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Did anyone watch Paradox last night? Was it any good?

So, after many stops and starts, I finally got to the end of the first series of The Next Generation last night. Some good episodes towards the end help lift it a bit, but generally it has dated badly and some of the early episodes are ropey as hell (compared to the standard you would expect from a TV series today). One thing that made me laugh when watching the last episode, The Neutral Zone, was that for an entire series Troi generally had little more to do than sit on the Bridge saying "I think he's a bit angry, Captain" when they were being shot at. Then, when some people from the 20th century are defrosted and are struggling to adjust to their new lives, she's nowhere to be seen! (they even call in Worf at one point, but Troi? Noooooo!).

The first script has been finished!

Just read a very scathing review of this, only got 1

No, it won't be (my comment above was more along the lines of another famous name disappearing from the high-street, rather than a comment on the size of the company).

Border's are no longer selling books on-line in the UK, amid reports that they are in talks with buyers for the company. Could they be this year's Woolworths?

Yay! (but Boo! to having to get up before Midday!).

Are they showing the whole thing? I tried watching it on the Red Button this weekend, expecting it to be the full program, but found that they have split it up into several parts.

Yep, Geoffrey Beevers in The Keeper of Traken.

Utopia (with Derek Jacobi) was excellent, the two episodes with John Simms were however - they got the character of the Master completely wrong. He is supposed to be Moriarty to the Doctor's Holmes, not the Riddler to the Doctor's Batman . . .

I watched that on Monday, very good! (even if the plot worked out in the same way as every other SG-1 time travel story!).

Surely the idea of taking part in a Secret Santa is that you will get something random, that is a bit of a surprise? If people are going to tell people what to get, why not just buy a book for yourself and save everyone the postage and hassle?!

Yes, between 8.00 and 8.30 (so I suspect it will be 8.25 . . .).

Granted, but sadly you get hit by a bus the next day. I wish purple elephant smiles!

Excellent!

Ark of Infinity? No, that's Doctor Who! It's The Ark of Truth!

They could always show it instead of that Strictly twaddle, I suppose . . .

I watched the last few episode of Stargate SG-1 on Wednesday night. It took a little getting used to, but I've quite enjoyed the last two series with Ben Browder and Claudia Black. Just the two TV movies to watch now . . .

*bump* Don't forget, Sunday Night, 7pm, BBC One!

It's been reported in several places that Fox are not picking up their option for any more episodes of Dollhouse, past the 13 they have already ordered for series two. Another Whedon series bites the dust . . .

This might help.

I've got a ticket sorted and a room booked for the night - I suppose I should book the 14th and 15th off work now!

You're the first person I know who has given that a positive review! (most I have seen have said that it is a one-joke book and that it gets old very quickly). On a wider note, I don't think there is anything wrong with telling a story from another point of view (after all, it is the bed rock of a lot of the mythological sagas that get published, so why should more recent novels and characters be exempt?). Granted, trading on an established name can be a quick way to make some cash, but done well I don't have a problem with it

I finished After the Quake, by Haruki Murakami this evening - a wonderful piece of writing. Murakami is fast becoming my favourite author.

Bosham, last Monday afternoon: