Doctor Who - The Return of Doctor Mysterio Review
The 2016 Christmas special, introducing a 'superhero' into the Doctor Who universe. An interesting story, but it wasn't executed as well as it could have been. However, that doesn't mean it wasn't enjoyable. The fact that it follows up on the previous Christmas special (in that it is acknowledged that the Doctor is missing River Song) is appreciated. More on that later. The teaser, where Grant gains his powers via the Doctor's misunderstanding, is well done.
It leads well into the rest of the episode. Harmony Shoal is an interesting group of villains, but I don't think their plan was well thought through. I wouldn't think that the world's leaders would go to their local Harmony Shoal, rather than their own bunkers. They'd be suspicious of why Harmony Shoal New York survived when the rest of the City didn't. So their plan would fail right there. Of course the Doctor had to save New York (with Grant's help), it would be uncharacteristic if he didn't.
.Of course, that's not everything that this episode involves. There is also Grant and Lucy's interaction. (I could call it a relationship, but I'm not sure what that would imply about other interactions, including real life ones.) Certainly, the fact that Lucy is oblivious is reflective of the inspiration provided by a certain DC Comics property, but it doesn't work as well here. She seems to spend a lot more time with Grant than Lois does with Clark. The resolution at the end works, but not as well as it should.
There's not much to say about Nardole. He seems to be helping the Doctor not to be alone, but I'll have to wait for the upcoming Series to be sure if he works as a Companion or not. Overall it is a good episode, but far from the best. 8/10.
Thursday, 29 December 2016
Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Preliminary)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Preliminary)
(Note: Watched before Christmas)
A film set in the 'Galaxy Far Far Away', leading into Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, telling the story of how the plans for the first Death Star ended up in the hands of Princess Leia. The tale of Jyn, who joins the the rebels to investigate a message from her father, an Imperial weapons designer, is rather tragic, but the story is well told, and fits into the larger Star Wars universe. 8.5/10.
Tuesday, 27 December 2016
26 December
26 December
Church notes - 2016 (Preliminary): https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/813286826488139776
Church notes - Christmas Day (Preliminary): http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/church-notes-christmas-day-2016.html
Church notes - Gifts of Christmas list (Preliminary): http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/church-notes-gifits-of-christmas-list.html
52 Tales of 2016 - Mysteries of the Defiant - Alt Hour 22: https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherFardell/posts/MybnWqW2Se5
Church notes - 2016 (Preliminary): https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/813286826488139776
Church notes - Christmas Day (Preliminary): http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/church-notes-christmas-day-2016.html
Church notes - Gifts of Christmas list (Preliminary): http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/church-notes-gifits-of-christmas-list.html
52 Tales of 2016 - Mysteries of the Defiant - Alt Hour 22: https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherFardell/posts/MybnWqW2Se5
Monday, 26 December 2016
52 Tales of 2016 - Mysteries of the Defiant - Alt Hour 22
Twenty-second Hour.
Kate McCallister (Home Alone)
Kate awoke. She had fallen asleep on the plane that she had taken from Dallas, to... was it somewhere in Pennsylvania? She stood up. This wasn't the plane. Where was she. “Where am I?” She wondered, her heart racing. Had someone taken her off the plane and put her here, wbereever the 'here' was? Had someone found Kevin at home and taken him, and now had her here too? But something was wrong with that supposition. Wouldn't they have been guarding her. There was another thing, she was very hungry...
Of course that was a given, with all the jetsetting she was doing trying to get back to Chicago. She started walking down the corridor, which seemed to remind her of that new Star Trek series (which both Linnie and Kevin seemed to like)...
“Intruder Alert!” the computer said. “Human female, Deck 2, outside Engineering.”
“Understood,” Sisko said. “Ms. Pine, you shall meet this new arrival and bring her to the bridge.”
“Yes, Captain,” Kim said.
Greg turned as he saw someone enter Engineering. It was a woman with shoulderlength bright red hair. “What is this?” she asked, looking around with her eyes wide.
“This is Engineering,” Greg said.
“Like Star Trek?” she asked.
“Exactly like Star Trek,” Greg answered. The woman looked familiar, as if he had seen her in a movie he had seen many times.
Kate wasn't sure what to believe. This boy, about Buzz's age, must have been lying. “How could it be Star Trek? It's just a story!” But then she wouldn't have believed that she would have left her youngest son home alone, while she went to France, either. She then saw something near that tank, thing' in the centre of the room. “R2D2? But he's from Star Wars.” The apparent 'droid' beeped, sounding exactly like Star Wars. She fainted.
Kim entered Engineering to see Ashoka and Greg carrying the woman out, meeting them at the door. “What happened?” she asked.
“She fainted,” Greg answered.
“It must have been a great shock!” Kim said. “Let's get her to sickbay.”
“Sure,” Greg said.
“Pine to Sisko, meet us in Sickbay...”
Kate awoke again, and saw a bald man wearing a blue uniform of some sort leaning over her. She sat upright. “What's going on?” She looked to her right, and saw someone who looked like Donald Trump, and a guy who looked like some kind of reptile, being held in what looked like a cage made of blue bones...
“This may sound strange,” an African-American man with a goatee and wearing a uniform similar to the other man. “But you are now on a starship, approximately twenty light years from Earth.”
A spaceship, twenty lightyears from Earth? “That's impossible!”
“Not impossible, just very unlikely. I'm Captain Benjamin Sisko. What's your name.”
“Kate McCallister.”
“Welcome aboard the USS Defiant, Kate.” Captain Sisko paused, then said. “Computer, identify character. Kate McCallister.”
“Character?” Kate asked.
“Affirmative,” a voice came out of no where.
'Definitely, like Star Trek,' Kate thought.
“Kate McCallister, the mother of Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone films,” the computer said.
Some thoughts connected in Kate's mind. “So, I'm on a starship, like the Enterprise, and you think I'm from a series of movies?”
“That is essentially it. Everyone aboard this ship is from a reality which is fictional to at least someone else. For nearly the past day, a different person has appeared very hour,” Sisko said.
Kate thought for a moment. “So, more people will come. But it's unlikely that I would see Kevin, or the rest of my family again.”
“We're heading towards Earth. We hope that we'll find answers there,” Sisko said.
Kate nodded. “I need to think.”
“Sure,” Sisko said. “But, you're welcome to come to the Mess Hall, where most of the people currently are.”
“Sure,” Kate said.
Of course, Trump remembered his cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, as such he recognised Kate as soon as she was brought in. He was also reconsidering his 'alliance' with Dukat, given what Sisko had been saying...
Kate McCallister (Home Alone)
Kate awoke. She had fallen asleep on the plane that she had taken from Dallas, to... was it somewhere in Pennsylvania? She stood up. This wasn't the plane. Where was she. “Where am I?” She wondered, her heart racing. Had someone taken her off the plane and put her here, wbereever the 'here' was? Had someone found Kevin at home and taken him, and now had her here too? But something was wrong with that supposition. Wouldn't they have been guarding her. There was another thing, she was very hungry...
Of course that was a given, with all the jetsetting she was doing trying to get back to Chicago. She started walking down the corridor, which seemed to remind her of that new Star Trek series (which both Linnie and Kevin seemed to like)...
“Intruder Alert!” the computer said. “Human female, Deck 2, outside Engineering.”
“Understood,” Sisko said. “Ms. Pine, you shall meet this new arrival and bring her to the bridge.”
“Yes, Captain,” Kim said.
Greg turned as he saw someone enter Engineering. It was a woman with shoulderlength bright red hair. “What is this?” she asked, looking around with her eyes wide.
“This is Engineering,” Greg said.
“Like Star Trek?” she asked.
“Exactly like Star Trek,” Greg answered. The woman looked familiar, as if he had seen her in a movie he had seen many times.
Kate wasn't sure what to believe. This boy, about Buzz's age, must have been lying. “How could it be Star Trek? It's just a story!” But then she wouldn't have believed that she would have left her youngest son home alone, while she went to France, either. She then saw something near that tank, thing' in the centre of the room. “R2D2? But he's from Star Wars.” The apparent 'droid' beeped, sounding exactly like Star Wars. She fainted.
Kim entered Engineering to see Ashoka and Greg carrying the woman out, meeting them at the door. “What happened?” she asked.
“She fainted,” Greg answered.
“It must have been a great shock!” Kim said. “Let's get her to sickbay.”
“Sure,” Greg said.
“Pine to Sisko, meet us in Sickbay...”
Kate awoke again, and saw a bald man wearing a blue uniform of some sort leaning over her. She sat upright. “What's going on?” She looked to her right, and saw someone who looked like Donald Trump, and a guy who looked like some kind of reptile, being held in what looked like a cage made of blue bones...
“This may sound strange,” an African-American man with a goatee and wearing a uniform similar to the other man. “But you are now on a starship, approximately twenty light years from Earth.”
A spaceship, twenty lightyears from Earth? “That's impossible!”
“Not impossible, just very unlikely. I'm Captain Benjamin Sisko. What's your name.”
“Kate McCallister.”
“Welcome aboard the USS Defiant, Kate.” Captain Sisko paused, then said. “Computer, identify character. Kate McCallister.”
“Character?” Kate asked.
“Affirmative,” a voice came out of no where.
'Definitely, like Star Trek,' Kate thought.
“Kate McCallister, the mother of Kevin McCallister in the Home Alone films,” the computer said.
Some thoughts connected in Kate's mind. “So, I'm on a starship, like the Enterprise, and you think I'm from a series of movies?”
“That is essentially it. Everyone aboard this ship is from a reality which is fictional to at least someone else. For nearly the past day, a different person has appeared very hour,” Sisko said.
Kate thought for a moment. “So, more people will come. But it's unlikely that I would see Kevin, or the rest of my family again.”
“We're heading towards Earth. We hope that we'll find answers there,” Sisko said.
Kate nodded. “I need to think.”
“Sure,” Sisko said. “But, you're welcome to come to the Mess Hall, where most of the people currently are.”
“Sure,” Kate said.
Of course, Trump remembered his cameo in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, as such he recognised Kate as soon as she was brought in. He was also reconsidering his 'alliance' with Dukat, given what Sisko had been saying...
Church notes - Gifits of Christmas list (Preliminary)
Church ntes - 18th December 2016: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/church-notes-18th-december-2016.html
Church notes - Christmas Eve 2016: https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherFardell/posts/7dzptH9fRRt
Church notes - Christmas Day (Preliminary): http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/church-notes-christmas-day-2016.html
Church notes - Christmas Eve 2016: https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherFardell/posts/7dzptH9fRRt
Church notes - Christmas Day (Preliminary): http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/church-notes-christmas-day-2016.html
Church notes - Christmas Day 2016 (Preliminary)
Christmas Day
The Gifts of Christmas
Joy
Video - The Christmas Scale
'Joy to the World'
'Silent Night'
Video - Christmas According to Kids
Luke 2:1 - 20
The Bethlehem stable - not a quiet place for a baby to be delivered.
Born into a world full of violence.
The Gift of a saviour
Jesus brought joy.
Philippians 4:8
'Oh Come All Ye Faithful'
The Gifts of Christmas
Joy
Video - The Christmas Scale
'Joy to the World'
'Silent Night'
Video - Christmas According to Kids
Luke 2:1 - 20
The Bethlehem stable - not a quiet place for a baby to be delivered.
Born into a world full of violence.
The Gift of a saviour
Jesus brought joy.
