Not since season 2 of The Power Game jazzed up its titles have I been so entranced by the intro to an old TV show. I miss the days where title sequences meant cool theme tunes, choreographed character reveals, meaningful looks,sudden head-turnings,& editing akin to a shootout in a spaghetti Western.

Made sure to wear THE tee, had several people stop me to ask where it came from!

@allisonpregler.bsky.social Needed a name for a ship in Star Trek Online &, well. What does a lifeguard know about being a starship captain? To explore strange new worlds (to have PTSD plots on), to seek out new life & new civilisations (for the saves), & to boldly not eat a lot of red meat.

It could be said that I have too many copies of UFO on Blu-ray, but that would be incorrect. (Since one of these is a DVD.)

Despite having the 4 disc version, the 11 disc 50th anniversary Doctor Who soundtrack set had somehow slipped my radar. This has now been rectified - & a thing of beauty it is too. Needed cleaning as I don't think it's been well looked after - but the light & sound still work!

Also, as someone who lives for sightings of background artist/extra Mike Stevens & his legendary look of extreme concern he'd soon take on to Moonbase Alpha it was great to see him among the Moonbase 3 crew. The last episode seemed to accidentally suggest there were two of him, so win-win.

Finally seen Moonbase 3. The DVD's been on my shelf for years, but like Star Maidens the received wisdom of 'it's bad' meant I never got round to it...so, like Star Maidens, going in with such low expectations meant I found it surprisingly enjoyable - & even gripping on occasion!

Thanks to a price drop at CeX & enough trade-in vouchers to cover most of it, I finally caught my DVD white whale - Network's release of The Gold Robbers! No doubt DCS Cradock would be proud of my persistence in tracking it down. ("Aye lad - but who's behind CeX? That's what I wanna find out!")

"Ya did it yerSEL - oh good grief, answer the phone would you Jo?"

I know I won't be the first person to notice this but surely nobody expected 1971 drama anthology Shadows of Fear's choice of stock music for this thrilling 'stop the tap from dripping' scene in episode 2. (Were sink plungers amongst their weaponry?)

This year's Christmas Eve double feature, though by now I really should know not to have Muppet Christmas Carol as the 1st film of a double since the 2nd always suffers from the absence of Mr. Dickens & Rizzo. And now I wish Peter Cushing had worked with the Muppets.

Last night.

Loving the double dose of Moore-era Bond soundtracks from @lalalandrecords.bsky.social this week! Moonraker in particular is a gorgeous listen, some of John Barry's finest work for the series. Eager to see what's on the way in 2025, these expanded soundtracks are building into a lovely collection.

Happy birthday to the wonderful Terry Farrell, who in addition to being fab as Jadzia Dax in #DS9 has always been genuinely lovely & groovy whenever I've met her. And gives very tight hugs.

Finally listening to Andrew Robinson's audiobook reading of his #DS9 novel & it's so instantly captivating, right from the first "my dear Doctor." I treasure the paperback but this audio somehow feels like an actual new episode of the show.

Long since upgraded to later releases, mind.