The Wheel
2x05 Episode 5
2x06 Episode 6
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Saturday, 4 December 2021
Fiction
Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping by Dave Rudden
9. Cybermen: Ghost in the Machine
Another cracker of a story, this, which gives us insight into the mind of a Cyberman. You might not think that was a thing of interest or worthwhile, but here, it is. Superb.
9. Cybermen: Ghost in the Machine
Another cracker of a story, this, which gives us insight into the mind of a Cyberman. You might not think that was a thing of interest or worthwhile, but here, it is. Superb.
Friday, 3 December 2021
Fiction
Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping by Dave Rudden
10. Time Lords: Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir
This is a superb little story, a pastiche of hardboiled crime novels with a Time Lord private eye operating in the Gallifreyan underworld. I'd love to a read a whole series like this.
10. Time Lords: Celestial Intervention - A Gallifreyan Noir
This is a superb little story, a pastiche of hardboiled crime novels with a Time Lord private eye operating in the Gallifreyan underworld. I'd love to a read a whole series like this.
Poetry
What Sort Of Bird Are You? by Tessa Foley
Old Bird
It's a very long time since I've properly read any poetry, so it would probably be unfair for me to try to assess this.
Old Bird
It's a very long time since I've properly read any poetry, so it would probably be unfair for me to try to assess this.
Thursday, 2 December 2021
Wednesday, 1 December 2021
Fiction
Doctor Who: Twelve Angels Weeping by Dave Rudden
Introduction: Halfway Into the Dark
12. The Weeping Angels: Grey Matter
Dave Rudden has now written two collections of Christmas-themed Doctor Who short stories. Frankly, I hadn't really paid them any attention — nothing personal, I'm just not up-to-date with Who publishing in general — but then one of the stories from this first collection came up in a thread I happened to be reading on Twitter last month, and I looked into the books, and they seemed like good Christmastime reading. Plus, there's a total of 25 stories across the two volumes — how perfectly advent-y! So, I intend to read one a day between now and Christmas Day. We'll see how that goes...
Also: I'm not reading the book backwards for some reason — the chapter numbers count down, as in The Twelve Days of Christmas.
Introduction: Halfway Into the Dark
12. The Weeping Angels: Grey Matter
Dave Rudden has now written two collections of Christmas-themed Doctor Who short stories. Frankly, I hadn't really paid them any attention — nothing personal, I'm just not up-to-date with Who publishing in general — but then one of the stories from this first collection came up in a thread I happened to be reading on Twitter last month, and I looked into the books, and they seemed like good Christmastime reading. Plus, there's a total of 25 stories across the two volumes — how perfectly advent-y! So, I intend to read one a day between now and Christmas Day. We'll see how that goes...
Also: I'm not reading the book backwards for some reason — the chapter numbers count down, as in The Twelve Days of Christmas.
Monday, 29 November 2021
TV
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
8x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x04 Episode 4 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x31 Week 7: Monday
5x32 Week 7: Tuesday
5x33 Week 7: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
8x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x04 Episode 4 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x31 Week 7: Monday
5x32 Week 7: Tuesday
5x33 Week 7: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 28 November 2021
TV
Blankety Blank
1x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who
39x05 Flux, Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Ghosts
3x03 The Woodworm Men
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
12x06 Pastry Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
1x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Doctor Who
39x05 Flux, Chapter Five: Survivors of the Flux
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Ghosts
3x03 The Woodworm Men
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
12x06 Pastry Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Films
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #32. Watched the "alternate widescreen version" on the Blu-ray's second disc, because it turned out disc 1 was faulty and wouldn't play past a certain point in the film. Although I believe this version is comprised of different takes (rather than just the regular version cropped), it didn't seem strikingly 'wrong' — not that I'm particularly familiar with the film, having only seen it once before, about 15 years ago.
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #32. Watched the "alternate widescreen version" on the Blu-ray's second disc, because it turned out disc 1 was faulty and wouldn't play past a certain point in the film. Although I believe this version is comprised of different takes (rather than just the regular version cropped), it didn't seem strikingly 'wrong' — not that I'm particularly familiar with the film, having only seen it once before, about 15 years ago.
Saturday, 27 November 2021
TV
Doctor Who
39x04 Flux, Chapter Four: Village of the Angels [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
8x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x28 Week 6: Wednesday
5x29 Week 6: Thursday
5x30 Week 6: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
39x04 Flux, Chapter Four: Village of the Angels [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
8x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x28 Week 6: Wednesday
5x29 Week 6: Thursday
5x30 Week 6: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
The forecast 'trickle' begins — all new releases this week. Though I did just cave to some titles in HMV's Black Friday sale, so next week may be a little larger.
Number of titles in collection: 2,719 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,059 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,660 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 133 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,806 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,186 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 241 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,119 [no change]
Number of short films: 891 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
The forecast 'trickle' begins — all new releases this week. Though I did just cave to some titles in HMV's Black Friday sale, so next week may be a little larger.
Number of titles in collection: 2,719 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,059 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,660 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 133 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,806 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,186 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 241 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,119 [no change]
Number of short films: 891 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 26 November 2021
TV
Doctor Who
39x03 Flux, Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Ghosts
3x02 A Lot to Take In
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
12x05 German Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
39x03 Flux, Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Ghosts
3x02 A Lot to Take In
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Great British Bake Off
12x05 German Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Long Call
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Thursday, 25 November 2021
TV
Blankety Blank
1x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
29x05 Episode 5
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x27 Week 6: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
1x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
29x05 Episode 5
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x27 Week 6: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Tuesday, 23 November 2021
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