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@pedant

Crikey! The classic quiz was brutal!

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@mudlark, @winston,

the wildlife in your gardens sounds delightful. Round here at Chez Blenkinsop we have begun to share the garden with some neighbours I wasn’t really expecting–deer.

yes, it is a leafy suburb, but they have drifted in from further up the island because of urban expansion and dryer summers.

For the most part, humans and deer…[Read more]

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@winston

Totally agree with your interpretation of The 11th Hour.

Thanks for asking. Mainland British Columbia is having a terrible time. We are off the coast, so it is not so bad, but the upper island has already been affected. While we are is still protected, there is a constant haze in the sky. Hopefully there will be a change.

@ichabod

Well, the episode I am referring to was “Identity Crisis”, or, as I fondly refer to it: “Geordie turns blue”–which will only make sense if you have seen it.

It isn’t rated particularly highly on fan lists of best episodes, but there is something about it that I love. The premise is unusual for the show–an event experienced by a group…[Read more]

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Mrs Blenkinsop and I just re-watched “The 11th Hour.” Not only a wonderful episode by itself but a brilliant introduction to Matt Smith’s Doctor. It sets the bar really high for Chibnall’s introduction of a new Doctor.

But I am really looking forward to it!

@ichabod.

Oh my, “Darmok” holds a very special place for me. I am sure you know all this already, there is something strangely satisfying about simply speaking these lines:

“Darmok and Jilad at Tanagra”

“Darmok and Jilad on the ocean”

“Temba, his arms open”

“Shaka, when the walls fell”

“Picard and Dathon at El Adrel”

and so much more.

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@pedant

Wow! That looks great. A bit of a bummer that I am resident off the west coast of Canada, and it would be a trifle expensive to go over for dinner. But on the other hand, who needs retirement savings anyway?

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Have just been reading that Patrick Stewart is reprising Jean Luc Picard in a new TV Star Trek show.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/04/patrick-stewart-to-reprise-role-as-star-treks-jean-luc-picard

He talks about the need for an inspirational figure “in these dark times”. Couldn’t agree more. And who can do inspirational better than…[Read more]

@thane16 and puro, well, that was Harlan Ellison’s opinion of Close Encounters, not mine. I have a really soft spot for it. Mainly because it is so wonderfully optimistic.

@janetteB, actually, I have the same opinion of the original 1960s Star Trek–it was so optimistic.

And god knows, we need a huge dose of optimism these days.