Philippians 4:8
'Oh Come All Ye Faithful'
Sunday, 25 December 2016
Church notes - 2016 (Preliminary)
Church notes 2016
January: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/138386788215/church-notes-january-2016
February: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/140129851320/church-notes-february-2016
March: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/crsL3ZCJDGE
April: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/143304931840/church-notes-april-2016
May: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/144737762895/church-notes-22nd-may-2016
June: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/1SgZUykmL1q
July: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/148230049430/church-notes-july-2016
August: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-August-2016-630982665
September: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/J84fJxfQjBP
October: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/4eNGrZ9WvRs
November: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153715520335/church-notes-november-2016
December (preliminary): http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/154931702010/church-december-2016
January: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/138386788215/church-notes-january-2016
February: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/140129851320/church-notes-february-2016
March: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/crsL3ZCJDGE
April: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/143304931840/church-notes-april-2016
May: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/144737762895/church-notes-22nd-may-2016
June: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/1SgZUykmL1q
July: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/148230049430/church-notes-july-2016
August: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-August-2016-630982665
September: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/J84fJxfQjBP
October: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/4eNGrZ9WvRs
November: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153715520335/church-notes-november-2016
December (preliminary): http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/154931702010/church-december-2016
Church - December 2016
Merry Christmas
Preliminary
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On Dreamwidth:http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/150207.html
Saturday, 24 December 2016
Church notes - Christmas Eve 2016
'You Stepped Down From Heaven':
'Love incarnate, Love devine'
'O Holy Night;
The Gifts of Christmas
Peace
The Stable in Bethlehem - not a silent place.
Born into a violent world.
Isaiah 9:6
Luke 2:8 - 14
Isaiah 53:6
Jesus died for our peace on the cross
He gives us an example of how to have peace with others. He is the foundation for all peace.
Isaiah 48:17, 18
We need to be obedient to God. We don't get peace by doing what we please.
Philippians 4:7
We need to live His Way, to unwrap the gift of peace. But first we need to unwrap the gift of a Saviour.
'Come Let us Adore Him'
'Love incarnate, Love devine'
'O Holy Night;
The Gifts of Christmas
Peace
The Stable in Bethlehem - not a silent place.
Born into a violent world.
Isaiah 9:6
Luke 2:8 - 14
Isaiah 53:6
Jesus died for our peace on the cross
He gives us an example of how to have peace with others. He is the foundation for all peace.
Isaiah 48:17, 18
We need to be obedient to God. We don't get peace by doing what we please.
Philippians 4:7
We need to live His Way, to unwrap the gift of peace. But first we need to unwrap the gift of a Saviour.
'Come Let us Adore Him'
Saturday, 17 December 2016
Church notes - 18th December 2016
18th December
Gifts of Christmas
Hope
Luke 1:46 - 55
Isaiah 7:1 - 16
Gift of Hope
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul
For some, Christmas is a duty, not a delight.
Isaiah 7:1 - 17
We need to put our hope in Him, rather than in any human solution. Ahaz chose the latter. He didn't take a step of faith.
Isaiah 7:14
An immediate answer - the situation that Ahaz was worried about would be gone.
Matthew 1:23
God is beside us in hard times.
A hope that is yet to be completed. He will come again. God's ultimate work will be achieved.
He will achieve His work in you and the world. We can be confident as we look to His Return.
For the Present, we have hope as an anchor in the storms of life.
For the Future, hope of Jesus' return. His rule will bring justice and righteousness.
Luke 1:26 - 38
It took faith for Mary to respond to God's plan for her. Jesus' coming changes everything.
The anchor allows us to move forward in faith.
Don't leave the gift of hope unwrapped.
Gifts of Christmas
Hope
Luke 1:46 - 55
Isaiah 7:1 - 16
Gift of Hope
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul
For some, Christmas is a duty, not a delight.
Isaiah 7:1 - 17
We need to put our hope in Him, rather than in any human solution. Ahaz chose the latter. He didn't take a step of faith.
Isaiah 7:14
An immediate answer - the situation that Ahaz was worried about would be gone.
Matthew 1:23
God is beside us in hard times.
A hope that is yet to be completed. He will come again. God's ultimate work will be achieved.
He will achieve His work in you and the world. We can be confident as we look to His Return.
For the Present, we have hope as an anchor in the storms of life.
For the Future, hope of Jesus' return. His rule will bring justice and righteousness.
Luke 1:26 - 38
It took faith for Mary to respond to God's plan for her. Jesus' coming changes everything.
The anchor allows us to move forward in faith.
Don't leave the gift of hope unwrapped.
Monday, 12 December 2016
52 Tales of 2016: Ways Clara Oswald... (5)
A Not so old
friend
Clara considered what Rump had said. She went to talk to Rigsy.
“You're serious?” he asked. “You actually expect me to give you
my death sentence?”
Clara shushed him. She didn't want the Doctor to know. “Go on. I've
always wanted a tatoo. You know, something small, discreet,” she
joked.
“Clara, cut it out!”
“Weren't you listening? I'm under the mayor's personal protection.
And it's absolute apparently. Look, she controls the Raven, so I will
never have to face it. This is clever,” Clara said.
“But this is putting you in danger,” Rigsy objected.
“No, this is us talking the opposition in their own trap,” Clara
returned. “This is Doctor 101. We're buying time. We get all of the
aliens on our side in the next half an hour, and then we reveal I've
got the chronolock, not you, and boom! We buy ourselves time to find
the real killer.”
“The Doctor would never let you do this,” Rigsy objections.
“Doctor 102. Never tell anyone your actual plan. He'll have a
tantrum when he finds out. And then, when we confront Ashildr, she'll
want the chronolock off just to shut him up,” Clara paused. “What
happens if you don't go home tonight to Jen and Lucy, eh? If you
never go home? You really want your little girl growing up without a
father just because he wouldn't take a risk? You trusted us to save
you, so trust us. Come on.”
“Okay. All right. Right, how do we do this, then?”
“Well, I was kind of hoping that would be it. I say I want it, you
say, you can have it. You know, done deal. Hey, turn around, let me
see.”
Rigsy turned around. Then they heard someone call out, “Wait!”
very close by.
Clara turned and saw a young looking man nearby. “What?”
“The Quantum Shade doesn't work that way!” the man said. He had
an American accent.
“And you know this how?” Clara asked. “Who are you?”
“An old friend of the Doctor's,” he answered. “I have had
experiences with these things before,”
“How do I know that you are who you say you are.”
“You just have to trust me,” the mysterious man said.
Clara was going to object, but something told her that he was telling
the truth about being an old friend of the Doctor's. “You say that
the Quantum Shade doesn't work that way. What do you mean?” she
asked.
“If it's taken off Mr. Riggins here, the Shade's contract with Lady
Me would be broken. She would not be able to take it off.”
“So you're saying that if I took it, that I would then die?”
