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He/Him. Occasional podcaster, writer, and doodler. Sci-fi & fantasy fan, predominantly Hitchhiker's Guide, Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Star Trek.
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the most amazing thing I've ever seen was an essay on how Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge translated Asterix. the minds on those people.
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First time I heard the term was in Day of the Daleks
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And while all this is happening a large amount of military hardware has arrived in Washington DC, ostensibly for a military parade but the timing is convenient given a possible declaration of martial law in the near future.
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Like Agatha Christie's Dexter
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You know you shouldn't root for her but all the people she kills are such venal, awful, humans that it's hard not to. First 30 minutes are standard 80s cosy crime and the last 15 are what really happened.
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A lot of my positive feelings towards it are nostalgia based. 1997 was a pretty good summer as I remember.
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I like it. It isn't perfect but it isn't terrible either. I'll always enjoy the Riddler telling Two-Face "That's never going to heal if you don't stop picking"
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Love me some Tom Cardy. Splashed out on his last album on vinyl as I figured I owed him money at this point
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I bet the Cockpit Theatre couldn't book Cock fast enough.
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Billie Piper is a year older than Christopher Eccleston was when he debuted as Doctor Who.
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My sister was born with very curly hair. Like, Shirley Temple levels of curly. As an adult she straightens the heck out of it. I honestly can't remember the last time I saw it in its natural state.
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It's like my favourite episodes of American Gothic are the ones where hapless criminals unwittingly cross the Sheriff who might be Satan incarnate.