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I recently wrote, directed and did a bunch voices for this little Universal Monsters x Doodles skit, alongside the most incredible animation team! also on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/shorts/qE99s...

Another season from #DoctorWho’s 70s heyday, another very respectible average score of 3/5.

I rarely have a bad time with the Doctor and Jo, and it’s lovely to give them more TARDIS trips, even though a few of these don’t quite hit the mark.

Onward at last then, to Season 20...

THE TIME MONSTER

I love a time-based story, and this brings back the Master for more manical fun, but it really creaks when we get to Atlantis. It ain’t no Dæmons!

Instead there are people faking slow-mo, Sgt Benton as a big baby, and the infamous giant glowing budgerigar.

★★

THE MUTANTS

Delves into the dying days of colonialism with aplomb for #DoctorWho, but as with most six-parters, it frequently tests your patience too.

Also of note: Rick James bafflingly being dealt ‘cockney geezer’, and the acid trip lunacy of the Solonians’ final form.

★★★

THE SEA DEVILS

The Master returns! And after becoming far too ubiquitous in Season 8, he now feels much better utilised.

While the Sea Devils may look shonky, there’s an atmosphere and intrigue that propels this story, even as it inevitably lags a little in the middle.

★★★★

THE CURSE OF PELADON

A delightful sort of Agatha Christie in space, as intergalactic delegates are being targeted one-by-one by a phantom menace.

It’s all wobbly sets but the mystery is fun, and subverting the Doctor’s expectations of the Ice Warriors is a clever wrinkle.

★★★

been working on something with a lot of ‘me’ in it: a brand new series of shorts for Doodles!

‘Transmissions from Dullsville’ starts tomorrow at youtube.com/@welikethedoodles

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