In which the BBC reuses properties

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This weekend I'm off to see Brand New Yes, Prime Minister at the King's Theatre. Nigel Hawthorne being sadly unavailable, Sir Humphrey is being played by Simon Williams. As you all know, Simon Williams played Group Captain ‘Chunky’ Gilmore (although why his men call him Chunky I don't know) in Remembrance of the Daleks. So, in preparation, tonight has been Remembrance-fest here at Apocalypse Laboratories. I can confirm that Simon Williams is likely to be a bloody brilliant Sir Humphrey. I'll let you know for certain after Saturday.

Remembrance was also the last of Michael Sheard's six appearances on Doctor Who. By this point he'd been in basically everything that's ever been filmed. Brilliant actor and, so I gather, a thoroughly decent bloke.

You all remember the creepy girl who, it turns out, was operating the Renegade Dalek Faction battle computer all along:

She's the one on the right.

There's something we've been missing here, and it's more important than Dalek invasion fleets imperilling 1960s London. Witness:

Dalek Battle Computer

The Stig

The conspiracy goes deeper. Clearly, when the Black Stig fell off that aircraft carrier and was replaced, the new Stig came from the Imperial Dalek Faction. The colours tell you everything you need to know.

It turns out that the Beeb already had this idea. They tried to warn us.

I'd review Remembrance properly but, basically: Ace beats a Dalek to death with a superpowered baseball bat. What else is there to say?