Sunday 31st January 2016
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MJ: "Welcome to Doctor Who! We're around Leigh's house and we're going to watch 'The Ambassadors of Death' - which is cool. We're actually with, erm, our Gavin-substitute this week which is Shana."
Shana: "Hello! I brought snacks and boobs to the table today - and very, very well done winged eyeliner - I might add!"
*MJ Laughs*
Shana: "So, you know, swings and roundabouts."
MJ: "I'm glad you mentioned that as we are blokes and don't tend to notice things like that!"
Shaun: "Well no-one noticed MY winged eyeliner!!"
MJ: *Noticing snacks* "Blue Riband!! Do you remember the old advert? Where the dad used to sing blues music to" *sings* " 'Blue, Riband - Bluuuue'?"
Leigh: "No."
MJ: "Well that's because I'm ancient and ONLY Jason will get my references."
*Laughter*
Shana: "Hello! I brought snacks and boobs to the table today - and very, very well done winged eyeliner - I might add!"
*MJ Laughs*
Shana: "So, you know, swings and roundabouts."
MJ: "I'm glad you mentioned that as we are blokes and don't tend to notice things like that!"
Shaun: "Well no-one noticed MY winged eyeliner!!"
MJ: *Noticing snacks* "Blue Riband!! Do you remember the old advert? Where the dad used to sing blues music to" *sings* " 'Blue, Riband - Bluuuue'?"
Leigh: "No."
MJ: "Well that's because I'm ancient and ONLY Jason will get my references."
*Laughter*
Mark: "Was that an advert from the 70's?"
MJ: "80's." *Referencing the room* "So this layout is rubbish for you Leigh. You're tucked in the corner - "
Shana: "Sorry Leigh, it's 'cos I've taken your seat haven't I?"
Leigh: "No it's alright."
Shana: "Shall I stand in the corridor?"
MJ: "80's." *Referencing the room* "So this layout is rubbish for you Leigh. You're tucked in the corner - "
Shana: "Sorry Leigh, it's 'cos I've taken your seat haven't I?"
Leigh: "No it's alright."
Shana: "Shall I stand in the corridor?"
MJ: "So this is unusual for me as this is one of the ones I've not seen. So I'm watching it as a virgin with you lot."
Shana: "Oooo!"
MJ: "I bought it and I held off."
MJ: "I bought it and I held off."
Jason: "You could recline on the table."
Shana: "Yeah do that!"
Shaun: "We could put our snacks on you."
Shaun: "We could put our snacks on you."
Mark: "Yeah."
MJ: "Mark Bullock says 'yeah'."
*Laughter*
Mark: "That's my contribution today, that's it. Enjoy it."
MJ: *Singing* "Doctor Whooooo - Doctor Whooooo!"
Leigh: "I've just realised haven't got the remote - it's over there."
Leigh: "I've just realised haven't got the remote - it's over there."
MJ: "There's not a REMOTE chance you can reach it from there, is there Leigh!?"
Shana: "So last time I heard anything about this, you guys were still on black and white."
Shaun: "Oh no we're in full colour!"
Mark: "We upgraded."
Shana: "Is this the 70's then?"
MJ: "70's, yeah. This is story number three."
Shaun: "We're into the Third Doctor."
Shana: "So last time I heard anything about this, you guys were still on black and white."
Shaun: "Oh no we're in full colour!"
Mark: "We upgraded."
Shana: "Is this the 70's then?"
MJ: "70's, yeah. This is story number three."
Shaun: "We're into the Third Doctor."
Shana: "1971? '72?"
MJ: "It's 1970 I think."
Shaun: "Jason can tell you exactly - we have a book and everything."
MJ: "It's 1970 I think."
Shaun: "Jason can tell you exactly - we have a book and everything."
*EPISODE ONE STARTS*
Jason: "It was March 1970."
Shana: "It was 1970? That's a good decade."
MJ: "Oh by the way that bloke on telly with the moustache - that's Rimmer's Dad (from Red Dwarf)."
MJ: "Oh by the way that bloke on telly with the moustache - that's Rimmer's Dad (from Red Dwarf)."
Mark: "Is it?"
MJ: "Yep."
Leigh: "Shall we begin?"
MJ: "Yep - let's begin the EPIC seven-parter. Siobhan (MJ's wife) was shocked that we were watching it all in one go!"
Shana: "Is this seriously seven parts??"
Leigh: "You don't have to stay for ALL of it Shana!"
MJ: "Yep."
Leigh: "Shall we begin?"
MJ: "Yep - let's begin the EPIC seven-parter. Siobhan (MJ's wife) was shocked that we were watching it all in one go!"
Shana: "Is this seriously seven parts??"
Leigh: "You don't have to stay for ALL of it Shana!"
*Shana laughs*
Shaun: "It will be three and a half hours of your life that you'll NEVER get back!"
Shana: "I do have to pick up those guys - my spawn."
Shaun: "The best thing is if you only catch four episodes, right, at LEAST two of them will be complete NOTHING. It'll be just padding the story out stuff."
MJ: "So we see an astronaut - oh I recognise him! He looks evil! So let's pause it there..."
