Earthstory: Malus Come, Mr Wearp! - The Gunfighters / The Awakening 20th June 2011

[Dave Tudor]

Hat Story

[Awesome Wells]

Apparently it's very, very good too...

It is, actually... provided you can cope with extended Levinery. Donald Tosh in particular is excellent.

No bouncing ball, sing-a-long The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon then? Booo!

No, but there is a full version of it over the photo gallery. Although if you've already sat through the four episodes, you'll be more than ready to give Lynda Baron a spot of frontier justice...

[Larry]

It doesn't look quite right does it?

all looks a bit to green to me..

[Si Hunt]

It looks very much like a bell to me.

Si.

[brandynigma]

Hat Story

Maybe that's how we got it!

"What are we going to call this set?"
"Er... Hat Story?"

Then suddenly a magical Christopher Bidmead appeared and anagrammed us to the set name we see now...

[Awesome Wells]

What has happened to Eric Saward? He seems to be morphing into a Hollyoaks judge-era Colin Baker.

[Rob McCow]

"Ooo, Eric, it's aged you."
"What has?"
"TIME."

To be fair, I don't think Eric has really aged that badly. It's about 25 years since he left the show. He's rounder in the face for sure, but it's that haircut that really makes him look different to how he did in the 80's.

[Si Hunt]

He's turning into Lynda Barron if you ask me.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

So if any stuttering Northern grocers start bothering him...

[Simon R]

Maybe if he wasn't such a bitter and miserable old troll, consumed with all his gloom then he wouldn't look so grim.

[Stuart Wallis]

I'm almost tempted to suggest that he's distantly related to Ray Cusick...

[Larry]

mine is on it's way.

[stuartdg]

has arrived

[SiHart]

Sainsburys have decided I can have a copy of this and have posted it this morning.

[Stuart Wallis]

Have you got Nectar points with it?

[SiHart]

I did and stunningly, it was here by the time I got home!

[Rob McCow]

Every man, woman and child in this village is involved in these war games except YOU. WHY?!

Is today's new DVD-based quote to remember forever!

[Matthew T]

Every man, woman and child in this village is involved in these war games except YOU. WHY?!

Is today's new DVD-based quote to remember forever!

God yes! I mustve heard that about 100 times while checking out the extras. Almost made me want to watch the story to find out who he was referring to, but not quite!

The commentary on The Gunfighters is excellent.

[Stephen Morgan]

The commentary on The Gunfighters is excellent.

So is the documentary examing the third series as a whole. I really enjoyed it.

[Rob McCow]

Hooray for Peter Purves! The 'End of The Line' documentary was absolutely superb! It gave an excellent feel for the sweeping changes that happened over the course of the third year and the start of the fourth. There was a shocking appearance of a Rill - a real moment where we had to rewind the DVD and check what we'd just seen was real!

All of the contributors were superb. It makes it seem a real shame that more of Season 3doesn't exist, even though it might not be that great.

Also, I thought the 'Terry Nation's Input Into The Daleks Masterplan' anecdote was somewhat unfinished. I'm sure when he opened the brown envelope containing the scripts that there were only 10 pages of notes! But the story as told seems to stop short of this.

[Stephen Morgan]

...I thought the 'Terry Nation's Input Into The Daleks Masterplan' anecdote was somewhat unfinished. I'm sure when he opened the brown envelope containing the scripts that there were only 10 pages of notes! But the story as told seems to stop short of this.

You weren't on your own there, I thought exactly the same.

[Si Hunt]

What is it with the woman who writes the inlay blurb making out the 8th Doctor tried on a Wyatt Earp costume?! He didn't! So her entire little anecdote thing doesn't make sense!

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

Every man, woman and child in this village is involved in these war games except YOU. WHY?!

Because I moved out of the village thirteen years ago! Don't you ever pay attention?!

[Rob McCow]

We did the commentary for The Awakening - I suspect Eric Saward's drinks were spiked, because he was actually complimentary about a few things, including Matt Smith as the Doctor.

[Jason Thompson]

What is it with the woman who writes the inlay blurb making out the 8th Doctor tried on a Wyatt Earp costume?! He didn't! So her entire little anecdote thing doesn't make sense!

Si.

I spotted that as well. It's particularly annoying since not only did the character whose costume it was state early on that it was Wild Bill Hickock, but there was even an echoey voiceover repeat of the line as the Doctor pulled out the costume....