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The Good Ship Lollipop and a bit of Green Day
@ 12/07/2008 – 19:02:32
Well, hopefully, the Good Ship Lollipop isn't going to sink without trace with Captain La Spice at the helm. So strap on your pyjamas and pour yourself lashings of ginger beer and have a gander.
I have just spent the last 5 hours playing Guild Wars with Hubster (Fissure of Woe completed, I thank you very much) to keep him awake after a night flight (I know, it was a sacrifice). So some chores have been done, but not as much as I'd hoped. Ho hum.
Here's something to get you going for a summer's Saturday night.
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Kicking Bones, Davey Wavey's on his own again and Gordon can just eat my shorts
@ 08/07/2008 – 18:03:42
Well, the Harbingers of Doom are at it again and we're apparently sliding towards a recession. And what has Gordon Brown got to say about it? Don't waste food, it'll save you money. If I had Photoshop, I'd put Gordon Brown's head on Mary Poppin's body. What a boob. Hang on, I'm going to see if anyone's already done it...Nope. Over to you AJ.
So what does that mean for everyone? Well, we all have to tighten our belts - those that live in a place that has no public transport and currently takes 5 hours to get the 25 miles to work due to the crushingly dire public transport services (just sayin').
I know, I know, I didn't have to live here - I could live in the city and go slowly insane with the noise and the pollution and the hobos and the crime. Sigh. Do us a favour, though. Keep going on cheap European holidays and support extensive renovation and conservatoion projects of old buildings.
Well, I'm sure people will be relieved that Doctor Who has finished so they don't have to listen to me drivel on about it like the fanchic I am. Personally, the last episode on Saturday night was possibly THE most fan-obsessed slobber-fest I have seen for a long time. Never have I seen that level of contrived plot devices to make sure all was well in the fan world and they all went to bed happy little bunnies. I mean, we haven't seen the like of this since a good old Buffy and Angel finale - Oh Joss and Russell should you ever get together you will surely disappear up your own backsides. A few too many characters bursting at the seams and it looks like Billie Piper was only really there to tie up the loose ends of the Doctor's moping around (he'd better damn stop that nonsense now). And her acting wasn't exactly stretched here - more lost in the crowd. 'Yes, Billie, we all know you can sob uncontrollably on demand, now snog him already'. Oh - you need me to stop driveling on about Doctor Who, don't you? OK, I'll try. I'll move on to....
Oh, I'm SO getting an award for this year's Who, lovies. Don't forget to catch me in hamlet. Taa-taaa.Bonekickers. Nothing like a TV Series about your profession to make you scream at the TV in fits of outrage. I'll give it a try, although if the Knights Templar and Rosslyn Chapel are mentioned in the same sentence, then I'm throwing a slipper at the TV.
Well, I suppose I had better see to the Bangers and Mash. Hubster has been doing some awful shifts lately, but has the week-end off. And my work has picked up, which means I'm going to have to do a fair bit of overtime by the end of next week. But I don't care, I'm not missing out on a trip to Niagara Falls for anything!
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How cool was that?
@ 05/07/2008 – 18:46:25
Brilliant. That's all I have to say.
Cried three times, no cliffanger, yes, a Doctor/Rose moment and - looks like Mickey in Torchwood!
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Bring it on!
@ 05/07/2008 – 17:29:37
I have a bottle of wine (back up bottle in fridge for later on), a huge bowl of pasta and some sun-dried tomato and cheese bread, some pyjamas and a bedspread on the sofa. I'm SO ready for Who.
And I will NOT be satisfied until I get a glimpse of the new Who, I cry at least once, there's a heart-breaking Doctor/Rose moment and a show-stopping all singing all dancing will-the-universe-actually-survive cliffhanger which will leave me screaming at the TV until Christmas as if the 52 inches of loveliness had betrayed me herself. Yes!
Here is my TV:
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The Timelords are coming back
@ 29/06/2008 – 16:40:12
Hi there.
