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Happy hour will be at 3pm

 

Had to look twice then - thought it was Elfs with that kind of response

 

I haven't been so insulted since I looked in a mirror.


The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

 

Song of choice at the end of my funeral.want everyone to get pissed

 

A treat for fans of classic Doctor Who this evening;

7pm BBC 4 - The Sea Devils (a Jon Pertwee story from 1972)

The original cut was a rather plodding 6 x 25 minute episode story,
but the Beeb have created this edited 90 minute version.
They are showing it as the curtain raiser for their 5 part sci-fi mini-series starting at 8:30pm on BBC1

The War between the Land and the Sea
(two 45 minute episodes tonight)
A re-imagining of the Sea Devils story, brought up to date.

 

I found that watchable, with a few interesting ideas.
Sicking up all the pollution in the oceans & dumping it on cities around the World was a good twist.

Some echoes of Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009)
Which in turn had echoes of Quatermass (the 1979 ITV produced series starring John Mills)
So sound British sci-fi foundations at least.
I hope there will be some more twists in the remaining three episodes.

 

Anyone here watch Slow Horses ? Gr8 comedic delivery by Oldman, in a thriller/action type series.

 

No, not seen it.
What network is showing it?

 

Yes it’s a new series now isn’t it ?

 

Think it’s on Amazon prime?

 

Named after you?

 

I’d rather be a slow horse than a poxy Shetland pony