IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

IT'S CALLED ENTERTAINMENT: Great Plaid Musings

Monday, September 2, 2019

Whofest 2017

Fer, Derek and myself attending at Derek's house. The theme is stories with The Master and other major villains.

November 24-26, 2017

1st) The Celestial Toymaker
2nd) The Enemy of the World
3rd) The Claws of Axos
4th) The Deadly Assassin
5th) The King's Demons
6th) The Mark of the Rani
7th) Survival
8th) Doctor Who (30-minute edit)
9th) The End of the World
10th) The End of Time
Minisodes:
She Said, He Said
Clarence and the Whispermen
11th) The Name of the Doctor
12th) The Doctor Falls (includes World Enough and Time)

Whofest 2019

At Derek and Roxanne's house as usual with Derek, Fer, and myself. The theme is the most prolific writers of each era.

July 13-14, 2019

1st) The Keys of Marinus by Terry Nation
2nd) The Power of the Daleks by David Whittaker (Colour version)
3rd) Colony in Space by Malcolm Hulke
4th) The Ark in Space by Robert Holmes
5th) Earthshock by Eric Saward (CGI version)
6th) Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe by Robert Holmes, Pip Baker and Jane Baker
7th) Dragonfire by Ian Briggs
8th) Shada Part Three (McGann version)
9th) Rose by Russell T. Davies
10th) Smith and Jones by Russell T. Davies
Minisodes:
The Great Detective
Vastra Investigates
11th) The Snowmen by Steven Moffat
Friend from the Future
12th) The Pilot by Steven Moffat
13th) The Tsuranga Conundrum by Chris Chibnall

Whofest 2018

I just got back from Whofest 2018 which we missed doing last year. Derek, Fer, and I attended at Derek and Roxanne's house. We had some delicious chicken parm and grilled chicken for dinner and pancakes and bacon for breakfast. The theme for some of it was River Song for her 10th anniversary and filling in some of the remaining stories we hadn't done yet for the classic Doctors.

August 30-September 1, 2019

The stories we watched were:

1st) The Reign of Terror (episodes 4 & 5 animated)
2nd) The Moonbase (episodes 1 & 3 animated)
3rd) Death to the Daleks
4th) The Ribos Operation
5th) The Awakening
6th) Terror of the Vervoids (Trial version)
7th) The Happiness Patrol
8th) Shada Part Four (McGann version)
9th) Aliens of London (includes World War III)
10th) Silence in the Library (includes Forest of the Dead)
Minisodes:
Space/Time
The Impossible Astronaut Tardisode
Bad Night
Good Night
First Night
Last Night
The Wedding of River Song Tardisode
11th) The Wedding of River Song
Minisodes:
The Inforarium
Clara and the TARDIS
Rain Gods
12th) The Husbands of River Song
13th) Rosa



Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Thirteenth Doctor Favorite Stories

1) The Power of the Doctor
2) Ascension of the Cybermen
3) Fugitive of the Judoon
4) Spyfall
5) Rosa
6) Flux
7) The Haunting of Villa Diodati
8) Revolution of the Daleks
9) Demons of the Punjab
10) Resolution
11) It Takes You Away
12) The Witchfinders
13) Eve of the Daleks
14) Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror
15) Kerblam!
16) The Woman Who Fell to Earth
17) Can You Hear Me?
18) The Tsuranga Conundrum
19) Legend of the Sea Devils
20) The Ghost Monument
21) Arachnids in the UK
22) Praxeus
23) Orphan 55
24) The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Doctor Who - Resolution

Here is my comparison list for eleventh stories:

1) The Ultimate Foe by Robert Holmes, Pip Baker and Jane Baker
2) Doomsday by Russell T. Davies
3) The Seeds of Doom by Robert Banks Stewart
4) The Enemy of the World by David Whitaker
5) Resolution by Chris Chibnall
6) A Christmas Carol by Steven Moffat
7) The Curse of Peladon by Brian Hayles
8) Death in Heaven by Steven Moffat
9) Terminus by Stephen Gallagher
10) The Curse of Fenric by Ian Briggs
11) The Rescue by David Whitaker

Sunday, December 9, 2018

Doctor Who - The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

This was a tough one. I really enjoyed this story but there are a lot of good ones in this position.

Here's my list of 10th adventures for each Doctor.

1) The Pandorica Opens by Steven Moffat
2) Mawdryn Undead by Peter Grimwade
3) The Dalek Invasion of Earth by Terry Nation
4) Day of the Daleks by Louis Marks
5) The Parting of the Ways by Russell T. Davies
6) The Brain of Morbius by Robin Bland (Pseudonym of Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes)
7) The Ice Warriors by Brian Hayles
8) The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos by Chris Chibnall
9) Terror of the Vervoids by Pip Baker and Jane Baker
10) Ghost Light by Marc Platt
11) In the Forest of the Night by Frank Cottrell Boyce
12) Fear Her by Matthew Graham


Sunday, December 2, 2018

Doctor Who - It Takes You Away

Here's my list of favorite ninth stories for every Doctor:

1) Mindwarp by Philip Martin
2) The Daemons by Guy Leopold (Pseudonym for Barry Letts and Robert Sloman)
3) It Takes You Away by Ed Hime
4) The Abominable Snowmen by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln
5) Battlefield by Ben Aaronovitch
6) Flatline by Jamie Mathieson
7) Planet of Giants by Louis Marks
8) Boom Town by Russell T. Davies
9) The Android Invasion by Terry Nation
10) Love & Monsters by Russell T. Davies
11) The Lodger by Gareth Roberts
12) Snakedance by Christopher Bailey