Hello Robert.

25 Jul 04 14:49, you wrote to Bob Lawrence:

 RB> You were 40 years younger!  :-))

 BL>>  Dr Who is either Pommie soldiers running around looking serious
 BL>> (in berets... but nobody does a whoopsy in their beret), or guys

 RB> They had a long spell of that, but eventually kicked UNIT because the
 RB> format was tending to limit the kind of stories.

ABC (australia) is currently in the middle of that bit
currently showing the "time monster" story (Kronos)

 RB> Some of the monsters fairly bizarre and scary, especially if you were
 RB> 10 years old at the time.

I remember they had giant maggots in one episode that gave me a nightmare.

 BL>>  But I'm grateful for one thing. The ABC hasn't reached that twit
 BL>> with the long scarf. They're still working their way through the
 BL>> Dr Who in the white fright-wig.

 RB> Evidently you don't like Tom Baker  ;-)  The fright-wig was I think
 RB> real hair, belonging to the flamboyant John Pertwee.  If you could
 RB> keep your eyes off Katy Manning, of course  :-)

no not Jon Pertwee, old guy - archetipcal grandfather

Jasen

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