Halfapenguin.com
tvmusings

I'm shocked, the BBC seems to have ended its trial of video podcasts.. as someone who has a hectic schedule i'm somewhat limited in my ability to get my weekly dose of newsnight, question time and even panorama at times... I thought at first it was because i was traveling outside the UK at the time, but it turns out the trial has been discontinued... It wasn't a perfect substitute for watching the show, but it was a good dose of BBC current affairs i could watch when its convenient (one of the advantages of a video ipod). If the BBC does choose to continue (which i hope they do), it would be good if the full versions of these shows were available. However i do appreciate the edited versions of these shows, since they give me a chance to watch highlights when i'm taking a quick without the full blown program. The today program is a staple of my early morning wakeup ritual and the 10 minute chunk works well as a digestible piece of current events.

more

I had this thought a month ago when i first watched the Sound of the Drums, and that was this symbol everywhere throughout the finale. Admittedly made sense given it was mostly shown on the Valiant, but places like this on the gas mask are not on the Valiant.

The way i see it there are 2 main options, firstly simply since he took the technology from the Valiant, it had the same label, and this was a red herring, which RTD is good at setting up. However there is a second possibility. brought up by mentioning that as Harold Saxon, he was an industrialist, and so presumably in order to build the Archangel technology, he had to have some kind of industrial base. Therefore its entirely possible he took over "V" systems/incorporated/plc, and used his knowledge to create the satellite network. As a result its likely as H C Clements had access to Torchwood technology, Vcorp has access to limited quantities of Timelord technology. My feelings are that this is a red herring, since it would re-hash a previous plotline, but still i thought i should make the observation...

more