Doctor Who (1963) 25.01 Extras (Part 1)

Back to School: The Making of 'Remembrance of the Daleks' (2007)

33 minutes

Selected members of the cast, crew, and others tell stories about the making of Remembrance of the Daleks. They were all interviewed separately and do not appear on camera together at any point. 

They talk about the origins of the story, the special effects, and their memories of cast and crew who have since died. 

The people in this docuentary feature are 

• Sylvester McCoy - The Doctor
• Sophie Aldred - Ace
• Karen Gledhill - Allison
• Simon Williams - Group Captain Gilmore

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katherine Hepburn (1986)

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katherine Hepburn (1986)

starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy

directed by David Heeley

87 minutes

Katherine Hepburn narrates this made for TV retrospective of Spencer Tracy's career in films, from 1930 to 1967. 

Subjects covered in the movie include

• Tracy's early career at Fox
• Films he made with Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and others
• Films he made with Katherine Hepburn, including her memories of meeting him for the first time
• The last few films he made in the 1960s (Bad Day at Black Rock, Judgment at Nuremberg, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) 

NewsRadio 5.12

Apartment

Dave and Lisa both have applications in for the same apartment. They ask Jimmy to decide for them which one should get it. Max gets into the the race for the apartment once he sees it. Mr. James can't decide between his three employees so he puts the contest on the internet and lets other people decide.

Thoughts

I like it. I don't have a clear memory of this episode but I've probably seen it before. I like how the b-story gets connected to the a-story.

Alaina Reed-Hall played the landlady. She is probably best known for playing Rose Lee Holloway on 227 (115 episodes). She also played Olivia on Sesame Street (1976-1992, 165 episodes), which is probably where I saw her first.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.31

Bilko Acres

A rumor starts that the units stationed at Camp Baxter are being moving overseas. Bilko is unintentionally and unknowingly responsible for the rumor. His read of the situation is that the base is going to be expanded so he uses some of his platoon's welfare fund to buy some swampland (aka Bimmelman's Swamp) adjacent to the base. Once he discovers that the base isn't going to be expanded he has to come up with another scheme to offload the swampland.

Thoughts

This episode felt unnecessarily complicated. In the end it didn't really seem to lead anywhere. It kept my attention but when it was over I was left wondering what just happened. 

The label on the box for the platoon's welfare fund reads: Co B 3rd Platoon. I don't recall Bilko's unit being given a designation before this episode.

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)

written directed, produced by George Stevens, Jr.

110 minutes

This documentary is an overview of the life of director George Stevens (1904-1975), mostly by examining films he directed. The films of his that are spotlighted can be split into two categories. There are clips of all these movies plus a few more included in the documentary.

Pre-war films

• Alice Adams
• Swing Time
• Gunga Din
• Woman of the Year
• The More the Merrier

Post-war films

• A Place in the Sun
• Shane
• Giant
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Orville 1.06

Krill

Captain Ed Mercer and Lieutenant Terry Molloy are tasked by Adniral Ozawa with an espionage mission. They fly a captured Krill shuttle into Krill territory. Their objective is to obtain a copy of in Anhkana, the Krill holy book. They are given devices that make them look Krill.

Mercer and Molloy make contact with a Krill warship. They claim to be the only survivors of another Krill warship. They are welcomed by the captain and invited to join a Krill worship ceremony.

Mercer and Molloy fool most of the Krill but Sazeron, the high priest, is suspicious of them. They sneak into the ship's place of worship at night. They start to take images of the pages of the Anhkana. They are about halfway done when they are forced to hide. Someone comes down to inspect the space of worship. The devices that make them look Krill start to malfunction.

Mercer and Molloy search the ship and find the power source that is interfering with their disguise devices. It is a neutron bomb that the Krill are planning to use on a peaceful world. Mercer and Molloy try to come up with a plan to stop the Krill's plan.

The Tick (2001) 1.09

The Big Leagues

The Tick and Arthur are invited to join the League of Superheroes. Captain Liberty is angry because she wasn't invited to join the League. She files a lawsuit because the League doesn't have any members who aren't white men. Her lawyer, Steve Filbert, tries to talk her out of suing the League. Her lawyer has a secret that explains why he doesn't want Captain Liberty to sue the League of Superheroes.

