I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. It’s a collection of the best lines from Doctor Who, from 1963 to 2014, organised thematically, with a strong but not overwhelming leaning to New Who (where in fairness the writing has generally been better). I’m writing this on holiday, having left the book behind at home, so no direct quotes here, but this is one of those books that fans at all levels of engagement will appreciate. You can get it here.
Just watched the 2pm programme on DVR (for my sins). I detected no wee wave from yourself, but I’m willing to stipulate that as covered by your introductory eyebrow waggle. Good job by yourself on the analysis and commentary, I thought.
Most interesting development for me was the mini-spat about SF transfers. I can understand SF’s reluctance to have any official guidance on this in the absence of any “recip” from the SDLP, but Gerry Adams seemed to be going out of his way to be obnoxious about it. His comments and that of at least one other SF rep seemed to be perilously close to saying that SF voters shouldn’t continue their preferences past SF at all. Transfer-retentive as well as transfer-repellent? Or at the very least, sulky and in dogmatic denial (usually enough!) about the realities of PR.
Slight echoes of the same thing with TUV whinging, though I sympathised most with the UU academic who, as she pointed out, was being deprived thereby of valuable research data!