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Are we all enjoying the feast of the goddess Eostre? Splendid!
How good was last night's Doctor Who? Whatever you just said - no, it was better. It may even have challenged Moffat's record as the best writer in the new series, that's how good it was. It was good enough to get the highest praise this old heretic can give TV Who - it could have been a book. Compare the effortless charm of "You can have that" with the cringeworthy annoyance of Rose trying to make Queen Victoria say that she was not amused. Consider that opening where Martha made all the objections any sensible person would make to time travel, so that we didn't have to worry about them. Regard the way in which it fits pretty well around the known facts of Shakespeare's life and work (well, except that maybe he should have been acting) without ever turning into a mere history tour. I spent much of it bouncing up and down with sheer glee.
Stay Beautiful - also pretty ace. I'd saved the sad kitten from Poptimism's focus group, just in case
A sad kitten, yesterday
but with no guest DJ it really wasn't necessary. Much irreverent crucifixion-themed fun, Sputnik entertaining even if one of the stand-ins had eaten all the 21st century pie, and general shiny pop aceness.
In fact, the only thing which went any way to spoiling my day was all the red-faced, red-shirted vermin on the streets of Finsbury Park. D'you reckon there's any chance we can subcontract the Italian police to cover Arsenal home games? Oh, well that and the sheer up-is-down-and-black-is-white bloody cheek of Iran: "State television also claimed the British military had "dictated" words to its sailors which were read out at a pre-arranged press conference."
edit: One Israeli is worth a thousand Palestinians, admit Palestinian militants.
How good was last night's Doctor Who? Whatever you just said - no, it was better. It may even have challenged Moffat's record as the best writer in the new series, that's how good it was. It was good enough to get the highest praise this old heretic can give TV Who - it could have been a book. Compare the effortless charm of "You can have that" with the cringeworthy annoyance of Rose trying to make Queen Victoria say that she was not amused. Consider that opening where Martha made all the objections any sensible person would make to time travel, so that we didn't have to worry about them. Regard the way in which it fits pretty well around the known facts of Shakespeare's life and work (well, except that maybe he should have been acting) without ever turning into a mere history tour. I spent much of it bouncing up and down with sheer glee.
Stay Beautiful - also pretty ace. I'd saved the sad kitten from Poptimism's focus group, just in case
A sad kitten, yesterday
but with no guest DJ it really wasn't necessary. Much irreverent crucifixion-themed fun, Sputnik entertaining even if one of the stand-ins had eaten all the 21st century pie, and general shiny pop aceness.
In fact, the only thing which went any way to spoiling my day was all the red-faced, red-shirted vermin on the streets of Finsbury Park. D'you reckon there's any chance we can subcontract the Italian police to cover Arsenal home games? Oh, well that and the sheer up-is-down-and-black-is-white bloody cheek of Iran: "State television also claimed the British military had "dictated" words to its sailors which were read out at a pre-arranged press conference."
edit: One Israeli is worth a thousand Palestinians, admit Palestinian militants.
