Alex B and I are on holiday from 24th May to 7th June (We’re going to Rhodes!). But other than that we’re clear.
I worked out who’s SO pingalondon is. I are smrt.
Yes. And I still think casdave outdid me on this, because he remembered actually seeing them …
wow.
I can only just remember Peter Davison.
I’ve nearly succeeded in forgetting Colin Baker. Just a few more drinks …
Some of my earliest memories are of watching b/w episodes of Dr. Who at an age when I hadn’t the foggiest clue what was going on. I remember William Hartnell going around what looked like a Wild West town, and I also remember two ‘baddies’ that never seem to get mentioned (or maybe my memory is at fault) - the Lepidoptera (basically, blokes in bad butterfly costumes) and The Zarbie (spelling?) (basically, big ant-like things). You see, Steve, this is one reason why you’re essential to the BritDope plot.
Of course, really useful stuff I read last week I can’t remember at all. But ancient and probably mis-remembered monsters from a byegone era of creaky sci-fi… no trouble at all. Human memory needs an upgrade.
From what has been said so far, I put the following up for consideration, endless quibbling and refinement:
Sat May 3rd, somewhere in Brum or London. Mandatory elements: drinking, pub quiz machine on which to unleash our collective hive genius (or cricket bats), Steve Wright or phone access thereto. And if Brum, then Cadbury World.
And if it’s in Brum, I’ll be on the scrounge for a sofa or floor to collapse on to.
May is too late for me - I’m confined to dates between 11-27 th April.
If it was to be a BrumDope, Saturday 26th (week after Easter) would mean I have a chance to do reconaissance, since I’ll be passing through a couple of weeks before when I dump mini-Doris on me mum … ahem, I mean, send my daughter on a relaxing holiday with Grandma.
Is is time to start a dedicated dopefest thread ? IIRC an alternative to London was suggested, 'cos a lot of people didn’t want to come to London, and said people seem to have gone quiet.
My elderly memory tells me that the first Dr. Who episode featured William Hartnell, a grand-daughter and two teachers (hurrah!). The storyline ended with a giant spider villain.
Now a) this was a long time ago and b) I spent most of the time hiding behind the couch, pleasantly scared.
So is my memory up to scratch?
How true!
This rings a vague bell … ding I think it may have been me. I should say, though, that although I am slightly dyslexic, on this occasion it was a simple typing error.
Having said that, ‘Twist of Fat’ is rather good, no reflection on the man himself, though - and who, as we know, keeps his weight down with with the help of regular press-ups … somewhere not far from London. Or so rumour has it …
Btw, the first ones I recall are the Cyber Men. Pretty nasty chaps!.
you know its a proper British thread when the conversation turns to pub quiz machines and Dr Who
The Menoptra and the Zarbi. From The Web Planet. Classic episode. Classic example of why you shouldn’t try to do ground-breaking science fiction on a special effects budget of about £1. 10s. 6d.
The giant spiders (of Metebelis Three) were the ones who polished off Jon Pertwee (in Planet of the Spiders, natch). I think the closest William Hartnell got to giant spiders was the Animus, which was the main villain of The Web Planet, and was vaguely spidery-looking, I guess - span a web over the planet, anyway. There were giant insects in Planet of Giants, but no spiders.
He knows! He knows!
The geekiness! It burns!
in my experience i’ve found that whilst geekiness burns it also wins pub quizzes…
I often admit to being a font of useless knowledge, but I readily bow to Steve’s mastery in that arena.
James Watt’s son was Sir Humphrey Davy’s mother’s lodger.
Also, if you stood in the middle of Grand Central Station in New York for a year, you would receive as much radiation as you would if you ate a luminous dial wristwatch.
It may be strange, living in my head, but it’s rarely boring.
i know what you mean.
There are more streets in London named after “Wellington” than there are named after “Nelson” and “Trafalgar” combined - think its about 97 - 64.
I have no idea why or how i know that - but it came in bloody handy in a pub quiz tie-breaker once.
Steve, just in case you haven’t heard the Sir HD clerihew:
Sir Humphrey Davy
Hated gravy
He lived under the odium
Of having discovered sodium
Thanks for the Dr Who info and factual updates. I am a genuine fan of your knowledge, no sarcasm, and I wouldn’t disgrace it with the name ‘trivia’ either.
That having been said, and sincerely, there are, um, magazines with titles like ‘Time Out’ or ‘The Guide’ and they list things you can get out and go see or do and maybe meet people… honest, it 's fun…
There is only one London street which has only one door on it. (Keppel Street, and the door is the main entrance for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
There is only one London Underground station whose name shares no letters with the word “mackerel”. (St. John’s Wood)
owlstretchingtime takes his name from one of the working titles for Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
There is no particular reason for knowing any of the above facts.
What … like, being in the same room, maybe, as actual people? Seems unhygienic to me. Don’t they sweat, or something?
And it’s roomier than a studio in Chelsea. 