Show 57: Doctor Who – The Smugglers
Posted: September 2, 2009 Filed under: Doctor Who, Podcast, William Hartnell 2 Comments »
Why the Doctor and Ben are staring at the ceiling when Polly is looking so gorgeous is beyond me...
Season 4 has arrived! And we kick off with a bit of treasure hunting.
There has been no break in filming between the end of Series 3 (The War Machines, last studio recording 01.07.66) and the start of Series 4 (The Smugglers, first studio recording 08.07.66) and it’s the first time the production team has strayed to a location this far from London (Nanjizal Bay, Cornwall).
The director is Julia Smith, who will later direct The Underwater Menace and later still co-create Eastenders! Paul Whitsun-Jones plays the Squire (later to return in Jon Pertwee’s The Mutants as the Marshal) and John Ringham loses his Aztec makeup as Tlotoxl to reappear here as Revenue man, Blake.
So prepare to swash your buckle (or buckle your swash, whichever you prefer) in deepest, darkest Cornwall where, even now, they still believe electricity is the magic of the Wookey Hole Witch…
You can, of course, get this show via iTunes or download directly from here.
Come with us in a fortnight, to the world of The Mighty Boosh… on radio.
I really enjoyed your explanation of how TV stations work in the U.K. Here in the U.S. most pay a monthly cable fee, since there aren’t many free stations and you can’t get them in hi def. There is a trend, however, to ditch the TV side of cable and go with internet only. Most of the free and cable stations can be watched right on-line, and they offer them in hi def as well. It will be interesting to see how this affects revenue. For example, our cable bill is around $150 a month. That includes all premium channels, regular channels and local channels – in hi def (yep, that’s extra) and it also includes cable internet access. If we want to watch an on-demand movie, tack on another $5 for each movie. Now with Netflix offering instant watch and most TV stations being broadcast on-line, we could reduce our cable bill down to $45 a month and just pay for the internet. I know a lot of people going that way to save money. It’s an interesting time!
Interesting… We recorded that intro a few weeks before the Edinburgh TV festival, where James Murdoch (son of Rupert and head of BSkyB) gave the headliner speech – and don’t get me started on THAT!