Thoughts

The Tick is so clueless that he doesn't recognize the Champion, the leader of the League of Superheroes, in his civilian identity. All it takes to confuse the Tick is for the Champion to put on his glasses.

Abbott Elementary 1.13

Zoo Balloon

The staff and most of the students from Abbott go on a field trip to the zoo. Janine's boyfriend (Tariq), Jacob's boyfriend (Zach), and Barbara's daughter (Taylor) help to keep an eye on the kids. Janine feels uneasy when she learns that Tariq wants them to move to New York after he gets a recording contract. A few kids have to stay behind at Abbott with Mr. Johnson.

Thoughts

I like the Breakfast Club references that Mr. Johnson brings to the episode.

Outlaw Star 1.26

Back to Space

Hazanko tries to seize the power of the Galactic Leyline but Gene shows up. He shoots Hazanko with a caster shell. It seems to kill Hazanko but it also knocks Gene off his feet. Gwen Khan shows up while Gene is writhing on the ground. Gene recovers. Gwen Khan tries to talk to Gene about splitting the power of the Galactic Leyline.

Hazanko returns before the conversation gets very far. Gene shoots him again, this time with his last caster shell. Everything fades to black. Gene wakes up in another dimension. Melfina is there. She tells him that they are within the Galactic Leyline. Gwen Khan is there. He finally seems to have found what he seeks.

Doctor Who (1963) 25.01.04

Remembrance of the Daleks - Part Four

The Doctor and his companions (Ace, Group Captain Gilmore, Professor Jensen, Allison) watch the Dalek shuttle craft land. They wait until the Daleks have left their ship and then infiltrate the shuttle. The Doctor disables the only Dalek left aboard, checks the ships logs. and then they leave.

Mike Smith is put under arrest for conspiring with Ratcliffe. It isn't long before Smith overpowers the man guarding him and escapes. The Imperial Daleks, sent by the Emperor Dalek, get into a fight with the Renegade Daleks. Mike goes to Ratcliffe's warehouse. He and Ratcliffe steal the time controller when the Imperial Daleks attack. Ratcliffe is killed bolts of lightning that shoot from the girl's hands but Mike escapes with the Time Controller.

Woman of the Year (1942)

Woman of the Year (1942)

starring Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy

directed by George Stevens

114 minutes

Tess Harding (Katherine Hepburn) and Sam Craig (Spencer Tracy) are two columnists who work for the same newspaper in New York but cover very different subjects. She speaks several languages and covers world news. He is a sports reporter. He approaches her after she suggests, in one of her columns, that baseball should not be played while the war (World War II) rages on.

Sam takes Tess to a baseball game and a relationship starts to develop between them. He quickly discovers that she is not about to drop everything for him but that doesn't dissuade him. She remains interested in him but he is frustrated with her approach.

The Invaders 1.X

Interview with Roy Thinnes

27 minutes

The interviewer is not seen or heard from in this feature. The questions are shown on the screen and Roy Thinnes responds to them. He is the only person who is seen or heard from. There are no clips from the show mixed in with the interview.

These are the questions that are asked and some notes about how he answered them:

The Invaders 1.17

The Condemned

Louis Dunhill. the manager of Peninsula Telecommunications Laboratories accuses David Vincent of murdering Morgan Tate, the owner of the site. The police arrest him. David did kill someone but it was a security guard. whose body disintegrated after he fell from a cliff while trying to apprehend David Vincent.

David tries to convince the police that he is innocent but they think he is raving mad. He briefly meets Carol Tate, Morgan's daughter. She is brought in to the Coos County Morgue to verify that a body they found is that of her father. She can't tell from looking at the body. the police pressure her and, wanting to leave, she says that it is her father.

NewsRadio 5.11

Stinkbutt

Lisa gets annoyed when Matthew comes in wearing an identical sweater to the one she is wearing. Max is convinced that Jack Frost, the security consultant that Mr. James hired, is a phony. Beth and Joe paint a blank canvas in the building's lobby.

Thoughts

Toby Huss played the part of Jack Frost. He has been in a number of things I have seen including Halt and Catch Fire, Sword of Trust, GLOW (4 episodes), and Seinfeld (1 epiosde). He was also in two episodes from the second season of NewsRadio but in those episodes he was playing a security guard who worked in the lobby of the building.

