is it a kind of dream?

In between school today, and trying to keep myself awake, i fast forwarded through the distinct lack of plot and capped the cute [David] bits.

My god what a shite stupid cheesy plotless horror flick with bad special fx and hammy acting by the yank teenagers.  *headdesk* There, i said it.

David was cute and yet weird though. And starting to fill out in the face and grey at the temples, while still having a very unnatural tan for a Brit, as he always has had. :D

I didnt iconise; the outfits alone were almost retina-searing, i didnt want to inflict them upon anyone else. Bad 80s outfits/mullets on the kids, and I have no fucking clue what they were trying to say when they dressed David in a purple coat, PINK waistcoat, red cravat/neck tie thingy and YELLOW trousers?!  Eh?

The rest of the time he either looked like the stupid professor in a bow tie and knitted pullover vest, or a Vincent Price / Peter Cushing Hammer Films knockoff. Doh. Definitely had been hitting the formaldehyde a bit much, yes.

I guess they were trying to convey 'other-worldly' or possibly 'wax aliens trying to take over our planet' but all they communicated was 'bad dress taste' and 'B movie11!1!11!eleventy'.

I still love him though; he was worth the retina abuse.

Morgan says 'ew.' Hee.

The new Big Finish audios series Sapphire and Steel is what i've been listening to as I walk, lately, having finished Nebulous and all of Rigor Mortis a long time ago. And Circular Time (i love Summer, i love hearing it over and over).

I'm impressed. It was a bit rocky at first but David Warner and Suzannah Harker soon settled in, and i REALLY enjoy the time related stories, which really proves to me that I mainly like Doctor Who because of the time travel, same reason I like the Back to The Future movies. And because I really like Peter Davison, as well as David Warner.

So, Sapphire and Steel. Very interesting premise, and I'd heartily recommend getting episode one, The Passenger, and then getting a few of the later ones in series 1, and Water Like a Stone from season 2. They're really quite good.

I wasnt really a fan of the original tv series, and I suspect that HELPS, not detracts, from enjoying the audios - no preconceived notions, no 'hang on a minute, that's not Steel at ALL' feelings, etc.

Good stuff, all around. I recommend, yes.

to Stratford to see David Warner in Henry IV sometime this summer/fall. It's a date!

We can get a babysitter for an evening or a saturday afternoon. Tickets go on sale to the general public (that's me) on the 30th, so i'll be on the phone at 9am to buy them then and there.

I wanna scream and pull my hair out when i think how close Stratford is to Brum, and how many times I've missed a chance to see Patrick Stewart or Sir Ian McKellen in the past year alone...but now David too? The line must be drawn *here*, lol. I ain't going to miss this one.

Chronic illness sucks and keeps/has kept me home a lot these past 7 years, but i WANT to get out and see culture and drama and things. I want the life other healthy normal people have, and I'm going to do my damndest to have it. What's the point in living in this fabulously cultured country full of amazing people with amazing talents, if i never get out and see/experience any of it?

Hence the Invasion, in a week and a half !! *omg*  - i'm going to meet PD in less than 10 days. Gulp.
(come on Jen, you made it to Manchester last year for the Crotchwoot premiere with less than 24 hours' notice and back again, you can spend one night in London by yourself and mosey over to Barking the next day, surely.)

And hence Henry IV. Yes.

*dies*