Comments on: Lord Time Lord

By: KaiYeves

KaiYeves — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:44:26 +0000

At church camp this summer, I was a councilor and the theme was spies on a space station trying to stop an asteroid impact. I never got to use them, but just in case I ever do it again, I thought up a space story that corseponds to each day’s virtue.
1) Trust- We can trust like the crew of Apollo 13 trusted mission control to bring them home.
2) Unite- We can unite as many nations have to build ISS and in the 2003 Mars missions.
3) Train- We can train and practice to be our best as every step in the Space Race was practice for the moon.
4) Follow- We can follow the examples of others like the Voyager mission to Saturn was a model for the Cassini mission.
5) Lead- We can lead the way going where no one has before like New Horizions.
Yes, I can be OCD at times. Why do you ask?

By: Laurie D. T. Mann

Laurie D. T. Mann — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:16:08 +0000

Alex, Jekyll has been in BBC America, which is available on cable and satellite in most places in the states.

I loved the first few episodes of Jekyll, but didn’t care much for it after about episode four. I didn’t see the very end bit coming, which makes any future episodes potentially pretty interesting.

Nesbitt is completely brilliant in the show.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:01:55 +0000

“Steven Moffat has written some of the best Doctor Who to date.”

Have to agree, “Blink” is a classic.
If the BBC series “Jekyll”, with James Nesbitt in the lead role ever makes it on to U.S. TV, it’s well worth a watch too.
It’s a modern take on the Robert Louis Stevenson story that was shown here during the summer, also written by Steven Moffat.

By: Nygard

Nygard — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:26:09 +0000

Loved the bit with the transcript. It reminded me of a gimmick from a (really bad) sci-fi novel called “Conrad’s Time Machine”.

The book has a society that uses time-travel for even the most trivial of domestic purposes. Their Navy has instantaneous two-way communication mediated via time-travel. Here’s how it worked:

Instead of a radio, the communication console has two tapes. One is set to play, the other records. At some point in the future, they blip back with the “record” tape from ship 1 and install it as the “play” tape from ship 2. Vice versa with the tapes from ship 2.

It’s a delightful little paradox in an otherwise dreadful book.

By: uknesvuinng

uknesvuinng — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:20:53 +0000

Spoilers ahead (future path of the show and major point of S4 and major points of S3 finale). Ye be warned, me hearties! (Yes, I’m two days early, but who cares?)
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Steven Moffat has written some of the best Doctor Who to date. It makes me hopeful that he will in fact be the one to take over after RTD leaves. I’m not sure I can yet imagine the awesomeness of Steven Moffat with greater say in the direction of Doctor Who.

Also, while I didn’t hate Catherine Tate (Donna) in the Christmas special as so many of my British friends did even before the show aired, I’m unhappy with the fact she’s to be the new companion in S4. Sally Sparrow would have definitely been a better choice. Pretty much everyone I know has said Sally should be a companion, and I’m quite inclined to agree. Still sucks to not have Martha, though, even if she will come back for a few eps.
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Spoilers End.

By: blah

blah — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:14:25 +0000

Jesus as a Lord of time? Even priests are getting in on fanfiction. Scary.

By: Bob H

Bob H — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:55:24 +0000

Shane,
Note that I said that my wife won’t let me. I chase her around the house with my arms stuck out saying “Exterminate”. She stops from time to time and yells back “Delete”.