Frontios - Out Like A Summer Cloud now... Not a word to the Time Lords

**Rob McCow** · 15th Mar 2011, 8:53 AM

On I-Tunes? I hadn't heard about this before. I wonder what the picture quality is like?

**Si Hunt** · 15th Mar 2011, 9:47 AM

Why is this £14.99p?!

Si.

**Larry** · 20th Mar 2011, 7:46 PM

Originally Posted by Si Hunt

Why is this £14.99p?!

Si.

only £12.99 at Amazon..

**Junkyard** · 20th Mar 2011, 11:04 PM

Originally Posted by Rob McCow

On I-Tunes? I hadn't heard about this before. I wonder what the picture quality is like?

The picture quality is okay, at least on my PC. You can get 44 adventures from I-Tunes as Doctor Who: The Classic Series, mostly Tom Baker.

**Jonno** · 21st Mar 2011, 8:01 PM

£11.49 at Sendit.

**SiHart** · 31st Mar 2011, 12:47 PM

Textless image (thanks to Lee Binding)

**Rob McCow** · 31st Mar 2011, 12:55 PM

Would it be mean to say that that's the best cover Frontios has ever had?

**Stuart Wallis** · 1st Apr 2011, 3:11 PM

Depends on your definition of mean. If it happens to mean "right", then be as mean as you wish!

**Larry** · 1st Apr 2011, 7:03 PM

Originally Posted by Rob McCow

Would it be mean to say that that's the best cover Frontios has ever had?

don't think it's as good as the Target, novel cover.

**Rob McCow** · 2nd Apr 2011, 9:12 AM

Roundel OVERLOAD!!!!! Still looks great though!

**Larry** · 2nd Apr 2011, 9:44 AM

Originally Posted by Rob McCow

Roundel OVERLOAD!!!!! Still looks great though!

just looks a bit to greeny for my liking..

**SiHart** · 2nd Apr 2011, 10:00 AM

It's quite a green story really.

Si xx

**Si Hunt** · 2nd Apr 2011, 10:11 AM

Slightly missed chance to make the TARDIS roundels in the picture stretch up and join up with the ones behind the logo.

Si.

**SiHart** · 24th May 2011, 9:30 PM

According to HMV, this delightful DVD is on the way now. I had no idea it was due so soon!

**Andrew Curnow** · 24th May 2011, 10:33 PM

Well, you've got all that to look forward to haven't you...

**Rob McCow** · 27th May 2011, 6:20 PM

We have Frontios!

**Andrew Curnow** · 27th May 2011, 7:32 PM

Of course, if they'd held off twelve months and released this next year, we could have all had endless fun posting "thirty years!" type quotations...

**SiHart** · 27th May 2011, 7:53 PM

That's not right- it'll be 30 years in 2014! Even my maths can work that one out!

**Andrew Curnow** · 27th May 2011, 7:55 PM

Oh dear Lord, what was I thinking? I guess I won't be getting a badge for mathematical excellence now...

**SiHart** · 27th May 2011, 9:14 PM

Can I just say I love Frontios? What a witty script it has... and the deleted scenes with all the business with the Doctor screwdrivering Tegan and great fun too.

**Andrew Curnow** · 27th May 2011, 11:12 PM

Although I'm not so anti-Caves these days, I'd still say Frontios is really Peter's last great story. Not just a well-made, moody story with a clever plot, but there are also some really great character moments - two particular favourites with me are firstly, the relish with which Mark Strickson says "the DOOMED planet Earth" and second is the rather lovely exchange between Norna and Turlough, where she tells him "it was a child's answer, made sense at the time... He said, the earth was... hungry."

Not to mention the hours of fun me & my mate Peter Smith had back in 1984 referring to the monsters as 'Castrators' - ah, we had to make our own entertainment in those days...

**SiHart** · 28th May 2011, 8:36 AM

It's definitely my favourite Davison story. It's his best ever performance- forget Androzani- here's the real fifth Doctor, the one we should ahve seen throughout his era- fun, witty, desperate and lovely- especially so when wearing his glasses.

**SiHart** · 28th May 2011, 2:34 PM

The commentary is one of the dullest, more boring and negative things I've heard. By the end of pt 2 i don't want to hear any more, and that's rare for a Davison. But what with Eric Saward whingeing, Dick Mills there for no readily apparent reason and everyone harping on about how bad it is, I'm losing the will to live.

Fortunately, the documentary was really good stuff. Nice set of interviews and a wickedly accurate impression of JNT from Mark Strickson!

**Simon R** · 28th May 2011, 5:52 PM

Eric Sorearse really needs to get over it. His 'blame it on John' routine wore thin long ago.

**brandynigma** · 28th May 2011, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by SiHart

The commentary is one of the dullest, more boring and negative things I've heard. By the end of pt 2 i don't want to hear any more, and that's rare for a Davison. But what with Eric Saward whingeing, Dick Mills there for no readily apparent reason and everyone harping on about how bad it is, I'm losing the will to live.

Fortunately, the documentary was really good stuff. Nice set of interviews and a wickedly accurate impression of JNT from Mark Strickson!

How can anyone involved with this story have disliked it? Next to Robert Holmes, Bidmead is the best writer who had been script editor (and I'm including Terrance Dicks and David Whitaker in that!).

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