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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · 2h

Pip and Jane were interviewed in DWM 552 and mentioned the story, with Pip confirming that they had never actually done any work on it. Ian Levine insists that they were commissioned purely as a cover so that Eric Saward could write the story... 🙄

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, there are certainly commissioning documents relating to Gallifrey. They were commissioned on 1 March 1985 to write four episodes. They were paid for Episode 1, but when the idea was quashed, that payment went towards their writing of The Ultimate Foe (aka Vervoids) a year later.

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · 3h

There's virtually nothing about unmade stories (maybe the odd reference here or there) other than the contractual information for the writers involved. Just to clarify, what story are you referring to? 🙂

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · 4h

Another full week of work done at the BBC Written Archives for various forthcoming Doctor Who and Blake's 7 Blu-ray releases, as well as acquiring material for other future projects. 6298 images obtained, totalling 16GB worth of scans and photos. Phew! 🙂

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · 12d

Will we get a "Yartek, Leader of the alien Voord" in there?

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Jess Jurkovic - Dudley Simpson Season 2.5 @jessjurkovic.bsky.social · 22d

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · 22d

It was 50 years ago today that the last episode of Terror of the Zygons was broadcast and today, lots of Doctor Who fans will be going to the BFI to watch the newly restored version. Hope everyone has a good time watching a great story. Come and say hello!

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · 23d

Sixty-two years ago this morning, the very first live-action shots for Doctor Who were filmed at Ealing Film Studios.

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 28

What have you been looking at, James? Are you allowed to tell?

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 28

*Were* glorious..

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yes, his address was in one of the local newspapers, confirmed by a check of the electoral registers of the time. He lived alone, no indication that he was ever married.

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 25

Did you see the comment I made about the source of Dodo's "cockney" accent on Toby's Patreon site? 😁

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 25

It would have been one of the pictures taken during Polystyle's access to the production of The Daemons.

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 24

I think I noted this in the production subtitles back in the DVD days!

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 5

Good thought, Jim! I'll give that a go. 😀

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Aug 5

A long shot this one... 21 years ago, well-known Doctor Who collector, Mick Hall, sold a 16mm film print of Episode 6 of The Chase on eBay. It was won by a collector with the buyer name of "sad-bidder". Does anyone know where the film print ended up or who "sad-bidder" was?

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 25

I don't know, but it might be related to the "pooplicator" in Ian Levine's "accurate" episode notes for The Massacre that he wrote when he was twelve. 🤣

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 25

August 1964: Good to see the Boy Scouts in Sidcup giving the Sensorites some love!

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Ten Acre Books @tenacrebooks.bsky.social · Jul 19

We’re pleased to announce that we will be publishing the first full-length biography of prolific Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks, written by Simon Guerrier with the cooperation of Terrance’s family. Written by Terrance Dicks is provisionally scheduled for publication in 2026.

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 15

Yup! That's when I used to see it as well. 😀

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 15

I wonder if this is the box you could see in the 1990s close to the track as you went past the college on the Northern Line?

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 6

No, just the Doctor Who releases.

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 6

This brings the grand total across the 18 releases so far to 70,786 pages! Apologies for the delay. The last items were only slotted into place on Friday.

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Richard Bignell @nothinglane.bsky.social · Jul 6

With the announcement of the Season 13 Blu-ray Collection box set, here's what's going to be included in the PDF Archive this time round - a total of 4027 pages of scripts, production documents, studio floor plans, Radio Times cuttings, ephemera etc.

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