Star Trek's Chris Pine - In A Forest Incarnadine!

I Must Say This Referral To Star Trek -
 - is getting a bit harder now that I've gone over the original series and the Next Generation.  Not interested in anything on television post those series, so I've now resorted to sucking all the nutritional blog clickbait from the films.

No.  Sorry, I meant the good films.

     For those amongst you who are not prosey pseudy pretentious pernicious praters, let Conrad explain that "Incarnadine" is a scarlet colour, probably most famously quoted by Lady MacBeth whilst she's guilt-tripping about murdering the King*.
     Since that is slightly off-topic, let me elucidate:

Vindicated!

     You can't deny that's Chris Pine, nor that you're looking at a forest truly awesomely scarlet in colour.
     Now, let the motley begin!

Doctor Who Is Back!
Forgive Conrad the wonderment that it's been 10 years since the Doctor returned, he still has to pinch himself sometimes to ensure he's not dreaming.
     Well!  In our opening sequence we had people in conflict, using bows and arrows, and biplanes, and Big Blue Blaster Guns.  Which might sound rather a mash-up in terms of the military, because it is, but it also hinted at where this conflict was set.  "A very old war," commented the Doctor on arrival.

Indeed

     Then we had the title sequence, which appeared to mimic that of "Time Considered As A Helix Of Semi-Precious Stones" - the short story, not the Comsat Angels album.  Another small coincidence, eh?
     Since the writer for this story was Stephen Moffat, we got a lot of tip-of-the-hats to previous episodes - the Sisterhood of Karn**, voiceovers from Tom Baker***, even the Special Weapons Dalek from "Remembrance of the Daleks".  All great stuff, but you didn't have to recognise it for the episode to still work.
     I have to say that the actress playing the technician monitoring "The Doctor Channel" looks familiar.  The Bill?  Bugs?

The delightful Jaye Griffiths

     Indeed, you could tell by that roguish smile.
     Then we get mention of "anachronisms", meaning things out of time - well The Doctor brings his best game to the table here, ending up in Medieval England, playing rock guitar^ and rolling into the arena on a Chieftain Tank.
     A Chieftain tank is basically 55 tons of F***-O** with a whacking big gun, so no idea where the Doctor laid his hands on it, but, you have to give the man his theatrical due, it's a hell of a way to make an entrance.

The antidote to the T-55

     Lastly - I hope this isn't too spoilery - both Missy and Carla got vapourised by the wicked Daleks.  Apparently.  Want to be that next week they show up again, having escaped certain death by Cunning Scriptwriter?
     We shall see!

A Middle-Class Dalek
You see the cunning and crafty way I link one post to the next?  John Peel used to occasionally play tapes of his radio broadcasts in the USA when he worked there, complaining (tongue in cheek) that he sounded like a middle-class Dalek.

     Well now, you may regale yourself with Conrad putting on the Received English Accent and reading a bit from "The Australian Victories In France".  I chose this text because it's 95 years old and written in a rather formal style, which I love.
     Your mileage may - in fact probably will - vary.

The Very Important Matter Of Tea!
As you surely know by now, Conrad doesn't drink tea during the week, but makes up for it at the weekend, when he gets through about 6 - 8 pints of the stuff.  I had forgotten how low my supplies of English Breakfast tea were getting, which is bordering on a crisis, as I drink this on Saturday and Sunday mornings.  Breakfast, don't you know.

The horror!  English Breakfast tea on the right

     Now, Wonder Wifey had been out at a car boot sale, and purchased a metal pot for 50p, or say 25c in South Canadian currency.

The pot

     What did we find when the tin got opened?  

TEA!

    It's not English Breakfast, I grant you, probably Assam.  Still, one should not look a gift horse in the mouth, nor a filled tin within.

As Seen On "The Store" Channel
Some of these programme titles are bizarre beyond Conrad's understanding.  Today it was " Mixed Media Stamping, with Stamps, MDF and Scoochies."
     "Scoochies"?

Surely not - not - Pet Bonsai!?

Finally -
Not sure what to say about this, so I shall just post it and leave you to make of it what you will ...

Er - quite

* I hope I'm not spoiling the plot for you.  It has been around for 300 years.
** From "The Brain of Morbius" doncha know.
*** Genesis of the Daleks
^ Wireless, you see, broadcasting to the amps without needing a lead.