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Posts by Mark Salter

It's definitely very 1980s Radiophonic Workshop! But the BBC Video ident seems to have been Peter Howell - It's listed in his database at whitefiles.org/rwz/zhw/2013... .

2 months ago 5 0 1 0

Mine from DWAS had printed labels and inserts just like on discogs. The text on your insert looks flakier than on the original, so I'd guess it's a photocopy. (Sorry!)

2 months ago 2 0 1 0
Van emblazoned with "John Hurt Environmental. We fix drains!".

Van emblazoned with "John Hurt Environmental. We fix drains!".

Blows this out of the water!

6 months ago 0 0 1 0
The Zoo in Winter - Jonathan Miller
The Zoo in Winter - Jonathan Miller YouTube video by The Miller Tapes

Clutching at straws, but I wonder how widely this film was distributed in the '70s (Krotons are described as "mechanical organisms" at around 18:39).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XQx...

11 months ago 1 0 0 0
Who have you seen at the theatre?

At least one person did!

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1 year ago 1 0 0 0
Radio Times listing for the UK TV premiere of Dr Who and the Daleks, 1 July 1972.

Radio Times listing for the UK TV premiere of Dr Who and the Daleks, 1 July 1972.

David Maloney in discussion with Dudley Simpson.

David Maloney in discussion with Dudley Simpson.

Not that I'm *still* wearing my tinfoil hat, but...

I s'pose the big "ear" lights alone might have rung a bell. Or Maloney might have said "Oh that one's from the films" at their viewing?

Also recalling how Simpson had borrowed for a Dalek theme before. (Grainer's bassline, in "Evil" — Inspired!)

1 year ago 1 0 1 0

It's so strange! I've wondered if Simpson could have seen the film's first BBC broadcast on 1 July 1972 and made notes then. But such a borrowing would be atypical of him, I think, as well as risky, copyright-wise...

1 year ago 1 0 1 0
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Homages that went over people's heads

Fascinating video. Thanks for a very enjoyable 73 mins!

While on the subject of recycling and Dudley Simpson... I'd guess you're aware of the below? It came as a real surprise to me.
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1 year ago 1 0 1 0
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Longing for Longleat Longing for Longleat marks 40 years since the infamous Doctor Who twentieth anniversary “Celebration” event in 1983. Fans share their memories and fantastic photo of those crazy days, a…

Hello!

I'm sure nearly all of you are meaning to follow Mark Salter the American political writer. Sorry, that's not me! (All I've written is one very British article in blackpoolremembered7485.wordpress.com/longing-for-... .)

*That* Mark Salter may now be followed at @marksalter55.bsky.social .

1 year ago 1 0 0 0
Early 80's Interior Door Handle Early 80's Interior Door Handle

Seems to have been a commercial design. They've been spotted in the wild, e.g. in car parks (though possibly only infinitely labyrinthine ones?).

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1 year ago 0 0 0 1

I wonder if the vampire names Ruath and Yarven in Blood Harvest/Goth Opera echo Lord Ruthven. BBC2 had adapted an opera about him just a couple of years earlier. (Clip here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ6s...)

2 years ago 1 1 0 0