You might remember my blog post back in 2009 in which I said that the first thing I'd do if I had a time machine would be to watch episode 3 of The Daleks' Master Plan. If you don't remember it, you might have found it in a google search recently, because I know quite a lot of people or robots have. I would have forgotten I'd ever written it if not for that, actually.
But we've now reached the point in history where episodes 1 and 3 can be seen again, for the first time since 1965, and woohoo! They are REALLY good! Like I said seventeen years ago, The Daleks' Master Plan (unlike really quite a lot of old Doctor Who if we're being totally fair) is brilliantly written, directed and performed, and a real thrill to watch! Terry Nation was absolutely at his best right then, and it's so fantastic that they've finally recovered these gems. It's a great Easter treat!
And by the way, that Time Twisters story, from 2000AD prog 324 in 1983, is an Alan Moore classic that never fails to make me cry. You should check out the collected edition, although I'm lucky to own the original printing and somehow feel like the red ink bleeding through from the competition on the previous page makes it even better this way. You could win a BMX bike, or a runner-up prize of a Firefox electronic game. All you had to do was send in a Sherbet Fountain wrapper, count the number of Sherbet Fountains in the picture and in not more than twelve words complete the sentence "I like Sherbet Fountains because..."
Sherbet Fountains are great.
