Sisters of the Flame
A rather mundane tale that opens up towards the end into something more interesting. There's a lot of running about in space, lots of shouting and arrogance, mainly from The Sheriff of Nottingham, I mean the time lord Straxus. Things finally start to look up when the Sisterhood sentance the Doctor & Lucie to death.
The Vengeance of Morbius
Things ramp up to a big finish, the Doctor & Lucie manage to escape their death sentance thanks to Straxus being used as a tissue donor to build a new Morbius. Morbius is rather less ranty than before, less psychotic too, sort of, although he comes across more as a weak imitation of John Simm's Master from the telly show.
Monday, 23 March 2009
Grand Theft Cosmos & The Zygon Who Fell To Earth
Grand Theft Cosmos
A rather witty story about stealing invaluable works of art, Headhunter & Karen make a return appearance from season 1 of the 8th Doctor audios and prove to be no match for the Doctor & Lucie.
The Zygon Who Fell To Earth
Lucie visits her Aunty Pat again (they met in season 1) luckily this time there's no glam rock involved, instead there's Zygons, although they're not as scary as the glam rock. It turns out Aunty Pat has married a Zygon (and is probably shagging him too, the tramp) and the other Zygons want their renegade leader back. There's a refernce or two to Terror of the Zygons and also (presumably) a reference to the BBV Zygon audio The Barnacled Baby or the BBC book Sting of the Zygons. This audio would take place sometime before the BBC book The Bodysnatchers which also features the Zygons, the 8th Doctor & Sam Jones).
A rather witty story about stealing invaluable works of art, Headhunter & Karen make a return appearance from season 1 of the 8th Doctor audios and prove to be no match for the Doctor & Lucie.
The Zygon Who Fell To Earth
Lucie visits her Aunty Pat again (they met in season 1) luckily this time there's no glam rock involved, instead there's Zygons, although they're not as scary as the glam rock. It turns out Aunty Pat has married a Zygon (and is probably shagging him too, the tramp) and the other Zygons want their renegade leader back. There's a refernce or two to Terror of the Zygons and also (presumably) a reference to the BBV Zygon audio The Barnacled Baby or the BBC book Sting of the Zygons. This audio would take place sometime before the BBC book The Bodysnatchers which also features the Zygons, the 8th Doctor & Sam Jones).
MPs' expenses inquiry considered
A wide-ranging inquiry into MPs' expenses is being considered by the independent Committee on Standards in Public Life, the BBC has learned.
The investigation could also consider MPs' pay and their office expenditure. It comes as employment minister Tony McNulty says he did not break any rules by claiming an allowance for a home in London where his parents live. Mr McNulty himself said the rules should be looked into after claiming a second-home allowance for the property in his Harrow East constituency, in north-west London. His main home is eight miles away in Hammersmith, west London.
Earlier this year Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had to defend her actions after it emerged she had claimed about £116,000 in expenses for her family home in the West Midlands after declaring her sister's property in London - where she stayed four days a week - as her main residence.
The investigation could also consider MPs' pay and their office expenditure. It comes as employment minister Tony McNulty says he did not break any rules by claiming an allowance for a home in London where his parents live. Mr McNulty himself said the rules should be looked into after claiming a second-home allowance for the property in his Harrow East constituency, in north-west London. His main home is eight miles away in Hammersmith, west London.
Earlier this year Home Secretary Jacqui Smith had to defend her actions after it emerged she had claimed about £116,000 in expenses for her family home in the West Midlands after declaring her sister's property in London - where she stayed four days a week - as her main residence.
Brave New Town & The Skull of Sobek
Brave New Town
Last year we had Daleks and Cybermen, this time it's Autons, and rather rubbish ones at that, or better ones, depending on your point of view. They're much more human seeming, acting just like real people instead of mobile fashion dummies. The rest of the plot makes no sense at all, a group of soldiers driving about shooting people and abducting them for no apparent reason seems to happen just for the sake of having something happen. The resolution is quite original but not that well done in the audio format.
The Skull of Sobek
It's like Punch and Judy without Punch and Judy, it's all about the crocodile and the Peter Pan references are so predictible as to be obselete. It's a rather boring little shouting match in the end, rather less well executed than Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. Both warring sides need their heads banging together before being told to grown up and do something real with their lives. Lucie becoming a nun is quite funny though...
Last year we had Daleks and Cybermen, this time it's Autons, and rather rubbish ones at that, or better ones, depending on your point of view. They're much more human seeming, acting just like real people instead of mobile fashion dummies. The rest of the plot makes no sense at all, a group of soldiers driving about shooting people and abducting them for no apparent reason seems to happen just for the sake of having something happen. The resolution is quite original but not that well done in the audio format.
The Skull of Sobek
It's like Punch and Judy without Punch and Judy, it's all about the crocodile and the Peter Pan references are so predictible as to be obselete. It's a rather boring little shouting match in the end, rather less well executed than Let That Be Your Last Battlefield. Both warring sides need their heads banging together before being told to grown up and do something real with their lives. Lucie becoming a nun is quite funny though...
Sunday, 22 March 2009
Nirvana to get vinyl re-release
The bulk of Nirvana's back catalogue is to be re-released on vinyl this year for the first time. The Seattle grunge band, led by the late Kurt Cobain, recorded just three albums between 1989-93 before Cobain killed himself in 1994. The first record to be released is their seminal album Nevermind, most famous for the hit single, Smells Like Teen Spirit. Nirvana's Unplugged, recorded live for an MTV show, has also been re-mastered.
Does anyone still have a record player these days?
Does anyone still have a record player these days?
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