The Woman who fell to Earth

The first story of the Chibnal era

Okay

It is better than Deep Breath. It is not as good, as the 11th hour. It is about the same level as the Christmas Invasion. Which I think it mimics on purpose. Even the Alien big bad, seems to have a similar look, to the big red guy.

Okay.

I liked, the Sheffield setting. It was something I liked about Torchwood. This feels more real, than the idealised London, of the RDS era, or the hip Britannia of the Moffat days.

The cast is fine. The acting is very good. Some of the dialogue particularly that given to Bradley Walsh is a bit clunky. The line about blaming this on your dyspraxia too

I like Jodie. I liked her, Line, in the police car, can we turn on the sirens. I liked her messing about with the phone.

I liked the forging of new sonic screw driver

It is weird to hear the Doctor apologise. I know that Tennant was famous for the I'm so sorry line. But Jodie's Doctor is quite specific. I am sorry this person died. I am sorry you got sucked into this. This is different.

Quite good, cliffhanger at the end.

Random thoughts

Afternoon, 6th of October...

The buggy park is open...
The M...seum cost me a fiver today
Step.....owe me money
How tall is es.....
She is pretty in pink
Only 40 minutes to go
Woman in a striking black and primary colours dress
The medieval section is quieter than mine
So much bad poetry here...
A man in the cafe looks, like he is praying, saying grace...
There is a group of East Asians
There is a really tall man with a red tie
A man has the shakes
He ranks as high as any in Rome

Aunty Nora

My Aunty Nora, My father's sister passed on Monday of this week. peacefully, mourned by her husband, Patrick, her Three daughters, and Grandchildren. Her three sisters and two brothers and many nieces and nephews

My daughter on a horse

Burt Reynolds

It is with considerable sadness I note the passing of Burt Reynolds
One of my favourite actors. I grew up watching Smokey and the Bandit. Catching sneaked views of it, during bank holidays. I bought the DVD, when I was older and I understood things, like the reference to Richard petty.
How smart you sound depends on what part of the country you are in

W man who would wear feathers to a minister's funeral

 When I got older I saw Deliverance, a truly brutal film. I was pleased by the return to the spotlight with boogie nights. But he missed more then he hit. The man passed over Han Solo, and Indiana Jones

Actor. Athlete , Seminole Indian

The Reason Why I Jump

Fascinating.

Obviously I cannot critique this book, like a normal story.
It is not a biography but a rather a catechism. Trying to explain the Autistic mind.
The book has some prose, which I found hard to follow.

Death in the Andes

A great set of vignettes sorry about the plot.

I liked the death of Senora Harcourt, and the story of the mute Pedrito Tinoco. It gets the horror of the Peruvian dirty war, against Sendero across well. Poor Pedrito is tortured and the attack on the small town, in which Sendero force people at gunpoint to stone their neighbours

 That said it is full of cliche, the Fat mob boss beating up the prostitute and the civil guard shooting them. The story of the central character bores me.
It was good, to get a glimpse of Peru, that some of my friends and neighbours new. Radio Piura and roadblocks, lighting kerosene The memory of the long legged dancer in a forgotten movie

The less said about the naked ladies and eternal hard on's plots the better