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Nov 30, 2019

Review of S11 E02 — Ghost Monument

• Segun Akinola’s theme sampled Delia Derbyshire’s original arrangement
• Which was also used for The Day of the Doctor
• The YW hasn’t seen much Three but was already familiar with Venusian Aikido
• We refer to Watsonian vs. Doylist perspectives
• The Stenza first appeared in

Nov 16, 2019

• These episodes were directed by Frank Cox rather than Marvin Pinfield 
• The tunnel shots reminder the OM of The Web of Fear 
• The Ood  & Sensorites were neighbours, The Ood Sphere being in the same star system
• Heaven Sent & Hell Bent affirmed this episodes description of Gallifrey
• Joseph Conrad wrote the deeply...

Nov 2, 2019

Review of S01 – The Sensorites E02-04

• Cross Dressing v. The Patriachy 
• The YW found the use of stage whispers off-putting
• We’d recently watched this JFK speech
• The TARDIS translation circuit was first touched mentioned in The Masque of Mandragora but features more heavily in New Who
• Clara spoke German in