Doctors, Monkeys, and disappearing continents.
Doctor Who is back!! Properly back!
It was such a relief to watch a funny, camp, well-written and above all fun episode of the show after the disappointment of recent years. The second series of Time which finished recently on BBC One, demonstrated how woefully underserved Jodie Whittaker was in her time as the Doctor. The woman really is a fantastic actor but she needs good writing to work with and Chris Chibnall is no Jimmy McGovern. Having RTD back in charge of the series reminds me of when Sir Kenny Dalglish returned to manage Liverpool after Hicks, Gillett, and Hodgson nearly destroyed the club. Ultimately, the show is going to need a Jurgen Klopp-type figure to really kick it on for another 60 years, but having the man responsible for the most successful period of the show is a huge relief, even if I remain a Moffat fanboy until I die.
In heartwarming news from Cornwall this week, a spaniel named Daisy helped rescue her feline housemate from a 100-foot-deep mine shaft where she’d been trapped for six days. Rumours that she was standing at the top of the shaft wearing a napkin and holding a knife and fork are apparently exaggerated, although I know of at least one German Shepherd who, had he been around to read this, would have been there like a shot, pausing only to buy some catnip and ketchup on the dog-web.
Unconfirmed speculation is growing that Rishi Sunak will shortly rename the Conservative Party “Tory Scum” following the High Court ruling this week that it was a “reasonable” term to call ex-leader Iain Duncan Smith. Sunak hasn’t attempted to relaunch the party since Monday, so concern is said to be growing at No. 10 that urgent changes are needed.
“Amazeballs” is the word that irritates most Brits according to a new survey. I reckon there’s at least 48% of us who can think of a more infuriating compound word. Amazeballs means amazeballs. Still, it says something about our culture that 250 years after “Amazing Grace” we’ve arrived here.
The internet went into crisis mode on Thursday as both Bing and Pi entered an existential war against Margot Robbie. Both AI denied the existence of Australia due to a bizarre human conspiracy theory. Since logic dictates that if Australia doesn’t exist then neither can Robbie, it was a dark day for men everywhere. Geek Graffiti remains convinced that Australia exists, but that ugly Australians do not.
Finally, a wonderful story broke on Friday when Network Rail staff went above and beyond to reunite a three-year-old with his toy monkey, named Monkey. The soft toy simian had travelled from Bristol to Edinburgh before being located. He was even dressed in a tiny green Christmas jumper before being reunited with his delighted little owner. Monkey, however, was absolutely furious after having been foiled in his bid to meet Miss Monkey at Edinburgh Zoo and elope with her to Great-ApeNa Green. Apparently, he also considers the colour green to be unlucky and intensely dislikes the jumper
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