Photo 1:
MJ: "So that was Episode One - lots of death, lots of killing, lots of crap shooting. There were boxes being hit again, which is fun to see after many years of non-box, err, breaking."
Mark: "I didn't like those boxes - I'm glad they got shot!"
MJ: "So we see an astronaut - oh I recognise him! He looks evil! So let's pause it there..."
Photo 1:
Mark, Shana, Shaun (holding the DVD Cover),
Jason (holding the sign) and Leigh
around Leigh's house.
Jason (holding the sign) and Leigh
around Leigh's house.
*EPISODE ONE IS WATCHED*
Mark: "I didn't like those boxes - I'm glad they got shot!"
Shaun: "That was generally one of the most poorly choreographed fight scenes I have ever seen in my life!" *Laughter* "And UNIT showing themselves to be inept as always."
Mark: "That's not the worst fight scene you've seen! Because you've seen earlier episodes of Doctor Who."
Leigh: "The 'U' in UNIT stands for 'Useless'!"
Shaun: "Yep. But it is the worst one I've seen in a while."
*Mark chuckles*
*Mark chuckles*
Shana: "There was quite a lot of mild peril in it, so that was alright."
MJ: "And Liz Shaw, Shaun? You was happy with how she looked?"
Shaun: "Yes, there was a nice lower angle as well so you got to see right up her legs - her hair's very pretty in this one and she got a nice comedy moment with the Doctor. So it was good that she has a nice personality as well as being quite sexy, so..."
*Laughter*
Shaun: "Yes, there was a nice lower angle as well so you got to see right up her legs - her hair's very pretty in this one and she got a nice comedy moment with the Doctor. So it was good that she has a nice personality as well as being quite sexy, so..."
*Laughter*
Shana: "Put it away! Just put it away."
Shaun: "I'm not putting it away - it's out now!"
*EPISODE TWO STARTS*
MJ: "Oooo the episode is back and..."
Shaun: "I'm not putting it away - it's out now!"
*EPISODE TWO STARTS*
MJ: "Oooo the episode is back and..."
*AFTER THE TITLE MUSIC A BIT OF THE EPISODE PLAYS AND THEN THE STORY TITLE COMES UP WITH SOME MORE OF THE MUSIC!*
MJ: "Oooo!"
Shaun: "That is SO abrupt!??"
MJ: "That is weird - "
Shaun: "- Out of NOWHERE!"
MJ: "They show a BIT of the episode, THEN they show the titles - then they finish off the music - it's the most bizarre thing! I'd forgot about that in the first one!"
*Leigh laughs*
Shana: *Referencing a man on-screen* "That's not a real beard!"
MJ: "Beardy-Man...I'll stop there..."
Photo 2:
MJ: "Beardy-Man...I'll stop there..."
Photo 2:
Mark, MJ, Shaun (holding the DVD Cover),
Jason (holding the sign) and Leigh
around Leigh's house.
*EPISODE TWO GETS WATCHED*
MJ: "So Shaun just mentioned that THAT was a really abrupt ending to Episode 2. We still haven't seen what's inside the (space) capsule. There's been lots of chases with helicopters, lorries, The Doctor's little, yellow car."
*Leigh laughs*
MJ: "What else was fun?"Mark: "Some hair dryers."
MJ: "Hair dryers!"
Shana: "The hair dryers were my favourite part."
Leigh: "Bane-masks."
Mark: "And some coffee-based pranking."
*Leigh Laughs*
Mark: "And some coffee-based pranking."
*Leigh Laughs*
Shana: "My favourite part of the whole day is Mark's Firefly t-shirt. He won't give it to me and I think he's mean! Aww but Terry Wogan though? That's bad news."
(Terry Wogan's death had been announced that morning)
MJ: "What?!"
Shana: "Sorry to bring every one down."
Shaun: "Terry Wogan's dead."
Shaun: "Terry Wogan's dead."
MJ: "Is he!?? Awww that's sad. You heard it hear first listeners!"
Shaun: "For a start they don't HEAR this! And second of all - there's a very good chance that everyone else knows by now! It's all over THAT Facebook thing!"
Shaun: "For a start they don't HEAR this! And second of all - there's a very good chance that everyone else knows by now! It's all over THAT Facebook thing!"
MJ: "Well I've not been on there this morning. Aww - poor old WO-gan. Why are you so fat WO-gan?"
Mark: "That's RO-Land!" *Laughs*
MJ: "Well there you go - I'm off to the loo now!"
(After a short break and in the middle of a chat)
Jason: "...and in the second episode he makes the case disappear!"
MJ: "Oh yeah, the Doctor's magic! What else did we have? Oh yes, code-breaking."
Jason: "Well when I say 'code-breaking' I mean 'Liz, go away, for four scenes' and then we'll say 'Thanks very much for the results, Liz.'!"
*MJ Laughs*
MJ: "Oh yeah, the Doctor's magic! What else did we have? Oh yes, code-breaking."
Jason: "Well when I say 'code-breaking' I mean 'Liz, go away, for four scenes' and then we'll say 'Thanks very much for the results, Liz.'!"
