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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny… Let’s have it!

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  • "Many exotic species, have now established themselves throughout wild places across the UK, after being dumped and released when the 1976 Dangerous Animals act came into force.

    This is often trotted out as an explanation but that was nearly 50 years ago so there would have to be viable breeding populations of these animals.

    Wolves also tend to hunt in packs, unlike some of the purported Alien Big Cats, so you might not expect to see a solitary one. Where you might see a rather wolf-like dog on it’s own chasing deer.




















  • When Kate died in the first minute I was sad, then everyone else died, and all of the tension went out of the episode, because the stakes became too ridiculous to actually be worried about.

    I saw it in the cinema and a number of people gasped “no!”. I thought this would be a good way of changing the status quo and putting UNIT and the Doctor on a back foot, so they have to fight back harder (and a less competent UNIT would be more interesting for a spin-off). Then you see the great wave of dust wiping everyone out and you realise they are going to come up with some way to resolve this by the end of the episode. A real rollercoaster ride, unfortunately one leading to disappointment.

    I didn’t think I had as many issues with this episode as I did until I started writing this.

    Yes, the more my thoughts crystallised discussing the episode, the more I realised how much I disliked it.