Decisions, decisions...

[kangeiko]

My throat is feeling rather sandpapery. In fact, my throat has been feeling rather sandpapery for a few days now, which I attributed to a lurking hangover, but am now forced to concede may be due to something else. I am supposed to be having a lovely dinner with friends tonight, but am tempted to just head home and have some of my mum's home-cooked food and acquire magic health points. (Yesterday's raid on the parental fridge was a resounding success, with several meals and vegetable health-related items pilfered.) OTOH, dinner with friends, always a plus, and I haven't seen them for a while. (Saturday.) So I think gulping some paracetamol might be my best bet, and then possibly having a shorter (shortish?) day tomorrow.

In the meantime, I am trying to write a setof report guidelines that have grown from a sensible 3 pages to an unwieldy 7 pages. Nobody reads 7 pages of report guidelines. To the red pen of doom!

(Also, I watched Doctor Who 5.3 and wasn't impressed, especially as I am also currently watching The Talons of Weng Chiang. On the one hand, massive, massive race!fail. OTOH, plot and script and acting to blow you out of the water (and a companion to make me want to ship it liek whoa. Is there Four(/&)Leela out there? Preferably with her playing bodyguard?)

I probably have more to say on the subject of Who, but my overall (non-spoilery) impression is that the acting is spot-on for both 11 and Amy, but the last two scripts have felt rather under-developed, which is a shame. Maybe there is better to come as they get into the swing of it?)

Comments

[alasdair.livejournal.com]

My understanding from a few acquaintances who have the right contacts to have seen more of the current series than us mere mortals is that it's the coming two-parter where the new production team and cast really hit their stride, particularly Matt Smith, who was described to me as (I paraphrase) "a bit Tennant, until about episode 4, when he suddenly gets *really* good - favourite doctor ever good". This from a long term fan of all the old stuff, too...

I'm currently reading "Doctor Who: A Writers Tale", and it's pretty clear from reading it that what we saw on Saturday was Mark Gatiss script that didn't make into Season 4 for schedule reasons (it was replaced by the Pompeii episode) with the added brief that "we need to re-tool the Daleks into some new merch this season, so can you swap out your old villains, and do that, please?".

[kangeiko]

Awesome, I'll be looking forward to it, thanks!