Archive for April, 2008

Aural pleasure – William Shatner is The Transformed Man

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 28th April , 2008

SEEING as I’m in a linking kind of mood, this is pure gold!
If you’ve had a bad day, turn on, tune in and chill out – it’s the Shat at his psychedelic, sci-fi best!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yy2URAYqU&feature=related
I like to close my eyes and imagine Bill (as I call him) emoting away in a smoky recording studio in the [...]

Remembering the BBC Radiophonic workshop

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 28th April , 2008

IF you follow this link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7365120.stm
you’ll find a nice feature the Beeb have written about their Radiophonic Workshop.

Blake’s Seven is ready for tv comeback

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 25th April , 2008

IF you understand what I’m talking about when I say the words Gan, Orac, Zen and Federation, then you will have felt a tremor in the force this week.

It seems that Sky are having a go at bringing back Blake’s Seven. If this comes to anything it would be fantastic as the original – way [...]

We are the world

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 21st April , 2008

HOLD the phone – this blog is now international!!
Upon checking the pagelink activity from my site, while most people logging on are from the UK, I have had one visitor from Sweden and one from Thailand.
Greetings and salutations to you, my friends from around the globe.

Doctor Who, Blackpool, David Tennant, David McDonald and me

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 20th April , 2008

I HAVE always felt that I have a kinship with Doctor Who – even in the days of wobbly sets and even wobblier ’special’ effects.
I mention this as we took a trip to Blackpool at the weekend, somewhere that has always been strongly linked with the Gallifrey locum.

Top 5 Sci-Fi Babes

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 17th April , 2008

Johnny Bravo – ‘Hey there future babe, I’ve set my phasers to lurve!’
FOR as long as there have been sci-fi programmes, there have been sci-fi babes.
So, in shameless attempt to appeal to the sci-fi watching key demographic, here is a list of my top five future chicks.