Back again

 I am sorry that it has taken me so long to return to my blog. This is for four reasons:

1) No one reads it

2) I despaired when Britain got their own version of Trump.

3) I despaired when Putin invaded Ukraine

4) Covid made me despair

The problem is that all the things that were problematic in the world back in 2019: Brexit, Theresa May, Donald Trump, etc HAVE MADE THINGS 10 TIMES WORSE because those things happened. 

Just one example: Russia was not worried about America anymore (because Trump was his best friend) and thus invades another country and China says: "we'll stay your friends". Any similarities to the Axis? YES.

Another example...

Johnson lying all the time. He has parties during lockdown because he can - don't you know - he was the prime minister and nearly died. He has every right to attend a 'work do' and drink gallons of wine. What about all those people who did die even when they were obeying the rules of lockdown. I write this knowing that Johnson is in front of his peers right now and is lying AGAIN. 

He says he is a principled man. Here are some principles a world leader should follow:

• A bedrock of principles
• A moral compass
• A vision
• The ability to build a consensus to achieve that vision

Johnson (or Trump for that matter) do not have these. They are both caricatures and very frightening caricatures. Frightening because people BELIEVE them. And they walk all over "plebs" like us.

When Covid hit, I was happy to try and trust Johnson - he'll be advised by the right people, etc. I was very worried when he became 'seriously' unwell with Covid-19 - frightening. However, to lie and lie again when it is plain to everyone but his greatest supporters that he is lying! This is more frightening. 

Please can someone help us to climb out of this ABSOLUTE mess? Not a saviour. Just people who cares about other people and not being in the history books - tries to find peace in a difficult world map. Any chance please? And then - can we concentrate on the thing that will kill us ALL: Global Warming; Plastic pollution and all these other man-made disasters. 

Useless plastic and the beautiful oceans

A dead whale has been found full of useless plastic

If you are a British citizen, please sign this petition. The UK Government is too busy with Brexit, but we must concentrate on the destruction plastic is having on the world. Let's stop it now. If each country worked together, we would get rid of this stuff very quickly.

Here's the link

And if you are still trying to decide, please take a look at this article about that poor whale. :(

Plastic - Hemp - an alternative

What a good idea!

Plastic

Dear readers
I am so sick of finding plastic wherever I go - roads, pavements, country lanes, rivers, seas, beaches.

Why are we so rubbish at throwing away rubbish?

Why can't we find alternative ways of storing our items - food, toys, goods, and so much more?

I am going to start sharing (and moaning) about this and see if we can start turning the tide. No pun intended. This is a sad state of affairs. Donald Trump doesn't care; Theresa May is too busy with Brexit to care.

Let's do this together.

Let's get rid of our reliance on plastic before we kill everything.

Brett Kavanaugh nomination: Victory for Trump in Supreme Court vote

So he's won the vote. One of Trump's friends. Someone said Kavanaugh raped them. The senate was not put off; and they voted for him anyway. Kevin Spacey's career is (quite rightly) wrecked forever. Trump and Kavanagh are all hunky dory.

Why does this not scare anybody else? Trump is finally winning and he's not going to stop winning now. The well off in America will begin to take more and more money from the poor. The world urgently needs a strong and principled leader who only cares about the people (all the people) who voted for them. I suspect with Brexit that the UK will no longer have that influence - so where else?

More information, here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45774174

Books, Books, Books, Chapter XIV

I am not going to let the world get me down! I have been reading some very exciting books. If you click on some of these, you'll be taken to Amazon. If you buy from them, then the Living by Giving Trust will make money. Please do think about it. Thank you.

1) House of Cards. This book is all about politics and could be about politics today! It's fictional and is about the Chief Whip, Francis Urquhart finding out from the Prime Minister that there will be no reshuffle. Urquhart had hoped he would get a better job and found this unfair. From that point on, he manipulates situations to destroy the Prime Minster and many of his colleagues, so that he can be more powerful. The character was wonderfully played on the telly by Ian Richardson and I could imagine no one else whilst reading the book. I read the novel so quickly because it was amazing. I am looking forward to reading the next two!

