, so he had a lot to live up to. The McCoy gag was old and tired and ruined an otherwise entertaining edition.

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

"I tried that once, in The Sontaran Experiment."

"Did it work?"

"****ing disaster."

[Simon R]

We've been watching Russell T's early 90s CBBC "Mandragora meets Fendahl meets Snakedance meets The Daemons" drama "Century Falls" which stars dear Bernard Kay, Dame Eileen Way (she adored cats so we adored Eileen) and the legendary Mary Wimbush who gives an excellent performance. Such a shame she's no longer with us as she could easily have popped up in the Sarah Jane Adventures.

[SiHart]

Richard Briers and the iconic Susan Engel were in the wonderful episode of Inspector Morse we watched last night, Death is Now My Neighbour.

Si xx

[Milky Tears]

Got to meet Courtney, Leeson, Bulloch, Pearce, Georgia Moffet and a dinky Katy Manning (nice matching gloves'n'boots) at Collectormania in Glasgow today.

Moffet and Manning were looking good.

[Pip Madeley]

Got to meet Courtney, Leeson, Bulloch, Pearce, Georgia Moffet and a dinky Katy Manning (nice matching gloves'n'boots) at Collectormania in Glasgow today.

Moffet and Manning were looking good.

I've had Manning and Leeson. True story.

[Stuart Wallis]

I've had Manning and Leeson. True story.

The mind boggles...

[Pip Madeley]

Not like that. Rude!

[Simon R]

We've been watching Tim Piggot Smith on the big screen, in colour, closer than ever before, so close you can feel his fire, so thrilling he must be there in "Quantum of Solange". He gets a credit on the opening titles for being in one scene.

[Pip Madeley]

I was surprised to see the Weed creature from Fury from the Deep appear at the end of 'Take That Comes To Town'...

[Stuart Wallis]

No, that was Jason Orange.

[Dirk Gently]

Jason Orange? Wasn't that a weapon used in Vietnam?

[Antony Cox]

Perhaps we should see his weapon to make sure?

[Andrew Curnow]

Jason Orange was surely Captain Scarlet's civilian brother?

[Pip Madeley]

Most of you oldies probably know this one, but Bettan from 'Genesis of the Daleks' is the Secret R Whites Lemonade Drinker's wife.

[Captain Tancredi]

Is constant nocturnal burping considered grounds for divorce?

[Andrew Curnow]

This is a question I've tackled many times, and the answer is (apparently) no. At least, not yet.

[Stuart Wallis]

Unless it's the other half's lover that's burping in your ear and waking you up in so doing.

[Paul Monk]

Earlier today I'm sure I saw Caroline John handing over an abandoned dog to the Blue Cross on a tv advert

[Si Hunt]

Yes, that IS her!

Si.

[Pip Madeley]

I prefer the way I worded it:

Caroline John's being a mean old bag who turns down a poor dog in need of a home in an appeal TV ad for a dog's charity

[Rob McCow]

Good old Colin Spaul turned up as a pub landlord in the final episode of Inspector Morse. He poured the whisky that probably killed him!

[Stuart Wallis]

Earlier today I'm sure I saw Caroline John handing over an abandoned dog to the Blue Cross on a tv advert

As Pip said, she seems to be doing a lot of that lately. A female Ebenezer Wallis - mean old bag indeed!