Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. The two wives of Henry the Reanimator.

An unforeseen issue in the twenty-first century is that if we ever create actual artificial intelligences, they'll *really* resent being called AI.

I'm also designing a "Run a Public Service Broadcasting Institution" game.

Minor point: this is the sort of thing someone only does to a house if they're not expecting to ever move out. You can rephrase that as "if they're expecting to die there" if you want to make it sound more positive.

Yeah, but what if this *isn't* late-stage capitalism? What if this is just the middle part of capitalism, before it goes into laying-its-eggs-inside-another-ideology-stage capitalism and makes giant capitalist wasps? Pretty sure it has to end in wasps.

It's starting to get frustrating.

Hmm.

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NO CHRISTMAS ADVERTS UNTIL *AFTER* BONFIRE NIGHT, YOU PERVERTED ANIMALS.

#DoctorWho story where the TARDIS lands in Lincolnshire, 1979, and the Doctor becomes involved in the fremony at the library.

Thread: I Design an Entire Trading-Card Game in One Month, and I've Been Told to Make it Based on "Blake's 7". #B7TCG (There will be 270 cards. Well, 267 cards and three tokens by the current estimate.)

"Creep" is absolutely the best song ever written for cross-genre cover versions. It's epic but pathetic, beautifully constructed but also really, really whiney. Which means that any shift into another type of music *might* be great but at the very least will be funny. #Strictly

I dunno, I just feel as if there's an extent to which Tim Burton has ruined Hallowe'en. These days it's either That Aesthetic or it's people missing the vibe entirely and dressing up as Shrek. #Strictly

Like Frankenstein rootling around in a charnel-house, I have collected my materials. Tomorrow begins the Great Designing. #B7TCG

The UK in the last week of October.

The three main types of planet in #Blakes7: 1. Planet of hairy brutish men ("The Keeper", "Stardrive"). 2. Planet of overzealous technological women ("Duel", "Redemption"). 3. Planet of hairy brutish men fighting overzealous technological women ("Deliverance", "Aftermath", "Powerplay", "Power").

A general observation about #Blakes7: for a saga that's meant to be about vast political systems in an age when humans occupy most of the galaxy, an awful lot of history-shaping events seem to depend on someone knocking a gun out of someone else's hand.

"Technician-Commander Tynus to all personnel. Kerr Avon is at large inside this facility. Repeat: Kerr Avon is at large inside this facility. Activate all homoerotic shielding." #Blakes7

#Blakes7, Season 1, Episode 6: "Seek - Locate - Destroy".

With so many contestants using Icons Week as an excuse to dress up as pop stars, it's great to see Vicky paying tribute to M Bison. #Strictly

This series of #Strictly ends with Tess and Claudia regenerating into Bruce Forsyth and Natasha Kaplinsky, in a baffling cliffhanger that everyone hates and that jeopardises the entire future of the programme.

Oh, heeere we go. #Blakes7

So. It looks as if it's going to be "Blake's 7". No, shush. I know you think it's not an interesting subject because it's just another sci-fi thing, but it's also pleasantly camp. I see the TCG appeal. It's got a police state *and* it can be silly. Which means I have to rush-watch all 52 episodes.

Hot take: in the version of the #DoctorWho universe where the Time Lords *don't* send the Doctor to sort out Peladon, Galaxy 5 ravages this sector of our galaxy. Earth survives and finally wins, but becomes the dominant militaristic force in the Federation... ...and that's the "Blake's 7" universe.

You are not going to believe what just pulled up outside my house.

Ahh, crap. Turns out I've been chained to a cave wall for the last 53 years, and all the objects I've ever seen were merely distorted shadows projected by the light of a fire behind me. I thought I just needed stronger glasses.

Genuinely and non-ironically enjoyed this. Expected it to be incomprehensible kink business, but the leading cat is superbly animated / voiced / characterised, and isn't having any of the demi-humans' sexy nonsense other than sleeping on / between bosoms. The story arc barely exists, though. 7/10.

