Archive for July, 2008

Radio Rant

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 25th July , 2008

YOU may remember ages ago that I took on a loudmouth radio host called Duncan Barkes about the merits of Sci-Fi.
Duncan, a DJ on City Talk in Liverpool, hated it, I didn’t and so we had a … erm … discussion on air about it. Anyway, it got a bit heated. Because he was an [...]

Cool links

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 24th July , 2008

I NOTICE with some disdain that other bloggers have been posting purely with links to other sites.

Pah, I thought – how dare they? I mean, how bloody dare they?!!

It’s as if they’re taking the easy option, but then I thought I could do that too, so I have.

The first link is an absolute beauty, shown [...]

Don’t Turn Back Time

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 22nd July , 2008

THE Tardis’s tow rope has hardly been packed away on series four and already the rumour mill is cranked up to the max about the Moff’s series five.

Specifically, big noises – kind of like deep, sustained booming sounds crossed with a hammer hitting a bag of chips – are being made that we may not [...]

Moon on a stick

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 21st July , 2008

I WAS browsing the Internet when I came across this link which was about how Nasa scientists are getting together to plan how to get back to the Moon.

Their ambition is to go back there to stay, creating a permanent base as a site for people to live in and conduct research, as well as [...]

The next Sci-Fi Blockbuster!!

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 18th July , 2008

Next stop Hollywood – I’ll save you a seat at the Oscars!!

Things of Beauty – Part Two

Posted by xxnapoleonsolo on 15th July , 2008

AS promised, here is the second group of Howard’s magnificent models.
The first one in a Gerry Anderson trilogy is Thunderbird Four, in its natural element – OK, Howard’s fish tank – with the added touch of an led light to complete the scene.
Next up is the Shado Mobile from UFO, which was in a pretty [...]