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Robin Hood finale (Spoilers)

Posted on in TV.

Nicholas Grace used to boast that he was the only Sheriff of Nottingham who ( Spoiler for 1985 and 2009 ). ( Spoiler for 2009 ) and Lara Pulver can now argue over whether they can join him in that claim.

Do you think the casting director told Clive Standen ( Spoiler for 2010? ) Though as a 4th series looks unlikely, I guess he’s dodged that fate.

Wasn’t Tuck incredibly active for someone who had an arrow in his shoulder at the end of last week’s episode?

They shouted “loose” rather than “fire”. Possibly the first historically accurate thing in the entire series (to the best of my knowledge people didn’t shout “fire” until after firearms were in use).

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Celebratory day out in London

Posted on in Books, Doctor Who, My Life.

Today was the 10th anniversary of my first date with Lettice. Back in 1999 we went to see The Matrix in Streatham. Today we had an adventure to celebrate.

Robot Grasshopper from the Robot Zoo

First up was the Robot Zoo at the Horniman Museum. Did you know that it took three people to drive a chameleon?

Then we did a bit of shopping. Lettice bought beads and I bought Doctor Who books.(About Time 3 2nd edition is 500 pages long and has an end note about the Chuckle Brothers, how can you not want it?)

If you missed James May’s plasticine garden at Chelsea you can now see it at the Royal Festival Hall.

Then we went on the London Eye. Yes, we live in London. Yes, we work in London tourism. Yes, it’s been open for nine years. No, we hadn’t been on it before.

Then there was yarn shopping. Followed by Yo! Sushi (between you and me, the County Hall branch is always nice and quiet in the evenings and only a short walk from the heaving, 45 minute wait to be seated, restaurants along the Southbank).

Anyway, I’ll do a proper image post either tomorrow or on Monday, in the meantime there are pictures on Flickr.

Very True Mood: (content) content
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‘cos all time travel shows are the same

Posted on in Books, Doctor Who, TV.

Ah, got it now. ARC team = the Doctor and Helen Cutter = Sabbath.

Bring on the Daleks, bugger can’t use them, make something up quick, um, how about crystal men?

Which will make sense to the handful of other people in world who read the EDAs and watch Primeval.

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Quiz like it’s 1997

Posted on in Books, Films, Games, Music, My Life, Science, Sport, The World, TV.

So I found this file, last modified 10 June 1997, on a set of back ups and it’s a pub quiz that I ran in Balliol bar. In fact considering the date I suspect that this is the night that [info]pink_weasel first clapped eyes on me and thought “nice guy, shame about the jumper”.

People on facebook and twitter said that they wanted to see the quiz, so here goes.
Read the rest of this very true thing…

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Saw that coming, unlike…

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Early on during this evening’s episode of CSI -
“If he turns our to have been killed by a tortoise dropped by a bird of prey I’ll scream.”

After this evening’s episode of CSI -
“You didn’t scream, you laughed.”
“I hooted.”

But kudos to the scriptwriter for getting the line at the end about probability right.

And someone needs to find Charisma Carpenter a decent part.

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K-9

Posted on in Doctor Who.

I’ve just watched The Invisible Enemy for the first time. This is the story that added K-9 to Doctor Who and the tin dog comes across really well in his debut. The plot is as nonsensical as every review I’ve ever read says it is. There are some good ideas in there, Leela is great, the design and effects work – with the exception of the infamous prawn – are excellent. But the plot is all over the place and the technobabble is unconvincing not so much because a lack of basic science as a lack of basic common sense.

So next DVD to watch will be K-9 and Company for the first time since 1981…

Meanwhile. This is a teaser for the forthcoming K-9 series:

Oh dear.

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Planet of the Dead trailer

Posted on in Doctor Who.

“So, ” thinks Russell T Davies, “my episode Midnight got rather a good response. I wonder what people liked about it? I know, it was set on a bus!1 Let’s set the next special on a bus, that will work.”

“And,” he continues, “‘cos the special is a bit longer than a regular episode we’ll splice in a chunk of Pitch Black. No one will ever notice. Especially if we stick some BSG style music and flashbacks all over the trailer.”

1 This isn’t as daft as it seems. After all what else explains the popularity of Iris Wildthyme? Apart from the gin of course.