Clara asked.
“That's exactly what I am saying.”
“I'm willing to take the risk! The Doctor can come up with a way to
stop it.”
“I'm sorry Clara, but the Doctor doesn't always save the people
close to him.”
“You know my name, but I don't know yours.”
“You can call me Jack.”
“Jack. How do I know what you are saying is true?”
“We're wasting time here,” Rigsy said. “And how did you know my
name?”
“The same way I know Clara's,” Jack answered Rigsy. He then
answered Clara's question. “You will just have to trust me.”
“Then what would we do?”
“I will take it,” Jack answered.
“Wouldn't you die instead?” Clara asked.
“That is what I am willing to face,” Jack said darkly.
There was something that told Clara that Jack had something up his
sleeve, that would allow him to survive, where she wouldn't. She
wasn't able to define it... “Go ahead then,” she said.
“Wait!” Rigsy said.
“It's either you or me,” Jack said to Rigsy. “Trust me.”
“Are you sure?” Rigsy asked.
“What did I just tell Clara?”
“That you're willing to face death?” Rigsy asked.
“Yes,” Jack said.
And, as with Clara, there was something that told Rigsy that Jack
thought he would somehow survive. “Right, do it then.” He turned
around.
Soon, the tattoo was on Jack's neck instead of Rigsy's. The Raven
cawed.
…
“I'll find her, I'll find the key,” Anahson said.
“No, Anahson, stay here,” the Doctor said. “There's a reason
that the Mayor's gone AWOL. She means for us to release your mother,
but she doesn't want us to use her key. She wants to use
mine.”
He held up his TARDIS key.
“The TARDIS, that's what this is about,” Clara said.
The Doctor, then started to unlock the stasis chamber.
“Doctor, wait!” Clara called out.
“This girl needs her mother,” the Doctor said. He then cried out.
He pulled his arm out with his other arm and found thata bracelet had
been firmly clamped upon his forearm.
Rigsy and Anahson caught Anah as she fell.
“Mum, Mum, are you okay?”
“She'll be perfectly fine in a few moment, I assure you.” Ashildr
had arrived.
“There are easier ways to steal a key, you know,” the Doctor
said.
“I don't want your TARDIS,” Ashildr said. “That's not what this
is about. Rigsy, come here. I'll remove your chronolock.”
“What is this, Ashildr? You can't possibly think this is going to
keep me here.”
“It's not a restraint. It's a teleport bracelet.”
“What?” Clara asked.
“I'll give you time to say goodbye, don't worry. No one will be
hurt,” Ashildr explained.
“Where are you sending me?” the Doctor asked.
“I made a deal to protect the Street. They take you. I take the key
so you can't be traced. I do as they tell me and Street is safe.”
“They?” the Doctor asked. “Who are they?”
“One more thing. Your confession dial. They have other means of
procuring it, but I understand it's likely on your person. Please, no
resistance. You've already lost.”
The Doctor handed the confession dial to Ashildr.
“What is it?” Ashildr asked.
“In your terms, my last will and testament,” the Doctor answered.
“How does it work?” Ashildr asked.
“I've no idea,” the Doctor said.
“Well, thank you anyway,” Ashildr said. She put the confession
dial on a mantlepiece. “Rigsy, your neck.”
“I don't have it!” Rigsy said, he turned around, showing that he
didn't have it.
“Who has it?” the Doctor asked. “Clara?”
“She doesn't have it!” Jack's voice intruded upon the procedings.
Ashildr turned in the direction of his voice. “You!” she said
with more than a hint of hostility.
“Relax, Lady Me. I'm not here on Torchwood business,” Captain
Jack Harkness said. He turned around, showing that he was the one
with the chronolock.
“Jack? What are you doing?” the Doctor asked.
“Better me than Clara,” the Jack said.
“You're about to run out of time,” Ashildr said dangerously.
“What do you mean?” the Doctor asked, Jack.
“Clara was going to take the Chronolock off Rigsy,” Jack
answered.
“Why am I not surprised,” the Doctor said. “We're going to have
a serious talk.”
“You haven't time, Doctor,” Ashildr said.
“Why not?” the Doctor asked.
“Time is almost up, and after the contract is fulfilled, they will
take you.”
“Who are they?” the Doctor asked.
“They promised not to interefere with the Street, if they could
take you.”
“And once I come back, this street will be over.”
“No it won't. Clara isn't dying.”
“No, she isn't. But for Jack's intervention, she could have.”
“Stop! Doctor!” Jack said.
“No, This place shouldn't be here. It wasn't here before I landed
in a Viking village and saved a young storyteller. Overall history is
the same, but some details are different. Once upon a time, there was
no Torchwood, now there is. And you remember what happened with the
Master, 'The Year that never was'. This Street would have put a major
kink in the Master's plan to be sure.”
“Now you're just ranting,” Clara said.
The Raven cawed.
“It's time,” Ashildr said, waving off what the Doctor just said.
“I'm ready,” Jack said to the Raven.
The Raven launched itself from the perch. It approached Jack, then
penetrated him. He cried out in pain, such terrible pain, and then
collapsed...
“There, he's dead,” Ashildr said simply.
The Doctor gave her a shot of annoyance, just before he was
teleported away.
Ashildr turned to Clara and Rigsy. “You have to leave now!” She
said.
“I don't want to stay any longer anyway,” Clara said.
There was a breath behind her. Jack stood up! “How?” Ashildr
asked, in shock.
“I'm a fact of the universe, Lady Me. It would take more than a
Quantum Shade to put me out of commission.” He walked up to Clara
and Rigsy. “Are you ready to leave the Street?”
“What just happened?” Rigsy asked.
“It was Rose, wasn't it?” Clara asked.
“Time to leave!” Ashildr interupted.
“Good thing I have this,” Jack said to Clara, pointing to his
vortex manipulator.
“I've used one,” Clara said, as Jack activated it.
They found themselves outside the Street, next to the TARDIS.
“Seriously, what's happening?” Rigsy asked. “How did you come
back from the dead?”
“It's complicated,” Jack answered.
“And how did we leave the Street?”
