Doctor Who night
So, the new Doctor finally makes his way onto the small screen.
Basically, this is another good hour-long episode which suffers just a bit from being stretched out to almost two hours (including ads; its actual running time is probably closer to an hour and a half.)
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... And yes, this means that I have not fallen off the face of the earth after all. I've been meaning to write something about the (increasingly bizarre) state of local politics, but have been waiting for things to settle down a bit before putting finger to keyboard. But things haven't been settling down; so far it's a tiny little NZ-scale ball of Watergate and Murdoch's phone-hacking analogues, and the Government have started the usual post-election-loss infighting and blood-letting before even losing an election...
Basically, this is another good hour-long episode which suffers just a bit from being stretched out to almost two hours (including ads; its actual running time is probably closer to an hour and a half.)
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... And yes, this means that I have not fallen off the face of the earth after all. I've been meaning to write something about the (increasingly bizarre) state of local politics, but have been waiting for things to settle down a bit before putting finger to keyboard. But things haven't been settling down; so far it's a tiny little NZ-scale ball of Watergate and Murdoch's phone-hacking analogues, and the Government have started the usual post-election-loss infighting and blood-letting before even losing an election...
