A homage to loading screens.
In which we discuss the passing of The Doctor
Through the last year, we’d managed to avoid watching the various Doctor Who specials that popped up around each bank holiday. The reason being, the last full series, back in 2008, really hadn’t grabbed us very hard. Despite having a few sparkling gems within it, there were too many painful moments and mystical endings. So: the one-off specials passed us by, as if they had never existed.
In which Doctor Who is getting silly
We turned to each other and said: “it was never this silly in the Old Days,” was it? And I don’t think it was.
In which we’re not impressed
Christmas came, and brought the flu. I was in bed most of yesterday, aching, coughing and sleeping.
In which we wonder what career choices someone had
Two thoughts about last Saturday’s Doctor Who.* Firstly: if your name’s Lazarus, and you become a scientist, you must feel completely stereotyped. “I’m going to have to invent some cunning way to cheat death,” you’d say to yourself, “otherwise everyone’s going to take the piss.”
Or, an exercise in guessing the ending
Ardal O’Hanlon is bound to turn up in Doctor Who again, before long. The only question is, when:
In which we play “spot the plot hole”
Whilst we’re kind of on the subject, from yesterday: Doctor Who.
In which we criticise the finale
So … OK, the Doctor worked out that closing the breach into the Void would suck in all the alternate-universe Cybermen, not to mention the Cult of Skaro refugee Daleks. But did he know beforehand that the Void would somehow manage to suck them all in through one small window, instead of just acting like a big attractor and leaving thousands of Daleks and Cybermen stuck to the side of the Canary Wharf tower?
In which we watch the Tenth one
I hate to say it, but I’m still not convinced.
In which we open presents and watch the telly
This Christmas, I have received:
In which we detect a foul-smelling villain
Last night: to the local cinema for the first time in ages, with my friend Mystery Filmgoer, to see Harry Potter and the Empire That Struck Back Goblet of Fire whilst it was still on. As I’ve not seen any of the three preceding films I wasn’t too hot on the idea of going at first; but I have recently read the book; so I thought the film would be an interesting comparison.
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