“Vortex Manipulator. Like a space hopper, compared to the Sports
Car,” Jack said, pointing to the TARDIS.
“So it's a time machine,” Rigsy stated.
“Yes,” Jack said. “What will you do now?” he asked Clara.
“I will take the TARDIS, and look for the Doctor.”
“You can fly the TARDIS?” Jack asked.
“Not well, but I can,” Clara said.
“I see. I would like to learn more, Clara, but I have to get back
to Cardiff,” Jack said. He activated the vortex manipulator again
and vanished.
“I'm going to look for the Doctor now,” Clara said to Rigsy.
Saturday, 10 December 2016
Church notes - 4th Term 2016 Sermon notes list
Church notes - 4th Term 2016 (The Christ Powered Life)
16th Oct - Peace With God: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/224032.html
23rd Oct - United In Christ: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/225018.html
30th Oct - Free From Sin: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/226648.html, http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/138283.html
6th Nov - Slaves to Righteousness: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/228386.html
13th Nov - Struggling With Sin: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/229175.html, http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153109838900/church-notes-13th-november-2016
20th Nov - Walk by the Spirit: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/230259.html, http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/144651.html
27th Nov - Children of God: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/231492.html, http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/147019.html
11th Dec - We Are More Than Conquerers: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/233430.html
16th Oct - Peace With God: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/224032.html
23rd Oct - United In Christ: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/225018.html
30th Oct - Free From Sin: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/226648.html, http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/138283.html
6th Nov - Slaves to Righteousness: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/228386.html
13th Nov - Struggling With Sin: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/229175.html, http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153109838900/church-notes-13th-november-2016
20th Nov - Walk by the Spirit: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/230259.html, http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/144651.html
27th Nov - Children of God: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/231492.html, http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/147019.html
11th Dec - We Are More Than Conquerers: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/233430.html
Church notes - 11th December 2016
11th December
The Christ Powered Life
Romans 8: 28 - 39
We Are More Than Conquerers
The world is uncertain. But in Christ we are in a secure position.
God works
He is working all around us, in all aspects of our lives.
He works for the good of those who love Him.
- His priority isn't our comfort, but our character development.
Who have been been called according to His Purpose
vs 29
God has decided that He would mould us to be more like Jesus.
God is for us. We may feel insecure in our faith, but the cross isn't fragile. We can't sin so much that God can't forgive us. What Jesus has done can't be undone.
The questions that Paul asks have no answer.
If God is with us, who can be against us?
There is no power that can overcome us spiritually that has more power than Christ.
It was always God's idea for Jesus to go to the Cross. He has given us the most precious gift.
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen.
God is He who justifies
Who is He that condemns?
Christ Jesus is he who is interceding for us
Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
The Christ Powered Life
Romans 8: 28 - 39
We Are More Than Conquerers
The world is uncertain. But in Christ we are in a secure position.
God works
He is working all around us, in all aspects of our lives.
He works for the good of those who love Him.
- His priority isn't our comfort, but our character development.
Who have been been called according to His Purpose
vs 29
God has decided that He would mould us to be more like Jesus.
God is for us. We may feel insecure in our faith, but the cross isn't fragile. We can't sin so much that God can't forgive us. What Jesus has done can't be undone.
The questions that Paul asks have no answer.
If God is with us, who can be against us?
There is no power that can overcome us spiritually that has more power than Christ.
It was always God's idea for Jesus to go to the Cross. He has given us the most precious gift.
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen.
God is He who justifies
Who is He that condemns?
Christ Jesus is he who is interceding for us
Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
Friday, 9 December 2016
52 Tales of 2016 - Alt Mysteries of the Defiant - Hour 20
Twentieth Hour
Commander
Helia (Stargate: Atlantis)
Commander Helia had been on Tria as the Asurans were about to
destroy it. She now found herself in an unfamiliar place. Was she
dead? She certainly hadn't Ascended! She looked around the dimly lit
grey corridor she had found herself in. It had the feel of a
starship, albeit not one that her people had built. She wondered who
built it, and then saw Earth-style numbers on the doors.
A man approached and asked her a question in English. He was carrying
some kind of energy weapon. “Take me to your leader,” she said.
He escorted her to a nearby elevator car. “Bridge,” he said.
“Captain Sisko, the new arrival is here,” Mark Watney said. Sisko
turned and saw the woman there. The last hour had been stressful.
Dukat was up to something, he knew it.
“Captain Benjamin Sisko. What is your name?”
“Helia,” she answered. “A Lantean,” she added.
Sisko didn't know what that refered to. “Computer, identify proper
noun 'Lantean'.”
“Lantean, the original inhabitants of the City-ship
Atlantis in the television series Stargate: Atlantis,”
the computer responded.
“Television series?” Helia asked.
“Yes,” Sisko answered. “Every hour a different person appears,
from a reality that at least one other person on the ship thinks is
fictional.”
“Quite unbelievable,” Helia said.
“Yours is fictional in mine. I don't know about the others,”
Sisko said.
“I have heard of a tv series called Stargate,” Watney joined in.
“I don't know if it was about Atlantis, though.”
While Sisko and Watney were explaining to Helia about the situation,
Dukat entered the Mess Hall. He quickly took in who was there, and
how to turn the situation to his advantage. He had already been
thinking about that over the past hour.
Although she was beginning to tire, Catwoman was alert. The Captain
had told her about this 'Cardassian', some kind of alien dictator,
and that he wasn't to be trusted. “What do you want?” she asked,
knowing that Weatherwax, at least would back her up.
“What has Sisko told you?” the Cardassian asked.
“That you took advantage of your homeworld's troubles to gain
power,” Catwoman answered.
The Cardassian laughed. “Is that what he told you?” He chuckled
again. “Oh, Benjamin! Always believing the worst of me. Yes, that
is what he believes. But it's not true! Cardassia needed me!
Central Command had failed to drive the Klingons away.”
'He sounds delusional,' Catwoman thought. Before she had arrived on
the Defiant, She had heard of the Klingons, but not the
Cardassians.
“What Sisko may have told you, the data in this ship's computers,
is wrong,” the Cardassian continued.
While Dukat was attempting to persuade those in the Mess Hall of his
view of Sisko, River became aware of him. “No!” she shouted.
