30 Day Film Challenge #Day 11

Today's prompt is a film that made you cheer at the Cinema Erm... I haven't ever done that, at the Cinema or at home, is this a regular thing? The nearest I can relate to is something which might bend the concept of a film, as it wasn't exactly a film. On 23rd November 2013, …

30 Day Book Challenge #Day 19

Welcome back to my 30 Day Book Challenge. Today is the 19th day and the prompt is An audio book you like because of the narrator's voice. Oh where to start here? I think I am going to go with Doctor Who and the Abominable Snowmen, written by Terrance Dicks and read by David Troughton. …

30 Day Book Challenge #Day 2

Day 2 of my 30 Day book Challenge and the prompt is a rather cliché one. My favourite book by my favourite author This might seem quite simple at first but then I think of the vast numbers of books I have read by various authors and it is difficult to nail down to one …

The Invisible Enemy

It is a very occasion when I can legitimately use the title of a Doctor Who story (admittedly a terrible one) as a springboard for an entry, perhaps at some point in the future I can use "Meglos" or "The Faceless Ones". What I am referring to of course is Covid-19 and how it has …

Meanders

My feet may be a little on the nippy side but I have a nice cup of Chai on the side so things aren't too bad, I have a made for me Spotify list playing as I type, I will highlight a few tracks as I go on. As previously said I am back at …

The Big Apple

"Ah New York, the city so good they named it twice," said the Doctor with a small giggle. "I didn't think we'd see it again, and so soon," Stated Vicki. "Well my dear the ship can be a curious piece of equipment at times," He rose a finger to his lip and paused, "I wonder …

RDP: Welcome to the Library

"Where are we professor?” “We are in one of the 700 wonders of the Universe, the library of Lady Constance. It is the oldest and newest place in the Universe.” “How does that work?” “Words my dear,” “Words?” “They exist in a state of flux, they are well known yet brand new for someone to …

30 Day Song Challenge: Day 18

The theme from your favourite television show growing up. I think I will go for several. First up: Doctor Who and since there are many versions of the theme I am going with my favourite Doctor. https://youtu.be/FFpuIqDKErk Next is the sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. https://youtu.be/zV0hwZwNQZc The Avengers. Tara King was/is my favourite Avenger girl https://youtu.be/U8OyQ3e9SqY …

FOWC: Building High for Happiness, Looking back on Paradise Towers

This is a draft of an ultimately rejected article on the Doctor Who story "Paradise Towers" I pitched for Celestial Toyroom, the DWAS official newsletter Paradise Towers is something of a nostalgic guilty pleasure for me, principally because it is the first story I had strong memories of and probably was what started me on my course …

Please Mind the Gap

Christmas Day has been and gone and now I am stuck in that weird Limbo period before New Year and everything can go back to normal, well for however normal lasts until the UK disintegrates under the fall out from Brexit, still least we don't have Trumpty-Dumpty... yet. It's been a mixed affair at in …