Richard Bignell
@nothinglane.bsky.social
Nothing at the End of the Lane - The Magazine of Doctor Who Research and Restoration
The PDF Archive for the Doctor Who Season 21 Blu-ray Collection has finally been locked, so here's what's going to be included this time round - a total of 7706 pages of material, the second largest so far. It brings the running total across the 19 releases to 78,493 pages!
December 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The PDF Archive for the Doctor Who Season 21 Blu-ray Collection has finally been locked, so here's what's going to be included this time round - a total of 7706 pages of material, the second largest so far. It brings the running total across the 19 releases to 78,493 pages!
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Delighted to announce after many years of trying to get this to happen, the lovely people at North One & UKTV saw the opportunity and we're making this incredibly special series. A joy to work with these teams and of course with Sir David and the rest of the fantastic OFAH cast.
December 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Delighted to announce after many years of trying to get this to happen, the lovely people at North One & UKTV saw the opportunity and we're making this incredibly special series. A joy to work with these teams and of course with Sir David and the rest of the fantastic OFAH cast.
I'm part of a film collecting group on Facebook. Back in 2022, I asked the members whether they had made any firm plans as to what should happen to their collections when they die. These were the results. This is one of the reasons why the work of @filmisfabulous.bsky.social is so important.
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm part of a film collecting group on Facebook. Back in 2022, I asked the members whether they had made any firm plans as to what should happen to their collections when they die. These were the results. This is one of the reasons why the work of @filmisfabulous.bsky.social is so important.
And a couple of rather nice Blake's 7 Blu-ray Collection subtitling goofs for Series 2 that we caught along the way...
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
And a couple of rather nice Blake's 7 Blu-ray Collection subtitling goofs for Series 2 that we caught along the way...
Apologies for the lateness, but here is the breakdown of the PDF Archive on the new Blake's 7 Blu-ray Collection for Series 2, this time with a total of 3556 pages of stuff!
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Apologies for the lateness, but here is the breakdown of the PDF Archive on the new Blake's 7 Blu-ray Collection for Series 2, this time with a total of 3556 pages of stuff!
Also from the 6th August 1966 edition of Jackie magazine, we learn that Roger Daltrey was a big fan of Doctor Who and had two Louis Marx Daleks in his flat! Mr Who loves Dr Who!
October 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Also from the 6th August 1966 edition of Jackie magazine, we learn that Roger Daltrey was a big fan of Doctor Who and had two Louis Marx Daleks in his flat! Mr Who loves Dr Who!
The British Newspaper Archive has recently put up the entire run of the girls' magazine, Jackie (1964-93), including their 1969 serialised ‘Private Life of Frazer Hines’ strip. This is the somewhat wonky section covering Frazer's Doctor Who career (and, of course, bits of his love life!)
October 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The British Newspaper Archive has recently put up the entire run of the girls' magazine, Jackie (1964-93), including their 1969 serialised ‘Private Life of Frazer Hines’ strip. This is the somewhat wonky section covering Frazer's Doctor Who career (and, of course, bits of his love life!)
1/2 - With the Doctor Who Season 13 Blu-ray Collection arriving, here are a couple of fun corrections we had to make to the subtitler’s work on this set. This one from Pyramids of Mars (obv), where the subtitler seemed to forget that Sutekh’s puppet was actually named “Scarman”...
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
1/2 - With the Doctor Who Season 13 Blu-ray Collection arriving, here are a couple of fun corrections we had to make to the subtitler’s work on this set. This one from Pyramids of Mars (obv), where the subtitler seemed to forget that Sutekh’s puppet was actually named “Scarman”...
1/2 - With the Season 13 Collection beginning to arrive, for those of you even vaguely interested in such things, the fireworks used by the Doctor in The Brain of Morbius to help the Sisterhood with the dying flame were all quite genuine.
October 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
1/2 - With the Season 13 Collection beginning to arrive, for those of you even vaguely interested in such things, the fireworks used by the Doctor in The Brain of Morbius to help the Sisterhood with the dying flame were all quite genuine.
Another full week of work done at the BBC Written Archives for various forthcoming Doctor Who and Blake's 7 Blu-ray releases, as well as acquiring material for other future projects. 6298 images obtained, totalling 16GB worth of scans and photos. Phew! 🙂
October 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Another full week of work done at the BBC Written Archives for various forthcoming Doctor Who and Blake's 7 Blu-ray releases, as well as acquiring material for other future projects. 6298 images obtained, totalling 16GB worth of scans and photos. Phew! 🙂
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Despite Bluesky being extremely nice, and/but, despite the fact that I am struggling to find ways to engage, I must inform you of drastically important news!
You could be watching the first three minutes of my latest DSisDW Season 2.5 video.
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You could be watching the first three minutes of my latest DSisDW Season 2.5 video.
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September 20, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Despite Bluesky being extremely nice, and/but, despite the fact that I am struggling to find ways to engage, I must inform you of drastically important news!
You could be watching the first three minutes of my latest DSisDW Season 2.5 video.
www.patreon.com/posts/139310...
