Under The Sun

On The Register, an antidote to some of the hysterical headlines in the tabloids about Kamel Bourgass, who was convicted yesterday of the murder of a policeman. Claims that Bourgass was part of an al-Qaeda terrorist campaign were used by both Tony Blair and Colin Powell to back the case for war against Iraq. Clearly Bourgass is a nasty piece of work, but he seems to be a lone nutter who downloaded recipies for poisons from the internet (the ricin recipe appears to come from the US) but failed to get any of them to work. Both Labour and Conservative politicians have tried to make political capital out of the case.

The new Doctor Who series starts on Saturday:

This new Doctor Who is almost utterly action and humour focused but the strongest scene is between the leads on an ordinary London street, where the Doctor poetically reveals his alien otherworldliness to Rose and his reason for being. If only there was more like that for the older fans to enjoy.

Having watched Dr. Who from the first episode on a November Saturday evening in 1963, I really hope it lives up to the reviews.