A Twitter comment about the blandness of early BBC DVD branding prompted someone to recall the "Best of Doctor Who" DVD covers I did a few years ago. That post is here.
So realising that the original gag hadn't gone far enough, I did some broader versions of them with other subjects. I think the joke has finally worn a bit thin now.
The Sara Kingdom Action Doll -
circa 1965
I had one of these as a kid - unfortunately it didn't aged well!
I watched that strange interview that Tom Baker did with Frank Bough on an old 70s edition of Nationwide the other day. He obviously was in a bit of mood.
The peculiar shots of Tom used in the run-up to the feature suggest a man completely befuddled by the situation and his terse answers to Bough's 'Sunday colour magazine' questioning cement his reputation as someone who doesn't suffer fools.
It's a strange beast to be sure. And one that begs the question what happened off-screen to lead Tom to be so off hand and flippant.
We will probably never know...
(with acknowledgement to Gareth Roberts Twittery suggestion!)