2) Fatherland. Oh wow. This is a novel I have wanted to read for many years. I started reading it in the mid-nineties, but lost the book and never bought it again. A huge mistake. I finally bought this version last year and once I started reading it - could NOT put it down. The premise is "What if Hitler had won World War 2" and what the world would be like. More importantly what would Germany be like a few years later - a corrupt society? Yep! It's a murder mystery story and one that is full of resentment, hatred, lies and so much more. This is the authors first book - I am ready to read more. Brilliant.

3) Edward I (Penguin Monarchs): A New King Arthur? I love little books like this, which give you a very clear overview of a period of history. It doesn't go into great details, but it does go into enough detail to give you a feel of this great monarch. He was not a bad king, but nor was he a good and holy king - he was a king that had a job to do and my did he do it! As a leader he was great; and as a politician, he was even better! Read this book - it's brilliant. There is a whole series of these too.

4) Welcome to Just a Minute!: A Celebration of Britain’s Best-Loved Radio Comedy I picked up a celebration of Just a Minute on CD recently and enjoyed listening in my car on my daily drive to the hospital (I am OK, just old!). The programme is 50 years old! Anyway, I then searched for a book about it, because I enjoyed listening to the great Kenneth Williams; Sheila Hancock; Paul Merton; etc on the CD. This book provides many wonderful anecdotes and quotes from the long series; and Nicholas Parsons is a very good writer. Parsons does not hold back on how he feels about some of the guests, too. A must listen and a must read!

Right, that will do for now. I will return soon with some more books.

Brexit, Theresa May

I have been a little remiss of late and not updated my blog on some of the books I have read. Apologies. The world has become a tougher place and in the UK the government is so determined to Brexit. Whatever your views - none of us signed up for this mess. In many ways, I wish Cameron had stayed. Now that's saying something! At least he didn't seem so fake! I am sorry, but I do not want Trump's chickens. Please let's have another referendum and see what people think. The first referendum was only meant to be an advisory. Let's make this second one - a definite.

Read more here. 

Doctor Who - Colin Baker, part 3

As I said in my last update on Colin Baker (three years ago) and then  three years before that on this matter: I have met Colin Baker and do feel sorry for him (and McCoy) sometimes, because they are often lambasted as the wreckers of Doctor Who (though I think the blame is really at the door of JNT, BBC politics, Coronation Street, and so much more). In fact, both Doctor's were really excellent and playing the part at the wrong time - people had simply stopped loving Doctor Who.

If like me, you could see Colin's potential, why don't you listen to some Big Finish audios. They have scripted him perfectly and Mr Baker is excellent as the Doctor. I've suggested some audios below which you can buy direct from Big Finish. I've added a link below.

Anyway...here are my views of the third quarter of Colin Baker's television time as Doctor Number Six! Click on pictures below if you want to buy them and help the lovely charity called the Living by Giving Trust (see here), who will earn some money to support its work. 

First up:



I didn't see this on its first showing, so I remember being very excited when it was shown on UK Gold. Patrick Troughton is a great favourite of mine and I think it's so sad that the BBC has destroyed so much of his era. Unfortunately this is not a good story. It's setting is pointless - there's no need for it to be in Spain; the two doctors are wasted; the Sontarans look odd and too tall; the other characters are annoying; and the story is...well...a bit boring.

Unfortunately this story is another example of this era of Doctor Who relying on the past. And then they don't even get it right! Are we really meant to believe that this Second Doctor is the Second Doctor of the black & white era? He hasn't even got the right hair colour (see Five Doctors where he looks older, but has black hair. He had an agreement that if he did Two Doctors, he wouldn't need to dye his hair)! I remember being so disappointed by the story and I still find it difficult to watch. It's also full of plot holes - why is the second doctor being sent on missions? He was never sent on missions! He avoided the Time Lords! The author has totally mixed up his Doctors.

