I promised Lili I would post some pics of the travelling sock monkeys. Here is mine, Mr Sparkles. He is in Cornwall longing to play golf on the course behind him but of course he can't as I have to much work to do and they don't let monkeys drive golf buggies. This is actually my hotel room. The windows were glass doors which opened out onto the grounds. Very beautiful but we were in the middle of nowhere. Great if all you are interested in is golf but we would have liked the opportunity to see some of Newquay. Still the weather was gorgeous. Didn't feel much like coming back to freezing cold Glasgow.
Lat nights episode of Dr Who saw the return of the Daleks. This time the Daleks themselves got more air time. It does seem that when there are two parters the bad guy doesn't really make an appearance until near the end. This time it was at the start although you weren't sure what the Daleks were up to until the end. You could probably have guessed though. When Daleks are using humans for experiments you can be sure it isn't going to be for anything good. This time the Daleks are dying out. With only a few of them left they are desperate to survive and need humans for this. This idea itself isn't new as the Daleks have done this before. This time though the Daleks take on the human form (mostly) rather than the other way about. The human/pig slaves are a little too close to the pig the Slitheen used though. I felt that this was another example of going back on old ideas. Although in this case they were used to capture more humans rather than as a diversion. I have to be honest that I didn't pay quite as close attention to this one. I was working at the same time (hanging head in shame). I think it has been taped though so I will be able to watch it again before I watch the next part.
Timewarden, Wayoun, Kai Winn and Dukat were the only ones to die. Keiko left with O'Brien although there was some doubt as to if it was going to happen or not as O'Brien had yet to tell Bashir. Rom became Grand Negus as Zek decided to take early retirement and travel with Rom and Quarks mother. Lita left with Rom. Quark being distraught over the idea decided that his bar will be the last piece of true Ferengi culture. Nog was promoted. Apparently the last thing Sisco had done before he joined the prophets. Garak also left to help put Cardassia back together again.
Chakotay and Seven was a bit out there. There didn't seem to be much going on between them until one episode halfway through the last series. Seven had begun hollow programmes and a relationship with a simulation Chakotay. The real Chakotay (if I remember correctly) knew something of her feelings for him but said she had to take risks instead of hiding in a hollow programme. They were planning to get married at the end of the series. It was a bit out of the blue and I think there were a lot of fans who weren't too happy with the pairing.
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There have been a lot of monsters in “Doctor Who” recently based on animals. Not only the Pig Men but the Rhino-like Judoon, cats, both male and female, not forgetting the spider-like Empress of the Racnoss. I suppose this is nothing new though, either, when the classic series gave us the ant-like Zarbi, the spiders from Metebelis Three, the cheetah people in “Survival” - just not in the quick succession that the new series has done.
Thanks for the extra information on the various series of “Trek”. The Ferengi were always my favourite element of “DS9”, the Arthur Daley/Del Boy types of outer space! I loved their Rules of Acquisition which seemed to reflect the consumerism of modern living to a T! Favourite episodes were the parallel universe ones. I did feel it sometimes got bogged down with too much politics but those alternate world stories helped offset that. I wonder if they’ll ever be shown on terrestrial television again and, even if they are, it’ll take some time before actually getting to see the final episodes!
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