i'm reading a really geeky but funny doctor who book at the moment as it happens. it's part 4 of the 'about time' books which covers 1975-79. some of the articles are really funny and random. might give me some ideas for material for the site

i like this chart in the book, see if you can throw any of your favourites into the mix

bad effects: what are the highlights?

10. None-Zap Guns - morgaine's troops in battlefield - "what with the bizarre 'knights falling from the sky' effect, the disco music and the knight commanders lipstick and eyeliner the whole story feels like the video for 'ant rap' by adam and the ants"

9. The Bandrill Ambassador in Timelash - "a rubber sooty"

8. any spider in classic who

7. kroll from the power of kroll - "best stop motion animation of the programme's history ruined by a crude split screen that cuts off krolls tentacles"

6. the skarasen from terror of the zygons - "a sock-puppet stuck over CSO footage of westminster made worse by baker, sladen and marter all looking in completely the wrong direction"

5. the cyber fleet of the tenth planet ("paper-plates-on-a-string"), the moonbase ("wobbly, dangly ships clearly the size of pizzas") and the invasion ("rocket stock footage, some dating back to the 1930's").

4. zap guns of the late 70's and early 80's - "with K9's arrival human anatomy is rewritten and the kneecap becomes the place to aim lethal blows"

3. bok from the daemons - "a little bloke in a body sock"

2. the rubber tree from mark of the rani - "on-screen this looks like a man in a rubber tree-trunk groping nicola bryant"

1. the dinosaurs from invasion of the dinosaurs - "CSO toy model hell shot on film, made worse by a brontosaurus and tyrannosaurus appearing to be making out just outside Marylebone station in episode 6"

i would add the toy tank from robot and man revealing his android self in four to doomsday. can't think of anything witty to say about them though :(

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