Fish Fingers and Custard - A Doctor Who Fanzine - FFAC2

Today’s Randomiser sees us do things a little bit different. But don’t fret – both of these stories are CANON. Remember that.                            Time and The Rani The one story that you don’t want to pull out of your 10 year-old Quality Street lid, and it’s probably this   Time and The Rani .   It makes Terror of The Vervoids look like an episode of Poriot. . I don’t like bitching about episodes, as plenty of people worked very hard just to bring these to our screens, but after watching this, I wondered why they bothered. It’s 1987 and Colin Baker had been sacked. Not by the producer or anyone who had anything to do with the making of the show, but the head of Programming at the BBC.   Not just that – but the budget continued to be whittled away by the powers-that-be.   Whilst watching this, I kept wondering; W...

Rubbish presenting, tedious clichés and an audience that look too alarming to be allowed out in public, it can only be 80's telly.  Here we present (someone else's) clip, interviews with fans and The Doctor(s) and his companion, celebrating the show's 25th Anniversary in 1988. And as you can see, nothing much has really changed.  Some of the comments will make you smile, knowing what we know today and the video is just a great example of how Doctor Who of 25 years ago, really isn't that much different 24 years on.  25. 50. 75. Doctor Who will be around forever.