“What's wrong?” the EMH asked.
“Something, evil. Recent arrival. Meglomania,” River said, her
hands on her temple. “Worse than Alliance.”
“And you're reading his mind?”
River's expression then gave the EMH no doubt.
While River was aware of Dukat, Dukat knew that there were telepaths
on the ship. Central Command trained its soldiers to resist
telepathic intrusions. River's scan was more intense, than most, but
he was able to resist it. He had earlier brushed off Granny's light
touch, and also Ashoka's Force-powered attempt. (Of course, he didn't
know that a Jedi, even one who survived Order 66, wouldn't force
themselves into anyone's mind, like a Sith wannabee would. Star
Wars wasn't among the Terran fiction that Sisko had left in his
office while the Station was under Dominion control)
“As I was saying, Ziyal wouldn't be dead if the Federation hadn't
launched an offensive to retake Terok Nor from it's rightful owners.
Damar wasn't at fault, it was entirely Sisko's.” He could see that
most of his audience wasn't paying attention. Maybe that Trump guy
would listen, if he could find him. He left the Mess Hall.
“The Cardassian lifesign has left the Mess Hall,” Watney said.
“Keep an eye on him,” Sisko ordered.
“I will,” Watney said. Sisko had earlier showed him how to work
the various stations on the Bridge (as well as Daria, Ashoka and
Catwoman).
“What are you doing?” Helia asked.
“The person we're tracking is someone I don't trust. He sold out
his own civilisation to one even more expansionist.”
“A traitor then?”
“Not only for his civilisation, but also all those around his,”
Sisko answered.
“Interesting.”
Trump turned a corner, and met a person who looked like some kind of
reptile. “Who are you?” he asked.
“My name is Skrain Dukat. I can help you.”
“How?” Trump asked.
“The Captain, isn't the one you want to be commanding this group of
people,” he said.
There was something off about the man, but Trump thought he could be
useful...
In Engineering, Ashoka made another connection. “Done,” she said.
“Can we go faster yet?” Greg asked.
“Not yet,” Ashoka answered.
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Class 1.08 Review
1.08 The Lost
Ambivalence. That's what I feel about this finale. What was
threatened for the last 7 episodes finally happens. The Shadow-kin
are wiped out by the expired Rhodians. The effects for the implosion
of the Shadow-kin planet are poor compared to that of Vulcan in the
first of the Star Trek reboot/Kelvin Timeline movies (really?
It's 7 years later!). Then there is the revelation of the
nature of the Governors. That is certainly interesting, but it's what
leads up to that revelation that would be getting my goat.
Charlie giving in and killing the Shadow-kin? At least it was
developed. However, the way it was developed leaves much to be
desired. More on that in the overall review. The best parts of the
episode were the character moments. The scene where April was playing
folk tunes, was rather good. It shows that she has gained confidence
in herself and in her music. However the development regarding her at
the end of the episode is rather weird, not interesting at all. I'm
not sure what to make of it.
Ms. Quill's condition is elaborated upon, but not much comes of it
(although more is revealed about Quill culture.) However the real
ending, with the nature of the Governors being revealed. I'm not sure
why they had Dorothea killed, she could have been developed further
in the next series. But their alliance with the Weeping Angels. What
would the Weeping Angels get out of it? But it is certainly
intriguing. Overall I give this a 8/10.
Sunday, 4 December 2016
4th December
Church notes - 4th December 2016: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Church-notes-4th-December-2016-649309631
52 Tales of 2016 so far: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/JSjgyX9oJaF
Star Trek Original Series rewatch & review: The Man Trap: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/star-trek-original-series-reviews-man.html
52 Tales of 2016 so far: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/JSjgyX9oJaF
Star Trek Original Series rewatch & review: The Man Trap: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/star-trek-original-series-reviews-man.html
Star Trek: Original Series reviews - The Man Trap
The
Man Trap
(First aired: September 8th,
1966)
The
one that started it all. (Of course, The
Cage is
the one that started it all, but this is the one that NBC viewers saw
first.) The Enterprise
stops
at M-113 on a routine visit, but quickly discover that something has
gone horribly wrong. The episode quickly establishes the characters,
particularly Kirk and McCoy. The latter especially, as it is revealed
that the Doctor had been romantically involved with Nancy some time
in the past. (Before she met Robert.) It is still a senstive area, as
he is offended by Darnell's remark about her being identical to
someone he had met on Wrigley's Pleasure Planet.
Kirk
is established as a capable leader, who looks out for his crew. (Not
that it does Darnell, Sturgeon and Green any good.) Spock's nature as
a logical Vulcan is also established. Uhura's playful teasing doesn't
faze him. (Still, I wonder if their relationship in the Kelvin
Timeline was inspired by this moment?) And she's aghast at his
unemotional response to the report that a member of the landing party
had died. Various crewmembers aboard ship are also established (and
are certainly put off by the 'Salt vampire's' imitation of Green.
Particularly Rand.)
Part
of the role of the Enterprise
is established. (Checking
up on various Federation outposts.) The suspense as the characters
investigate what is happening, is very well realised. The initial
reluctance of Crater to cooperate leads well into the later
situation. The confrontation on the planet between the Starfleet
officers and Crater (after the creature had infiltrated the
Enterprise)
was well done.
Overall, it is an excellent introduction to the series, and the
overall setting.
Rating:
8.5/19.
Stardate:
1513.1 – 1513.8
Introductions:
Overall setting; USS
Enterprise NCC 1701;
Kirk, James T.; Spock; McCoy, Leonard H; Uhura, Nyota; Sulu, Hikaru;
Rand, Janice; Crater, Robert; M-113;
Deaths:
5 (Nancy Crater, Darnell, Sturgeon, Green and the Creature/'Salt
Vampire')
Saturday, 3 December 2016
52 Tales of 2016 so far
January: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/Wo1NHPhpx5U
February: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/SC8bqrELNuU
March: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-March-600450439
April: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/ErLunq3oF7Y
May: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/P2YDr3Yanns
June: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-June-619471152
July: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/hA88MZMxkYx
August: http://fardell34.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/52-tales-of-2016-august.html
September: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/5nyiTqt1Y74
October: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-October-644274970
November: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/411decRTh1e
February: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/SC8bqrELNuU
March: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-March-600450439
April: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/ErLunq3oF7Y
May: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/P2YDr3Yanns
June: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-June-619471152
July: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/hA88MZMxkYx
August: http://fardell34.blogspot.com.au/2016/09/52-tales-of-2016-august.html
September: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/5nyiTqt1Y74
October: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-October-644274970
November: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/411decRTh1e
Church notes - 4th December 2016
4 December
Communion
Isaiah 10, 11
Luke 8:22 - 25
The Disciples were more afraid of Jesus than the storm, once it had been commanded to stop.