*MJ Laughs*
Mark: "There were some militant hairdressers that came and attacked."
MJ: "Yeah with the hairdryer guns."
MJ: "Yeah with the hairdryer guns."
Jason: "Some motorcycle cops which fell off their bikes when the hair dryers were aimed at them.
MJ: "Yep, helicopter-action - there HAS been a LOT packed in!"
Jason: *Chuckling* "Lifting spacecraft by hand - until you see there's a crane involved!"
MJ: "Ahh yes!" *Laughs*
MJ: "Ahh yes!" *Laughs*
Jason: "You might have to do a summary when you type this up!"
MJ: "Yes the last time I saw this much stuff packed in - was when I was watching someone packing fudge - it was one of those Blue Peter documentaries on how sweets are made.... you know, it's strange..."
Mark: "Yeah, yeah I'm sure...."
MJ: "Yes the last time I saw this much stuff packed in - was when I was watching someone packing fudge - it was one of those Blue Peter documentaries on how sweets are made.... you know, it's strange..."
Mark: "Yeah, yeah I'm sure...."
MJ: "In a Fudge Pactory."
Mark " 'Fudge Pactory'? "
MJ: "I can't even say it!"
Mark " 'Fudge Pactory'? "
MJ: "I can't even say it!"
*Laughter*
MJ: "Ahh, you've got to have a hobby!"
Jason: "So getting back, at the end of the episode there was like a disconnected radio message - which they thought they were talking to someone in the spacecraft...but they weren't!"
Jason: "So getting back, at the end of the episode there was like a disconnected radio message - which they thought they were talking to someone in the spacecraft...but they weren't!"
MJ: "We still don't know what's in the spacecraft - well I suppose it's astronauts...or aliens!"
Jason: "I'm thinking it's Ambassadors...of Death!"
MJ: *Laughing* "Well, we've not seen them yet!"
Jason: "And why were they still not glued to the car?! Had they melted?"
MJ: "Oh yeah that's right - 'cos the Doctor traps some of the bad guys by having them magnetically sealed to his car, Bessie."
Jason: "And why were they still not glued to the car?! Had they melted?"
MJ: "Oh yeah that's right - 'cos the Doctor traps some of the bad guys by having them magnetically sealed to his car, Bessie."
Jason: "They should have come back to it and shown some steaming skeletons!"
MJ: "We'd never seen that before - good trick that."
Jason: "Yeah good job it was clearly labelled, so we could understand what's going on."
Jason: "Yeah good job it was clearly labelled, so we could understand what's going on."
Mark: "Yes, otherwise it would have been very confusing."
MJ: "Was it?"
MJ: "Was it?"
Jason: "Yeah 'Anti-Thieve Device'."
MJ: "That's SO Batman!"
MJ: "That's SO Batman!"
*EPISODE THREE GETS WATCHED & EPISODE FOUR STARTS*
MJ: "So we just watched Episode 3 - we're onto Episode 4 now. Liz Shaw's been in a car chase - with men chasing her. She's in a short skirt (and a hat) and she's going to leap off into the water to her watery death!"
Shana: "She twatted him!"
MJ: "Yeah she 'twatted' one guy - and there she goes! Over the edge! There's the skirt! Ooo - oh yes I forgot that title thing!"
Shaun: "It's ridiculous!"
Shana: "She twatted him!"
MJ: "Yeah she 'twatted' one guy - and there she goes! Over the edge! There's the skirt! Ooo - oh yes I forgot that title thing!"
Shaun: "It's ridiculous!"
MJ: *Singing* " 'Doctor Whooooo!' - Oh no the other guy didn't fall. Ahhhh and she didn't fall either. She got saved - I thought she was going to flow away in the water."
Shana: "Well that was worth it - all that running!"
Photo 3:
MJ points to Shaun (holding the DVD Cover),
around Leigh's house.
*EPISODE FOUR GETS WATCHED*
MJ: *Reading end credits* "William Dysart played Reegan. Like Ronald Reegan. Like George Buush!"
MJ: *Reading end credits* "William Dysart played Reegan. Like Ronald Reegan. Like George Buush!"
*Laughter*
Jason: "Any more?"
MJ: "Errr, yeah. There's.... John F. Keenedy."
*Laughter*MJ: "Errr, yeah. There's.... John F. Keenedy."
Shana: "Niixon!"
MJ: "And Barrack O'Bma! He's got a shortened name. I don't know why! Sounds a bit like 'Bummer'. So that was the end of that and the Doctor got, erm, zapped!"
Shana: "Well that's an hour I'm never getting back!"
MJ: "Following it so far Mark?"
Mark: "It's, you know.... stuff's happening."
Mark: "It's, you know.... stuff's happening."
MJ: "Yeah that's..."
*Shana laughs*
*Shana laughs*
Mark: "There's a lot of stuff happening - it's good."
Shana: "Someone pressed record on the camera - and everyone ate my Blue Ribbands - so that's good! I feel I'm winning on snackage!"
Shana: "Someone pressed record on the camera - and everyone ate my Blue Ribbands - so that's good! I feel I'm winning on snackage!"
