Aaaaargh!

You may remember a month or so ago that I was enthusing about the new Doctor Who. Well the first two episodes have been great fun. But not particularly scary. And every now and again Doctor Who should be a bit scary for kids. I remember being a kid and watching Tom Baker battle the Daleks and being mighty scared.

Due to being at Lightning Tom's 30th birthday celebration on Saturday I missed the 3rd episode, "The Unquiet Dead" so Ali and I have just watched in on Video. Bearing in mind that Doctor Who is a children's program it was really quite frightening at points, with Dead folk rising up and murdering people! The new Doctor Who should get the kids back behind the sofa again.

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Mr Ports said…
I know it is a bit Luddite compared to your Sky Minus box, but I think I skill have it on video if you can bare such low tech machinery. Lemme know if you fancy borrowing it before the wife tapes Desparate Housewifes over it.
Sat Apr 16, 02:18:00 pm BST
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