Shut Up Doctor

The Robin Hood epsiode  of Doctor Who had to re-edited in light of recent events with beheadings from the Islamic State terrorists as explained here in the Radio Times  -

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2014-09-04/bbc-makes-edit-to-doctor-who-robot-of-sherwood-out-of-respect-after-two-journalists-are-killed

and here on the Dr.Who Worldwide website -

http://doctorwhoworldwide.com/2014/09/06/details-of-the-cut-beheading-scene-during-robot-of-sherwood/

There has been no word on whether these scenes will be restored in future DVD/BluRay releases or future repeat broadcasts. I hope it will as it clears up any cofusion about the Sheriff as being part man and part robot.

As it was, it was a good episode with lots of light humour in it.

I know some Whovians do not like Clara but for me she is wonderful, and is a  perfect foil to the Doctor.

So i pose a question, which female is your favourite Who companion?

A Gothic Morning

Today i have selected a more Gothic selection, starting with Current 93 and a Gothic Love Song.

Here are the lyrics -

a gothic love song ,a legendary poetry

I`m clicking your fingers for a gothic twilight
that actually existed just in your head
your fingernails painted black
or blood red
I forget

And your fake-leather volumes
jabbering on hell
manifest decadence was what you hoped to exhale
your eyes tried so hard to glitter

A star-snuffing black
so you opened your books
and you opened your legs
and so opened your heart
and let in the badness
you claimed
as your friend
with un-angels hovering
like flies round the orchard
that had covered your soul
their empire increasing
and your country
deserted by yourself

The bells of St. Mary call us to remember
that life is with end
and the gestures can kill us
moreover destroy
and there is one judgement only

Your letters came daily
in French or in German
but they meant to me nothing
I caught the slow cords
and dry ice fogging your mind
I see all too clearly now
why you should be discarded
and though I could pray for you
I probably shan't
having had my cup filled up
with your lies
and your makeup
you were nothing
thinking you`re something

And nonetheless I still write this gothic lovesong
a sign to myself
and the memory of my past
I still write this gothic lovesong
and the memory of my past
and a way to shut out your face.


Next up Nurse With Wound and a track called Thrill Of Romance. For them perhaps an oxymoron.

Enjoy.

Two More Songs For Sunday

Two more tunes that i have loved over the years. All About Eve and Martha's Harbour.

Next up, a version of the Tim Buckley song by This Mortoil Coil and Song To The Siren.

Enjoy.

Donkey In A Pub

Have you heard about the donkey that goes into a pub but not to drink ale?

Well,



The pub , The Brewers Arms, at Vine Cross near Heathfiled , has a visitor. Full story here -

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11452489.Landlady___s_pet_donkey_becomes_a_pub_regular/?ref=mmpg

He loves meeting people.