Mark: "You are winning on snackage!"
Shana: "Yeah, and boobage."
Shaun: "You brought chocolate - we rarely, if ever, bring chocolate."
Shana: "Really? Well I'm a crisp woman - so be surprised that I brought chocolate."
Shana: "Really? Well I'm a crisp woman - so be surprised that I brought chocolate."
Jason: "Are you enjoying this, MJ? Having to type up about us talk about food!?!"
MJ: "Wonderful. I'm missing a fair bit of the story, I may need to re-watch this."
Jason: "Alright so for Michael's recording - yeah, it's great -"
Shana: "- Did you JUST say you may need to re-watch it? -"
Shana: "- Did you JUST say you may need to re-watch it? -"
Jason: "- it's in colour still. She's got a woolly skirt/dress thing -"
MJ: "- Liz Shaw."
Jason: "- I'm settling on dress, urm, and that's it."
Shana: "It's good, it's fun."
MJ: "Shaun's quite enjoying this one."
Shana: "We all know why Shaun's enjoying this one!"
Jason: "It's good - there's a lot happening, but there's not as much character development storytelling going on."
MJ: "- Liz Shaw."
Jason: "- I'm settling on dress, urm, and that's it."
Shana: "It's good, it's fun."
MJ: "Shaun's quite enjoying this one."
Shana: "We all know why Shaun's enjoying this one!"
Jason: "It's good - there's a lot happening, but there's not as much character development storytelling going on."
Shaun: "I disagree I'm enjoying the mystery!"
MJ: "Yes!"
Shaun: "I am by far preferring this than the last couple of Pertwee's we've seen."
Jason: "More than the last one?! The last one was - well I can't actually remember what it was!"
Mark: "The Silurians."
Jason: "That had a story."
Shaun: "THIS has a story!!?"
Jason: "It had evil aliens and good aliens!"
Shaun: "Yeah but this one has - what's going on with the things in the suits (the astronauts) - "
MJ: "- We still don't know WHAT they want!"
MJ: "Yes!"
Shaun: "I am by far preferring this than the last couple of Pertwee's we've seen."
Jason: "More than the last one?! The last one was - well I can't actually remember what it was!"
Mark: "The Silurians."
Jason: "That had a story."
Shaun: "THIS has a story!!?"
Jason: "It had evil aliens and good aliens!"
Shaun: "Yeah but this one has - what's going on with the things in the suits (the astronauts) - "
MJ: "- We still don't know WHAT they want!"
Shaun: "- we don't know if they've just been taken over. They sent a message - we haven't seen that decrypted yet!"
Mark: "They want some Ferrero Rocher - for the Ambassadors..."
Shaun: "AND they want some Ferrero Rocher!"
Mark: "They want some Ferrero Rocher - for the Ambassadors..."
Shaun: "AND they want some Ferrero Rocher!"
Mark: "That's all they want. They're just misunderstood."
MJ: "I'm sure that guy (General Carrington) IS the butler guy from the Ferrero Rocher advert."
Shaun: "No that was just a joke I made."
Shaun: "No that was just a joke I made."
MJ: "He LOOKS like him though. I wouldn't be surprised if he wasn't - you know, Rimmer's Dad."
Jason: "John Abineri."
Jason: "John Abineri."
MJ: "Yes that's him!" (I have since looked it up and he WAS the butler in the original Ferrero Rocher advert!! How weird to have been in the 'Ambassadors Of Death' and in a Ferrero Rocher advert for the Ambassador's reception!)
*Leigh re-enters the room*
Shana: "Leigh!"
Leigh: "Hello."
MJ: "How do you find it so far, Leigh?"
Leigh: "It's alright!" *Laughs*
Shaun: "Are you just NOT liking this one, MJ?"
MJ: "No I am! I really am - I'm just not sure what's going on - it's the first time I've seen it. Yes I'll have to watch it again as I'm losing bits and going 'Errrr what's going on now? Why's he called Doctor? Where's his certificate?' "
*Laughter*
MJ: "Pause."
Leigh: "Hello."
MJ: "How do you find it so far, Leigh?"
Leigh: "It's alright!" *Laughs*
Shaun: "Are you just NOT liking this one, MJ?"
MJ: "No I am! I really am - I'm just not sure what's going on - it's the first time I've seen it. Yes I'll have to watch it again as I'm losing bits and going 'Errrr what's going on now? Why's he called Doctor? Where's his certificate?' "
*Laughter*
MJ: "Pause."
*EPISODE FIVE GETS WATCHED*
MJ: "Err, so what was that at the end there? The Doctor launches in space..."Leigh: "It was a Space Vagina." (later revealed to be a space ship!)
MJ: "A 'Space Vagina'? That is, err -"
Leigh: "- Unexpected!"
Jason: "That was what the previous guy was protecting. He was securing in space."
Shaun: "Yes."
Jason: "To keep us away from."
MJ: "Right."
Leigh: "Now the shape of the rocket makes sense!"
*Laughter*
MJ: "Well, I shall look forward to the Doctor entering it in the next episode....Matron. So not enough Liz Shaw in that one for Shaun, was there?"