However, for me, the saddest thing about all of this is..it was written by the late, great Robert Holmes. Often fans say that it's very apparent in the later Trial of a Time Lord that Holmes is unwell - I think actually those stories are not as bad as this one - in fact I really enjoy the first story on Ravalox. The reality that we often forget as fans is that Holmes also wrote rubbish amongst the "classics". For every Caves of Androzani, there is The Krotons and The Two Doctors!

Good points? Colin Baker is excellent; Patrick Troughton is excellent; Frazer Hines and Nichola Bryant are excellent. It's just a shame they're acting in this dirge. It's sadly Troughton's last outing as the Doctor too. If you're a completest or want to see Troughton's last moment as Doctor Who, buy this DVD; if you don't care, don't bother. Sad but true. In fact you would be better off buying The Five Doctors.

Lastly for now:


I am so very sorry, but this is another story that is not as good as Vengeance on Varos and Mark of the Rani, but actually it's not as boring as The Two Doctors, so that's a bonus. It's also followed by the wonderful Revelation of the Daleks (more soon).

Timelash is OK and some of its ideas are very good. The world is a terrible dystopia with a megalomaniac leader in charge who kills, kills and kills. He doesn't care about the people, because he simply wants to create a species just like him (see photo above). The costume is amazing; the voice of the baddie is amazing; and again I really like Colin's doctor.

The big issues with this are Paul Darrow's strange "stagey" acting. Why, Paul? Why?! He's wonderful as Avon, but not as Richard III. If he'd played it as the subtle Avon (series A, B Avon!) then wow.

The other big issue for me is the terribly cheap sets! The Timelash is a joke - they would have done better with the graphics of the black hole in Trial of a Timelord than this terrible bit of scenery. You can tell the budget had run out! Why? Well because they went to Seville! Which was pointless!!

Once again, we have a reminder of Doctor Who's past - even though we never saw this on the telly - with a picture of Jon Pertwee's Doctor. Apparently the Third Doctor popped here at some point and annoyed the Borad.

And, I am already very bored of every baddie or weirdo fancying a bit of Peri. It's starting to become a bit creepy that this is written in to most scripts. It all started with Caves of Androzani and finishes with her final story.

This story is OK, but best to watch filled with wine and beer. 

Big Finish
Most of Colin Baker's Doctor Who work with Big Finish is EXCELLENT. Have a look, here.

See you next time!

When everything goes wrong....

When everything goes wrong, remember:

• Everything is temporary, even this.
• Happiness is a result of your approach to life, not what happens to you.
• The things, even those that seem small, that are going right in your life.
• The people who are in your corner.
• What you care about most and what you can let go of.
• That you ultimately choose how you react.
• Your resilience in other tough situations.
• Bad times don't define you, but your approach does.
• Worrying, anger, complaining, denial or any of the infinite other ways we try to circumvent pain when things go wrong won't change the situation.

Don't:

• Panic or get too far ahead of yourself.
• Go immediately to blame and criticism.
• Lash out.
• Self-destruct or numb yourself.
• Neglect your needs.
• Ignore your intuition.
• Focus on what should have been instead of what is.
• Try to control what is out of your control.
• Remind yourself of every other terrible thing that has ever happened to you.
• Ask "what if" or "why me" without also reminding yourself of what's possible and what makes you strong.
• Focus on others' opinions, because they're a reflection of the speaker, not you.
• Worry about who you are or are not impressing.
• Isolate.