The Tick (2001) 1.08

The Tick vs. Justice

Destroyo is put on trial after an encounter with the Tick, Arthur, and Batmanuel. Destroyo uses his powers of persuasion to get the judge to throw out all the physical evidence. The Tick gets thrown in jail overnight for contempt of court. Captain Liberty is assigned to guard Destroyo. Batmanuel guards Arthur while the Tick in in jail.

Thoughts

This was a good episode but not as funny as some of the earlier ones. I like how they don't hit you over the head with the villain's superpower by explaining it but they certainly demonstrate it. Batmanuel and Arthur get to share a scene. Is that a first? Captain Liberty spends most of her time with and talking to Destroyo. The Tick gets his moments but so do his three co-stars.

Outlaw Star 1.25

Maze of Despair

Melfina is a prisoner at the center of a maze. The others, friends and foes, seek to make their way through the maze. They each start from different places but eventually their paths start to intersect. Gene, Suzuka, and Aisha each encounter Kei pirates whom they must fight. Harry is the first one to get to the center of the maze but before he can free Melfina he is joined by Hazanko. Harry tries to kill the pirate but Hazanko kills him without much effort.

Hazanko makes Melfina open the gate and then enters. Gene, Gwen, and Ronald MacDougall converge on the spot where Harry's body is laying. Gene and Ronald fight. Gene kills him with the fourth caster shell. He only has two left. Gene goes into a dream state after Ronald is killed. Jim shows up and brings him out of it. Gene sends Jim back to the Outlaw Star while he forges ahead. He runs into Gwen Khan and then Harry returns from the dead but he is barely alive. He helps Gene and Gwen get through a locked door before dying one last time.

Abbott Elementary 1.12

Ava vs. Superintendent

Ava needs to give a presentation to the board of education to justify the money that Abbott Elementary received in the past year. She doesn't know what to do now that her blackmail scheme no longer works. Janine and Greg help her prepare but at the last minute the superintendent makes it more difficult for Ava.

Thoughts

This episode was okay. There were some jokes that made me laugh. It wasn't bad but there was something lacking here. It didn't help that the outcome of the subplot involving Barbara and Melissa made it seem (in the end) as if Ava's presentation didn't really matter in the first place.

Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2010)

Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2010)

directed by Andrew D. Cooke

written by Jon B. Cooke

96 minutes

This documentary about Will Eisner tells the story of his life through interviews and footage from public events in which he participated. Interviews with many of his contemporaries are also included in the documentary. Audio clips from interviews that Eisner himself conducted in the early 1980s and which were later transcribed and printed in book form under the title of Shop Talk are also included in the movie. These interviews include talks with people like Neal Adams, Joe Kubert, Jack Kirby, and Harvey Kurtzman. 

Will Eisner's art is in part the subject of the movie but it is not the sole focus. Some of his better known works are talked about and seen in the movie but they do not get extended spotlights.

Doctor Who (1963) 25.01.03

Remembrance of the Daleks - Part Three

The Doctor, with some help from the Group Captain Gilmore and his men, shows up just in time to rescue Ace and destroy the Daleks that have surrounded her. He checks on Ace and then goes down to the transmat station in the basement. He destroys it with Ace's supercharged bat although the bat gets destroyed in the process.

The Doctor, Ace, and the others retire to the cafe for a bite to eat. The Doctor suggests that they should reinforce the school. Group Captain Gilmore gets his men on it once they have had a bite to eat.

Ratcliffe has his men dig up the grave where the Hand of Omega was buried. The little girl shows up and watches them dig. She disappears before they are done. Ratcliffe and his men take the casket with them back to the warehouse. Ratcliffe reports in to his boss.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.30

Bilko the Marriage Broker

Bilko tries to fix up his platoon's new commanding officer, Lt Tom Wallace, with Lt Virginia Rogers, not realizing that they already know one another. Not only does she know him but she wants to marry him but he won't until he gets promoted to captain. Wallace and Rogers conceal their relationship from Bilko which just makes him try harder to get them together.

Thoughts

This was a fun episode. I liked the turmoil created by the arrival of Lt Wallace. It took a little while before it occurred to Bilko to try and find him a gal.