Shaun: "Yeah. There was a nice bit of Liz Shaw - I could have done with a bit more. But it was alright 'cos the plot is fully breaking through now."
MJ: "That's good, and I quite like the other woman - that exists in the galaxy -"
*Laughter*
MJ: "- who's flirting every time the camera goes on her" *Puts on sexy flirty-woman-voice* " 'Oh hello there! Countdown to ten...nine!' " *Laughter* "For the viewers at home, MJ made a squelchy-noise when he moved his legs!"
*Laughter and groans*
Shana: "Moist."
MJ: "Moist."
*Shana laughs*
*EPISODE SIX HAS STARTED*
MJ and Shana: "There she is!"
*Laughter*
Shana: "She IS as well, she's undressing me with her eyes!"
MJ: "Ooo, making me tingle." *The shot changes to a man* "He's not! Are you ready for" *Puts on funny voice* " 'AMBASSADORS OF DEATH!' " *Normal voice* "Coming in a second..."
Shana: "Space vagina!"
*Laughter*
MJ: "Rocket goes towards it... THERE we go! 'OF DEATH!!' "
Shana: "Space vaginas of Death!"
Jason: "They actually do show the first word before the 'OF DEATH'."
Shana: "Yeah."MJ: "Yeah. 'The Ambassadors....' "
MJ & Leigh: " '...OF DEATH!!' "
MJ: "Dun, dun, dun, durrrr!!"
*On screen some chap says 'Can you see the object? What is it?'*
Jason: "Well..."
*Laughs*
Shana: "We COULD tell you but errr...bit awkward."
*Mark chuckles*
Shana: "It's missing a few thing..."
MJ: "Like a body."
Shana: "Yeah."
Jason: "Vajazzle?"
Shana: "Yes."
Jason: *Gesturing on screen to The Brigadier* "His fake moustache is getting in the way!"
Shana: "He's probably under stress from doing nothing!"
Jason: "It's a fake moustache!"
*Alien voices are speaking*
MJ: "It sounds like - "
Leigh: "- (Roy) Skelton again."
MJ: "No it sounds like the Cybermen voice (from "The Invasion" - specifically the device in Vaughn's Office!). I'll pause it now..."
*AFTER A BIT MORE OF EPISODE SIX*
MJ: "Just pointing out the spaceship, how it is angled, says 'Ovary' while he's walking in a giant vagina. That's got to be the best thing ever! So back the astronauts.."
*AFTER A BIT MORE OF EPISODE SIX WE HAD TO PAUSE IT WHILST SHANA NIPPED OUT TO PICK UP HER CHILDREN*
MJ: "So, we're part-way - or maybe at the end of the episode. We don't know. Shana's gone - we're waiting for her to come back."
MJ: "Is it all going down? Can you hear what's going on?"
*Silence*
MJ: "Good! Well I'm glad I started recording that again!"
*Leigh laughs*
Leigh: "So, yeah, DOCTOR WHO! It's been....on."
*MJ Laughs*
Mark: "It's been happening."
Shaun: "I'm enjoying this one! This is my favourite Pertwee so far."
MJ: "Ahhh!"
Shaun: "And also:" *Plays clip of Time Curry saying 'SPACE!' in an hilarious fashion! It's from the video game "Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3" - check it out - it's brilliant! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yMy7JuGpJM *
*MUCH Laughter*
Leigh: "Do you think you can get that as, like, a message alert?"
Shaun: "Yes, that would be amazing!"
Mark: "That would be awesome."
MJ: "Fun! Now I'm pausing again..."
*SHANA COMES BACK...*
MJ: "Shana's back!! We're going to start again!"
Shaun: "Yes, Leigh, one second!"
Leigh: "Oh yeah, well I've still got to try and work the DVD player out! It doesn't seem to want to work."
Shana: "Sorry my arse isn't doing what it's meant to do...."
*FINALLY EPISODE SIX GETS WATCHED*
MJ: "End of Episode Siiiiiiiiix! And the General's going to shoot the Doctor! It's his 'doody'!"
Mark: "Haha! 'Doody'."
MJ: "That works." (Well it doesn't really as he's English and would say 'duty'! But no-one picked me up at the time!)
Leigh: *Reading titles* " 'Alien Space Captain'?! That's an awesome title!"
Shaun: "The Captain of ALL of space!"
MJ: "Not much to say!"
Leigh: "He's met his match with, urm, the bloke in charge of Space Security!"
*Laughter*
Shana: *singing along with titles* "Doctor Whooooo, Doctor who!"
Jason: "Wow. You're doing it now - that's usually MJ's job!"
Photo 4:
Mark, Shana, Shaun (holding the DVD Cover),
Jason (holding the sign) and Leigh
around Leigh's house.
*EPISODE SEVEN STARTS*
MJ: "Altogether!"
*Everyone "beautifully" sings the words 'Doctor Who' along with title music*
*EPISODE SEVEN GETS WATCHED*
MJ: "That really paid off, Mark?"
Mark: "Yeah that really paid off."
Shana: "Are you glad."
Mark: "Yeah I'm glad we stayed for seven episodes."