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God.
None other than God Himself.
Where is your faith?
Always ask 'Who is Jesus?' first. Everything else follows. You will see the Bible as more than a rulebook.
Being Christian is is about what Jesus has done for us. Our faith is in Jesus alone.
Where is your faith?
Communion
Isaiah 10, 11
Luke 8:22 - 25
The Disciples were more afraid of Jesus than the storm, once it had been commanded to stop.
Who is Jesus?
Jesus is God.
None other than God Himself.
Where is your faith?
Always ask 'Who is Jesus?' first. Everything else follows. You will see the Bible as more than a rulebook.
Being Christian is is about what Jesus has done for us. Our faith is in Jesus alone.
Where is your faith?
3rd December
November Writings complete: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/eidUL4LbTzs
Class 1.07 review: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/804905451137531904
52 Tales of 2016 - November: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/52-tales-of-2016-november.html
Class 1.07 review: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/804905451137531904
52 Tales of 2016 - November: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/12/52-tales-of-2016-november.html
52 Tales of 2016 - November
47. Mysteries of the Defiant - Alt Hour Sixteen: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/229402.html
48. The Many Doctors - Chapter 107 - The Fourth Doctor: http://fardell24.livejournal.com/230577.html
49. Mysteries of the Defiant - Alt Hour Eighteen: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/2RET89gfCHN
Friday, 2 December 2016
Class 1.07
1.07 The Metaphysical Engine, or What Quill Did review
Detailing what Quill did while the students were 'detained', this is
an interesting episode. But does it hold up? Actually it does. Quill
goes through the wringer as she undertakes a mysterious journey. The
Headmistress takes her on a journey to obtain the resources needed to
remove the parasite from her brain. However, a major question is:
what are the Governors up to? Why did they send the headmistress and
their shapeshifter prisoner on this perilous quest? Will the question
be answered by the next episode?
Another sci-fi reference clash: The parasite is referred to as an
'Arn'. An 'Arn' is also a period of time, equivalent to an hour, in
Farscape. However the episode focuses on Miss Quill's journey,
in many senses of that word. The headmistress (Dorothea) has some
kind of metaphysical engine that the Governors have given her (based
on Time Lord technology? There are parallels in the design with the
TARDIS). Miss Quill faces the journey with incredulity as they go to
places that should be impossible.
(Places generated by belief? Interesting idea, but such has been
depicted in the Whoniverse before, and was an important plot point in
some Discworld novels. The climax in the Cabinet of Souls
shows how determined Quill can be to survive and to get what she
wants. It also shows to what lenghs the Governors are prepared to go
for whatever their agenda is. The best episode so far. 9.5/10.
November Writings Overall
3rd:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152724701700/4th-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/K2FMrGSSQw1
6th:
https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/795231348248018944,
http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/6th-November-2016-Writings-644287542
7th:http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152852066440/7th-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/bhfzMQusAsQ
8th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152895067855/8th-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/DmkNnXrLAoC
13th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153121125755/13th-november-2016-writings,
http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/13th-November-2016-Writings-645582859
14th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153168011915/14th-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/ABbbeYYqWL3
15th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153212582940/15th-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/Ufpa7zSLdYN
16th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153255266445/16th-november-2016-writings,
http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/16th-November-2016-Writings-646148110
18th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153341818880/18-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/94UgceYk1Mw
19th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153379565145/19th-november-2016-writings,
http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/19th-november-2016-writings.html
20th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153422920050/20th-november-2016-writings,
http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/20th-November-2016-Writings-646840754
21st:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153469575895/21st-november-2016-writings,
http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/21st-November-2016-Writings-647037027
23rd:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153555867585/23rd-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/K5B74Pu4ejR
25th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153640255420/25th-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/AxUBkym2A7s
26th:
http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153672241180/26th-november-2016-writings,
https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/b61fxgbCEjD
Total
Words: 12472
2016 so far
January: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/138469347395/january-2016-posts
February: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/140264660980/february-2016-posts
March: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/gD1xv79fdRa
April: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/143674039905/april-overall
May: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/145347198890/may-overall
June: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/d9w8QqmoPNs
July: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/148289837300/july-overall
August: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/August-Overall-632026511
September: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/ifRnconiSdM
October: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/DcVmzrxpFAJ
November: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153939685205/november-overall
February: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/140264660980/february-2016-posts
March: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/gD1xv79fdRa
April: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/143674039905/april-overall
May: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/145347198890/may-overall
June: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/d9w8QqmoPNs
July: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/148289837300/july-overall
August: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/August-Overall-632026511
September: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/ifRnconiSdM
October: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/DcVmzrxpFAJ
November: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153939685205/november-overall
November Overall
November Overall
October Overall: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152591070420/october-overall
2016 so far: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152591218270/2016-so-far
Generosity - Wisdom: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152591385670/generosity-wisdom
November 2016 Writings - 1st: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152619300430/november-2016-writings-1st
Generosity - Humility: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152636175520/generosity-humility
Generosity: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139218.html
November 2016 Writings - 2nd: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139322.html
November 2016 Writings - 4th: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139756.html
November 2016 Writings - 5th: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139890.html
Church notes - 6th November 2016: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/140045.html
6th November: http://fardell34.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/6th-november.html
November 2016 Writings - 7th: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/7th-November-2016-Writings-644495282
November 2016 Writings - 8th: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/DmkNnXrLAoC
