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- Halloween! I went to Croydon at the weekend for Izzy's halloween party; many school people were there, hurrah! I made black fairy cakes, Girid made some incredibly lifelike finger biscuits, we watched Little Shop of Horrors (which I'd never seen before) and much fun was had. The next day, Izzy, Jess, Vanky and I went to the Natural History Museum to see the dinosaurs. And then I missed my train. Whoops!
- I'd got a little out of the habit of watching Doctor Who over the last few weeks, but I made up for it on Wednesday by watching the last two episodes of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (wee rubber dinosaurs! Benton's "bracing myself to be knocked out" expression! ♥) and all of Death to the Daleks (playing spot the things that will reappear, slightly modified, in Blake's 7: I spotted the insignias, a character called Jill Tarrant, and SPACE ARCHERY). I wasn't exactly sure about the plot - since when did Daleks move by psychotelekinesis, or whatever it was that Three said, and how exactly did they get through the "don't get paranoid and shoot your friend" trap? - but I did like that it was Jill and Sarah who basically made the mission a success. Plus there were lots of Daleks zooming around and occasionally exploding for no very good reason, that's always fun. Last night I started The Monster of Peladon, which I'm enjoying, but then I always love stories with lots of different aliens in them.
- Whilst watching all that, plus Spooks (ETA that there may be spoilers in the comments!), True Blood and 45 minutes of Adulthood (at which point the disc gave up, grr), I've been working on the top I'm knitting for The Sister. I finished the body (which I think would work on its own quite nicely, too) on Tuesday, and I've nearly finished the collar - assuming that I don't rip it all out and start again. Which would not exactly be uncharacteristic of my knitting style.
- I'd got a little out of the habit of watching Doctor Who over the last few weeks, but I made up for it on Wednesday by watching the last two episodes of Invasion of the Dinosaurs (wee rubber dinosaurs! Benton's "bracing myself to be knocked out" expression! ♥) and all of Death to the Daleks (playing spot the things that will reappear, slightly modified, in Blake's 7: I spotted the insignias, a character called Jill Tarrant, and SPACE ARCHERY). I wasn't exactly sure about the plot - since when did Daleks move by psychotelekinesis, or whatever it was that Three said, and how exactly did they get through the "don't get paranoid and shoot your friend" trap? - but I did like that it was Jill and Sarah who basically made the mission a success. Plus there were lots of Daleks zooming around and occasionally exploding for no very good reason, that's always fun. Last night I started The Monster of Peladon, which I'm enjoying, but then I always love stories with lots of different aliens in them.
- Whilst watching all that, plus Spooks (ETA that there may be spoilers in the comments!), True Blood and 45 minutes of Adulthood (at which point the disc gave up, grr), I've been working on the top I'm knitting for The Sister. I finished the body (which I think would work on its own quite nicely, too) on Tuesday, and I've nearly finished the collar - assuming that I don't rip it all out and start again. Which would not exactly be uncharacteristic of my knitting style.
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Date: 5 Nov 2009 13:46 (UTC)Sorry! It's just that I damn near bounced out of my chair when I realised it was Ace Bhatti playing the evil Indian Intelligence officer...
I want to watch more Three stories - having been reading the 'About Time' book, I'm seriously eager to catch up on the ones I've not already seen... Right now, though, I'm in the midst of watching 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' for my DWM Mighty 200 watchathon...
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Date: 5 Nov 2009 13:53 (UTC)Me too! It was bit confusing, I kept thinking "but... Rani's dad, you're supposed to be nice!" But he was great, so I didn't think that too often. ;)
I've been reading About Time as I watch, and really enjoying it. I wish everything I watch had guidebooks like them!
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Date: 5 Nov 2009 14:44 (UTC)LOL! Yes, he was naughty, being bad like that...
I've been reading About Time as I watch, and really enjoying it. I wish everything I watch had guidebooks like them!
Oh, that'd be awesome!
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Date: 6 Nov 2009 02:15 (UTC)Ah, almond nails! Very effective.