Do:

• ccept, accept, accept.
• Stick to the present. Rather than worrying about the future or dwelling on the past, focus on what is actually happening now and what is actually in your power to do now.
• Focus on realistic expectations for yourself and the situation.
• Differentiate what you can and what you cannot change.
• Take one step, then another. Even if they're just baby steps, keep moving.
• Rather than focusing on the worst case, think instead of what else is possible.
• Look for the lesson. Challenging situations can often teach us what we have left to learn.
• Keep a positive attitude by remaining focused on solutions, skills, and strengths.
• Start small.
• Spend time with the people who support you.
• Appreciate the things going well, savor simple pleasures, and try to find the hidden gifts in the difficult times.
• Take care of yourself.
• Treat yourself with love and respect.
• Rejuvenate rather than simply tuning out or unplugging.
• Ask for help sooner rather than later.
• Consult or get a second opinion.
• Take the steps you need to keep working toward what you want in life.
• Sometimes we are too close to a situation to see it for what it is. Try looking at the situation from someone else's point of view.
• Give it the test of time. Ask yourself if this will mean the same thing in one, five, or 10 years. Look at the situation as a relatively short segment in the timeline of your life.
• Move, your body that is. Get moving to discharge energy. Walk 10 minutes in any direction starting wherever you are then turn around. Go for a swim. Plan a hike.
• Laugh. Watch a comedy. Call up a bubbly friend. Consider the stand-up routine version of this situation.
• Help someone else in need.
• Write. Vent your frustrations about this situation, brainstorm strategies to get out of it, or write about a more positive time in your life.
• Find a creative outlet.
• Read and reread motivational, inspirational, or encouraging words from others.
• Get outdoors and get inspired. Watch the sun rise or set. Listen to the birds. Take it all in to gain perspective.
• Give yourself a minute to regroup. Assess damages, sort out what can and cannot be done, or just get out of the middle of the situation.
• Choose one big goal to work on in order to make a lasting change.

Trump

What Donald Trump has done so far in just August!

• He has threatened to pull out of the WTO
• Two explosive court cases have revived speculation that President Trump himself may face legal proceedings. His former lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty in a New York court to violating campaign finance laws. Mr Cohen indicated that Donald Trump ordered the payment of hush money to the President's alleged former lovers. Meanwhile President Trump's former campaign chief, Paul Manafort, has been found guilty on eight charges of tax fraud, bank fraud and failure to disclose foreign bank accounts. 

:(

TM

So it was a snap general election and a total failure! She's now worse off. Jeremy Corbyn is not strong enough, so he couldn't win; and the Euro thing continues. Meanwhile, Trump scares me more and more. He's a very bad man.

Theresa May

...in 15 minutes has an announcement to make! Snap election? War declared on the world? Decision not to the leave the EU?

I bet it's not. I bet it's something else. If it is a snap election - GOOD. Let's hope the opposition and Lib Dems can give her a good fight. Whoever wins has then got the right mandate.

However, I don't think she's got the guts.

North Korea and Syria

It seems President Trump has discovered the old adage: "War brings popularity". Yes, it's true: it worked very well in the ancient world up until the 20th Century. Now war brings fear; pain; misery and death on a scale unheard of. Why doesn't he try and find peaceful solutions? Let's hope he tries - but I suspect someone has told him that if he looks tough, the American people will forget all the silly stuff he's done so far. No, Mr President - the world has changed. Every mistake is on Google. Every success is on Google too - why not make a success of it? If only...

Imagine...

Imagine if John Lennon had not been assassinated? He would be Sir John Lennon now, and a grand-master of respect. This is what I think anyway. His song Imagine is so wonderful - the words in particular. It was released in 1971, but with President Trump and other things in the world, we are reminded how much we need to live together.

Here are the brilliant words:

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today... Aha-ah...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too

Imagine all the people
Living life in peace... You...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world... You...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

(Sir) John Lennon

Only one world

The people of this world still live in the past: a belief that it'll be alright in the end. No. There is only one earth. We have no where else to go. Please let's sort out the environment and protect our home for those who live in the future. We were really starting to get somewhere too: countries signing treaties; the US finally backing the need to make changes....but now...

..one of the most powerful men in the world: Donald Trump is a climate change denier. This saddens me so much. The world was finally getting somewhere and starting to make an effort to fix the global issues of climate change.

Can he not see? 2017 has started with less sea ice than ever before and there's still time to save it. See more, here.

Please Mr President. Please see that doing something about climate change would actually make you a real hero of the people. Your name would go down in history as the man who sorted out the world and made it good for everyone (and America!). Please Mr President, do the right thing and be amazing!

PS: This applies to Mrs Theresa May too - can you imagine how good she'll look in history if she did this amazing thing and cut emissions and used alternative power?

Waterboarding

US President Donald Trump has said he believes waterboarding works, saying "we have to fight fire with fire".

I am sorry, but what? Waterboarding is the practice of pouring water over someone's face to mimic drowning as an interrogation tactic.

It is widely considered as a form of torture and has been banned by the US.

Has the President not heard of: two wrongs don't make a right? If I punched a person; and then that person punched all of my family. Is that right? No. And, it won't end well either. As according to this theory, I can then go and punch all their friends and family.

We need to show that peaceful methods can fight wrong. We don't need to flex our muscles all the time. Let's be at peace.

What the new President has done so far....

It's a long list, but an important reminder:
For those finding it difficult to keep up - here's a run down of the week so far
To recap:
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the DOJ’s Violence Against Women programs.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Minority Business Development Agency.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Economic Development Administration.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the International Trade Administration.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Legal Services Corporation.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the DOJ.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Electricity Deliverability and Energy Reliability.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Fossil Energy.
* On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered all regulatory powers of all federal agencies frozen.
* On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered the National Parks Service to stop using social media after RTing factual, side by side photos of the crowds for the 2009 and 2017 inaugurations.
* On January 20th, 2017, roughly 230 protestors were arrested in DC and face unprecedented felony riot charges. Among them were legal observers, journalists, and medics.
* On January 20th, 2017, a member of the International Workers of the World was shot in the stomach at an anti-fascist protest in Seattle. He remains in critical condition.
* On January 21st, 2017, DT brought a group of 40 cheerleaders to a meeting with the CIA to cheer for him during a speech that consisted almost entirely of framing himself as the victim of dishonest press.
* On January 21st, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held a press conference largely to attack the press for accurately reporting the size of attendance at the inaugural festivities, saying that the inauguration had the largest audience of any in history, “period.”
* On January 22nd, 2017, White House advisor Kellyann Conway defended Spicer’s lies as “alternative facts” on national television news.
* On January 22nd, 2017, DT appeared to blow a kiss to director James Comey during a meeting with the FBI, and then opened his arms in a gesture of strange, paternal affection, before hugging him with a pat on the back.
* On January 23rd, 2017, DT reinstated the global gag order, which defunds international organizations that even mention abortion as a medical option.
* On January 23rd, 2017, Spicer said that the US will not tolerate China’s expansion onto islands in the South China Sea, essentially threatening war with China.
* On January 23rd, 2017, DT repeated the lie that 3-5 million people voted “illegally” thus costing him the popular vote.
* On January 23rd, 2017, it was announced that the man who shot the anti-fascist protester in Seattle was released without charges, despite turning himself in.
* On January 24th, 2017, Spicer reiterated the lie that 3-5 million people voted “illegally” thus costing DT the popular vote.
* On January 24th, 2017, DT tweeted a picture from his personal Twitter account of a photo he says depicts the crowd at his inauguration and will hang in the White House press room. The photo is curiously dated January 21st, 2017, the day AFTER the inauguration and the day of the Women’s March, the largest inauguration related protest in history.
* On January 24th, 2017, the EPA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to freeze all grants and contracts.
* On January 24th, 2017, the USDA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to stop publishing any papers or research. All communication with the press would also have to be authorized and vetted by the White House.
* On January 24th, 2017, HR7, a bill that would prohibit federal funding not only to abortion service providers, but to any insurance coverage, including Medicaid, that provides abortion coverage, went to the floor of the House for a vote.
* On January 24th, 2017, Director of the Department of Health and Human Service nominee Tom Price characterized federal guidelines on transgender equality as “absurd.”
* On January 24th, 2017, DT ordered the resumption of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, while the North Dakota state congress considers a bill that would legalize hitting and killing protestors with cars if they are on roadways.
* On January 24th, 2017, it was discovered that police officers had used confiscated cell phones to search the emails and messages of the 230 demonstrators now facing felony riot charges for protesting on January 20th, including lawyers and journalists whose email accounts contain privileged information of clients and sources.
And today: the wall and a ban on Muslims entering from a large number of countries and the end to accepting Syrian refugees

Break continues

Apologies! The break continues - I'll need to come back later. Apologies to my fans! I've read lots of books, so will add them here soon.

