I thought I’d wait until we reached episode four for this one and talk about it all in one hit. It’s a great story and works surprisingly well. I remember at the time being slightly discomfited by the absolute lack of any female presence whatsoever and it still bugs me to this day. And I’m not sure Doctor sans companion really works.

But this is…[Read more]

I believe British elections are held on a Thursday so theoretically a new Government can be in place for the following Monday and thus not spooking the markets too much. It’s a historical anachronism these days though but personally I don’t think it makes that much of a difference.

@purofilion — You’ll not be surprised to learn that I think the Angel finale is far superior to the Buffy one. It’s very much a Wild Bunch-esque ending in my opinion. Everyone goes down but goes down fighting. Again, I think it goes back the speech in s2’s Epiphany — the winning of the battle is not the point. The battle will never be won. It’s…[Read more]

@purofilion — well done. It’s quite the achievement. Yes, shame about Wes. But really how else was it really going to go for Unluckiest Man In The Buffiverse (TM)….

@arbutus — to be honest, my fears are more for those in England who didn’t want this Government (of which there are plenty) and now have little or no defence against it. Here in Scotland, the SNP now have a pretty remarkable position of strength and while they won’t be able to block austerity legislation, they can certainly shout and scream about…[Read more]

@purofilion — good point about Wes being obsessed about ‘what’s real’ and ‘what’s illusory’. That’s definitely going to be ‘a thing’ in these last few episodes.

Also good point about the Fell Brethern and Amanda’s choice. And, yes, Time Bomb was quite timey-wimey in its own way, wasn’t it? And yeah, we’re definitely in ‘tying up loose ends’ mode…[Read more]

@whisht  et al–

My election reaction song. The mighty Mr Cocker and possibly not suitable for those who dislike the sweary words….

@purofilion et al — not quite a clean sweep for the Conservatives but enough for them to get into power. The truly striking thing is the landslide towards the SNP in Scotland, who got 56 out of the 59 seats available. They’re centre-left, relatively progressive, by no means perfect but the probably the lesser of all the various evils on offer.…[Read more]

@purofilion — aw, you’re being a little hard on poor Amy, don’t you think? You’re talking about one my big Buffi-Crushes there. I think Acker’s contribution to this show has been pretty huge. Fred brought something to the mix that really cemented the show’s whole dynamic. But as a character, she had probably run her course and she’s gone on to be…[Read more]

@purofilion — I must admit I’m not as massively in love with Smile Time as most others seem to be. I think it’s often in danger of veering into that s7 Buffy ‘trying a bit too hard to be wacky’ camp. But it’s got some great moments. And it’s serving to hammer home the ‘Angel as puppet’ trope of the season.

Plus it serves the purpose of a bit of…[Read more]

Well, to quote Irvine Welsh ‘delighted for Scotland, gutted for England.’ Genuinely surprised at the drubbing Labour took south of the border and feel sorry for Ed Miliband, who I kind of like, but he clearly made some bad calls throughout the campaign. (That ‘EdStone’, I mean, what now?) All in all, depressing though. God knows what this country…[Read more]

And just to echo@Craig — do go out and vote if you haven’t done so already. Myself, I will be spending this evening toasting every SNP win with a double Laphroaig — if the polls are remotely accurate, I may be dead in the morning…. 🙂

@bluesqueakpip — grew up not a hop, skip and a jump from Dunoon and I’m not sure I’d describe it as being in…[Read more]

@purofilion—

Yes, I’m quite glad that Cordy got one last great send-off (and interestingly the only one of the original Scoobies who doesn’t make it through to the end of the TV tenure). There were still some tensions behind the scenes but they didn’t show onscreen and the episode also serves to ramp up the stakes for the second half of the…[Read more]

@burrunjor — It looks like you’ve been successfully put right but just to add my tuppence.–

First of all, what makes you think that Delgado and the 3rd Doc didn’t want to shag each other? I think you could make (and some have) a pretty good case that they do. Personally, I have no problem believing the Delgado and Gomez Masters are one and the…[Read more]

@DenValdron — New topic functionality is not available to all members. Best thing to do is PM your copy to one of the Mods or our esteemed leader and they’ll put it up for you….

@denvaldron — yeah, I’d like to read that. Definitely worth doing….

A rather spiffy Disney take on Who among quite a few others: