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Raven

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  1. ^ I think Alex Kingston is sexier than David Tennant and Matt Smith.
  2. I'm about a third of the way through the first book, my reading mojo has been pretty poor lately. I'm going up to London tomorrow though, so that's a good two-three hours of enforced reading time . . .
  3. Alex Kingston thinks Matt Smith is sexier than David Tennant. Cue the screaming fan girls . . .
  4. ^ But remember, the music choices made are still down to the Directors; they don't have to include music if they don't want to and they are ultimeatly responsible for the levels in the mix as well.
  5. Granted, but the result is a hung Parliament, so you will have to live through it all. over. again. I wish all children could be happy.
  6. By and large I like Murray Gold's music; he has written some very good themes for the show which - in my opinion - have usually enhanced stories rather than detracted from them. The music for The Girl in the Fireplace, for example, is beautiful in my book, especially the piece that plays out at the end of the episode.
  7. ^ A new genre, Non-Science Fact!
  8. There is only one story set solely in the TARDIS, and that was the Hartnell's third story Edge of Destruction, waaaaay back in '64. There are also odd episodes where they spend quite a bit of time in the TARDIS (the Tom Baker story Invasion of Time being main one I can think of). It could be interesting to see a story set solely in the TARDIS again, but I'm not sure it's something they would want to try.
  9. Interesting, I've been meaning to give this a go for quite a while as I really like the John Mills film version (and H.G. Wells!). It's always puzzled me why Waterstones have this in the science fiction section . . .
  10. Having watched quite a few of them now, I'd have to say Princess Mononoke is slipping down my favourites list. It is a good film, but I think there are better.
  11. Fish custard, the best part of the program!
  12. I think that's petty much universal - where has the base line gone?! The organic coral of the last design wasn't enough for you then?! No! Keep the bow-tie, it makes him extra Doctory! On a more general note . . . I think for those who weren't convinced by Karen Gillan, watch this week's episode as I think it's going to be Amy heavy (where the first episode focused more on the new Doctor).
  13. I'm really puzzled by the music sound levels issue. I've seen this reported on several site since Saturday, and it is an issue that has come up in the past, but it's not one I've ever encountered. I'm beginning to wonder if I get better sound on my old SONY Trinitron CRT TV than people are getting get on their sfiddley new flat screen jobs! (assuming that is what people are using!).
  14. I remember The Machine Gunners from when I was a kid, and there are the Alistair MacLean novels (Where Eagles Dare, The Guns of Navarone etc), but if he is interested in reading Chris Ryan novels I suspect World War II novels might seem a bit dated.
  15. Hmm, this series may not be for them then, from what I've heard it's going to get a lot more creepy! No problems here, and my hearing isn't that great. Time for a new TV?! Personally, I thought both Smith and Gillan were excellent. Matt Smith is the Doctor, he got it spot on. Odd, manic and eccentric, whilst at the same time being knowledgeable and commanding - I can honestly say I didn't think about his age once during the entire program. One swallow does not a summer make, but for me it was a very good start - not perfect, I'll grant you, but I can't remember the last time I enjoyed Doctor Who this much! Brilliant stuff!
  16. Fantastic! I'm grinning like a five year-old! David who?
  17. I picked up a copy of that as well, a belated thanks for the tip off!
  18. Don't forget folks, 6.20pm tonight on BBC One!
  19. My Neighbour Totoro. My second viewing in as many weeks. Having watched 8 Studio Ghibli films over the last month - 7 of them for the first time - I've gone back and re-watched three of them again in the last few days; Totoro, Whisper of the Heart and The Cat Returns. All excellent, and all films that have become firm favourites (I think it is all down to the strength of the characters, they are just so well drawn - if you will forgive the pun!). I hope Hiroyuki Morita gets a crack at directing a full length feature; the humour in The Cat Returns lifts it from being just another story to something truly entertaining.
  20. Nuts, I completely forgot about this. I'm still only a third of the way through my current book, I'll see what I can do though.
  21. And there was me wondering why Nicole was snogging the dustman . . .
  22. Bit late for that! Cash Cow!
  23. And to be fair to Bloomsbury, they aren't the only publisher to do this sort of thing - have you seen all the different covers Pratchett books have had down the years? - so why should the Potter books be exempt? I've been reading Iain M. Banks books for the best part of twenty years now, and as they have gone along their covers have changed three times. I still like the originals, but I have to admit the latest versions look very good indeed.
  24. I used to have a maths teacher who looked strangely like Kira (same elfin face, straight blond hair etc). God, she was a .
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