Doctor Who (1963) 14.06 Extras (Part 4)

Blue Peter Theater (1977)

25 minutes

John Noakes, Peter Purves, and Lesley Judd demonstrate how to build a puppet theater that you can use to put on your very own Doctor Who performances. They get some help from Dick Mills, a sound effects expert who worked on Doctor Who.

Peter Purves played the part of Steven Taylor, a companion of the 1st Doctor. He was in a total of 10 stories in the second and third seasons (1965-66) that the show was on the air. The second of those stories was The Time Meddler.

Interview with Philip Hinchcliffe (1977)

12 minutes

This interview was originally aired as part of Pebble Mill at One, a BBC program. It aired not long before Whose Doctor Who. Philip Hinchcliffe, the outgoing producer of Doctor Who, was asked questions about the violence and monsters on the show. They show a couple clips from the show including the one where the Doctor fights with Goth in the matrix in The Deadly Assassin. 

Party Down 1.01

Willow Canyon Homeowners Annual Party

The Party Down catering crew (Ron, Constance, Kyle, Roman, Casey, Henry) works a party for a local homeowners association. Ron (Ken Marino), the leader of the crew, tries a little too hard and fails spectacularly. Constance (Jane Lynch) gives Kyle (Ryan Hansen) pep talks about his acting career. Kyle hits on the daughter of the hosts of the party. Roman (Martin Starr) is sick of Kyle and tries to get back at him by impersonating a show runner. Casey (Lizzy Caplan), is worried that her husband will show up during the party and make a scene. Henry (Adam Scott) has deep regrets about his aborted acting career.

Thoughts

The husband of the party host is played by Enrico Colantoni . I know him best from Just Shoot Me and Galaxy Quest.

Too Late for Tears (1949)

starring Lizabeth Scott, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore

directed by Byron Haskin

Jane (Lizabeth Scott) and Alan (Arthur Kennedy), her husband, are driving home late one night when someone throws a bag containing $60,000 into their car. They argue about what to do with the money. He wants to turn it over to the police. She wants to keep it. He takes it to the train station where he puts it in storage in a piece of luggage.

Danny Fuller (Dan Duryea), the man who the money belongs to comes after Jane. He insists that she return the money to him. She tries to play stupid but he sees through her scam. She doesn't want to give up the money to Danny or the police.

The story takes a turn for the melodramatic when Jane and Alan go on a date the next night. She has his gun. Alan finds out she has his gun. They fight over it, the gun fires, killing Alan. Jane gets Danny to help her dispose of the body.

Jane's situation is complicated by a number of factors. Kathy (Kristine Miller), Alan's sister, lives across the hall from them and becomes suspicious when Jane starts acting like Alan ran off and left her. Jane has trouble finding the claim ticket for the bag that is in storage. Don Blake (Don DeFore), an old friend of Alan's, shows up and starts asking questions about his missing friend. Things quickly spiral out of control.

UFO Robo Grendizer 2.14

An Intense Crash; The Sea Is Blazing

or Clash! The Fiery Ocean

or Le réveil des volcans (The Awakening of the Volcanoes)

Underwater volcanoes erupt near a Japanese power plant. The Vegans detect that there is uranium released by the volcanos and send Saucer Beast Boi Boi to retrieve it.

The power plant is damaged. Duke Fleed in Grendizer plus Kouji and Hikaru in Double Spazer head to the power plant. They need to remove the uranium core before it explodes and causes great damage. They get to the core in time but then the saucer beast shows up. It detects the uranium in the core and tries to take it from them but Grendizer gets it to a secure location that the saucer beast cannot break into.

Schitt's Creek 1.02

The Drip

Johnny wakes up to find water dripping on him. He tries to get a plumber but Stevie, the gal who works at the front desk, insists that there isn't one available. Johnny decides that they need to sell Schitt's Creek. He talks to a real estate agent, the only one in town, who points out that Johnny will need to get Roland to sign off on the sale. Roland insists that Johnny and Moira come over for dinner before he will sign off on the sale of the town. 

Stevie tries to invite David to a party. He isn't interested but Alexis hears about it and wants to go. David winds up going with his parents to dinner at Roland's home while Alexis goes to the party with Stevie.

Johnny does his best to play ball with Roland. Moira and David are horrified by the experience. David claims he has a migraine midway through the meal, leaves, and heads to the party. Roland eventually signs off on the contract.

Just Shoot Me 1.05

In Your Dreams

Elliot agres to take Maya's picture for her ID. The next night she has a sex dream that involves Elliot. Finch finds out and tells everyone.

Finch creates a book of rules for the office. It doesn't go over very well, with of the other employees.

Thoughts

There were a few laughs in this one but some of the humor felt forced. Not great. This sort of episode would not get made today mostly because of the sex dream.

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power 5.05

Save the Cat

Adora arrives on Horde Prime's flagship. She is there to bargain for Catra. She claims to be alone but Glimmer, Bow, and Entrapta are also aboard. They go looking for Catra and the server room, once Horde Prime's clones have taken Adora away.

Horde Prime isn't interested in bargaining with Adora. He shows her what he has done to Catra. She is transformed. Her hair is shorter. She is dressed in white. She now has an attachment on the back of her neck that allows Horde Prime to control her. Her eyes are not their usual color but instead they glow fluorescent green.

Bow and Entrapta try to find the server room while Glimmer looks for Catra. They meet one of Horde Prime's cones who is disconnected from the network. They convince him that they are also working for Horde Prime and so he tries to help them. Entrapta thinks for a moment that it might be Hordak but it doesn't seem to be.

Catra attacks Adora. She tries to take out her old friend. Adora tries to talk Catra into fighting Horde Prime's influence. The fight ends when they both fall from a great height. Adora gets up and finds them surrounded by clones of Horde Prime. Adora transforms into She-Ra and easily beats them.