You could be watching the first three minutes of my latest DSisDW Season 2.5 video.
www.patreon.com/posts/139310...
It was 50 years ago today that the last episode of Terror of the Zygons was broadcast and today, lots of Doctor Who fans will be going to the BFI to watch the newly restored version. Hope everyone has a good time watching a great story. Come and say hello!
September 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
It was 50 years ago today that the last episode of Terror of the Zygons was broadcast and today, lots of Doctor Who fans will be going to the BFI to watch the newly restored version. Hope everyone has a good time watching a great story. Come and say hello!
Sixty-two years ago this morning, the very first live-action shots for Doctor Who were filmed at Ealing Film Studios.
September 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sixty-two years ago this morning, the very first live-action shots for Doctor Who were filmed at Ealing Film Studios.
A long shot this one... 21 years ago, well-known Doctor Who collector, Mick Hall, sold a 16mm film print of Episode 6 of The Chase on eBay. It was won by a collector with the buyer name of "sad-bidder". Does anyone know where the film print ended up or who "sad-bidder" was?
August 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A long shot this one... 21 years ago, well-known Doctor Who collector, Mick Hall, sold a 16mm film print of Episode 6 of The Chase on eBay. It was won by a collector with the buyer name of "sad-bidder". Does anyone know where the film print ended up or who "sad-bidder" was?
August 1964: Good to see the Boy Scouts in Sidcup giving the Sensorites some love!
July 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
August 1964: Good to see the Boy Scouts in Sidcup giving the Sensorites some love!
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We’re pleased to announce that we will be publishing the first full-length biography of prolific Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks, written by Simon Guerrier with the cooperation of Terrance’s family. Written by Terrance Dicks is provisionally scheduled for publication in 2026.
July 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We’re pleased to announce that we will be publishing the first full-length biography of prolific Doctor Who writer and script editor Terrance Dicks, written by Simon Guerrier with the cooperation of Terrance’s family. Written by Terrance Dicks is provisionally scheduled for publication in 2026.
With the announcement of the Season 13 Blu-ray Collection box set, here's what's going to be included in the PDF Archive this time round - a total of 4027 pages of scripts, production documents, studio floor plans, Radio Times cuttings, ephemera etc.
July 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
With the announcement of the Season 13 Blu-ray Collection box set, here's what's going to be included in the PDF Archive this time round - a total of 4027 pages of scripts, production documents, studio floor plans, Radio Times cuttings, ephemera etc.
The pacy trailer for the November 1999 repeat of Spearhead from Space (which couldn't be included on the S07 Collection for various reasons) featured an odd non-DW cut-in shot of a colourful giant eye. I recall someone once identifying where it came from. Can anyone remember the source?
June 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The pacy trailer for the November 1999 repeat of Spearhead from Space (which couldn't be included on the S07 Collection for various reasons) featured an odd non-DW cut-in shot of a colourful giant eye. I recall someone once identifying where it came from. Can anyone remember the source?
The missus and I finished watching Bodies last night. Barring a few tiny points, we found it great fun and a lovely portion of time-travelling drama.
June 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The missus and I finished watching Bodies last night. Barring a few tiny points, we found it great fun and a lovely portion of time-travelling drama.
The Seeds of Doom is by far and away my all-time favourite of the classic Doctor Who run, so it's very sad to hear that Michael McStay (who once sent me a fabulous letter about his time on the programme) died on Sunday, aged 92.
May 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Seeds of Doom is by far and away my all-time favourite of the classic Doctor Who run, so it's very sad to hear that Michael McStay (who once sent me a fabulous letter about his time on the programme) died on Sunday, aged 92.
Fifty years ago today, this was the sad news...
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BBC News - Doctor Who, William Hartnell's Death - 23 April 1975
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April 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Fifty years ago today, this was the sad news...
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Back from another week-long stint at the BBC Written Archives for a further Doctor Who and Blake's 7 (plus a little bit of Quatermass) scanning mission. 6391 images procured. Nice to see Ncuti and Millie adorning the latest BBC Group Annual Report & Accounts publication.
April 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Back from another week-long stint at the BBC Written Archives for a further Doctor Who and Blake's 7 (plus a little bit of Quatermass) scanning mission. 6391 images procured. Nice to see Ncuti and Millie adorning the latest BBC Group Annual Report & Accounts publication.
Forty-four years ago today, I filmed about 3½ minutes worth of the last episode of Logopolis on my Halina cine camera. Didn't know when the regeneration was going to happen, so I ran out of film before it was shown! Managed to get it on 2 June when it was repeated on Ask Aspel!
March 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Forty-four years ago today, I filmed about 3½ minutes worth of the last episode of Logopolis on my Halina cine camera. Didn't know when the regeneration was going to happen, so I ran out of film before it was shown! Managed to get it on 2 June when it was repeated on Ask Aspel!
It always makes me chuckle when they have to specify in the scripts that space scenes are "Night"! 🤣
March 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It always makes me chuckle when they have to specify in the scripts that space scenes are "Night"! 🤣