So, Not Such A Mad Weekend After All...

Looks like The Weekend Of Madness is falling apart. Yes, the local cinema is doing a Monday preview of THOR, but it's not on the big screen. There doesn't seem to be a showing anywhere else that's easily accessible, so there's a definite impression that the idea's getting torpedoed. Grrrr...

I will take a day off to see this movie on opening day (the 27th) in the best format I can possibly get, if that's what it takes. I just want the maximum "bang for my buck", especially when the "buck" actually has an exchange rate of £13.50 to B1.

Development News... I'm continuing with TDD-701: After The Fall, but in a slightly different way to my original plan. Each "character thread" now gets its own chapter, and the first of these is moving along nicely, with a thread leading from, and back into someone else's chapter - some plot development is required to tie it all together, but at least I have plenty of time to work on it all.

And after that, I have a whole Season to think about...

Ah, Hell No...

In the week leading up to another season of Doctor Who, some awful news; we just lost Sarah Jane Smith - actress Elisabeth Sladen. Playing companion to The Doctor over two regenerations - Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker - and lead character in her own series, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Liz Sladen was lodged firmly in the hearts of many Doctor Who fans - I came to like Sarah Jane even though she took over from my all-time favourite companion, Jo Grant (played by Katy Manning). She helped pave the way for the more confident companion, opposed to the out-and-out screamer, and many of the more recent companions, such as Rose, Martha, Donna and Amy, owe a great deal to her influence.

I believe another series of SJA was ready to broadcast, or close to being ready. Guess that's going to be a little tougher to watch, when it comes around.

So, that's two now gone from what was for me the truly "classic" era of Doctor Who. The voids between the stars just got a little bit greater...