Stray Dog (1949)

Stray Dog (1949)

starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

directed by Akira Kurosawa

122 minutes

Detective Murakami's (Toshiro Mifune) gun is stolen. He tries to track down the stolen gun while he waits to learn what disciplinary action will be handed down. He tries to quit at one point Police Inspector Nakajima, Murakami's boss, tears up his resignation. Nakajima instead makes Murakami work with Chief Detective Sato (Takashi Shimura), a senior detective, to find the missing pistol.

The Invaders 1.16

Wall of Crystal

David Vincent checks out a site near Santa Clara, CA where two people mysteriously suffocated. He takes a crystal that he finds at the site to Theordore Booth, a reporter, in an effort to convince him that the Invaders are real. The Invaders find out about Vincent's plan and in an effort to silence Booth and Vincent they kidnap Robert Vincent, David's brother. They threaten to kill him if David doesn't pulicly recant the story he has been spreading about the Invaders.

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

starring Will Arnett

directed by Chris McKay

104 minutes

Batman (Will Arnett) plays right into the Joker's hands when he steals the Phantom Zone projector, from the Fortress of Solitude, and uses it on the Joker. Batman reluctantly teams up with Robin, Alfred, and Barbara Gordon to save Gotham.

Thoughts

There are a lot of familiar actors voicing characters in this movie. I like the animation in this movie.

Outlaw Star 1.24

Cutting the Galactic Leyline

The crew of the Outlaw Star resupply and then head toward the Galactic Leyline. They find that someone has arrived there ahead of them, Kei Pirates led by Hazanko. The Kei pirates attack the Outlaw Star or XGP. Hazanko wants it and Melfina, and attacks with lots of small attack craft.

Two more ship arrive during the battle, a Ctarl-Ctarl cruiser and the MacDougal's ship. Harry has been rebuilt and the MacDougals are now working with Gwen Khan. The Ctarl-Ctarl ship attempts to penetrate the space surrounding the Galactic Leyline but it returns unsuccessful. The Outlaw Star, the MacDouglal Ship, and the Geomancer (Hazanko's ship) cross the barrier into the Galactic Leyline. Melfina is abducted by an unknown force once they get there.

Doctor Who (1963) 25.01.02

Remembrance of the Daleks - Part Two

Ace recovers in time to knock down the headmaster which knocks him out. She opens the door for the Doctor before the Dalek kills him. She locks the door on the Dalek but moments later it blows the door off its hinges. The Doctor and Ace have by then fled the building. Outside they find an army truck which has a supply of anti-tank rockets.

The Doctor and Ace rush back in to the school with the intent of destroying the transmat device. Ace instead uses the ATR on the Dalek, destroying it. Group Captain Gilmour, Professor Jensen, Allison, Smith show up. They talk briefly but then the Doctor runs off leaving Ace in their care.

The Tick (2001) 1.07

The Funeral

Captain Liberty accidentally kills the hero known as The Immortal. She enlists the aid of Batmanuel, the Tick, and Arthur to help her cover up what she did. Things don't go according to plan. 

Thoughts

Sam McMurray plays the part of the Immortal. I saw his most recently in Addams Family Values (1993) but he also played Neal's father in three episodes of Freaks and Geeks.

The Tick doesn't understand the concept of death. He is profoundly moved by it. This episode is bookended by the Tick's eulogy at the funeral for the Immortal. I didn't laugh as much at the jokes in this episode as I hoped I would.

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

starring Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger

directed by Norman Jewison

110 minutes

Detective Vergil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) of the Philadelphia Police Department is passing through Sparta, Mississippi when he gets picked up on suspicion of committing murder. Chief Gillespie (Rod Steiger) asks for Detective Tibbs help, once his identity has been revealed. Tibbs reluctantly agrees after his boss in Philadelphia orders him to do so.

Word gets out that Chief Gillespie has a black police officer helping him. Tibbs and Gillespie disagree about a lot of things. Gillespie rushes to solve the crime and ignores evidence that Tibbs discovers. Gillespie quickly comes to the conclusion that Tibbs has outlived his usefulness and tries to get him to leave town but Tibbs insists on sticking around until the job is done.

Better Call Saul 3.10

Lantern

The episode opens with a flashback to Chuck and Jimmy camping out

Kim is taken to the hospital. She has a broken arm and lots of cuts on her face. Jimmy comes to see her and takes her home afterwards. They talk about the office. They agree to find someone else to whom they can sublet the place. Kim tries to work from home but then she has second thoughts and refers the Gatwood Oil work to Schweikart & Cokely. She stays home and watches DVDs.

