Weekend Coffee Share #50

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If we were having coffee, we would talk about our plans for the upcoming week, because so much of the country is celebrating Thanksgiving this week. Although my thoughts on Thanksgiving as something to “celebrate” are evolving (more on that another time) it will be nice to gather with people.

One of my best good friends from Seattle who moved back to her home state of Minnesota about six months before we left is coming here to visit her husband’s family. Our girls are two months apart and I can’t wait to get them together. Also, and this is a surprise, my folks are coming! I am so excited about seeing them and them getting to see Wee One.

If we were having coffee, I would tell you about something really exciting that happened today: WO “read” Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? to me tonight. Obviously, she didn’t read every word, but she read more than she missed, and even got a few I didn’t realize she knew! It was beautiful!

The Games, Mrs. Hudson, Are On

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Doctor Who S1 Ep 12 Bad Wolf. Written by Russell T. Davies

I like to see fandoms collide, hence my title. A Sherlock line used to refer to both the situation for our heroes as well as the conclusion of this story arc, which has been building all season.

The Doctor awakens in a Big Brother-like house on Channel 44000. Rose wakes up on a The Weakest Link-type set. Jack wakes up in another show I don’t recognize (I find out its “What Not To Wear” on TLC), and a “defabricator” strips him naked.  Aren’t we going to buy him a drink first?

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Doctor Who – Season 1 – Ep. 11 Boom Town. Written by Russell T. Davies

Oh, Christ have mercy – it’s the farting aliens again. I hate this episode.  There are a few fun or significant things in it to comment on, but I’m not gonna go too deep, here.

The TARDIS needs to be recharged, so the Doctor lands it over that rift in Cardiff to recharge it.  It’ll take all day, so he, Rose and Jack (who is still with them) get to play.  Mickey joins them, and they all play and laugh.  The Doctor sees a sign and realizes that the lady farting alien (henceforth known as “Fartlien”) has become the mayor of Cardiff and has initiated the construction of a nuclear power plant. The plant is named Blaidd Drwg, (Welsh, I tell you!) Welsh for “Bad Wolf.” This time, the Doctor notices that these words have been popping up everywhere.

We see Fartlien talk to a human about the human’s plans for her marriage and approaching baby child, and this gives Fartlien a sense of the harm she’s causing.

Later that night, Jack realized that the extrapolator can be used to halve the time to refuel the TARDIS, and goes to work installing it.  Rose and Mickey go out to reconnect – unsuccessfully, and the Doctor takes the Fartlien her Last Dinner.

There’s an earthquake (I think because of the TARDIS energy recharging) and the group, including Fartlien, goes to the TARDIS. The Doctor realizes that Fartlien wanted the rift to split in Cardiff and eventually in the whole Earth.  Fartlien struggles with the crew for a minute to take over power, but she fails and finally dies.

After this, Rose realized that Mickey had left.  The Doctor offers to wait for him, but Rose lets him go.

On to bigger and better things.