February 2006: an anniversary

February 2006

The weekend of our 15^th  wedding anniversary, and guess where we went to celebrate? Rome, where we spent our honeymoon?

With the Doctor Who: Up Close exhibition in its last week (allegedly)? No chance. We went to Cardiff.  The entrance to the exhibition was guarded by the Trinny and Susannah robots from Bad Wolf. Some wag had defaced the noticeboard at the entrance, so that it read ‘Mad in Wales’ instead of ‘Made in Wales’. Or at least I assume they had. With Russell T Davies you cannot be too sure.

The visitors’ book was quite entertaining.  We noted that a  Mr Baker (no relation, we think) had brought his small son Tom along. 

Escaping the obligatory merchandising opportunity with our funds intact, we walked down towards the Millennium Centre, to see the spot where the TARDIS was parked in Boom Town. We walked a little further to the bay, which was full of restaurants.  We were fairly sure that one of them was the one where the Doctor took Margaret Slitheen to dinner, but couldn’t work out which one. However we decided that the menu on display at one of them looked most enticing, so decided to return there later for dinner. 

I though that the decor looked familiar, but it was not until we got home and played the DVD that we were sure.  I think we were even sitting in pretty much the right place.  The food was good, too.

June 2005: end of the season

Saturday 4 June 2005

Busy day producing reports for exam board, so time out to watch Boom Town was a welcome relief. Again, some good lines, as when Mickey asks Jack what he is a captain of - “the innuendo squad”?  The answer to which being a very definite yes. On the whole a very odd episode, but I enjoyed it.  The trailer for next week looks worrying though – the Doctor in the Big Brother house? 

Saturday 11 June 2005

Against all the odds, this episode actually worked.  I particularly enjoyed Jack’s encounter with the futuristic Trinny and Susannah.

Saturday 18 June 2005

A strange episode. A truly moving moment, when the Doctor’s emergency hologram explains to Rose that he is about to die and she should return home and forget him, but a rather cop-out ending. Although saving the universe with the help of your boyfriend, your mum and a borrowed tow-truck is an interesting idea.

Our first glimpse of David Tennant.  It’s hard to tell what he is going to be like.

It’s going to be a long time until Christmas.