Tag: science fiction

Light Relief: The Blog-Attack from last year (response to `Cybergod Cometh’)

by Mani, posted in Art & Craft, Doctor Who, Personal, Psychology

Last year (March 2013) I wrote a blog post called  `Cybergod Cometh- What lurks within the World Wide Web' .    It was an amusing conjecture mixed with a sort of humour that I posses which few seem to get (unless people are used to the kind of dialoguing that the late Issac Asimov- father … Continue reading Light Relief: The Blog-Attack from last year (response to `Cybergod Cometh’)

Making of my Cyber-Sun Mask

by Mani, posted in Art & Craft, Doctor Who, Paganism & Magic, Personal, science fiction, Television

Cybermen..  arch enemies of the wandering Time Lord (The Doctor). These creatures - humans from another planet who had replaced body parts with cybernetic parts so much that they became cybermen - were first encountered by the Doctor whilst in his first `incarnation' - (William Hartnell), and the adventure very nearly killed the Doctor.  It … Continue reading Making of my Cyber-Sun Mask

TARDIS Tales: K9 and me.. many X’masses ago

by Mani, posted in Art & Craft, Doctor Who, Personal, science fiction, Television

I am a big Doctor Who fan..  and have been since I landed on the shores of UK back in 1985, and started reading the old Target novels, and watching Trial of a Time Lord (Collin Baker...6th Doctor final season in 1986).  Doctor Who is the BBC TV's science fiction drama series, that has been … Continue reading TARDIS Tales: K9 and me.. many X’masses ago

Robin Hood & Roj Blake- Rebels against The Sheriff & The Federation

by Mani, posted in Personal, Psychology, Society, Television

Question: What do the Following things have in common? Robin Hood Roj Blake (of TV prog Blake's 7) Doctor Who   Have you figured out the link yet? Oh come on..  it's obvious, right?  No..no..I am not the link..(well, I suppose I could be..) But really,  they are all mythical or TV characters that are … Continue reading Robin Hood & Roj Blake- Rebels against The Sheriff & The Federation

Doctor Who: A Screw-driver gone too far?

by Mani, posted in General, Television

All this talk of ultra-sounds and technology got me thinking about that ultimate do-it-yourself  tech device - the Sonic Screwdriver - from TV's Doctor Who! And about Dr.Who itself. In the old days it was a novelty tool.  In 1970's, Jon Pertwee's 3rd Doctor used various devices from the TARDIS' tool box..one of which was … Continue reading Doctor Who: A Screw-driver gone too far?