Pop links: Plastic Man DVD, Doctor Who on location, Joe Meek bio-pic, Disney Halloween special, more horror comics

Mark Evanier hints that the 1979 "Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show," on which he worked, is finally DVD-bound. I have dim recollections of the series, myself. But I know Plastic Man fans ("plastic fans'?) will want to know...

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The BBC reports on "Who Goes There," a new book at looks at all the places in Britain where Doctor Who episodes have been filmed.

[Author Nick] Griffiths got the idea for the book after watching old episodes of Doctor Who starring Tom Baker and Jon Pertwee and noticing the strange qualities of some of the locations.

"There was an old railway station in an episode I was watching and I suddenly thought 'I'd really like to go there, that looks really strange and unusual'," he said.

"I had a quite a lot of fun trying to find the place anyway and when I got there it was fantastic being able to stand in the spot where the Doctor had stood."


You can see some of the locations here.

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The Evening Standard reviews "Telstar" a new bio pic about eccentric British record producer Joe Meek.

Meek was a sonic pioneer who couldn’t play a note, with a loopy belief in spiritualism and the business sense of a plank.

He created the titular hit Telstar but passed on The Beatles, wasted his heart and savings on a dim-bulb singer called Heinz, and killed himself after shooting his landlady in 1967.


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Watch the "Disneyland Hour Halloween Special" from 1977.

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The Horrors of it All presents a Russ Heath-illustrated witch tale.

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Golden Age Comic Book Stories presents some tales Web of Horror #2, featuring art by Michael Kaluta, Berni Wrightson and others.

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