Doctor Who Day Update ...

After The Infinite Quest, I discovered that UKTVGold was showing the finale of Doctor Who Season Two - Doomsday (the Dalek vs Cybermen battle in Canary Wharf), which was actually much, much better than I remembered. I still find the Daleks and Cybermen being "sucked" back through the tear between dimensions a rather convenient - and visually lame - solution to the crisis, but the whole 'loss of Rose' sub-plot is far more moving than I recall it being when I first saw it.

That was followed, boosted by a sandwich, with my tapes of Utopia and The Sound of Drums, which have me psyched up for the Last of The Timelords in about three and three-quarter hours.

While both of these episodes get better and better with each viewing, I have to say the kid who won the Blue Peter competition, John Bell, to appear as Creet the Refugee, stands out like a sore thumb - his role clearly shoehorned in for the sake of the competition but having absolutely no relevance to the plot whatsoever!

Given that previously a Blue Peter competition was responsible for foisting the nonsensical Abzorbaloff on us in Season Two's Love & Monsters makes you wonder if it's time to give the competition's a rest and leave the story telling to the professionals!