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Asylum of the Daleks ... hurried thoughts

Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:31:47 GMT

Asylum of the Daleks – fantastic great episode, and couldn’t sleep afterwards. But I can’t help thinking Moffat’s written a great mainstream-friendly episode that would have been better placed in the 2013 50th anniversary season instead.

( Spoilers ahead! )

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I’ll tell you what’s wrong with this Dalek!

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:04:50 GMT

Yes, in case you haven’t noticed what’s wrong with this Dalek…

(aside from the fact it’s not hovering, bearing its beady blue eye down the photographer and threatening to exterminate…)

The eyestalk and the plunger are in the wrong place.

This particular Dalek cookie jar (one of 3000, I’m told) had a couple of mishaps in the various housemoves over the years between Cardiff, Llandudno, Manchester and London. And it’d sat languishing in a box above my kitchen cupboard, waiting for someone who could master the art of superglue.

Then a family friend came over, and volunteered to fix it. Unfortunately, I didn’t closely supervise the operation.

Even more unfortunately, it then sat on top of my DVD collection, staring at me for about four months. I didn’t dare touch it in case the superglue came off, so I just left it there and never really examined it. Until one day, Miss M and her boyfriend came to visit. Miss M, a fellow Whovian, didn’t spot anything wrong either but Miss M’s boyfriend took one look at it and exclaimed “Why is the eyepiece in the wrong place?”. And until then, the two Whovians in the room had never ever noticed.

I really ought to have my Doctor Who geek card revoked.

Interestingly, I haven’t had comments on this blog for ages. Put up a mangled Dalek picture, I get five comments including two from people who I didn’t even know existed. Which is almost nothing compared to the comments and lively discussion that’s been taking place on Facebook and LiveJournal…

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What’s wrong with this Dalek?

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:34:24 GMT

Answers in a couple of days … but feel free to guess in the comments below!

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Understanding mental health

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:07:24 GMT

I can't remember who pointed me to this series of comics on understanding mental health by tallguywrites - possibly actionreplay - but either way, they make for a fascinating and interesting way of understanding a little-understood subject.

And for bonus points, there are also lots of drawing puns based around Daleks.

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