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    In Search Of...

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of..._%28TV_series%29 I really enjoyed this show (and not just because the host was Leonard Nimoy). It dealt with mysteries that I was really interested in: Aliens, ghosts, monsters, lost civilizations, missing persons, etc. Most of the time, you knew you...
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    Holiday/festive season adverts?

    Here's my favourite ad. Kid must have spent ages in a salon chair to get that hair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5gRG4od5NY
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    favorite/least favorite fictional leaders

    This is more for fictional "real world" leaders such as fictional British PMs and US Presidents but a fictional leader of any real world country is OK, too
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    Who prefers BBC Narnia?

    To me, for all the CGI and extra money, the films aren't as good as BBC Narnia in a crucial aspect: the movies make you feel like your witnessing an epic, while because of their lower budget and production values, the BBC Chronicles feel like you're having a cosy, intimate adventure with friends.
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    characters you'd bring to the real world?

    Like for example Roy Kinnear's band manager from Mike and the Mechanics "All I Need is a Miracle" music video. When he arrives in our world, at least some people will try to treat him as if he's Roy Kinnear... only, he's not, he's an unnamed 1980s band manager. Any other characters you'd like...
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    "lipstick, nylons and invitations"

    I've just read another statement that using girl-ied up things as symbols of Susan's materialism is sexist. Using feminine markers for a female character isn't sexist. Nor is a girl saying she likes pretty dresses... yet that sort of statement is being removed in reprints of many old children's...
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    Heaven's Child

    I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge, that myth is more potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful than facts, that hope always triumphs over experience, that laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death. --From the...
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    Sophie Wilcox

    Will people defend Sophie? She may have been plump and may have had buck teeth but that is all too many people elsewhere seem to talk about. I thought that she made an OK Lucy.
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