It first showed up in "Fury From the Deep" without much explanation. Nathan-Turner had it destroyed in "The Visitation" since it was such a writers' crutch.

Has there been a Cybermen story since the 60s that wasn't complete shite?

Yeah, Peri had two things that almost made up for her appalling 'American' accent.

The Pertwee era really suffers from overlong, padded stories. What could have been a great bunch of reasonably tight 4-parters wound up being a bunch of dull 6-parters.

"The Ark in Space" features special effects which consist of bubble-wrap painted green.

For the record:
Marry - Sara Jane
Fuck - Leela
Kill - Mel

Yes, it was Cleese, along with Eleanor Bron.

The Highlanders…
wasn't the last pure historical. "Black Orchid" also had no sci-fi other than the Tardis.

Marry, fuck, kill. Classic companions only. Aaaaaaaaaaaand go!

"The British fight for their homes, the Germans fight for glory and the Americans fight for souvenirs."

"Jesus, I envied him."

I went to high school with the singer. He wasn't a fat, obnoxious, hawaiian shirt-wearing ass back then. I was.

1st Bull Run ended with the Union army in total disarray. For many, it was a headlong sprint back to DC. Unit cohesion was completely destroyed, with men scattered all over northern Virginia. This was especially important in the Civil War, when soldiers more often thought of themselves as members of Duryea's…

There was at least one major occurrence of disguised troops being used in WWII during the Battle of The Bulge.
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You could slip him into a Howard family picture right between Clint and Ron, and no one would even notice.

Lines are important in that they prevent the enemy from getting behind you and (hopefully) on your sides (flanks). Ideally, they're placed to take maximum advantage of terrain features, like high ground, rivers or other obstacles. Typically, machine guns were placed in locations where they had a wide area they…

I'll go with "One Step Ahead of The Blues".

"The Chauffeur" is one of the best things they ever did. Leagues better than most of their hits.

You are aware that these are real people, not "characters", right? Gene Sledge really did grow up in that house.

"Why We Fight" was the worst episode of BoB, IMO.