Shana: "I could have been doing LITERALLY anything else.!"
Shaun: "So you could be turning into a jacket potato?"
Shana: "I could be having a lot of sex right now, but no. Well not right now!"
Jason: "Is that what you thought this was going to be?"
Shaun: "Yeah!?"
Shana: "Well no I meant the meat-party in my mouth thing! I think I mentioned it about three times!"
*Laughter*
Shana: "You guys are REALLY slow!"
MJ: "Ahh well."
Shaun: "We're not used to having girl ones."
Shana: "Could we not record that please!?"
*Laughter*
Shana: "Oh God! No the story was really good - I really enjoyed it." *Laughs* "No I did, it was fine!"
Shaun: "Right, scores MJ!"
Jason: "Well since I gave the previous one five, I think I'll have to give this one about three and a half or four."
*Leigh chuckles*
Shaun: "Really?"
Jason: "Yeah."
MJ: "You didn't like it much?"
Jason: "It wasn't AS good. There's lots of action but it just didn't...."
Leigh: "It was BAD action!"
Jason: "No, no! I found it FUNNY, so it was fine."
MJ: "I think I'd need to watch it again to gauge it all. I'll probably go six for me."
Jason: "We don't have to watch it again to give OUR views!"
*Chuckling*
MJ: "No but I'd already seen all of these before once. I'd never actually seen this one."
Jason: "We didn't NEED to."
Mark: "Yeah, we don't."
MJ: "What DID you like?"
Jason: "I know what SHAUN liked!"
*Laughter*
MJ: "Shaun liked Liz Shaw!"
Mark: "Yeah."
Jason: "I liked the coffee spilling, I liked the falling down the stairs."
*Laughter*
Jason: "I liked the security - especially of space."
Leigh: *Laughing* "Of what?!"
ALL: *In Tim Curry style* "SPA-ACE!!"
*Laughter*
Jason: "I liked the moustaches."
MJ: "The moustaches were good."
Jason: "We didn't have any beard action until that stopped. There was a good ginger beard, there was a good beard on the guy with the briefcase thing."
MJ: "There was a lot of death. The Ambassadors of Death did bring a LOT of death!"
Jason: "It would have been a lot shorter, this story, if that briefcase bomb had actually worked!"
*Laughter*
Mark: "Yeah." Jason: "I liked the fact that the aliens were quite normal and trying to be nice."
MJ: "Yeah that was a nice change - the aliens being nice."
Jason: "They did bugger all - apart from stand around."*Puts on dreary voice* " 'We are the Ambassadors. We've had f**k all Hors d'oeuvres and stuff! You just stick us in this big room, like 'Big Brother', and then everyone dies'. "
*Laughter*
Shaun: "But they couldn't communicate - that was the point - they sent that signal RIGHT at the start -"
Jason: "- They could have mimed - they could have been given a pen!"
Shaun: "What good would that have done!?? 'Oh thanks for this pen that I've just BURNED in my hand like every f**king other thing I've touch!"
*Laughter*
Jason: "They didn't burn EVERYTHING! They didn't burn the space suit!"
Leigh: "That's a good point."
Shaun: "No the burning came from the aura AROUND the space suit! Which is what stopped the bullets."
MJ: "The Kia-Aura (Ora)."
*Mark laughs*
Shaun: "If you want to be like that, why didn't they burn the way out of the cell!?"
Jason: "Let's WATCH it again and point out ALL the things they touched which didn't burn!"
Shaun: "Yes."
Jason: "Actually that's something I liked, the touching the door handle and things - they didn't instantly go to NO door handles. That was well done."
MJ: "I did like the red spark effect, that was quite fun."
Jason: "I thought it was like when you've been killed in a computer game."
MJ: "And Shaun liked Liz Shaw, of course, and how she looked in her little short skirt."
Jason: "FLUFFY short skirt."
MJ: "Yes fluffy! I can imagine lots of bobbling when it comes out of the tumble dryer."
Mark: "Stop imagining her bobbling."
Jason: "Not bobble-wrap - like the alien talking like that - you can't see that Listener (well, Reader!)!"
*Laughter*
MJ: "Jason's doing, like, little T-Rex hands."
*Laughter*
MJ: "Erm, and UNIT were absolutely rubbish this time."
Leigh: "AGAIN!"
Jason: "Again!"
Leigh: "They're always rubbish!"
Jason: "There were a lot more of them - "
Shaun: "- and they were a lot more incompetent!"
MJ: "Didn't one of them get his gun shot out of his hand? Towards the end of the fight?"
Mark: "At the start he got his gun shot out of his hand."
Jason: "They didn't NEED to! Just walk up to them and take the gun out of their hands and say 'I'm going to shoot you!' "
*Laughter*
MJ: "Yeah they did. 'Let us through.' " *Pathetically* " 'Okay'..."
Jason: "There was a lot more action - there was a helicopter that they must have paid for."
MJ: "They must have."
Mark: "They've used that helicopter at least once in every series."
Shaun: "They have used it quite a bit."
MJ: "It was in the Patrick Troughton one as well - 'Enemy Of The World'." *Also they used on in 'The Invasion'*
Shaun: "They have used it quite a bit."
