Tag: doctor who

Running entry

* Played my last adventure on Doctor Who: Worlds in Time yesterday. Took some screenshots, tried to capture the motion in one of my favorite pieces of decor, and had one last look around.
I’m a bit disappointed. And of course I helped design some of the Messaline levels, so I felt a bit of pride as well as loss. I felt that the game never managed to find it’s potential, and now it never will. I think if they’d just added an achievement system, additional rooms for decoration, and a better crafting system they could have kept the game going while they worked on some other issues.
I’ve no idea if the website link will work. At first the forums and wiki went down, then the game wouldn’t load, then the entire site fell into the vortex.

* Odd weather today. It was like September crossed with March – dark grey clouds, bright blue sky, blossoms on the trees. Gill and I drove down to the park for a walk and had a wonderful time.

* Dinner was home-baked corned beef, baked potato, and fried cabbage with apple/raisin crisp for dessert.

Writer’s Block: Doctor Who?


Top choices:
Richard Coyle – It’s a shame he and Steven Moffat parted on such bad terms. I think he’d have made an excellent Doctor; quirky, yet with real passion.
Patterson Joseph – Would have been brilliant. A strong traditional choice with a nice amount of gravitas.
Jack Davenport – I think he’d have done fine but I’d never be able to take him seriously in the role.
Hugh Jackman – Action movie Doctor wouldn’t be the end of the world.
Bill Nighy – Creepy wise old man portrayal but with a good sense of humor about him. Kind of a more powerful, more self-assured Slartibartfast.
Lenny Henry – A more comic choice, a good way to transition from the lightheartedness of the Tenant years.

Current Mood: 🤔thoughtful

Coolest thing ever

Doctor Who Tardis 4-Way USB Hub:

The Doctor Who Tardis USB Hub boasts four ports in which to plug your various gizmos. Simply plug in and you’re away. But here’s the good bit: every time you connect or disconnect a device, the blue light on the top of the Tardis flashes and that unmistakable de-materialisation ‘vworp, vworp’ sound starts sawing away at your lugholes. Thankfully it doesn’t actually vanish into the time vortex, so you can enjoy the classic grating din again and again by plugging in more devices or pressing the demo button.

If I ever need to have a laptop for work I am so getting one of these.

Current Mood: geeky

Buckaroo Who, Dr. Bonzai

So listening to the extras on my recently purchased Buckaroo Bonzi DVD, I had a revelation. With the return of Dr. Who imminent, it occured to me that Buckaroo Bonzai is the American version of Dr. Who. Eccentric scientist type, multi-talented, saves the world regularly. Both are so steeped in their respective cultures they’re regularly indecipherable to outsiders. Deep background involved in the backstory. There’s more, but I need to think it through.