Lizardsquid, maker of noises @lizardsquid@computerfairi.es

In the early seasons, the theme music (and much of the stock incidental music) was arranged by Delia Derbyshire.

But because Ron Grainer composed the main melody, she was not allowed to get co-writer credit "just" for coming up with the iconic sounds.

So she remained uncredited for her work on the theme until the 50th Anniversary episode.

goodnight, softies ♥

(I won't make a big announcement post this time, since it only took me 2 weeks to get through this season)

I finished Season 7!

Inferno was much better than I remember it being, but still felt one episode too long.
I really enjoyed the parallel universe stuff this time around.

Thankfully: no stories after Inferno are this long (unless you count trial of a timelord as 1 story instead of 4)

We're now up to the danger zone: the last time I tried to watch through the classic series, this is where I stopped.

n~~~n
~y~y~
~~a~~

How the squid lost its shell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4vxoP-IF2M

thankyou for all the support!

This is enough to pay back what we owe, and for groceries for quite some time

My bank account is overdrawn by $40 and we're gradually running out of food.

Toss us a few kofi's to help pay back what we owe?

ko-fi.com/charlotte

squeakles

goooodnight ♥

"Your debit account has been overdrawn by $15! You will be subject to fees if you don't fix this before modif midnight"

Firstly, how do you expect me to pay a fee if I didn't have any money in the first place.

But secondly, how the heck am I supposed to get that money in before then???

The Ambassador's of Death is really a good example of why you shouldn't make a story that long – for example, there's a whole plotline where, after Liz is captured, she attempts an escape, only to be caught and re-captured just before she can get back to the Doctor.

And the story spends at least 5 minutes on these scenes, which do not progress the story at all – the situation at the end of the scenes is exactly the same as what it was at the start.

a 4 episode story is 1.5 hours total, which is a reasonable amount.

A 6 episode story is 2 hours and 24 minutes, so it's already longer than a feature film.

A 7 episode story is nearly 3 hours long.