The Devil Went Down to England Jul 30 2017 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant I took two days off in order to run down to Fort Lauderdale so that I could meet Peter Freakin' Capaldi, but I am back home today and back on the treadmill. Not surprisingly, two days of no exercise and vacation eating means that I temporarily gained back a few pounds. That will turn back around soon enough. In the meantime I started in today on The Dæmons. Read more ...
The Day I Met Twelve, Amy, and a Weeping Angel Jul 29 2017 This is the second consecutive day without being on the treadmill or watching Doctor Who, but it was so worth it. My wife and I spent the day at Florida Supercon, where I started off by meeting the original Weeping Angel, Sarah Louise Madison. That's her autograph on the right. She was incredibly nice. Next I met the Twelfth Doctor himself, Peter Capalidi, and he was just the most spectacularly kind person. He seemed genuinely impressed with this project, and even took one of my business cards. Not that I imagine he will ever look at this website, but he was just so freaking cool and supportive. My last autograph of the day was Miss Amelia Pond, Karen Gillan. It took nearly three hours of standing and waiting, but it was worth it. She was very nice, and wished me luck and encouragement. As for my dear, sainted wife - she went above and beyond today with her patience in my geekiness. She's the real treasure in all of this. Tomorrow, I will be back at it with The Dæmons. I'll see you then! Read more ...
No Treadmill Today Jul 28 2017 Since I started this project back on February 20th I have only missed four days on the treadmill, and today makes the fifth. Not due to laziness or lack of motivation, but because today I was buried in work for the first half of the day so that I could escape to Fort Lauderdale. Tomorrow I meet Peter Capaldi (the Twelfth Doctor) and Karen Gillan (Amy Pond). So, no treadmill tomorrow either. Good thing I hit the big milestone yesterday... Read more ...
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) Jul 27 2017 3rd Doctor Jo Grant Check it out, I totally hit 500 miles on the treadmill today. How cool is that, David Tennant? And yes, I also watched the end of Colony in Space, so let's talk about that. Read more ...
Check Out the Big Brain on Brad Jul 26 2017 3rd Doctor Jo Grant I'm keeping this one short because it's late and I want to go to bed. Tomorrow's a big day, I should hit the big 500 milestone. In the meantime, today I watched the middle two episodes of Colony in Space. Let's talk about that briefly. Read more ...
It's Dimensionally Transcendental Jul 25 2017 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant Finally, after being around for fifteen episodes, Jo Grant gets her "bigger on the inside" moment in Colony in Space - the first color Doctor Who story to take place away from contemporary Earth. Poor Jo isn't really mentally prepared for it, but to her credit she steps up and rolls with the situation. As for me, I barely staggered through the situation. I had what might be described as a "disrupted morning", which means (among other things) that I didn't get around to hitting the treadmill until I had taken care of a couple other physically demanding things. Honestly, I almost quite halfway through. But I forced my way through it just for you, my beloved Imaginary Readers, because I knew you would be so disappointed in me if I didn't. So there's that, anyway. So let's talk about today's episodes. Read more ...
One Million Steps Jul 24 2017 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant This morning I hit a huge milestone - as of today I have taken more than one million steps on the treadmill for this project. I've got another big milestone coming later in the week, but I will save that for Thursday. Also, I have to say... in the past week or so I have noticed something else: for the first time I am looking in the mirror and seeking Skinny Me instead of Fat Me. Sure, I have more excess body fat to lose, but for the very first time in nearly two decades I do not see myself in the mirror and immediately compare my own gut to my father's tremendous beer gut. So that's pretty nice. Also, as one might suspect, I watched two more episodes of The Claws of Axos. Let's talk about that. Read more ...
So Tired... Jul 23 2017 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant Ugh. Just, seriously... ugh. I am so tired. I barely got any sleep last night, my (adult autistic) son was up half the night, and if he wasn't keeping me awake then my dog was. Not surprisingly, my time spent on the treadmill was not awesome. I did watch the first two episodes of The Claws of Axos, but it was mostly at a slow stumble. This is going to be a very brief post. Read more ...
There's A Riot Going On Up In Cell Block Number Nine Jul 22 2017 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant The good news today is that the pendulum of my weight has swung back down the past two days. It seems like 270 has been a very difficult barrier for me to break through, which is not surprising since that is where I bottomed out the last time I tried to lost weight a few years ago. Hopefully now I have crashed through that wall and can keep making forward progress. At the moment I have a personal goal to have weighed in at least once below 260 before I leave for Last Vegas in two weeks, and to be consistently weighing in the 250's by the time I return home two weeks later. Here's hoping. And yes, I did watch the end of The Mind of Evil today. I don't have much to say about it, but let's give it a spin. Read more ...
Rest in Peace, Deborah Watling Jul 21 2017 3rd Doctor Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart Jo Grant Earlier today the sad news came that Deborah Watling, best know as the Second Doctor's companion Victoria, had passed away. She was diagnosed with lung cancer only six weeks ago. Her era of the show is one of the most impacted by the missing episodes, with only two of her stories available in a complete state. Those two,however, are among my very favorite of the Second Doctor's era -- in no small part due to her performance and they synergy she had with Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines. She was by all accounts a lovely person, and will be greatly missed. <!--cke_bookmark_203S--><!--cke_bookmark_203E--> In much more pedestrian news, I watched two more episodes of The Mind of Evil today. Let's talk about that. Read more ...