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Dr. Who The Pyralis Effect: Amazon Review

Posted: November 26, 2009 by datechguy in amazon reviews, doctor who
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Danger Will Robinsion Danger! Really boring episode!

My review of the Big Finish Companion Chronicles 4.04 The Pyralis Effect staring Lalla Ward as the 2nd incarnation of Romana with the 4th Doctor is available at Amazon.com here.

This is the lowest rank I’ve ever given any Doctor Who Big Finish Adventure Companion Chronicles Adventure and tied for my worst ever ranking for a Big Finish Audio. It is rather ironic since the two of the three I disliked the most both involved Romana a character I like and who is first rate in the Gallifery audio series. Whatever do you Don’t buy this as your first experience of the Big finish Doctor Who series, you don’t get much more boring that this one.

The writer has a blog here and is likely a lot better than this episode shows but I can’t believe how bad this was. To give you an idea I listened to it right after The Prisoner of Peladon and The Eight Truths I can tell you quite a bit about both of them but I can’t tell you anything worth telling about this one, it was that forgettable.

If you are a reader of this author I would be interested in your opinion. Am I just missing something or what?

If you are collecting the entire set I suppose you must buy it. If I might suggest that can be the filler you use when placing an order at Mike’s Comics which offers free shipping on CD’s with an order of $60 or more. I can’t think of a better reason or frankly any other reason to buy it.

Update: I forgot about Terror Firma, which also earned 2 stars, but this one is worse that that one, at least that one is memorable, bad memorable but memorable, this one isn’t.

Dr Who The Prisoner of Peladon: Amazon Review

Posted: November 26, 2009 by datechguy in amazon reviews, doctor who
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My review of the the Big Finish Companion Chronicles adventure 4.03 The Prisoner of Peladon staring David Troughton (son of the 2nd doctor) as King Peladon interacting with the 3rd Doctor is available at Amazon.com here.

This is a real departure from the Companion Chronicles series in that the King was a one-shot character rather than a regular companion, but it turns out to be pretty good. This is the 2nd Big Finish adventure that takes place on Peladon the first being 5th Doctor adventure the Bride of Peladon (Big finish 104). Ironically Nicola Bryant who plays Peri in that episode directs this one. It is a great start for her, of course it helps to have a solid Vets like Troughton and Briggs in the pot.

I don’t know if we will see more of Peladon but it’s a worthwhile start.

Happy Thankgiving to all

Posted: November 26, 2009 by datechguy in Uncategorized
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There is a lot to be thankful for despite yesterday’s disappointment. We are keeping up with the bills, the kids are doing ok. My friend George’s daughter is out of the Hospital, my family in general is doing well or at least no worse and most of the annoyances of life are simply that.

There is a lot that I tend to go on about here on the blog, things that are annoying and just wrong with the country but despite it all America has been and continues to be very good to all of us. For all our problems we it’s still a wonderful life full of little blessing that when taken in all overrides the the annoyances of life.

May our problems and disagreements over things like politics and religion never let us forget how lucky we all are to have each other, the freedom to disagree and debate and the bounty that America has made possible.

A Happy Thanksgiving to one and all and to those of you who know me personally, let me unofficially say, Keep Saturday Jan 2nd open.

Update and an FYI: I’m not blogging any politics today, it will be a day full of Amazon Reviews Two more Big Finish reviews at least will be up with a 3rd I’m writing now and a 4th that is written but for some reason hasn’t posted yet on Amazon. My long awaited review of Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue has been written but hasn’t posted either. If it makes it up today I’ll schedule a link to it.

Trisonic Universal Adapter: Amazon Review

Posted: November 26, 2009 by datechguy in amazon reviews, local stuff, oddities
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My review of the Trisonic Universal Adapter for use with well just about anything electric is available at Amazon.com here.

The way I ended up with it was slightly amusing. Because my son’s car was going in the shop again (I hate power windows) I had picked him and Amanda at College (not a girlfriend just a best friend which is a shame because I think she would be PERFECT for him.) and the thought hit me that I needed a power supply for the Ipod speaker that he had picked me up when he got his job. They were very nice at the Shack but when I got home I found that she had given me the wrong device (not really her fault the package was mislabeled).

I decided to exchange it at once and on the way had a sudden urge to check out a store called NY BLING BLING. It is an interesting little place run by two fellows who seem to be of mixed Spanish and Indian origin. It has almost everything from earmuffs, to cell phones to a lot of jeans and of course bling. It caters primarily to the large Central/South American population in town, how large a Uruguayan Consulate just opened in town that makes two consulates (Finnish and Uruguayan) in a city of 35,000.

I have found over the years that it tends to have basic things I can’t find elsewhere, plus I’m partial to any secular business that sell framed pictures of the Madonna and Child, Our Lady of Guadalupe and other pictures that would have matched the religious portraits on my grandmother’s bedroom wall. Sure enough they had this device that exactly met my needs for a 1/3 of the price.

It’s bulky but right now cheap is a big selling point.

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