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I’m a British ex-pat living in the Monterey Bay Area of California. I’m a musician, writer, educator and sometime technologist. Opinions expressed on this site are my own.

Category: Television

  • Classic TV: Doctor Who Series 13 (1975-1976)

    On 25th August, 1975, I watched Tom Baker, in character as The Doctor, sitting in a cinema presenting clips from Disney films in the August Bank Holiday edition of Disney Time. At the end of the show, a hand was seen passing him a note. He read the note and announced “It’s from the Brigadier.…

  • Classic TV: Doctor Who Series 12 (1974-5)

    As anyone who knows me can attest, I have a deep and abiding affection for Doctor Who, having watched it ever since I was a wee scrap of a lad sitting in front of the TV in the living room. (My first Doctor was Jon Pertwee, accompanied by his companion Jo Grant, played by Katy…