michael lambe

It’s July already, and England are out of the World Cup in true English style: partly by being the victim of crap refereeing and partly by being crap at penalties. “Please!” I prayed, “Don’t let it go to penalties!” but, agonisingly, it did.

Last week was mostly taken up with test preparation, and re-preparation after being informed that one of my tests was no good. Hopefully this week, being test week will be relatively easy, as I don’t have to teach so many lessons (though I have four hours in a row tomorrow morning).

And I just watched the latest Doctor Who episode. I’m very excited to see the Daleks back (Daleks AND Cybermen - that does show promise!). It looks like the Rose Tyler character is finally going to bite it as well, which is probably a good thing. Her character isn’t bad it’s just the rather cloying relationship she has with the Doctor that I can no longer bear. This constant weighty emphasis on how special their relationship is, reached it’s zenith with the Impossible Planet/Satan Pit two-parter that started so promisingly but then ended with the Doctor’s vomit inducing “If there’s one thing in the universe I believe in, it’s Rose Tyler!”. There’s just no need for it really. Overall, the second series has been a bit disappointing. The werewolf story, “School Reunion” and “Fear Her” pleased me but other than that, the writing has been a bit slack and “The Idiot’s Lantern” was written by one. Hopefully, the Daleks and Cybermen will go on a big purge and clean things up a bit. Anyway, Doctor Who is finally coming to Japan this autumn, so my friends here can finally see what I’ve been jabbering on about all this time. Here are the katakana titles http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/images/japan_logo.jpg Mind you, you have to have cable as it’s only on BS-2 (as owned by that loathsome government mouthpiece NHK) so I recommend other sources. Heh heh heh heh heh…