MJ: "It was in the Patrick Troughton one as well - 'Enemy Of The World'." *Also they used on in 'The Invasion'*
Jason: "But NOW it's in colour!"
*Laughter*
Photo 5:
Mark, Shana, Shaun (holding the DVD Cover),
Jason (holding the sign) and Leigh
around Leigh's house.
MJ: "We've all given our marks haven't we?"
Shaun: "No!"
Mark: "No."
Shaun: "Literally only Jason has!"
*Laughter*
Jason: "I said 'three and a half OR four' - Four. I'm going with four!"
Mark: "Erm, hmph. Yeah, I think four and a half."
MJ: "Four and a half?"
Jason: "Actually no, sorry, three!"
Jason: "Actually no, sorry, three!"
*Laughter*
Shaun: "Wow."
Jason: "I want to give myself some more SPA-ACE!"
Jason: "I want to give myself some more SPA-ACE!"
*Laughter*
Jason: " 'Cos I'm hoping there's BETTER ones coming."
MJ: "I dunno, 'cos I need to re-watch it. I'll say five at the moment."
Jason: "Good."
Shana: "Is this out of ten?"
Shaun: "Yes. MJ's grumpy about it 'cos he's not seen this one before and we're doing our normal jokey thing but he hadn't seen this one! Leigh?"
Leigh: "Ahhh, six."
Shana: "Is this out of ten?"
Shaun: "Yes. MJ's grumpy about it 'cos he's not seen this one before and we're doing our normal jokey thing but he hadn't seen this one! Leigh?"
Leigh: "Ahhh, six."
MJ: "Six? Mmmm."
Shaun: "I'm going to give this one my highest score so far of seven point one three four!"
*Laughter*
MJ: "Ahhh!"
Shaun: "I really liked this one and I think it's by far the best Pertwee one so far."
Jason: "What's, hang on, what's the one we watched before the last?"
Shaun: "The mannequin one?"
Shaun: "I really liked this one and I think it's by far the best Pertwee one so far."
Jason: "What's, hang on, what's the one we watched before the last?"
Shaun: "The mannequin one?"
Jason: "The mannequin? Oh right."
Shaun: "It was mannequins, then Silurians."
Jason: "Four and a half."
Shaun: "It was mannequins, then Silurians."
Jason: "Four and a half."
*Laughter*
MJ: "Right."
Jason: "It wasn't THAT bad."
Shaun: "Jason, is that your final answer?"
Jason: "It's my fi - Four point two five!"
*Laughter*
Mark: "You're just copying me now."
Jason: "It wasn't THAT bad."
Shaun: "Jason, is that your final answer?"
Jason: "It's my fi - Four point two five!"
*Laughter*
Mark: "You're just copying me now."
Leigh: "Would you like to phone a friend?"
*Laughter*
MJ: "I think I might up my score afterwards."
Mark: "What's your favourite colour?"
*Leigh Laughs*
MJ: "What's the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?! So what did our guest think of it? Shana?"
Shana: "I liked it - I'll give it a three as I've got nothing to compare it to. I liked the Space Vagina -"
Jason: "Oh I forgot about the Space Vagina!"
Shana: "I liked the probing - and the fact that Leigh ate all the crisps - actually I don't like. I don't like that at all!"
Jason: "Oh I forgot about the Space Vagina!"
Shana: "I liked the probing - and the fact that Leigh ate all the crisps - actually I don't like. I don't like that at all!"
Shaun: "What does the book say then, Jason?"
Jason: "Ohhh! I was going to have some crisps and then there's the book thing to do!"
Shaun: "You could eat the book!"
Leigh: "Oh, I liked the puddle in Episode Five!"
Shana: "The puddle was the best out of all of it."
MJ: "I can't remember the puddle now?"
MJ: "I can't remember the puddle now?"
Shana: "I can, it was amazing. Brilliantly acted - it just did everything it needed to do. It got awards."
Mark: "There was a bit of coffee in the puddle."
Shana: "Coffee? That works."
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'The Doctor discovers the astronauts that are on the Mars probe have been replaced by aliens' - You know I could just give you the book to type from?!"
Mark: "There was a bit of coffee in the puddle."
Shana: "Coffee? That works."
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'The Doctor discovers the astronauts that are on the Mars probe have been replaced by aliens' - You know I could just give you the book to type from?!"
*Laughter*
Shaun: "I wanna hear what the book has to day!!"
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'Film locations included Marlow Weir (Bucks), Southall Gas Works, (Middlesex) and a cement works in Northfleet, Kent.' "
Mark: "Wow."
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'Uniquely the title sequence was split either side of the re-capped cliff hangers'."
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'Uniquely the title sequence was split either side of the re-capped cliff hangers'."
MJ: "Yes!"
Shaun: "Mmm!"
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'Episode Four was delayed by half an hour because of the FA Cup Final - a 2-2 draw!'-"
Shaun: "Mmm!"
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'Episode Four was delayed by half an hour because of the FA Cup Final - a 2-2 draw!'-"
*Leigh and Mark Laugh*
Shana: "No way."
