Richard Bignell
@nothinglane.bsky.social
Nothing at the End of the Lane - The Magazine of Doctor Who Research and Restoration
"No, Malcolm. You've misheard. Jenna Stannis is a Space *Pirate*..." 🤣
November 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"No, Malcolm. You've misheard. Jenna Stannis is a Space *Pirate*..." 🤣
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!
Here are the contacts. I had a nasty feeling that Reach would begin dumping vast swathes of negative libraries when they started to take over multiple local newspapers.
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Here are the contacts. I had a nasty feeling that Reach would begin dumping vast swathes of negative libraries when they started to take over multiple local newspapers.
That's as transmitted and it's called undergrowth! 🤣
October 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
That's as transmitted and it's called undergrowth! 🤣
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!)
2/2 - This one is from the BBC trail for the week of Doctor Who repeats (Planet of Evil and The Sontaran Experiment) in July 1976. Sarah sees Styre for the first time and is supposed to think its Commander Linx, the Sontaran she encountered in The Time Warrior. Instead, she just goes…
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
2/2 - This one is from the BBC trail for the week of Doctor Who repeats (Planet of Evil and The Sontaran Experiment) in July 1976. Sarah sees Styre for the first time and is supposed to think its Commander Linx, the Sontaran she encountered in The Time Warrior. Instead, she just goes…
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”...
2/2 - All bangers, the flame is revived with a Little Demon from Standard, whilst Bradwell's Mighty Atom and Thunderclap were given to the Sisterhood by the Doctor as they leave. Glad to be of service!
October 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
2/2 - All bangers, the flame is revived with a Little Demon from Standard, whilst Bradwell's Mighty Atom and Thunderclap were given to the Sisterhood by the Doctor as they leave. Glad to be of service!
Oh, there are certainly commissioning documents relating to Gallifrey. They were commissioned on 1 March 1985 to write four episodes. They were paid for Episode 1, but when the idea was quashed, that payment went towards their writing of The Ultimate Foe (aka Vervoids) a year later.
October 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Oh, there are certainly commissioning documents relating to Gallifrey. They were commissioned on 1 March 1985 to write four episodes. They were paid for Episode 1, but when the idea was quashed, that payment went towards their writing of The Ultimate Foe (aka Vervoids) a year later.
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! 🙂
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!
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?
Blue and purple. That's the colour for The Krotons. It must be Season 6!! 😁
June 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Blue and purple. That's the colour for The Krotons. It must be Season 6!! 😁
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.
Yes, it was shot in black and white at night, very film noir, with them being followed by a shadowy figure. I was really quite impressed by it.
May 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Yes, it was shot in black and white at night, very film noir, with them being followed by a shadowy figure. I was really quite impressed by it.
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.
How many sisters did you see?
April 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
How many sisters did you see?