Finally got round to writing my review of the Christmas Doctor Who episode over on my other blog (13 out of 20 was the score in case you can’t be bothered going to read it). This means that there’s not much of an update here today. You may even be wondering why I came here [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Doctor Who’
Sounds Like 2010
Posted: December 30, 2010 in MusicTags: 2010, Albert Hall, Ben Folds, Doctor Who, Eliza Doolittle, Francis Dunnery, John Gilmore Smith, Moscow Drug Club, Murray Gold, music, Proms, Review, Tim Minchin
12 Blogs of Christmas: #4 For any of you who have been reading the blog avidly over the course of 2010, well, firstly I’m really, really sorry for your having to put up with all my inane ramblings but you also might have seen that there is a page titled “Music Purchases”, and this post, [...]
Forty-Seven Years
Posted: November 23, 2010 in Countdown, HaikuTags: 47, anniversary, birthday, Doctor Who
The News in Haiku #21…. “Forty seven years: Not bad for a kid’s programme. Happy birthday, Doc” The 23rd November is a date etched in to the collective consciousness of all Doctor Who fans. Forty-seven years ago today, at a slightly later than advertised time due to extended news coverage of the Kennedy assassination, a [...]
Haiku News
Posted: November 1, 2010 in Countdown, HaikuTags: Action Figures, Doctor Who, Haiku, NaNoWriMo, news, Poetry, Stephen Fry, The Ode Less Travelled, writing
The news in Haiku #1…. “Explosives on planes, Make us recall the bad days, Don’t be scared. Be free.” Okay, so NaNoWriMo was a “no go” for me this year but good luck to you who are having a go. I shall be returning for Script Frenzy in April and definitely, definitely, definitely doing the [...]
When I Was Younger
Posted: October 27, 2010 in CountdownTags: BBC, Death of the Doctor, Doctor Who, Jo Grant, Sarah Jane, The Herbs
“So I waited. I waited because you said you’d see me again. You did. I asked you and you said ‘Yes’. You promised and I thought, one day I’d hear that sound. Deep in the jungle I’d hear that funny wheezing noise and a big blue box right in the middle of the Amazon jungle.” [...]
Doctor Who Live – A Photoblog Review
Posted: October 10, 2010 in CountdownTags: Ben Foster, Doctor Who, Live, Photo, Stephen Moffat, Wembley
“I, I went off to the right, Without saying goodbye, goodbye, Where does it go from here? Is it down to the lake I fear?” Haircut 100, “Love Plus One, 1982 When I was a kid, I loved Doctor Who. And with the exception of a few years in my early twenties when girls, mortgages [...]
Spoilers (Not Included)
Posted: September 26, 2010 in CountdownTags: Celtic Manor, Doctor Who, Golf, Ryder Cup, Spoilers
“I’m gonna invite you to try my machines, Programme an offer you just can’t refuse, I’m gonna invite you to share all my dreams, You’ve nothing to lose.” Roger Taylor, “Future Management”, 1981 Spoilers. They are the curse of many a Doctor Who fan, and probably a fair few fans of other series as well, [...]
“It breaks my heart to see a nation cloned by someone else’s poetry, They got their backs snapped by 12 inch pressure of financial bigotry, You know I’ve still got pride in who I wanna be, I don’t wanna be like them, I just wanna be me.” Francis Dunnery, “American Life In The Summertime”, 1994 [...]
Day Eighteen – Delivery
Posted: August 18, 2010 in Countdown, PhotgraphyTags: Champions League, Doctor Who, DWM, football, magazine, Spurs, Tottenham, Young Boys
Well, it was a funny old day yesterday. As a Spurs fan, I’ve been looking forward to the Champion’s League for months. After 30 minutes last night it looked like it might be another 48 years before I’d be looking forward to it again. Thankfully a couple of lucky away goals brought us back from [...]
