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Hey, if you got rid of it, he'd be back.

Someone sort the title - he has a double R in his first name.....

Basically, I basically hate people who basically base their inarticulate utterances around the word basically. Basic twats.

Aha, forget DDP obit chances, finally I'm in my element here! There's many reasons the Troughton episodes get more love. For one thing, they were harder to see, so the fans of the 1980s rated a lot of the big episodes missing holy grail stories. Like Tomb of the Cybermen, a lost Cyberman classic. Then in the 90s it got found and people realised it was just ... not bad. Whereas the Pertwee stories have always been there. Also, there was a backlash because his Doctor was seen as a bit Tory. There's a bit in Terror of the Autons where he bullies the civil servant into helping the Brig by talking up his friendship with the chaps boss, and Paul Cornell wrote an entire article in a fanzine circa 1992 about how Tory this made the Doctor, and how un-Doctor. Now, your mileage may vary, but that scene's always struck me more as him bullshitting his arse off. Hah. Also yer man Pertwee gets far less leeway for being a bit tetchy than Troughton gets for the whole 2nd family thing or Tom Baker gets for the being a bit of a cunt at times thing. Terror of the Autons is the comic book sequel to the more serious Spearhead from Space. It's not as good, as it was signed quickly on the success of the first story, but it has a lot of set pieces that, if you see for the first aged 6, were bloody terrifying. The policemen for once, pretty sure one of our members would have loved the "all policemen are secret wrong uns" subtext there. Mary Whitehouse did go to town on it, which usually helped ratings considerably. One thing to note. That bit where UNIT crash a jeep into the Auton policeman, and it falls 50 feet down a quarry ledge only to immediately rise again and start climbing? A fucking stuntman did that. Bloody impressive, and it's a throwaway moment in a kids show! The telephone cord bit is brilliantly naff. As for Daemons, if you don't like the stuff they're nicking the plot from, you likely wont like it. It is very much Hammer Horror (for kids) by numbers. Apparently it was Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney's favourite story to film! I suspect this is not due to the quality of the story, and more because they spent 3 weeks in the local pub. PS The white witch is Damaris Hayman, previously mentioned on this forum. 89 this year and I'd presume on her acting CV highly obitable.

Things were never the same for him after he got shot in the eyes with a paintball.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is 70 now. He has a history of steroid use and heart surgery, so it is time for him to have his own thread.

And they often "turn round" every time they speak "go".

He counts because I said he counts and this here thing ain't a democracy. Also, no, that doesn't count as an obit. Awaiting Bailey and Kleese obits.

He's the billionaire owner in Jurassic World.

Many people use "goes" for "said". A typical conversation might be: So she goes "shut up", so then I goes "no, YOU shut up" so then she goes.......

I presumed it WAS in the Who thread! See, you bring up one 92 year old French comic actor...

Cirque du Soliel performer Yann Arnaud dies after a faaaaaaaaaaalllllll.

For the record, I would rather WAGs weren't picked unless famous in their own right like a Victoria Beckham, and will advise against Tiffany Youngs being picked in the Quarters now this error has been spotted. Consider this the closing of an accidental loophole. Now, watch sods law see her snuff it in the next 13 days.

It would be nice to hear someone say ‘post-coital’ once in a while.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer cinematographer Michael Gershman has died aged 73.

Dissolution for the very first de facto UK Prime Minister, Whig statesman Sir Robert Walpole, who died on this day 273 years ago at the age of 68.

That's because Pertwee is the best, clearly. Well, he's my favourite anyhow. Ice Warriors is a lot better on screen than in the book, probably because of the quality of cast - not just Sallis, but Peter Barkworth (as his aforementioned wanker of a boss) and Angus Lennie too. Also the camera has more of a visual flair, it was directed by my 2013 DDP unique Derek Martinus, who at the time was one of the best TV directors working for the BBC.

An annoyance! Short version: she's the wife of a rugby player. Yeah, I know, but WAGs (Wives and Girlfriends) of sports folk are OK Mag celebs akin to your Teen Mum folk here so I thought OK. Then I realised she was actually far more obscure and I'd fallen for a fast one. Anyhow, you live and learn, and at least if she goes this month, the only victim to the host's negligence will be, err, the host himself.

It takes someone really low to shoot wild animals for fun too. He’s a dribbly- mouthed cunt, just like his dad.

Out of boredom I looked at the winners of Pot Black. Only till 86 obviously, as an abomination after that. Ray Reardon 8/10/32 John Spencer 18/9/35-11/7/06 Graham Miles 11/5/41- 12/10/14 Eddie Charlton 31/10/29- 8/12/04 Perrie Mans 14/10/40 Doug Mountjoy 8/6/42 Cliff Thorburn 16/1/48 Steve Davis 23/8/57 Terry Griffith 16/10/47 Jimmy White 2/5/62 Surprised Mans is still above the pocket, and Davis will outlive them all by 20/30 years.

That’s a charming word! In fact, most of its synonyms are pleasing words too: obsequious, sycophantic, oleaginous, all wholesome words that aren’t used enough.

I just watched the ancient Dr Who story, "The Moonbase" for the first time (it sucked) and I was surprised to learn that the French actor, Andre Maranne, who played Benoit, is still alive. Born 1926, so a good potential future pick for this pool. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Maranne

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You are aware we have a Bollywood thread?

Our gorgeous 2 year old Juno died unexpectedly this morning - we got her to the vets but nothing they could do - poor girl had pulmonary aspiration and just went down too fast to save her.