Just 10 days to go!

Counting the Cost of War(games) – Floating Fund ‘08

Posted on in Dinosaurs, Doctor Who, Magazines, Miniatures, My Life, RPGs.

All spent at Salaute.

1 ticket for Salute, @ £9.95.

Entelodon, Komodo Dragons and Phororachos from Amazon Miniatures, @ £12.80

2 Dinosaurs from Hasslefree Miniatures, @ £13.50

Tactical Miniatures Big City PD, Rattrap Productions Megatherium and Smilodon from Tabletop Games, @ £21.50

‘John Constantine’ and ‘Captain Jack’ from Black Cat Bases, @ £4.50

4 Lurkers, 2 familars, Doctor Hugh and Doctor Masterson from Heresy Miniatures, @ £20.00

Total for Salute: £82.25

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2008 Books

Posted on in Books, Doctor Who, My Life, RPGs.

Well, here’s what I’ve been reading this year. I said there was a lot of graphic novels.

Over on the LiveJournal version of this blog you can fill in a poll to show which of these you’ve read as well (not necessarily in 2008). I understand that you can use OpenID to log into LJ rather than creating an account there but I’ve never tested it myself.

Non-Fiction

  • A History of Venice by John Julius Norwich
  • Counterknowledge by Damian Thompson
  • Dry Store Room No. 1 by Richard Fortey
  • JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford
  • jQuery in Action by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz
  • Middle Sea: A History of the Mediterranean by John Julius Norwich
  • Stand and Deliver: The Autobiography by Adam Ant
  • The Earth: An Intimate History by Richard Fortey
  • The Economic Naturalist by Robert H. Frank
  • The World Without Us by Alan Weisman

Fiction

  • A Spectacle of Corruption by David Liss
  • Azincourt by Bernard Cornwell
  • Flashman’s Lady by George MacDonald Fraser
  • Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde
  • Making Money by Terry Pratchett
  • Matter by Iain M. Banks
  • Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell
  • The Coffee Trader by David Liss
  • The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

Graphic Novels

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future For You
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wolves at the Gate
  • Black Orchid by Neil Gaiman
  • From Hell by Alan Moore
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier by Alan Moore
  • John Constantine Hellblazer: Bloodlines by Garth Ennis
  • John Constantine Hellblazer: Family Man by Jamie Delano
  • John Constantine Hellblazer: Fear Machine by Jamie Delano
  • John Constantine Hellblazer: Joyride by Andy Diggle
  • John Constantine Hellblazer: The Laughing Magician by Andy Diggle
  • Lucifer: Inferno by Mike Carey
  • Lucifer: Mansions of the Silence by M Carey
  • Planet Hulk Omnibus by Greg Pak
  • World War Hulk by Greg Pak
  • Serenity: Better Days by Joss Whedon
  • Ultimate X-Men :Ultimate Collection Book 2 by Mark Millar

Doctor Who

  • Ahistory by Lance Parkin
  • About Time 6 by Tat Wood
  • Doctor Who: Bullet Time by David A. McIntee
  • Doctor Who: Business Unusual by Gary Russell
  • Doctor Who: Companion Piece by Mike Tucker
  • Doctor Who: Emotional Chemistry by Justin Richards
  • Doctor Who: Endgame by Terrance Dicks
  • Doctor Who: Festival of Death by Jonathan Morris
  • Doctor Who: Grave Matter by Justin Richards
  • Doctor Who: Halflife by Mark Michalowski
  • Doctor Who: Sometime Never… by Simon A. Forward
  • Doctor Who: The World Shapers by Grant Morrison
  • Faction Paradox: This Town Will Never Let Us Go by Lawrence Miles

Odds and Ends

  • Star Wars: Dark Empire II by Tom Veitch
  • Star Wars: Vector Prime by R.A. Salvatore
  • Star Wars: Dark Tide 1 – Onslaught by Michael A. Stackpole
  • Star Wars: Dark Tide 2 – Ruin by Michael A. Stackpole
  • A Magical Society: Ecology & Culture
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Merry Christmas

Posted on in Doctor Who, My Life, TV.

Turkey eaten? Presents opened? Queen done her bit?

Good, that means I scheduled this post correctly.

Is it time for Doctor Who yet?

Very True Mood: festive
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