I appear to be making a lot of 'to do' lists lately and what is more, I am crossing off a lot of stuff. It mostly consists of things like mow lawn, tidy kitchen, wash clothes and the like. However, I try and 'spice it up' a little (yes, I know I am aware that my life isn't exactly rocking with cool stuff right now) by adding things like 'watch House' and 'join Historic Scotland'.
Well, it looks like David Tennant is bowing out of Doctor Who and Russell T Davies is making it known that he's on his way out. He'll be back next week for sure, so let's have a look at the rest of those versions of the Timelord and see how it all panned out for them. Maybe David was being good to us all for staying as long as he did?
William Hartnell (3 years)
After his second year, Hartnell's Aunt, who raised him, died, and due to deteriorating health (altough there's rumours that this was exagerrated to replace him as he was a difficult actor to work with) led to his replacement in 1966.
How? Radiation poisoning.Patrick Troughton (3 years)
Troughton was chosen because of his extensive and versatile experience as a character actor. After he was cast, Troughton considered various ways to approach the role, to differentiate his portrayal from Hartnell's amiable-yet-tetchy patriarch. Troughton's early thoughts about how he might play the Doctor included a "tough sea captain" and a piratical figure in blackface and a turban! It was also the early years of Troughton's Doctor that were wiped by the BBC. Woops! He eventually found the schedule a bit tiring, and decided to leave in 1969.
How? Exiled to Earth by the rest of the Timelords with a new face.Jon Pertwee (4 years)
Aunt Sally!!! (Sorry).
Pertwee applied for the role and eventually stepped down to carry on his stage career.
How? Radiation poisoning (again!) by the Spider people.Tom Baker (7 years)
Many people's favourite Doctor, he was the longest lasting.
How? Falls off a gantry trying to scupper the Master's Plans.Peter Davison (4 years)
My personal favourite and the youngest at the time, only 30 when he took on the role.
How? Him and companion Peri contracted spectrox toxemia from touching raw spectro - the Doctor dies having given the last of the antidote to save Peri.Colin Baker (2 years)
My LEAST favourite doctor. He took over from Davison in the late '80s.
How? Killed on the orders of the renegade Time Lady, Rani.Sylvestor McCoy (2 years)
You can tell the show was flagging by then as the actors came and went too quickly. When the shw was brought back after it had been shelved for a while, there was apparently a bit of bad blood from Colin Baker who thought he should have carried on. He refused to appear in the regeneration scene.
How? Shot by a gang member in LA in 1999.Paul McGann (1 show)
I like Paul's portrayal of the Doctor in this one off mini-movie, and he would have made a good Doctor with which to carry a series on. Was this the Doctor who experienced the Time War?
How? Unknown.Christopher Eccleston (1 year)
A fine re-imagining of the series came with casting of Eccleston as the new Doctor. Shame he didn't stay longer but didn't want to be typecast..
How? Sucking out the vortex energy from the TARDIS from his companion Rose to save her life.David Tennant (4 (5?) years)
We all know about him, so no need to go on. Rumoured to carry on into 2009, but unlikely to be around after that.
How? Exterminated by a dalek - or is this really the end?Questions which will hopefully be answered next week:
- Where is Jackie and Mickey?
- Why did Donna start hearing drums when she was at the Shadow Proclomation and why is she wearing a big fat ring? And why does the Shadow woman know all about her previous parallel Universe thing-on-the-back thing in Turn Left and apologise for her loss yet to come? Who exactly will Donna lose?
- Why is Davros breaking down all the walls to each parallel universe?
- Why does Davros want the Human race alive? And why does he think the Doctor arriving is "everything falling into place"?
- What's the crucible?
- What does the key that UNIT gave Martha do?
- What did Khan mean when he said 'he comes the threefold man"
- Khan's last words "everlasting death for the most faithful companion" - what does it mean?
