Seeing as it is Halloween today, here is a list of my favourite Horror Movies
The Shining
The Excorcist
The Omen
Evil Dead
Dracula
Frankenstein
The Wicker Man
Night of the Living Dead
Scanners
Friday the 13th
Legend of Hell House
Halloween
The Fly (Jeff Goldblum)
The Amityville Horror
Prince of Darkness
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Dawn of the Dead
Creature from the Black Lagoon
Murders of the Rue Morgue
Children of the Corn
Flowers in the Attic
Nightmare on Elm Street
Being a big Dr Who fan I was very excited to learn about an event called “Sci-Fi & Steam” which is being held at The Severn Valley Railway station at Kidderminster on Saturday 1st November. It is being billed as a fun filled day out in the company of the friends of Doctor Who.
There will also be stars from Doctor Who mingling with the visitors to the Severn Valley Railway station. Actors lined up will be Marc Davis (The Futurekind Chieftan in the episode Utopia), Matthew Chambers (Hal Corwin in the episode 42) and Francois Pandolfo (Quintus in the episode Fires of Pompeii) who will all be on hand to sign autographs.
There will also be a fancy dress competiton giving fans the chance to dress up as their favourite Sci Fi monsters or robots from the show. The GWR Pannier Tank no 7714 is also expected to be in steam…oooh sounds like great fun, I must remember to take my camera
This is the third disc in the Beneath the Surface boxed -set which I have been watching throughout the week. It sees The Doctor (Peter Davison) Turlough & Tegan (Janet Fielding) visiting Earth in the near future, and finding themselves under attack & forced to make an emergency landing deep in the ocean at Seabase Four.
Things then go from bad to worse when Seabase Four comes under attack from both The Sea Devils and The Silurians, who are both understandably upset by what happened the last time they tried to broker a peace between themselves & Mankind, and are out for revenge…
I thought this story lacked the emotional depth of the other two stories, and There was was little attempt made at creating atmosphere, drama or suspense consequently it is not quite the classic that the other two are. Mind you the special effects were better (apart from the Myrka lol) and I still really enjoyed it.
I was also interested to learn that after 2009 David Tennant would no longer be playing the Doctor, various forums are abuzz with rumours about who may be taking over the roll. I reckon Richard E. Grant would be great
“I demand to have some b…”
“EX-TER-MI-NATE!”
“Scrubbers!”
“EX-TER-MI-NATE!”
This is the latest novel to be offered for £2.99 when you buy the Times Newspaper.
It is the story of a boy who has a near-death experience one day during a football game and finds himself cursed with the ability to foresee the deaths of the people closest to him.
These visions follow him into adulthood and after some disastrous attempts to thwart destiny, he is ultimately left with the dilemma of having to decide whether or not he should try to save a little girl that he has grown to love.
This is another Classic DR Who story I’ve watched. Broadcast in 1972 it starts when The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and Jo Grant (Katy Manning) visit The Master (Roger Delgado) who has been imprisoned on an island prison run by Govonor Trenchard (Clive Morton) and appears to be a reformed character.
Then The Doctor learns that the Royal Navy has had a number of strange sinkings centred round a nearby abandoned fort, so he and Jo go to investigate. and learn of a colony of intelligent Prehistoric Reptillian creatures living under the sea…
This story has echoes of The Silurian story, being as it deals with a race of Ancient Reptilian Creatures living on Earth, and Roger Delgado makes a suitably charismatic villian as the Master.
This should provide hours of fun
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I am in the process of watching a Dr WHo DVD boxed set called Beneath
the Surface. It contains three classic episodes – The Silurians, The Sea Devils & Warriors of the Deep. So far I have ony seen The Silurians.
This story takes place at Wenley Moor Research Establishment – an underground Atomic Research Centre built into a cave system. It is run by Dr Lawrence & contains a Proton Accelerator. They are trying to discover a way to produce cheap safe atomic energy for all, and are developing a new type of reactor which will convert nuclear energy directly intoelectrical power.
There have been an alarming number of accidents, power failures & deaths at the establishment and The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and his assistant Liz Smith are called to investigate. They discover a colony of intelligent prehistoric reptillian humanoid creatures known as Silurians living in the caves, who are trying to wipe out the human race…
I have recently watched The War Machines & I think that There are elements of both The Matrix & Terminator in this classic Dr Who episode from 1966.
In this story The Doctor (William Hartnell) arrives on Earth & gets an uneasy feeling when he learns that a chap named Professor Brett has built a new supercomputer named WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) in the Post Office Tower in London.
His fears turn out to be well founded when WOTAN takes over the minds of all the humans it is in contact with & orders an army of killer robots, be constructed in secret, in order to wipe out the human race….
Being a big fan of Snow Patrol I was very excited when I read that they have a new album out – entitled “A Hundred Million Suns” it is the fifth album to be released by them and I am hoping to get it. So far I have only heard “Take Back the City” and it’s a real corker 
Hopefully the rest of the album is as good.
Here is the track-listing for the new album.
If There’s a Rocket Tie Me to It
Crack the Shutters
Take back the City
Lifeboats
The Golden Floor
Please Just Take These Photos from My Hands
Set Down Your Glass
The Planets Bend Between Us
Engines
Disaster Button
The Lightning Strike
What If This Storm Ends?
Sunlight Through the Flags
Daybreak”
Chasing Cars
Run
You’re all I have
Open Your Eyes
Hands Open
You could be happy
Chocolate
This weekend – Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th October 2008 it is the annual Kidderminster Beer Festival in association with CAMRA (CAMpaign for Real Ale) and I am hoping to go. It is being held in The Valley Suite at Kidderminster Town Station.
This should be a great opportunity to sample a beer or two 
There are expected to be a range of up to 20 different beers available, most will be locally-produced brews. such as, Kinver Edge, Hobsons and Wyre Piddle.
