Day: 15 January 2003

I was flicking through the TV channels the other night and surfed into the middle of an episode of Doctor Who (starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor as the good looking Sophbie Aldred as his assistant Ace). I doubt very few teenage boys didn’t have a crush on Ace – and not just for her good looks but also because of her rebellious nature…

Anyway, I had just flicked on UK Gold and came midway into the episode. I caught the Doctor saying “Last time I was on Earth, I left something behind” and I instantly said “The Hand Of Omega” before Ace did. That was just slightly weird – remembering the “next line” of a TV programme you haven’t seen in years and when you did see it, so it a maximum of twice.

Thanks to George Sewell appearing in the episode as “Ratcliffe” (I recognised him from Jasper Carrott’s “The Detectives” where he plays Detective Superintendent Frank Cottam), I’ve managed to find out that it was Season 25, story 152 of Doctor Who – “Remembrance Of The Daleks”. Saying that, there can’t be too many Dr.Who stories based in Coldhill School (yep, I did remember the name of the school before it was mentioned) around the 1960/70s where the Daleks can travel up stairs (by using a red light from their underneaths).