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I think that was happening a lot at the time.  The first run of Slaine stories has always felt to me like it was rejigged a bit, and "The Beast in the Broch" in particular looks and feels like it was produced after many of the other episodes were in the can.  "Bride of Crom" looks like the first set of episodes that Belardinelli drew.  I've wondered whether "The Beast in the Broch" was made to give the saga a little more time before Slaine meets his father, and also to give McMahon another month to finish the art on "Sky Chariots."

Of all the many things I'm really looking forward to from the House of Tharg, Goldtiger is the runaway winner.  I can't wait to read that.

There's one bit that I missed (somehow)

[spoiler]The round bit of ground inside the castle, with the arrows pointing to it - what was that about? did the doctor dig there and I missed it or something? (might have done, my wife was busy reading out Facebook status updates about how terrible the episode was, which was not my thinking at all)[/spoiler]

Answer: [spoiler]That was the stone that the Doctor found when he dug the grave.  Presumably he had to bury it deep enough that it would not "reset" when everything else did.  The skulls, the diamond wall, and the paving stone were all outside the castle "reset" boundary.[/spoiler]

The Doctor has been in that location before - it's [spoiler]the diner in "The Impossible Astronaut" where Eleven, River, Amy, and Rory had a meal[/spoiler].

My guess is that [spoiler]when Clara splintered in time to assist the Doctor throughout time, one of her selves showed up there to save Eleven from the Great Intelligence[/spoiler].

My wife's a huge fan, and I started watching it out of loyalty but didn't raise an eyebrow until they introduced the Replicators.  By the time they ruin those villains (and MAN, they get run into the ground between SG-1 and Atlantis, but they're brilliant before the producers start overusing and modifying them), everything else had clicked and I really started enjoying it.  I thought season 1 was terrible, season 2 had about three good episodes, season 3 was better, and I was a fan in season four.

There are a couple of terrific, fun Goa'uld in the later seasons, as they start building up a rogues' gallery with different motivations.  Nerus is only in two episodes, but he's huge fun, and I like Ba'al a heck of a lot, and would love to see actor Cliff Simon get more work.  You'll get a little bored of Apophis, I expect, but some of those other baddies are fun.

Totally enjoying the latest Sin Dex story and sharing the love:

http://bit.ly/1ks95jC

About two years ago, I resolved myself to the story that Smith has some very sensitive government job, like Mycroft Holmes or something, and he only has about half an hour a day to write all the things that he should be writing for Tharg.  Either that or he's bored and actually doesn't like any of his characters anymore.  Either makes as much sense as they other, and they're equally tragic.

I just read that the BBC is considering not doing a full series of Dr Who next series but just do a bunch of specials like David Tennant's last year in the role. Why? because they don't think enough people are watching it!

The story, which was hinted at by Private Eye several months ago, has been that series 10 will be another split year like 6 and 7 were.  There will allegedly be six episodes in Sept-Oct 2016, a Christmas special, and six episodes in March-April 2017, to get it back to the spring schedule where the ratings had been the best.  The new spinoff Class will run on BBC3 in the summer of 2016, sort of bridging the gap.

Loved that.  Loved that to pieces.  Anybody who didn't love that has coal instead of a heart.  I can't wait for next week.

anyone else scared shitless as kids by the blobby one eyed aliens pretending to be humans?

I missed those guys until I was too teenage to be frightened by them, but yeah, I can believe those were world-ending to the under-eights.

That was the best episode of Sin Dex since John Burns' too-short nine episode run.  Actually that was the only episode I've enjoyed since that run.  I'll be amazed if Dan follows through, but I'm willing to pretend that he's going to, because that looked terrific and promised great, great things.

For those of you waiting for me to add another British series to the rotation of classic shows that we're watching, now's your chance.  Joining The Ghost Busters and Batman, it's Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons!  Say hello and goodbye to Captain Brown in the very first episode:

https://firebreathingdimetrodon.wordpress.com/2015/10/01/captain-scarlet-1-1-the-mysterons/

I don't know how many of you good people are reading my classic TV blog Fire-Breathing Dimetrodon Time, but I'm watching some great 1960s-1970s adventure shows with my four year-old.  I'm totally planning to drop "Dragon's Domain" on him when he's seven or so, and plan for him to sleep in our bed that night.

https://firebreathingdimetrodon.wordpress.com/

I shall be watching more. Which season is it that has an alien beastie in the back of an Eagle?  And when do Christopher Lee and Brian Blessed turn up.

I think the alien you mean is the one from Dragon's Domain in season one.  Lee and Blessed are both in season one, and Blessed plays another character in season two.

I do wish that the Master had regenerated into a woman who had never seen a Joel Schumacher Batman movie.  I'm really tired of watching Steven Moffat's WACKY! villains overwhelm what looked like an interesting narrative.  I imagine that people went "squeeee" over the text messages, but I was taken out of the show immediately, wondering why she was quoting Toni Basil lyrics.  "Oh yes, Steven Moffat. WACKY!"