Have been watching "The Elf-Girl's Cat is Secretly an S-Ranked Monster", an anime about a knight who's reincarnated as a cat, but is supernaturally powerful and therefore an entire all-girl adventuring party wants to have sex with him. I assumed it was a parody of The Sort of Thing Anime Does. But.

DON HENLEY: They stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast... MAN ON BUSINESS FROM PORLOCK: Hello there! I was just passing and I - DH: Shh! SHHH...! Crap. Now I've forgotten what happened next. MOBFP: Oh. What's the last thing you remember? DH: I was running for the door.

Actually, they've got it the wrong way round: autism causes Tylenol. I have to drain the Tylenol out of my eyeballs every three days, or every two days if I've been cataloguing my Magic: The Gathering cards.

I've talked about penises a lot in the last couple of days, and if you're one of the three people who've followed me in that time, I can assure you that this is not the norm. I mean, maybe you wanted it to be. But it isn't.

I stared at this for ages before I realised that the purple bits are meant to look like an Iron Cross with diagonal sword and spear. But I was looking at the light bits as foreground with the purple bits as background, and if you see it that way, it's four bulging cocks trying to touch each other.

But that just makes Fiver's visions seem more accurate. In this version he foresees construction work *and* hrududus *and* cookery, the three human things most likely to kill rabbits. (Cars. Hrududus are cars.)

I'll tell you what really bothers me about the story of Adam and Eve. After the serpent tempts the humans, God condemns it to crawl on its belly, which means this is a Just-So story explaining How the Snake Lost Its Legs. BUT... metaphorically, the serpent's clearly meant to represent a penis. (1/2)

Still doing this, by the way. But I've been interrupted by Domestic Nonsense, so I'm shifting it to November. (Also don't think I'm going to be able to use "The Goodies". Not all of the series is available, and the taped-off-UK-Gold quality makes the screencaps look like '70s UFO photos, but beige.)

Okay, so. I completely missed this when it came out, but... there's a film about the Manson murders with Matt Smith - MATT SMITH - as Charles Manson? And they called it *that*? Several other English people were involved. I'm guessing they were all too young to know why it's funny.

Classic #DoctorWho Stories If They Had Anime Titles

Two weeks after I posted this, a YouTube video did a deep dive and revealed that Orangey didn't really exist: there was a whole team of orange cats ("Tiffany's" alone used nine) working under a single name for publicity purposes. I am disconsolate. Also, Jones from "Alien" was four Joneses.

The true perversity of the #Strictly format: every Sunday, we watch the two worst bits of the previous evening's programme, and we absolutely know that's what we're getting.

I don't know what fanfic we're in, but the original canon must've been shit.

There are workmen on the scaffolding outside my window, and the only way I can deal with the anxiety is by pretending they're Doozers.

Oh yeah. 33 years on, and I know every word of "Ebeneezer Goode". Still got it. "It" in this case is Dad Vibes for Men Who Don't Actually Have Children, but at least I own something. #TOTP

Adam and the Ants had a real talent for making records you think you want to listen to when they start, but then after about 50 seconds, you go "nah, I'm all right". #TOTP

Not only is there a "Columbo" where diabetics can't eat garlic, there's one where diabetics can't drink alcohol. Now, I've seen every "Columbo" at least twice, but I definitely remember a broadcast of the "no alcohol" one when I was eating bruschetta and of the "no garlic" one when I was drunk.

You couldn't make "Blazing Saddles" today. For one thing, Gene Wilder's dead. What are you going to do, put animatronic motors in him?

You do realise, there's now a potential twist to British politics where the Conservatives realise they can outdo Labour at the next election with vaguely liberal policies? Listen, in America there was a time when the Republicans were theoretically *against* slavery, any flip is possible.

Expecting Ted Cruz to claim that when he said "stop attacking paedophiles", he meant "stop paedophiles who are attacking". Which is a perfectly reasonable interpretation of the phrase if, say, you're playing "Magic: The Gathering" instead of trying to communicate in English.