Saturday, May 21, 2005
Didn't necessarily plan it that way, but the mechanically-voiced pepperpots seemed to become a leitmotif for the day.
Headed downtown with my daughters to see my Aunt Audrey downtown, partially to help her with some minor computer issues, but mainly for a friendly social call. Set her up with Macromedia Shockwave and Flash on her computer, a request spurred by her interest for a hitherto unreachable section on the European Space Agency Web site she likes to frequent.
I also installed the DivX codec on her system, allowing her to play various shows which I will now start passing on to her. She is a long time fan of Dr Who -- in fact I suspect it was her who initiated me into the show, as I have the distinct memory if watching the Jon Pertwee-era "Claws of Axos" episode at her place when I was only a kid -- so I brought over a disc of several BBC "Dr Who Confidential" episodes for her, none of which have made it over here as yet. The show I just happened to select was the one that talked about the Daleks, which came across in crystal clear video on her Windows ME-era computer.
Afterwards she treated us to a lunch at the local Swiss Chalet. The intention was to head over to the ROM afterwards for a return visit to the Feathered Dinosaur exhibition, but Annie was sick at the restaurant, which called off those other plans. Annie had been coughing on and off since the previous night but there was no sign that this sort of thing was likely to happen. So I took her back home, found she had a slight fever and put her to bed with some medicine.
While she slept and while Vanessa played with friends, I went downstairs to do some spring cleaning. Turned on the latest Big Finish Dr. Who show I had managed to snag, which happened to be "Jubilee". I was particularly interested in this one since it was written by the same fellow who did the "Dalek" TV show tat recently aired, and what I have read online suggested that it was "one of the better ones". And indeed that turned out to be the case -- several of the BF shows I have listened to have been little more than half-decent fan fiction elevated by good voice acting. But "Jubilee" was better than most, set in a Fascistic Britain 100 years after the defeat of a Dalek invasion. It too included a very chatty Dalek, and included several lines and elements that were lifted straight out for use in the TV show. The lead human characters in the play weren't wholly convincing, but then the Dalek was given the best part.
After I put the kids to bed I browsed Wikipedia, reading various articles. Turned out that the featured article of the day was on the Daleks.
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