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After much dithering, last night I finally worked up enough annoyance to get out of bed, put some clothes on and go out into the cold and the dark to ask my neighbours to turn their music down, (my flat is self contained, so it involved going into the Outside) after they apparently decided that midnight was a good time to turn it up. But of course the music was so loud they didn't hear me ringing the doorbell so I might as well not have bothered. Instead I gathered up my duvet and my trusty clock radio and went and slept in the sitting room where it was quiet. BAH.
Happier thoughts: I am going to visit Hetty on Thursday; Mark and Rach are going too and it should be a shiny weekend of Eurovision and yummy foods, yay! Today the post brought me Worrals on the Warpath and a crochet hook all wrapped up in pink tissue paper with a butterfly sticker on it (♥). Yesterday there was Barrayar and Sorcery and Cecelia, both of which I am really looking forward to, although there is currently a ten month delay between me buying a book and me reading it, woe. Currently I am reading The Scar, which is really really excellent.
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra I highly recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it yet, especially if you are![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sparra. It should be on the iplayer for UK types and is definitely worth watching! The Swan from Carnival of the Animals played on tuned Alpine Bells is one of the funniest things ever, plus there's a new version of Docteur Qui, and Insect Nation with a full orchestra! If you have ever wanted to see Bill Bailey lick a theremin, this is the program for you.
I watched The Ice Warriors! It was a bit of an unusual experience as I didn't know anything about it going in, no received fannish opinions, no scenes to watch out for, nothing beyond "it contains Ice Warriors". Now I know that it also contains fab sixties space gear and EXTREME CUTENESS! I am thinking of the bit at the beginning when the TARDIS lands on its side (pretty win in itself) and Our Heroes scramble out. They looked so adorable snuggled up in the doorway, and then to top it all off the Doctor ruffles Jamie's hair! AWWW. The sixties space gear was GROOVY though the knee-length body suits were a little less than flattering, it must be said.
- The idea of having a futuristic base in an eighteenth century house really tickled me, and struck me as fairly realistic, too - if there was already a building there, you wouldn't exactly pull it down and stick up another one, would you? The juxtaposition of the computers and the chandeliers looked great.
- I was pleased to see lots of women amongst the scientists, though it was a shame that other than Miss Garrett, they didn't really get to do anything interesting or have many lines. On the other hand, that meant that unlike the men they all (I think) survived, so it's swings and roundabouts really.
- Victoria had quite a few good bits in this one: strategic crying! Plausible science knowledge! I loved how self possessed she was when Jamie was talking about the short skirts, and how she refused to let Clent bully her.
- The Ice Warriors are really good aliens. It's a bit weird coming to them backwards, as it were, though, knowing how they're going to change and develop in later stories.
Happier thoughts: I am going to visit Hetty on Thursday; Mark and Rach are going too and it should be a shiny weekend of Eurovision and yummy foods, yay! Today the post brought me Worrals on the Warpath and a crochet hook all wrapped up in pink tissue paper with a butterfly sticker on it (♥). Yesterday there was Barrayar and Sorcery and Cecelia, both of which I am really looking forward to, although there is currently a ten month delay between me buying a book and me reading it, woe. Currently I am reading The Scar, which is really really excellent.
Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra I highly recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it yet, especially if you are
sparra. It should be on the iplayer for UK types and is definitely worth watching! The Swan from Carnival of the Animals played on tuned Alpine Bells is one of the funniest things ever, plus there's a new version of Docteur Qui, and Insect Nation with a full orchestra! If you have ever wanted to see Bill Bailey lick a theremin, this is the program for you.I watched The Ice Warriors! It was a bit of an unusual experience as I didn't know anything about it going in, no received fannish opinions, no scenes to watch out for, nothing beyond "it contains Ice Warriors". Now I know that it also contains fab sixties space gear and EXTREME CUTENESS! I am thinking of the bit at the beginning when the TARDIS lands on its side (pretty win in itself) and Our Heroes scramble out. They looked so adorable snuggled up in the doorway, and then to top it all off the Doctor ruffles Jamie's hair! AWWW. The sixties space gear was GROOVY though the knee-length body suits were a little less than flattering, it must be said.
- The idea of having a futuristic base in an eighteenth century house really tickled me, and struck me as fairly realistic, too - if there was already a building there, you wouldn't exactly pull it down and stick up another one, would you? The juxtaposition of the computers and the chandeliers looked great.
- I was pleased to see lots of women amongst the scientists, though it was a shame that other than Miss Garrett, they didn't really get to do anything interesting or have many lines. On the other hand, that meant that unlike the men they all (I think) survived, so it's swings and roundabouts really.
- Victoria had quite a few good bits in this one: strategic crying! Plausible science knowledge! I loved how self possessed she was when Jamie was talking about the short skirts, and how she refused to let Clent bully her.
- The Ice Warriors are really good aliens. It's a bit weird coming to them backwards, as it were, though, knowing how they're going to change and develop in later stories.