My Doctors (Cross Stitch pattern) by Kristy

So in honour of Our Year with the Doctor I decided to have a go at designing a Doctor Who cross stitch pattern and here is the result! (Available to purchase from my Etsy Store 'SnowFallonSea' ) I'm going to be stitching this over the next week so pictures of the finished piece to follow.

Season 26 - Sylvester McCoy - Ghost Light

 Doctor who stories, by definition have to be tense, bazaar and fascinating and Ghost Light certainly hit the nail on the head. This episode is from the 26 season of Doctor who and aired as three equal parts in the October of 1989. The story is set in 1883 centres around the peculiar happenings at an old mansion house at Gabriel Chase in Perivale England, Ace’s hometown. When the Tardis arrives Ace reveals that she has been here before back in 1983 and had felt a strange presence in the house, it is this revelation that convinces the Doctor that he simply must know more. 

Cue the introduction of the peculiar residents of Gabriel Chase, a Neanderthal butler, a brainwashed house keeper, an insane explorer and a spokesperson for the theory of evolution and the man of the house Josiah Samuel Smith. With a full household of brainwashed staff things get pretty strange but the strangest thing of all is the presence if a strange creature named ‘The light’ which has been trapped in the basement of the house (which is actually a stranded space ship) 

Day 6 - Ghost Light

Day 6 and we're still thoroughly enjoying our time with the Doctor. This evening we had a few problems with our TV so we didn't get to watch quite as much as we would have liked. However we did finish the last 2 episodes on the serial 'Ghost light' with Sylvester McCoy which we started yesterday.

Looking forward to working on that review tomorrow. :)

Thanks for reading.

Day 5 - Ghost Light

For our Sunday viewing this evening we sat down to the first episode of the incredibly creepy 'Ghost Light' from the 26th Season of Doctor who. This episode was originally broadcast in 3 equal parts of 25 minutes each during October 1989 and was one of the scarier episodes that we have watched so far.

Looking forward to reviewing this one! Expect reviews for 'Genesis of the Daleks' and 'Ghost Light' to follow :) ...

Season 25 - Sylvester McCoy - Remembrance of the Daleks

For Day 3 of our year with the Doctor we decided to watch an episode that would be a new experience for both of us, with this in mind we decided to watch the iconic Sylvester McCoy episode ‘The Remembrance of the Daleks’. This episode which was first aired in October 1988 marked the beginning of the 25^th Season of Doctor Who, a remarkable feat. As before the episode aired as 4 segments of 25 minute duration over 4 consecutive weeks and was the last appearance of Davros and the Daleks on television until the show’s revamp in 2005.

One of the great things about this episode (and there are many great things) is the number of little references to Doctor Who and its origins. This episode is set in 1963 around the time that the first Doctor Who was filmed and aired, in the very location that the first episode was set.  We return to Coal Hill School which Susan attended and to the junkyard at 76 Totter’s Lane where the Doctor first parked his Tardis. 

Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor and his assistant Ace have been drawn to 1963 in the course of the Doctor’s quest to secure the hand of Omega. The hand of Omega is a tool designed by a Legendary Time Lord and stellar engineer who created it as a way of manipulating stars to allow the Gallifreyans to time travel. During his research Omega was caught in a supernova caused by his own tool and was sucked into a black hole where he was trapped for the remainder of his life.

Day 3 - The Remembrance of the Daleks

This evening we have watched the final two instalments of 'The three doctors' and the first 25 minute instalment of 'The Remembrance of the Daleks with Sylvester McCoy, this was a first for both of us as neither of us had experienced a Sylvester McCoy episode before.

Review of 'The Remembrance of the Daleks' to follow tomorrow :)