Light At The End…

A random collection of thoughts

Monthly archives: March 2016

Asus T300CHI 12.5-Inch Convertible Touchscreen Notebook (Intel Core M-5Y71 1.2 GHz, 8 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD,Webcam, Integrated Graphics, Windows 8.1) My previous portable device was the Asus Vivobook S200E (i3-3217U version) – a regular laptop format with touchscreen, regular 512GB hard drive, and 4GB RAM, which cost about the […]

Asus t300chi

March 30, 2016 in Reviews / Technology tagged Asus / laptop 2-in-1 / t300chi / Technology by Jonathan Rudderham

“Don’t pretend you can see me. I know you can’t. Zzzzzz…” — Summer.

The World According to Summer

March 28, 2016 in Summer tagged Summer by Jonathan Rudderham

“This was me on my walkies this morning, keeping an eye on the hoomon to make sure he’s going the right way. I didn’t find anyone to stop and force them to give me tummy-tickles today. Must try harder tomorrow. Night all doggies and their hoomons.” — Summer.

The World According to Summer

March 23, 2016 in Summer tagged Summer by Jonathan Rudderham

“Back from the vets (my personal private doctor, you understand?) for a checkup. I’m fit, healthy, and in good shape. My hoomons discussed with the vet why it might be that I sometimes nibble my back, and why it might be that I seem to drink quite a bit sometimes. […]

The World According to Summer

March 21, 2016 in Summer tagged Summer by Jonathan Rudderham

Previously … Crisis (extended version) … The DVD release of Planet of Giants included a reconstructed 4-part version. It was originally intended to be broadcast as a four-part story, but was trimmed down to three parts, presumably because it didn’t have enough story to make it to four full episodes. […]

43b. The Urge To Live

March 21, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Planet of Giants / Susan / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham

Previously … Crisis (broadcast version)… The DVD release of Planet of Giants included a reconstructed 4-part version. It was originally intended to be broadcast as a four-part story, but was trimmed down to three parts, presumably because it didn’t have enough story to make it to four full episodes. In […]

43. Crisis (extended)

March 21, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Planet of Giants / Susan / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham

Previously … Dangerous Journey … In the style of the old serial cliffhangers, it turns out that the Doctor and Susan had already hidden in the overflow pipe. Funny how this wasn’t seen last week. Is the episode call “crisis” because “The Dangerous Telephone Receiver” wouldn’t have given the same […]

43. Crisis

March 20, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Planet of Giants / Susan / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham

Previously … Planet of Giants … The Doctor and Susan climb through a plughole, Barbara faints at the sight of a fly, and Ian opens a briefcase. Some of the sets/props are fantastic (the plug & plughole, the briefcase, etc), while others are less successful (the rack of testtubes). Planet […]

42. Dangerous Journey

March 20, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Planet of Giants / Susan / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham

Doctor Who, season 2 begins … The second season begins with a good opening to the first of a three-part story. Hartnell continues on fine form. Ian & Barbara have pretty much been reset to how they were at the beginning, and Susan provides her usual array of screams. The […]

41. Planet of Giants

March 19, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Planet of Giants / Susan / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham

Doctor Who continued … The final episode of this serial, and the first season of Doctor Who, is a fast-paced piece with revelations that resolve the plot and plot turns that sync with established history. William Hartnell again has a great scene as the First Doctor rescuing Susan from the […]

40. Prisoners of Conciergerie

March 19, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Susan / The Reign of Terror / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham

Doctor Who continued … The second animated episode of The Reign of Terror. At last the plot really moves on apace. Ian is captured and shackled for information. Barbara is allowed to speak to the Doctor so that they can be overhead. Oddly, Barbara says that Susan had a fever […]

39. A Bargain of Necessity

March 18, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Susan / The Reign of Terror / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham

Doctor Who continued … Some of the early episodes of Doctor Who are missing from the BBC archives. For this serial, The Reign of Terror, the BBC had the missing episodes animated. This is the first of those animated episodes. The plot again doesn’t go anywhere. Ian (back from William […]

38. The Tyrant of France

March 18, 2016 in Doctor Who / Doctor Who / Reviews / Television tagged Barbara Wright / Carole Ann Ford / Doctor Who / Ian Chesterton / Jacqueline Hill / Susan / The Reign of Terror / William Hartnell / William Russell by Jonathan Rudderham