So pink_weasel has picked three interests from my Live Journal Profile and asked me to explain them. Those of you reading this on LJ can comment and I’ll pick three from your list for you to do likewise.

Savlon
This was added to my interests by a hackerpink_weasel and reflects the fact that there’s rarely any time when a tube of Savlon isn’t handy in our flat. And why not? It’s useful stuff. Unless she wants me to tell everyone about the time her *** ****** ******* and she asked me ** *** Savlon ** ****?

Alyson Hannigan
Cute. Funny. Always gets the best lines. Played one of the greatest characters ever.

Wine gums
Actually, I’m going off these a bit now.

Very True Mood:  contemplative

Uh oh, I haven’t been doing weekly reviews of Doctor Who episodes this season. Spoilers below.
( Season Three so far... )
Meanwhile, I’ve watched “The War Machines” and “Vengeance on Varos” recently.

“The War Machines” is a very odd story, it’s the first story set in the present day (with the possible exception of Planet of the” Giants, but that doesn’t count) and the first to feature the British Army. But unlike all the UNIT stories that follow it feels too short rather than too long. The threat of the War Machines is never really made obvious and the climax is rushed. Also, Dodo gets the worst exit of any companion, and the Doctor is called “Doctor Who” on screen for the only time. It also has a superb performance from William Hartnell and provides agood introduction to Ben and Polly.

“Vengeance on Varos” looks incredibly prescient these days. Reality TV has almost caught up with it, all we need to do is move from mental to physical torture and we’re there. But the plot needed some major tightening - scrap the whole mad scientist / turning Peri into a bird sub plot and there would have been room to come up with a less contrived and rushed solution to Sil’s approaching invasion fleet. Doesn’t Owen Teale (he was the lead cannibal in Torchwood’s “Countrycide”) look young? The sixth Doctor demonstrates his callous streak here and poor old Colin Baker only gets a few bits of decent script with most of the good stuff going to Martin Jarvis and Nabil Shaban, both of whom excel.

Very True Mood:  chipper

Seen recently in a game change log:

Minor change to the AI
to reduce the occurrence of Really Stupid Moves.

If only we could make minor changes to NIs to reduce the occurence of RSMs.

Very True Mood:  chipper