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Cavendish and I are watching a lot of retro TV at the moment, most recently some of the Classic DW box sets we treated ourselves to for Christmas.

Yesterday we finished "Inferno", which took me by surprise with its outstanding dark B horror movie qualities and memorable guest characters. No wonder the adventure's script writer Don Houghton later wrote several feature films for Hammer Films.

As a 3rd Doctor adventure, "Inferno" starts out pretty regular with Three, still earthbound and working with UNIT, acting as scientific advisor to an ambitious drilling project (German-last-name-bearing mad scientist included) aiming at piercing the Earth's crust to harness energy. Hubris, mutations, death and chaos occur, and finally a TARDIS malfunction which lands Three in a dystopian, fascist parallel universe.

And that parallel universe is easily one of the bleakest things I've ever seen on DW, new series included. Mostly because of how the script tilts and twists the previously established characterizations, with the changes ranging from subtle but consequential (for example the just slightly altered chemistry between Dr. Petra Williams and Greg Sutton) to the really big ones (Liz and the Brigadier, logical and chilling)

Definitely worth seeing.

Oh, and I love Liz Shaw as a companion. Smart, sensible, no nonsense. In her depiction as a female scientist clearly ahead of her time. Too bad this adventure already marks Caroline John's departure from the show.

Current Mood: calm

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sholio

There's a Biggles February prompt fest, Biggletines, going on over at

bigglesevents:

https://bigglesevents.dreamwidth.org/18654.html

Feel free to leave prompts, answer prompts, or both!

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trobadora

Thank you all for being here in January! And good luck for February over at

sakanawords!

Tally

( Days 1-30 )

Day 31:

alightbuthappypen,

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

voleuse

( 23 books, 6 movies, one talk, one theatre production, 121 TV episodes. )

( Notes on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. )

Current Mood: cold
Current Music: Unspoiled: Supernatural podcast

bimo

Or: I must be crazy for cooking this for ten people in my nice but much too small kitchen...

My heart's in the Highlands by Robert Burns

1st course:
Rocky Shores
Black pudding and pan-fried scallops
with roasted beetroot, parsnips and leek at the side.
or:
From the Veg Garden
Mushrooms, roasted vegetables and a sour cream dip with fresh chives

~Toast to the Lassies~
~Red Red Rose by Robert Burns~

2nd course:
At the Harbour
Traditional Seafood Chowder
or:
Lazy Beds
Leek and Potato Soup

~Traditional: Come by the Hills~

3rd course:
Later, at the Pub
Haggis (traditional or veggie)
with neeps, tatties and whisky sauce

~ Traditional: Loch Lomond ~

4th course:
Dessert
Cranachan, kindly provided by T.

~Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns~

( Food Pictures Ahead )

Current Mood: accomplished

sholio

Festivids 2025 is revealed!

I got three(!!) gifts, all Murderbot and all very well edited and lovely ♥:

It's a Sin
All the Rowboats
Performance Reliability = ATL

Some other vids I've especially liked of what I've watched so far:

So It Goes - Foundation
The Heart Always Holds Onto Missing Roads - Murderbot
Moose in the Road - Mythbusters

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mecurtin

This is a 5000 word draft on Mr. Woodhouse as an autistic character in Emma that I'm posting here looking for your comments, critique, and input.

( cut for length )

trobadora

How have we already reached the end of the month?! Final check-in for January today! Tomorrow I'll post the final tally, and WED will continue over at

sakanawords. :D

Today's writing

A lot of writing - my deadline is in about 7 hours hours, and I've filled in all the gaps in my story by now, but there are still a few things I want to add before I post later tonight. *flails*

Tally

( Days 1-25 )

Day 26:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 27:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 28:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

chanter1944,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

carenejeans,
Day 29:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 30:

badly_knitted,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula@sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 31:

china_shop,

trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

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trobadora

Rushing towards the deadline ...

Today's writing

I have once again reached the "should I just scrap all of this and start over?" point. I tell myself to just keep writing for now; I can still start over and write a whole new story after the deadline. For now, I need to finish this draft so I can post it.

So I keep writing. For now.

Tally

( Days 1-25 )

Day 26:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 27:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 28:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

china_shop,

chanter1944,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 29:

badly_knitted,

chanter1944,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 30:

china_shop,

trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

dine

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trobadora

Turns out I do have a cold! But my next exchange deadline is on Saturday.

Today's writing

Writing! Wrangling! All of that. I'll get there ...

Tally

( Days 1-25 )

Day 26:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 27:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

carenejeans,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

shadaras,

sylvanwitch,

the_siobhan,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 28:

badly_knitted,

brithistorian,

china_shop,

cornerofmadness,

goddess47,

luzula,

sanguinity,

sylvanwitch,

trobadora,

ysilme

Day 29:

trobadora

Let me know if I missed anyone! And remember you can drop in or out at any time. :)

dine

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trobadora

Many thanks to sakana17 for offering to host WED in February! We'll continue next month over at sakanawords. :D

This morning I had the plumber in to have my my gas boiler serviced and the flue replaced. "Oh no, you don't need to remove the stuff under it, it'll be fine," they said. - Never mind the stuff directly under the boiler, the entire room ended up covered in dirt.