Randall and rogg's favourite doctor who stories....

[Rogg]

The lines between work colleagues and "friends' is becoming very blurred at my place Never been an issue before. Keeping people at a distance isn't so easy now

Anyone requiring you to hear details about their sex behaviours is committing a violation.

[Randall]

So many of our team have been there so long
30 years in some cases
The barrier is difficult to maintain

[Rogg]

So many of our team have been there so long 30 years in some cases The barrier is difficult to maintain

What kind of age is this particular person? I'm nosey. He sounds about 19.

[Randall]

So many of our team have been there so long 30 years in some cases The barrier is difficult to maintain

What kind of age is this particular person? I'm nosey. He sounds about 19.

Early 40s

[Rogg]

Oh boy. Right. I'm changing the subject Randy. You'll like this.


On this day in 1973.

The Green Death, Episode 3.

Trapped deep below ground, the Doctor and Jo discover the mine's terrible secret.

[Randall]

Pertwees best outing

[Rogg]

Pertwees best outing

You could even call it poignant. It goes places where the old show very rarely went. It's also a masterclass on making a serious point about the environment without resorting to making the Doctor preach it into the camera like a primary school teacher. Oh Chinballs. You hopeless mess.

[Randall]

Pertwee arguably had the best companions

[Rogg]

God I loved Jo. Katy Manning, that is. She is delightful to this very day.

[Rogg]

We could do Doctor Who companion-off but we'd look like a couple of desperate old perverts.

[Randall]

I'm used to it

[Rogg]

I'm not!

This is Katy Manning's current twatter banner. They adored each other and the Green Death goodbye pain plot was basically real. https://twitter.com/ManningOfficial

[Randall]

They had a rare chemistry

[Rogg]

48 years ago tonight. Jon has a huge argument with a space spider and that was about it really. RIP Doctor Who.

[Randall]

That was about 5 episodes to long

[Rogg]

A tad harsh. I think I put it in my all-time top 10.

[Randall]

Not for me
Just all padding

[Rogg]

8. Planet of the Spiders

A sad one. One final lap for the Third Doctor and his chums against the backdrop of his demise at the hands (legs) of a particularly vicious spider. The Doctor had stolen a single blue crystal a long time ago and for his arrogance and greed he must now pay - willingly, in the end. There are some giant concepts in this one. So at the very end, having been missing for weeks, the Doctor reappears at UNIT HQ, looking absolutely white, stumbles out of the Tardis and collapses. Sarah gets a cushion for his head. The following week, something called Tom Baker bounces into Pertwee's show with astonishing energy and the rest is history. As is the show. No offence.

My number 8, apparently. Randy casually suggesting it was 2 hours too long. Remember doing these lists in October 2020 Randy?

[Randall]

It rings a vague bell

[Rogg]

15 years ago tonight. Blink. Often considered the best episode of the new show. Who cares really but it was an amazing idea for a monster. I mean really upsetting.