One fat geek's SUCCESSFUL attempt to regenerate into a not-so-fat geek by watching the entirety of Doctor Who while walking on a treadmill

While there's life, there's threat.

The Time Treadmill
Ron Miles
CallyJenna StannisKerr AvonOracRoj BlakeVila RestalZen
Jul 08 2019
While there's life, there's threat.

The bad news is the chart and the five day moving average look awful today. The good news is, they are technically accurate but not yet revealing the actual trend. I expected to bounce up today a bit in weight, since yesterday's weigh-in came at a point where I was severely dehydrated, but that actually didn't happen. Tomorrow the biggest number will drop off the moving average, and the trend should start moving in the right direction.Mainly I just need to keep plugging along and finally chart some real progress after a couple months of backsliding. Episodes like today's really don't help, though.

Voice from the Past

(Blake's 7 Wiki Recap)

In a season where the vast majority of episodes have single-word titles, this one takes the crown for most verbose. It also wins the award for least surprising. When a character shows up about halfway through, covered in bandages and mumbling almost inaudibly, my immediate reaction was "Oh, that's Travis."

Yes, it turned out to be Travis.

The plot involved Blake being long-distance hypnotized by some telepaths, and tricked into believing some politician is going to overthrow the Federation government by revealing evidence of their Crimes Against Humanity in open court. Stuff happens, other stuff happens, the whole thing turns out to be a plot hatched by Travis and recognized a billion miles away by Servalan (and by me), roll credits.

There are three more episodes left in this season. Hopefully they will be more like Pressure Point and Countdown, and less like this one...

STATS:

Episode(s): Blake's 7: Voice from the Past
Steps Walked: 7,037 today, 4,805,132 total
Distance Walked: 3.09 miles today, 2,494.97 miles total
Push-ups Completed: 0 today, 11,750 total
Sit-ups Completed: 100 today, 6,865 total
Weight: 272.14 lbs (five day moving average), net change -35.16 lbs

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Ron Miles said:
Thanks to the hive-mind of the internet, I found it! The book is The Bad Times of Irma Baumlin (a.k.a. Irma's Big Lie).
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Lynn said:
I googled the phrase mentioned here about Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John you saddle a rat and I’ll get on’ recalling over the years how when I read that same book, I was able to remember the order of t
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Your Pal Rik (namer of posts) said:
Bless you, Ron. You're too kind. Tanith Lee is much missed.
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Your Pal Rik (namer of posts) said:
Or just turn down the contrast until everything's grey? (This may possibly be a comment only understood by people with a certain vintage of television. Do TVs even have adjustable contrast anymore?
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Ron Miles said:
Good point. Perhaps, after I finish Blake's 7 and Sapphire & Steele, I should start a grand re-watch and dig back into the b&w era.
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Your Pal Rik (namer of posts) said:
Regards the first year weight loss, could the science be that early Doctor Who was more conducive to weight loss than when it went color??? Could color TV be the problem?
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Justin said:
Oh boy am I excited to hear your thoughts on Blake’s 7 - and share your journey down that road. And Sapphire and Steel is a huuuuge favourite of mine! Needless to say, I am glad to have compelling rea
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Michael Mulligan said:
My face hurts from smiling.
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Michael Montoure said:
Don't forget Tom Baker's fourth-wall break. "Even the sonic screwdriver's not going to get me out of this one!"
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Ron Miles said:
Yeah, I live for days like that. Or, as the Ninth Doctor once said, "Oh, come on. Give me a day like this. Give me this one. "
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