Tag Archives: TV

Daleks

Just watching the new season of Doctor Who, starring the latest incarnation of the Daleks. It’s brilliant – plastic props, plastic supporting actors, and plastic plots. But David Tennant delivers the corn beautifully, and his assistant is an easy watch, so it’s a definite thumbs up from me. That doesn’t mean I’m happy about flying [...]

Wash

I tend to avoid these things, but hey, it’s Firefly/Serenity. I am Wash (Ship Pilot) Wash (Ship Pilot) 80% Malcolm Reynolds (Captain) 70% Zoe Washburne (Second-in-command) 65% Dr. Simon Tam (Ship Medic) 65% Jayne Cobb (Mercenary) 30% Derrial Book (Shepherd) 30% Alliance 25% Kaylee Frye (Ship Mechanic) 20% River (Stowaway) 20% Inara Serra (Companion) 15% [...]

Superbowl

How bout dem [Bears/Colts], eh? I haven’t watched the game yet actually (it didn’t start until 11pm here, and I’m just not that committed) and am busy not finding out the score. That’s harder than it sounds, even in a foreign country. I can’t check my feed reader, no looking at news sites, and even [...]

Campanology

Just watched a documentary on the 2006 British Bell-Ringing championships. It was a bit of a grudge match between Birmingham and one of the London teams, and the tower they were using was reckoned to be the hardest in the country, which threw in a real wild-card. I won’t spoil it for you in case [...]