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Another Doctor Who evening next Saturday (4th Feb), anyone? Go on, you know you want to :o)

This time it's all going cartoony-woony, as we run through the Time Lord's various animated adventures:

4:00pm: The Infinite Quest
The Tenth Doctor and Martha follow a trail of clues across alien worlds to find the location of a fabled, lost spaceship. More Star Wars than Doctor Who, featuring bounty hunters and space pirates. Originally broadcast on CBBC's Totally Doctor Who, it's definitely aimed at kids, but a welcome slice of space opera silliness nontheless.

5:00pm: Power of the Daleks
Pat Troughton's legendary first adventure, long missing from the archives and newly re-animated with the original soundtracks. The Second Doctor and his companions, Polly and Ben, do battle with their old enemies on the mysterious planet Vulcan. How will the companions cope with a new Doctor. How will he take to his new body after his first ever regeneration? I've only bought this recently and I've not seen it yet, so I'm looking forward to this special treat!

7:30pm: break for food

8:15pm: Scream of the Shalka
Richard E. Grant stars as (at the time) the Ninth Doctor, in this adventure created for the series' 40th anniversary in 2003. The TV series made a comeback with Christopher Eccleston before a full animated series was commissioned, but this is a fascinating glimpse at what might have been. It also features Derek Jacobi's first appearance as the Master, as the Doctor and UNIT battle against a race of underground alien invaders.

9:45pm: Dreamland
Back with the Tenth Doctor, near the end of his run and travelling alone. During a visit to Nevada in 1958, he befriends a waitress, Cassie, and her friend, Jimmy. He soon draws the attention of the mysterious Men in Black and the commander of the base at Area 51. The trio set out to rescue a stranded alien from the clutches of the American military and the terrifying Viperox.

10:30pm: end

As usual, let me know, so I've a rough idea of numbers. Hope to see you here.