@Stormy72   ‘Tomorrow’s Worlds’ is a four part series on the history and significance of Science Fiction, shown on BBC 2.  The first part was broadcast yesterday evening and, naturally enough, focussed chiefly on Science Fiction on film and on television rather than novels and short stories.

@FatManInABox  That ‘tears in the rain’ speech alwa…[Read more]

Welcome back @Stormaggeddon (@stormy72). I just had a look at your comment to see if anything had gone wrong, but no – it just tails off. It can be useful once you’ve formulated the comment to switch back and forth between the visual and text tabs on the top right of the comment box, to see if there are problems. Let us know if you see any more errors.

@Stormy72 I hate to disagree but Germany has Playmobil. Adelaide is the white spot on the map of cool things.

I’m not sure quite what you mean by “released officially”. It was shown on BBC if that helps.

@Arbutus. The funny thing is that now the book looks huge and clunky compared to our smart phones. Must have been an amazing concept then, to…[Read more]

@Stormy72 Hitchhikers began life as a radio play. Douglas Adams then, rather reluctantly, wrote the novelisations. The TV series was made in the early 80s. I know fans of the radio play who wouldn’t go near the TV series and fans of the TV series who could not stomach the movie. (I probably belong to the later group.) I don’t know of anyone who…[Read more]

@Stormy72 – yeah, the hammer thing has occurred to other people. The answer is in Time of Angels – and to some extent in Angels Take Manhattan. In both cases, it’s shown, not told. 😉

You see, you can successfully smash them – but if they have sufficient energy left, they can reform. What you are then left with is a very, very angry Angel, just…[Read more]

@Stormy72 Welcome. Agreed you have a very cool username.

Cheers

Janette