THURSDAY NIGHT WITH BBC TELEVISION PROGRAMME - DOCTOR WHO 13 MARCH 2014 - 8pm WATCHING EVERY STORY EPISODE “IN ORDER” Since November 2010 Hosted Weekly By Ben, Earl Of Darlow – American Flat – Topeka, Kansas Everyone Invited Including New And Curious Viewers Contact By The Wednesday Before For Directions To Location SEVENTH DOCTOR – SYLVESTER MCCOY - SEASON 25 – 1988 STORY 149 – 7L – “THE HAPPINESS PATROL” – 3 EPISODES COMPANION(S): Mel, Introducing Ace ENEMY(IES): Helen A, The Happiness Patrol, The Kandyman FEATURING: Fifi, A Killer Poodle-Like Stigorax STORY - The TARDIS arrives on the planet Terra Alpha, where the Seventh Doctor and Ace discover a society in which sadness is against the law - a law enforced zealously by the brightly uniformed Happiness Patrol. The planet is ruled by Helen A with the aid of her companion, Joseph C, and her carnivorous pet Stigorax, Fifi. The penalty for those found guilty of unhappiness is death in a stream of molten candy prepared by Helen As executioners, the robotic Kandy Man and his associate, Gilbert M. The time travellers help foment rebellion amongst the downtrodden population and the subterranean Pipe People — the planets original inhabitants — and Helen A is overthrown. Joseph C and Gilbert M escape in a shuttle, while the Kandy Man is destroyed and Fifi killed. Helen A finally realises the hard way that happiness is nothing without the contrast of sadness. BACKGROUND - The Happiness Patrol was the second story in the twenty-fifth season of Doctor Who. It was intended (by the writers) to be a parody of Thatcherism, with Helen A representing Margaret Thatcher herself. The character would say, I like your initiative, your enterprise while her secret police rounded up dissidents. In the story, the Doctor persuades the drones, who toil in the factories and mines, to down tools and rise up in revolt, an echo of the miners’ strikes and printers disputes during Thatchers first two terms in office. HOST - Earl of Darlow, Rev. Ben Brian C. Buckles, is from both the United Kingdom (County Antrim, Northern Ireland) and the United States of America (Kansas); He lives in London, England, and in the Topeka, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri Metro Areas. He grew up in London watching the “BBC Television” programme “Doctor Who.” The “Fourth Doctor” is His “Doctor.” He owns one of the largest collections of “Doctor Who” materials and memorabilia, specialising in print materials, such as books, comics, magazines, scripts, posters, drawings, photography, art, and other releases. He also owns all television, audio/radio, and theatre programme episodes. He also owns way too many “Doctor Who” action figures, toys, games, and other types of memorabilia. Recently, the weekly group He hosts, dedicated to viewing all of the “Doctor Who” episodes in order, has received world-wide recognition, and has broken a record for continual viewing; it is now in its third year, and is currently up to the “Seventh Doctor.”
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