I'm gonna miss Nine something awful, I can already tell.

t sits next to Consuela

(And all the good seasons of Red Dwarf, plus Blake's 7.)

Oh, that reminds me, last week I finally watched the first few eps of Farscape. Brendan and I agreed it carried a strong Blake's 7 vibe for us (not as dark, though), largely because of the ship. Sadly, it lacks Avon, but I suppose we can't hold that against it.

Avon, incidentally (or more precisely Paul Darrow), appeared in the Doctor Who adventure Timelash. And Vila showed up in The Sunmakers, and Servalan in The Two Doctors. Pretty similar character, in each case really.

Incidentally, Gareth Thomas (who played Blake) also once appeared on The Avengers, credited as "Assassin with Sunglasses".

sits next to Consuela

Make room for me. I was just rewatching a couple of eps today. Adore.

Mmm. Avon.

The Boston PBS station, so far as I could tell, only showed Colin Baker's episodes when I was a kid.

That would have been Tom Baker probably, as Colin Baker is mid-80s, well into my Who viewing.

Oh, that reminds me, last week I finally watched the first few eps of Farscape.

This reminds me of a miscommunication Paul and I had tonight while watching Due South. Two nights ago, Paul mentioned that Fraser reminded him of Captain Carrot. Tonight, I said, "Carrot crossed with Kryton." He looked really confused until I clarified that I meant Kryton, not Crichton.

Though I'm now amusing myself with Kryton/Crichton, and wondering who I could bribe.

This reminds me of a miscommunication Paul and I had tonight while watching Due South. Two nights ago, Paul mentioned that Fraser reminded him of Captain Carrot. Tonight, I said, "Carrot crossed with Kryton." He looked really confused until I clarified that I meant Kryton, not Crichton.

There's a new D&D campaign setting where you can basically play a living robot. I started out consciously modelling my character on Kryten. (He has a decent Int of 14, but Wis and Cha are both 6. He's great fun to play.)

Sorry, I just love Jake Johannsen.

He had the best bit when he was coming up in SF. It was about how the punks on Haight street had hair that was....trying to get away...from their heads.

Sorry, I can't replicate his timing with ellipsis. But you can imagine it.

And I still think about that when I see certain egregious hairdos.

(Incidentally, that's a great unused band name of the New Wave era: Egregious Hairdos. Up there with Disturbed Furniture and Practically Ashtrays.)

Speaking of Due South, Ple, I will be sending you Slings & Arrows so you can revel in Paul Gross being insane and sexy and charismatic.

There's a new D&D campaign setting where you can basically play a living robot. I started out consciously modelling my character on Kryten. (He has a decent Int of 14, but Wis and Cha are both 6. He's great fun to play.)

t confession Billytea, were I younger and not married and blah blah blah AS and all that jazz, I'd find that incredibly sexy

Signed, first long-term online handle was from Red Dwarf, sat through every single RD telethon the local PBS station had, and spent her first trimester watching the DVDs, and re-reading the tie-in novels, script books, and RL's biography.

Speaking of Due South, Ple, I will be sending you Slings & Arrows so you can revel in Paul Gross being insane and sexy and charismatic.

I'm totally down with that.

I'm due for a rewatch of Men With Brooms so I can see him naked, too.