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There are many words that could describe this evening's Doctor Who Christmas special. I'll use just one of them.
Stunning.
Although Matt Smith will never be my favourite doctor, his performance tonight is worthy of a BAFTA.
I've never had much time for patriots. But after watching this, I am so very, very proud to be British.
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I'll see it when it comes out on DVD.
I was busy playing Monopoly. The game went on for a very long time before I finally lost, but I did a very good deed.
The person who beat me, initially took a lot of convincing from me to get them to even play. They claimed to have painful memories of a family fallout that was caused by a game of Monopoly, and they never wished to play the game again. Now they confirm that the painful memories are replaced with much more positive ones.
How's that for a bit of Christmas Cheer? ^_^
There's one infallible way to
There's one infallible way to win at Monopoly. You have to buy the Old Kent Road and Whitechapel - or whichever properties immediately follow the 'GO' square if you're not playing the London version - and put hotels on them. You then strangle your opponents' principal source of income and wear them down by attrition. It's a particularly satisfying way to win because there'll come a time when you can afford the most expensive properties on the other side of the 'GO' square and inexperienced players will suddenly realise the properties they've acquired are worthless.
And I wonder why no one wants to play with me any more.
More or less exactly what I tried to do.
And it would have worked, but I was just too unlucky with where I kept landing. Still, it took five mid-range hotel visits before I was finally forced to accept the silver trophy. I put up one heck of a fight, but you'd surely expect no less of the mighty CAPITALIST Berserker/Ronin.
Anyway, the events of the day as shaped by me have ultimately restored a person's faith in that game. That's the best possible win, would you not agree?
Monopoly comes a close second
Monopoly comes a close second in the race to prove that human altruism is a complete fallacy. I'm talking, of course, about Texas Hold 'Em.
I deal myself the 3 of hearts and the 7 of clubs. Not many chips left. Decision? Fold.
One down, three to lay. The flop comes out 3 of diamonds, 3 of spades and 7 of diamonds.
I immediately want everyone in the world to contract an incurable disease. It makes no difference that there are only five of us staking £2 each, and that the winner gets the round in so they're actually going to end up out of pocket.
Oh no.
It's a primeval thing.
By the way, your Santa hat should be purple.
You might think that's a strange thing to say, but remember this.
The greatest victory Purple Santa ever achieved was to make people think he didn't exist.
As I left my parents, some of
As I left my parents, some of my family were just starting a game of Monopoly (the US National Parks edition).
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas day.
I Hope You Put Hotels On Jellystone
Sorry, I've just got Yogi Bear in my head now!
Here are a couple of weird versions.
Apparently you're not allowed to play it unless you have a gut
If it didn't exist, someone would have had to invent it
I love the Doctor, but...
I was very disappointed with last night's episode. It had one or two nice moments, but it never really got underway.
I mean, did anything actually happen? All the monsters in the universe wanted to invade, but they wouldn't,
and then they did. And the Papal Mainframe people were stronger than everybody, but they weren't.
And if you're a part-time Dalek, you turn it off whenever you like.
And somehow the Time Lords needed to know the Doctor's name, but why didn't they know it already?
It just wasn't a STORY. It was a lot of stuff stuck together, and then a trick so he could regenerate.
The Matt Smith retrospective that preceded the episode was far, far better. It beat the show to sticks.
***Spoilers for the episode***
I agree, the episode was poor, especially after some of the very good Christmas episodes.
The Timelords knew his name, what they wanted was him to tell them his name so they knew it was the right universe to return to.
There were way too many silly and inexplicable occurrences in the episode. How does a wooden Cyberman function? Why, if once the Timelords knew they had the right universe, didn't they come through? Why did his regeneration energy suddenly start destroying Daleks? Where did this town, in an endless winter with only minutes of daylight each day, get the food needed to sustain them? How is a time machine late?
Who the f*** is the new Dr Who.
I'm not a great Dr Who fan but I shall certainly be watching the new Doctor. If we don't get a few f***s, sh**s and c****s I shall be most disappointed.
Peter Capaldi
It's Peter Capaldi. If you saw the episode "The Fires of Pompeii" he was the guy who bought the Tardis (thinking it was Modern Art).
Who the f*** is the new Dr Who.
I'm not a great Dr Who fan but I shall certainly be watching the new Doctor. If we don't get a few f***s, sh**s and c****s I shall be most disappointed.
Remember that Doctor Who is a children's programme
... so I doubt that he'll be flashing and blinking... and... shirting and carting, I guess.