NewsRadio 5.10

Spooking Rapping Crypt

Mr. James and Beth get into an argument over profit sharing. Dave gets caught in the middle because Mr. James confided something to him before the argument began. 

Matthew gets it into his head that Lisa is the leader of a Satanic cult who abused him weeks ago. Joe tries to convince him otherwise but when that doesn't work he encourages Matthew to retaliate.

Abbott Elementary 1.11

Desking

The staff of Abbott Elementary tries to contain a new trend, desking, moving across the classroom by walking on desks. They get some help from Zach, Jacob's boyfriend, in figuring out who has been doing it. Ava doesn't understand how she's never heard of desking before. Janine comes up with more than one solution to the problem, the last of which works. Greg gets some advice from Mr. Johnson about job satisfaction.

Thoughts

This was a fun episode but I didn't love it. There were some good laughs.

Outlaw Star 1.23

Hot Springs Planet Tenrei

The crew of the Outlaw Star travel to Tenrei. Gene goes to look for shells for his caster gun while the others enjoy the hot springs. He climbs two mountains in search of the ammunition. He meets two wizards at the top of Mt. Nantai. They tell him about the origins of the caster shells.

The wizards promise to provide him with two of the three rarest of caster shells if he will travel to Mt. Nyotai, where men are not allowed, and take dirty pictures of Urt, the third wizard. It takes Gene several attempts to avoid the traps and make it to the top of Mt. Nyotai. He meets Urt and gets the dirty pictures and the third rare kind of caster shell.

Emily the Criminal (2022)

Emily the Criminal (2022)

starring Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi

written and directed by John Patton Ford

97 minutes

Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is carrying a massive amount of student debt. She has a felony record and can't find a decent job. She works for a company, delivering food. She helps one of her coworkers out. He repays her by giving her a number to call if she wants to make some money.

Emily calls the number. She gets involved in a scheme to buy things with phony credit cards. She has opportunities to back out but she doesn't. She gets involved with Youcef (Theo Rossi), the guy who seems to be running the operation. He helps her out but that gets him on the bad side of his business partner, Khalil, who is also his cousin.

Doctor Who (1963) 25.01.01

Remembrance of the Daleks - Part One

The episode opens, before the opening credits, with a view of a spaceship approaching Earth. Bits of speeches from 1963 by John F. Kennedy, Charles de Gaulle, Martin Luther King can be heard as the view from space fades and the credits begin

The Doctor and Ace are walking through London in 1963 looking for something. They arrive at the Coal Hill Road Shoreditch Secondary School (Headmaster H. Parson). They spot a girl watching them from the gate to the school but suddenly she isn't there anymore. The Doctor takes an interest in a van that is parked across the street from the school. He investigates the van while Ace goes looking for a bite to eat.

The Phil Silvers Show 2.29

Radio Station B.I.L.K.O.

Bilko and his platoon take over the airwaves when Roseville's only radio station goes off the air. They talk local businesses into paying for advertising and then produce new shows based on the businesses' needs. The most popular show is a soap opera which inadvertently stars Colonel Hall and his wife.

Thoughts

This was fun but not great. It felt a little like the they had three ideas for this episode. First the episode seems to be about getting the radio station up and running, including selling air time to local businesses. The second chunk of this episode is about hiding the radio station from a general who has come to inspect the Fort Baxter. The third and final act is focused on the soap opera that winds up starring the colonel and his wife. I think it would have worked better if they had wove the three parts of the episode together such that there were callbacks to the first two parts in the third one.

The Tick (2001) 1.06

Couples

The Tick and Arthur meet another dynamic Duo, Fiery Blaze and Friendly Fire. The two pairs of heroes try hanging out together but the Fiery Blaze's caustic nature proves to be catching. It temporarily drives a wedge between the Tick and Arthur.

Friendly Fire introduces Arthur to some other sidekicks (Johnny Republic, Fish Boy, and Kid Caboose) all of whom have bad relationships with their partners (Uncle Samson, the Angler, Runaway Train). Arthur quickly realizes how little he has in common with the other sidekicks.

Captain Liberty decides that she needs a dog. Batmanuel tries to help her get one but his inability to get her the dog she wants leads to problems.