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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Using Rarewaves always makes me wonder what actually happens to second class post for it to take so long. I mean, where does it go??

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The trouble with going through the Troughton era day by day is when you read an entry like this in the present tense you really feel you ought to be able to do something about it. Like going full Sylvester and shouting "Stop! I command it!!"

From The Doctor Who Production Diary: The Troughton Years by David Brunt - an account of how the master tapes for The Highlanders have been approved for erasure, on Thursday, 9 March, 1967.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I used to do that, but by the 90s I was starting recs going during the end credits of the previous prog, so I could catch trails as well as continuity. Also, because the new idents blew me away. I disposed of my VHS tapes but, fortunately, others are doing the Lord's work by uploading old junctions.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For those of us who taped them at the time, the original continuity announcements are deeply engrained. When I'm old I'll still be babbling intros to Red Dwarf, Blackadder and Bottom along with random lines from Doctor Who.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Not to worry. I'd ordered a couple of things and eventually got emails about both being delayed. But B7 never materialised. Customer service was prompt, though, and they issued a refund. I'll try again at a later date.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I fear my journey has already ended. I had to cancel Series B today because Lulu failed to print and deliver it. 😕

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Be careful not to lose them. Those time rings are your lifeline.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I read it years ago and loved it. I should read it again.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've only read as far as the AUC section but it's wonderful. (My, though, the pages feel delicate - I've already creased two of them.) What with this and the Troughton Production Diary nothing else will be getting a look-in for a while.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Surely, Don't Let Me Down by the Beatles should be in there... Followed by This Is It by Kenny Loggins, then Is That It? by Katrina & The Waves.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ooh, lovely - look what's just arrived. (And there are my initials on the Brig's shoulder.) @wonderfulbooks.co.uk

The hardback cover of Screen Printed by Paul MC Smith.

Page 504 shows the cover art for the novelisation of Battlefield.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

They'd still have their moments. Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning and The Desperate Hours are great, and they're in season 7. But both helped enormously by supporting characters.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

With the added protection of polystyrene snowflakes, I trust.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Why, thank you, Amazon. What an appropriate choice of packaging.

Poor Amazon packaging, busted open on arrival.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Mine's arriving today, but I am wondering if I should have gone with the digital version like I did with Hartnell. But it's Troughton so what the hell.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I still have a note of the durations: 1) 7.35 - 8.09 ... 34m 2) 8.09 - 8.44 ... 35m 3) 8.44 - 9.19 ... 35m 4) 9.40 - 10.20 ... 40m 5) 10.20 - 10.58 ... 38m 6) 10.58 - 11.43 ... 45m

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I like to think that I brought something back.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yes, and I'll never forget the audience tumbling down the hill towards the train station like competitors in a cheese rolling competition because it overran so much. But it was a great day.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Looks like another needlessly chunky digipack.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I feel sure that Anneka was channelling her appreciation of Battlefield in that photo and was about to drop through the roof of a barn accompanied by Keff McCulloch.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

That's the main reason I'll be reading it.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I went to see this a few days ago. Superb. So immersive I felt quite emotional at times. Meticulously presented, artfully edited with beautiful graphics. So much attention to detail. I'll be going again. lightroom.uk/whats-on/dav...

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David Bowie: You're Not Alone

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

May nothing ever fall down the back of that corner unit...

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've started to move away from the chunky Hammer box sets, as lovely as they are. But this will do very nicely, thank you. Saw this for the first time only a few months ago and loved it. #xtheunknown

The slimline version of the Hammer 4k release of X The Unknown.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I've decided I really like grouper. Mainly because they're big enough for these 50 year-old eyes to see, unlike the tiny creatures my dive guides try to show me. Grouper also have an air of "don't bother me, I'm thinking", which appeals.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Do the plans involve a Jon Dear commentary?

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I got a job reposting an "I got a job" post. But I didn't Like it.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Diving instructor. Couldn't handle the pressure.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Oh, and the heating control on the wall is rubbish.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Great stuff, Gav. The info about making it look like he had more coverage than was actually available was really interesting.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

By the way, how good is Philip Ray in this? I've taken his performance for granted since the original VHS but he's so believable in it.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ooh, this will be fun. I finished a rewatch only last night, inspired by @jonnymorris.bsky.social's recent rewatch. The direction is great. I watched it on my largest TV yet and noticed a lot of studio lights.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

If I could just have a Jon Dear to explain most scenes in my life it would be a great help.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I used to struggle to follow the audio, but would love for it to be recovered.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Certainly The Savages until I spent a year working on the doc. Then I knew it inside out. Also Underworld, which is just a fog of CSO. Meglos was the last existing classic Who I hadn't seen until the DVD. I didn't bother with the VHS. Consequently I don't think I've watched it more than three times.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I've not even listened to it yet but have been going around with the title music in my head for the past couple of days.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I watched this for the first time recently, too, and loved it. I didn't really miss the Professor but could appreciate how good it would be as a Quatermass. I also watched Abominable Snowman for the first time the other week but nodded off.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Looks like it. Time for someone to get them dancing to Blue Veils and Golden Sands.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The knob at the front just seems like the volume for monitoring the signal, which he returns to the same level. But it's not clear what he's doing at the back before he tries to prise the lid off. Presumably they wanted to leave the audience unsure if he'd achieved anything.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I know, I know, but he doesn't appear to do anything at all. So it's always felt like a bit of a leap to me. Just like whipping the unconscious Doctor out of the back of the T-Mat cubicle. But anyway, it's a cracking story otherwise.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hmm. He spends a moment trying to open it then gets interrupted.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I never quite understand if the Martian fleet follow the fake homing signal by accident as the Doctor doesn't seem to do anything to theirs.

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Stuart Denman 🏳️‍🌈 @stuartdenman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Watching episode one now compared to the VHS is still a revelation.

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