Coming soon

I promise to write more, but I am so busy in retirement. Watch this space! 

Doctor Who - Colin Baker era, part 2

As I said in my last blog on this matter (three years ago!): I have met Colin Baker and do feel sorry for him (and McCoy) sometimes, because they are often lambasted as the wreckers of Doctor Who (though I think the blame is really at the door of JNT, BBC politics, Coronation Street, and so much more). In fact, both Doctor's were really excellent and playing the part at the wrong time - people had simply stopped loving Doctor Who.

If like me, you could see Colin's potential, why don't you listen to some Big Finish audios. They have scripted him perfectly and Mr Baker is excellent as the Doctor. I've suggested some audios below which you can buy direct from Big Finish.

Anyway...here are my views of the second quarter of Colin Baker's television time as Doctor Number Six! Click on pictures below if you want to buy them and help the lovely charity called the Living by Giving Trust (see here), who will earn some money to support its work. 



Vengeance on Varos: I was never a massive fan of this story when it was first show on the television, and I could never understand the love of it. However, since getting a bit older and probably more cynical, I can now see very clearly what a masterpiece this story is. Interestingly enough, unfortunately I suspect this is where the world is heading right now - people are increasingly showing a lack of interest in human stories, but rather searching to do or see something exciting or stupid instead. Right now, many desperate people are trying to get across to the promised land of the "West", and no one is particularly interested. The two characters of Arak and Etta are disinterested in the life surrounding them, and simply care about what will happen next on the TV. Indeed one could argue that part of the reason for this is that they know no better - but we should know better.

Meanwhile, the leaders of the planet keep feeding the people full of propaganda, so that they don't worry about the reality. "Video nasties" are constantly shown to the populace to help in two ways: show that there is no point in trying to change the world; and secondly to show what happens to the scum who rebel against this perfect dystopia. I wonder if this is happening to us all now?

In the story, The Doctor shows the people what is wrong with the society, and he leaves them hopeful that the planet will finally enjoy happier times.

Vengeance on Varos is an excellent piece of work and I highly recommend it. At the time, it was perceived too violent (maybe so) for Doctor Who, but that's the whole point. None of this is right and is all rather shocking. The message is simple: let's not lose our humanity, or all is lost. 9/10



The Mark of the Rani: I've always loved this one, because it introduces The Rani. For the first time since the Delgado Master, a rebel Time Lord actually has a reason to be somewhere that does not involve the Doctor! The Master (as played by various people since Delgado, but here played by Anthony Ainley), has had no purpose since the Tom Baker era, but to kill the Doctor. This happens throughout the Peter Davison era and continues throughout the Colin Baker era. This wish to kill only stops in Doctor Who - Survival [DVD] - Sylvester McCoy's last full story, where The Master is simply trying to survive. So, that's my long-winded way of saying: The Rani is a breath of fresh air, because she just wants to take brain stuff out of people and head back to her planet!

It makes for a very fresh change and The Rani's bickering with The Master is also rather fun. The Doctor here is confident and strong (and the horrible coat disappears sometimes too). Peri also develops and she shows that she's more than just a companion when she helps the local people to sleep - thanks to her skills.

The best bit of it all is the design. Wow! The Rani's TARDIS is supreme and a beautiful design. If only the BBC had given them good money for every story and we wouldn't have ended up with Timelash (more of that on my next update).

All in all it's not a bad story. It is a little boring in parts (whoops), but is fresh and interesting in other ways. 6/10.

Big Finish

Most of Colin Baker's Doctor Who work with Big Finish is EXCELLENT. Have a look, here.