More Doctor Who VHS Branding - full covers!

Prompted by the recent articles in TV's Doctor Who Magazine which chronicle the history of the series on VHS, I've returned to some old favourites and done some 'scans' of the full covers in all of their BBC Video branding glory...

Tom Baker versus Frank Bough - the movie!

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!)

Old Hammer Films That Are Lost Forever and Ever

Here's a couple of manky old movies you won't have seen before. 










Dick Barton Versus the Atomic Vampire (Dir. Val Guest - 1954)

Abbott and Costello Meet Quatermass (Dir. Val Guest - 1956)

Doctor Who and the Blue Moon - not available in bookshops!

This rather epitomises the way I work. I was on Twitter over the weekend and a certain photo of Peter Capaldi suddenly started showing up in my feed. 

Taken on location over the weekend, he was holding an iconic prop from the original series - namely the Metebelis Three crystal that featured in both The Green Death and Planet of the Spiders. 

I instantly had one of my inspirational "if-only" moments and set to work creating a Target cover from scratch to reflect the acute fanboy nature of the image. 

Before you ask, I have no idea what "Doctor Who and the Blue Moon" is about. I could use the excuse 'spoilers' to cover that up but honestly, I have no idea why the Doctor is holding a blue crystal on the banks of the Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament whilst a giant moon hangs ominously in the sky. It just looks cool doesn't it? 

My thanks to David Bickerstaff who took the original picture on location over the May Bank Holiday when he presented Peter with his own souvenir from the planet Metebelis Three. 

Hopefully, the good Doctor can put it to good use during the next giant spider invasion! 

This Week - The New Adventures!

I don't usually do requests but those nice people on Twitter goaded me into this one.

In the absence of the popular light entertainment BBC politics show this week (which is also called This Week), it was suggested that the series could continue in the form of Virgin New Adventures novels - telling stories too 'something' and too 'something else' for television.

I said a firm 'no' at first.

But then I got pissed and my guard was down... 

Hey-ho!