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Press cutting Lancashire Telegraph, 20 April 2008: Shepherd's pie recipe rumpus. Subhead: Petrol bomb threat in tomato topping row. By ANDREW BELLARD A dispute over the contents of a shepherd's pie proved to be a recipe for brotherly disharmony. Blackburn magistrates heard that John Garvin thought that the pie his brother Michael made should have been topped with tomatoes but Michael disagreed. The upshot was that John, who was hit over the head with a shovel, reacted by threatening to petrol bomb his brother's flat. And he ended up spending a night in custody to allow tempers to cool. John Garvin, 47, of Montague Street, admitted a breach of the peace and was bound over in £100 to keep the peace for 12 months. Catherine Allan, prosecuting, said the brothers lived in separate flats next to each other. On the day of the culinary dispute they had been drinking together since 7am. "The argument started because there were no tomatoes on the shepherds pie that Michael made for tea and John thought this was wrong," said Miss Allan. John called his brother an offensive name and then said he was going to petrol bomb his flat. "Michael was concerned by this threat because on a previous occasion John had started a fire in his own flat," said Miss Allan. Liz Parker, defending, said her client did not accept making a remark about petrol bombing his brother's flat. "He does say that his brother hit him over the head with a shovel and it is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing," she added. (The article has a pullout quote which says “It is very clear there was a lot of trouble over nothing” - LIZ PARKER in large letters) District Judge Peter Ward, who imposed the bind over, asked in court: "You can make shepherd's pie without tomatoes can't you?" But 'legal' opinion at Blackburn magistrates, where the issue became quite a talking point, was divided. A female defence solicitor said it should be made with lamb and topped with sliced tomatoes and that a pie made with b…

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Amazon must stop the sale of glue traps.

One of the reasons I marathoned the revival before the 60th in 2023 was to fairly judge everything, and it helped me rediscover episodes I'd slept on in the past (like Deep Breath) but also confirmed that yes, sometimes, the old episodes were shit as well. Idiot's Lantern? JTTCOTT? Trash it.

Looking at Jodie's era for example, Ranskoor is boring, Sea Devils is unfinished, Survivors of the Flux is mostly redundent exposition and Orphan 55 is so bad it's good but I can identify equivelants pre-2013. Arachnids is only slightly less good than Lazarus Experiment.

And, I acknowledge this is strictly opinion, but both eras had bad episodes but none were any less worse than bad episodes than other revival or any Classic Who era. Except for Space Babies (which is the revival's Twin Dilemma), nothing post-2017 is worst *overall* than a bad RTD1 or Moffat.

Broadly speaking, details of both eras will probably not get addressed, in the same way the revival doesn't talk about Nerva Beacon. But the incarnations will continue to be mentioned and acknowledged as part of canon, and if that annoys you, that says more about you than the show.

"I will happily accept another female Doctor with better writing! I'm not bigoted"

OK, so let's say that happens and she acknowledges and thanks Jodie for paving the way? We saw what happened when the Jo Martin got a cameo in the show's first all-black episode with this lot. Absolute meltdown!

"Jodie would've been great with stronger, more consistent writing"

*Jodie gets stronger, more consistent writing" (something even people who enjoy the TV episodes acknowledge about BF)

"No, we need to ignore the entire era"

Ah, I see.

And what's hilarious is that right now Jodie is getting well recieved Big Finish, just like Colin Baker and Paul McGann got their dues on audio, and we still have people childishly refusing to even listen to them cause "we need to ignore it". Chibbers isn't involved! Why are you *really* mad?

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I always use the 50th as the cut-off for "Doctor Who as a generally popular show vs after", not just cause it's true (apart from Series 11 and the 60th) but also cause it annoys people and it's funny. Capaldi *was not broadly popular*. Why is he your cut-off?

And even then I think Series 10's status as a pinnacle of the revival rests mostly on the finale and the fact that the show had a very patchy prior few years that was able to come together for an all-timer at the end, making it all worth it. And episode by episode, other seasons were almost as good

Yes, I do agree Series 10 is better than every season that follows. I also think it's better than the three/four seasons before it. It's a great season! Not ever gonna act like it's the end though. And Capaldi would Thin Ice anyone who does.

The 80s Doctors were not well regarded for decades and yet were never retconned, if anyone thinks post-2017 Who will get retconned, they're delusional and probably slightly sexist/racist. Anyone who babbles about "until 2017" gets a massive side-eye. At most, events will not be discussed.

“Tradition” is just peer pressure from dead people.

Also, (and I've said this so many times I'm starting to sound like a broken record) it's about time the show had a female composer full time. My choice would probably be Nainita Desai.

This is my "Bill Finger needs credit for Batman" thing, it needs to happen and it's long overdue, is there some bureaucracy preventing this? Just one simple credit amendment, that's literally it.

My wokest Doctor Who opinion is that Delia Derbyshire needs to be co-credited as composer of the theme tune alongside Grainer every episode and not doing so is a sexist omission of her contribution, which is arguably bigger.

And yes, Grainer *agreed* and wanted her credited.

Cthulhu, except it's Mr Blobby, with pink skin and yellow spots, shining green eyes, black eyelashes, wings, a tentacled face, red snout, and seal shaped body and flippers

Blobby Cthulhu from another angle, in direct sunlight

Blobby Cthulhu from another angle in direct sunlight

Finished polymer clay abomination.

"I have looked upon all the universe has to hold of horror, and even the skies of spring and flowers of summer must ever afterward be poison to me." - HP Lovecraft

A reminder that Nigel Farage is a big fox hunting supporter..

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Here's an idea... How about stopping the shooting of ALL birds!

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Two hooded figures with lamps approach a moonlit, isolated cottage. A woman answers the door. We have come for the child, says the hooded figure So soon? she asks It is time, says the hooded figure. The woman is distraught. We should never have got him a library card! What is done cannot be undone, says the hooded figure We couldn’t see the harm! We just wanted him to enjoy reading! For most, it ends there, says the hooded figure, turning away and walking into the wilderness Oh lord, What have I done! says the woman, the child walks past her and out into the darkness with them. Do not cry mother. I am a writer now.

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