Is There A House In The Doctor?

To Coin A Phrase
No!  This has nothing to do with that South Canadian medical drama 'House', which seemed to be, from what little I saw of it, to be about an unpleasant doctor who is horrid to his staff.
     Rather, I refer to a comic book graphic novel version of that flagship BBC dramamentary "Doctor Who".  Perhaps if we drag Art out of the septic sump he can oblige us with an illustration?

That's the stuff!

     Pay attention to that first name, 'John Ridgway', as he is the artist responsible for the majority of artwork for this volume, as well as several others.  He was, in effect, Marvel UK's house artist, which is where we get today's title from.
     Further to this, there are some sly and witty touches in the character's conversations, which Art can also illustrate.  Art?

First speech bubble

      This has The Doctor boasting about helping UNIT when the Cybermen invaded London back in 1968.  I understand that there are still insurance claims being argued about in relation to this event, as insurance companies are highly reluctant to pay out, and tried to weasel out of doing so under the 'Acts of God' clause.
     But I digress.  JR is good at capturing the likeness of both Peri and The Doctor, and can also display a bit of wit, to wit:  Art?

Hmmmm -

     - a nod of the head to the boyish, cricket-playing Fifth iteration of The Doctor.  Quite amusing in a self-referential way.
     I did wonder about one illustration.  As you can judge from the above, JR has quite an impressionistic style, rather than being all about excellent penmanship and sharply defined lines.  So - Art?

The evidence!

     This is a suspiciously sharply defined example of precision penmanship.  Did JR step up his game, or did Marvel bring in a ringer to do a single panel for technical reasons?
     Of course, I could be overthinking this ...

You What?
You, dear reader, are entitled to believe what you wish.*  However, don't be surprised if you get mocked for believing utter nonsense - and we are talking of far dafter things than a Flat Earth or Ozzy Osbourne talking black magic worship when played backwards.
     "Go on, hit us with it!" I hear you challenge.  "Entertain and educate us!"
     You asked for it.

Not sure what he's asking for.  Not to be mind-controlled?

     'Nuclear energy denial': a belief that nuclear weapons and nuclear power are both faked by Them, for (unknown but undoubtedly) sinister purposes.**
     Quite why some people believe this is a puzzle.  I mean, the Castle Bravo test destroyed the island that the fusion device was detonated upon and that pretty big hole in the ocean is still there, if eroded round the edges a little.  Japan surrendered in the Second Unpleasantness because the South Canadians pretended to drop atom bombs on them?  Fukushima, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island were all hoaxes played for shots and goggles?

Photoshop, anyone?

     It's probably not the most far out conspiracy belief, but you'd have to look hard to find another one as daft.***

BOOJUM! Reviews Films
We have not cast our jaundiced and citric eye over films for a while, so if you recollect our rules - we make it all up as we go along, and generally make huge leaps of intuition based only on the flimsiest of evidence.  Works for us!
"Early Man":  Animated, but in clay rather than 3D, which is a relief, as Conrad has had precisely too much of computer animated drivel, scripted by idiots, greenlit by morons and designed by a team of Blue Crested Quaking Vomit Newts.  Anyway, another yawnfest about a chap who arrives at work before he has to.  If this bore is successful then expect a sequel: "Early Woman".

That's ante meridian

"The Commuter":  Well, if this person is using First Bus, then they will never be the titular person of the film above!  Ha!  Take that, First Bus, whom I have not missed at all in this week's holiday, even though my crossword -
     - oh, the film?   Dog Buns, who approves these things?  I don't care if whosoever is doing the travelling on a giant snail fuelled by mutant beetroot to their job at the Murder Bureau, commuting is inherently dull.

Ooops.  Hey, I was only joking

"Insidious 3": Well well, what's in a name, eh?  It's hardly 'Insidious', is it, if this is the third time it's been around!  More like "In Yer Face Again, Again".  From the posters this appears to be a horror film, which is bad news indeed as these tend to be cheaply made, which means it'll probably turn a vast profit and by the time my starship invasion fleet arrives, we'll be up to "Invidious 1 x 1025.  "Invidious 3" is more accurate.

Look out!  A Cyberquirrel!
(Because Insidious is dull)

Right!  Time to post this scrivel and see how much it contaminates the collective consciousness.  Later!


*  Make the most of it before I take over.
**  "Them" might be aliens, the New World Order, aliens again, the Illuminati, more aliens except a different lot from the last ones, and HM Revenue and Customs.
***  Like "Finland does not exist, really"