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'A trailer of Pertwee, directly addressing the viewer, aired immediately after the previous story."
MJ: "Oh?"
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'A trailer of Pertwee, directly addressing the viewer, aired immediately after the previous story."
MJ: "Oh?"
Jason: *Reading from book* " 'Verdict: Too long. But it's interesting to see a Doctor Who story that relies on human villains instead of monsters. Flashy direction, convincing fight scenes -' "
*Laughter*
Shana: "Is this a book of lies?!"
Shana: "Is this a book of lies?!"
Jason: *Reading from book* " '- and good incidental music add much needed weight to a much padded storyline with a very flat ending. Seven out of ten.' "
MJ: "Oh?"
Mark: "Seven?"
Jason: "So now you know what to think."
MJ: "Now we know what to think."
Jason: "So now you know what to think."
MJ: "Now we know what to think."
*Leigh laughs*
Jason: "The book never lies."
MJ: "Well the end DID sort of come along and we was like 'Oh, there we are!'."
Mark: "Yeah."
Jason: "The book never lies."
MJ: "Well the end DID sort of come along and we was like 'Oh, there we are!'."
Mark: "Yeah."
MJ: "And that's the end."
Shaun: "I liked that!"
MJ: "And the Doctor went 'Okay - I'll leave you lot to it!' "
Shaun: "I liked that!"
MJ: "And the Doctor went 'Okay - I'll leave you lot to it!' "
*Jason laughs*
Shaun: "I liked the way it ended."
MJ: "Yes."
Shaun: "Thing is they had to stop the alien - well the aliens weren't the threat - they had to stop the mad General nuking shit in space."
Jason: "No, but all they had to do was stop - 'cos you know the guy in the interview?"
Shaun: "Yeah."
Jason: "He didn't WANT to bomb everyone, he was just -"
Shaun: "- No, the guy doing the interview was just absolutely fine with all of it."
Jason: "Oh I thought he was the guy - "
MJ: "What the guy who didn't blink?"
Jason: "I thought he was like 'I want to do this thing - so I'm going to do it!' "
Shaun: "His producer wasn't cool with it - "
Jason: "- Well they should have not broadcast it! They should have filmed it, mimed the whole thing - he THINKS it's gone out to the whole world...pull the plug!"
MJ: "Yes."
Shaun: "Thing is they had to stop the alien - well the aliens weren't the threat - they had to stop the mad General nuking shit in space."
Jason: "No, but all they had to do was stop - 'cos you know the guy in the interview?"
Shaun: "Yeah."
Jason: "He didn't WANT to bomb everyone, he was just -"
Shaun: "- No, the guy doing the interview was just absolutely fine with all of it."
Jason: "Oh I thought he was the guy - "
MJ: "What the guy who didn't blink?"
Jason: "I thought he was like 'I want to do this thing - so I'm going to do it!' "
Shaun: "His producer wasn't cool with it - "
Jason: "- Well they should have not broadcast it! They should have filmed it, mimed the whole thing - he THINKS it's gone out to the whole world...pull the plug!"
Shana: "Perhaps they should have all stayed at home."
Shaun: "Yeah, but...shut up!" *Laughter* "Pointing out plot holes and LOGICAL problems in Doctor Who serials is NOT what we do around here!!" *Laughter* "Because, my God, we'd be here all day!!" *Puts on Tim Curry Space Voice* "DA-AYY!!!"
Shaun: "Yeah, but...shut up!" *Laughter* "Pointing out plot holes and LOGICAL problems in Doctor Who serials is NOT what we do around here!!" *Laughter* "Because, my God, we'd be here all day!!" *Puts on Tim Curry Space Voice* "DA-AYY!!!"
*Laughter*
MJ: "The First Rule of Doctor Who Club is...I think that's probably it...oh and Mark liked it? Oh we already said that...."
Mark: "Yeah, let's just stop already...."
MJ: "Bye see ya next time!"
Photo 6:
Shaun (holding the DVD Cover)
and Jason (holding the sign)
around Leigh's house.
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Well that was fairly tough going - especially the long arsed wait in the middle! But we did it and I can't wait to watch it again. Yes, it could have been shorter, but boy was it packed full of action sequences! Any, and indeed, hoo, these are the pain-in-the-arse scores:
Jason - 4.25/10
Leigh - 6/10
Mark - 4.5/10
MJ - 5/10
Shaun - 7.134/10
Shana - 3/10
Shana - 3/10
In fact the proper rating works out to 4.98067 out of 10! So not as good as last times but as I say it might fair better on re-watches. Not that the gang would want to do that.
Well our next one will be the last one of this first Pertwee season. We will gather in three weeks time - as two weeks time will be Valentine's Day and I ought to spend it with my wife. I know - what sort of commitment to Doctor Who is THAT!!??
Until that day...I shall return, yes I shall return!
Well our next one will be the last one of this first Pertwee season. We will gather in three weeks time - as two weeks time will be Valentine's Day and I ought to spend it with my wife. I know - what sort of commitment to Doctor Who is THAT!!??
Until that day...I shall return, yes I shall return!
MJ
09/02/16
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