Onto another one, which I could remember!

( spoilers )

Tonight we started our annual rewatch of the magical 1984 BBC TV version of The Box of Delights. Loaded up the remastered Blu-ray version this year, though Box is still currently (for at least a few weeks more) available to stream on the iPlayer.

Watching this recent documentary on the BBC. Is on the iPlayer for UK folks.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, The Box of Delights much loved TV version was first shown in 1984 by the BBC, starring Devin Stanfield and Patrick Troughton. I adore it, and mention it here a lot!

It is getting a remastered new Blu-ray and DVD rerelease next week, including a very lengthy new "making of" documentary. But it's also going to be aired on the telly again, in the weeks running up to Christmas, starting with two episodes on the night of 7th December 2024. More details at the Radio Times article about the repeat. There is also a full page article about the programme's anniversary in next week's Radio Times print issue.

OMG! The 1984 BBC version of "The Box of Delights" is coming out on Blu-ray in November! Including new special features, such as "Time And Tide – Making The Box of Delights". We rewatch this series every year in the run up to Christmas!

I’m a very lax reader of Doctor Who Magazine now, though I keep getting it in digital form on my iPad. I’m just too very ill now to read it exhaustively each month. However with today’s new issue I have dived in fast to read the previous of the upcoming episode numbers 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. It’s fair to say that 4, 6 and 7 are the ones I’m most excited about, after last weekend’s “Boom”. I won’t go into detail of what these next episodes are about except to put brief summary words in spoiler space ( mild spoilers ).

Episodes 7 and 8 are airing together in some UK cinemas late on Friday 21st June, shortly before the 8th episode goes up on the iPlayer at midnight, and before the BBC1 broadcast on Saturday night. However screening coverage outside the central belt of Scotland is very limited. I’m in Dundee and the nearest to me is in Dunfermline, 50/60 miles away. Closest after that is Edinburgh, then places like Glasgow and Aberdeen. To be fair I’m too ill to go to the cinema now, and it’s also too risky for me infection wise. But this isn’t great coverage. Though we are getting it on the iPlayer and BBC1. So I can’t really complain.