November 2016 Writings - 9th: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152946002045/9th-november-2016-writings
November 2016 Writings - 10th, 11th: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/142014.html
Bible Study - Imitating Christ's Humility (Philippians 2:1 - 11): https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/797275497851854848
November 2016 Writings - 12th: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/12th-november-2016-writings.html
Church notes - 13th November 2016: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/church-notes-13th-november-2016.html
13th November: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/13th-November-645781028
14th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/14th-November-2016-Writings-645790689
15th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/15th-November-2016-Writings-645976334
16th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/16th-November-2016-Writings-646148110
18th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/94UgceYk1Mw
Class 1.05 review: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/MxaTYHizm3S
19th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/HVu4jPymGdL
Church notes - 20th November 2016: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/8TvbWk88BRU
20th November: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153467190385/20th-november
Asian Elephant born 2nd November - 12th Nov photos: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153467459895/asian-elephant-born-21116-12th-nov-photos
21st November 2016 Writings: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153469575895/21st-november-2016-writings
23rd November: https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherFardell/posts/Phc9ELMN8ag
Miracles from Heaven preliminary review: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Miracles-from-Heaven-Preliminary-Review-647713661
25th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/AxUBkym2A7s
26th November 2016 Writings: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153672241180/26th-november-2016-writings
Church notes - November 2016: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/802743068231233536
27th November: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/27th-November-648115731
28th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/27th-November-2016-Writings-648312934
29th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/HyK3XprU1n4
30th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/cuCJEFr3DsM
October Overall: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152591070420/october-overall
2016 so far: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152591218270/2016-so-far
Generosity - Wisdom: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152591385670/generosity-wisdom
November 2016 Writings - 1st: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152619300430/november-2016-writings-1st
Generosity - Humility: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152636175520/generosity-humility
Generosity: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139218.html
November 2016 Writings - 2nd: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139322.html
November 2016 Writings - 4th: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139756.html
November 2016 Writings - 5th: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/139890.html
Church notes - 6th November 2016: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/140045.html
6th November: http://fardell34.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/6th-november.html
November 2016 Writings - 7th: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/7th-November-2016-Writings-644495282
November 2016 Writings - 8th: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/DmkNnXrLAoC
November 2016 Writings - 9th: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/152946002045/9th-november-2016-writings
November 2016 Writings - 10th, 11th: http://fardell24.dreamwidth.org/142014.html
Bible Study - Imitating Christ's Humility (Philippians 2:1 - 11): https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/797275497851854848
November 2016 Writings - 12th: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/12th-november-2016-writings.html
Church notes - 13th November 2016: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/church-notes-13th-november-2016.html
13th November: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/13th-November-645781028
14th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/14th-November-2016-Writings-645790689
15th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/15th-November-2016-Writings-645976334
16th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/16th-November-2016-Writings-646148110
18th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/94UgceYk1Mw
Class 1.05 review: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/MxaTYHizm3S
19th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/HVu4jPymGdL
Church notes - 20th November 2016: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/8TvbWk88BRU
20th November: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153467190385/20th-november
Asian Elephant born 2nd November - 12th Nov photos: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153467459895/asian-elephant-born-21116-12th-nov-photos
21st November 2016 Writings: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153469575895/21st-november-2016-writings
23rd November: https://plus.google.com/+ChristopherFardell/posts/Phc9ELMN8ag
Miracles from Heaven preliminary review: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/Miracles-from-Heaven-Preliminary-Review-647713661
25th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/AxUBkym2A7s
26th November 2016 Writings: http://fardell24b.tumblr.com/post/153672241180/26th-november-2016-writings
Church notes - November 2016: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/802743068231233536
27th November: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/27th-November-648115731
28th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/27th-November-2016-Writings-648312934
29th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/HyK3XprU1n4
30th November 2016 Writings: https://plus.google.com/115245633245722817719/posts/cuCJEFr3DsM
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
30th November 2016 Writings
Excerpt from: Tales of the Endeavour
“Thank you,” she said.
The ensign handed her a card. It showed her where the quarters were
on the station, and information on the station;s amenities. “Let me
know if you need anything.”
When Corrina arrived at the assigned quarters, she saw that her
personal effects had already bben moved there. The Quartermaster
Services were at their efficient best. Nothing was missing,
everything was in its place. Her personality traits that had lead to
her recent issues were still quite strong. The anxiety about her
effects being missplaced vanished. She considered that after that
therapy she shouldn't be anxious about it.
Words: 103
29th November 2016 Writings
Excerpt from: Caverns of Wingewarra
“So,
what other games do we have?” Jonas asked as he placed a chess
board on Kara's bench.
“We
have Daniel's Holbytla Monopoly,
so far,” Kara answered. “As well as my copy of Disney
Trivial Pursuit.”
“Daniel
would win that,” Jonas said in a slightly playful tone.
“True,”
Kara said.
“And
a pack of Odie playing
cards,” Daniel said, taking the pack out of his pocket, placing it
on the Monopoly box.
Agents!
There
was a loud knock on the door. Quite strange given that Kara had a
doorbell. “Someone's there,” she said.
“I'll
go,” Xanthe said.
“OK,”
Kara said.
Xanthe
answered the door. “Hi, you realise there is a doorbell, right?”
“Is
this Kara Hendrickson's house?” a man asked.
“Who
is asking,” Xanthe asked. Despite it being night time he was
wearing sunglasses.
The
man produced a card. “Agent J. Brown. Commonwealth Detection
Agency,” he said.
“I
haven't heard of this CDA,” Xanthe said.
Inside,
Kara was listening. “CDA! Crap!” she said, with a fearful
expression on her face.
“What
is it?” Leigh asked.
“A
government agency,” Kara whispered. “I was involved with them in
university. Something to take up the extra time.” she shed a tear.
“We're
not really public,” the Agent said.
“Secret
you mean,” Xanthe said. She could hear Kara tell Leigh more about
what she had experienced.
“Secret,
but legit,” the agent said.
“I
don't care, Kara doesn't want to see you.”
“So,
she is here,” the agent said.
“Oops!”
Xanthe said. She slammed the door closed and locked it.
“You
did your best,” Kara said, as Xanthe re-entered the kitchen.
“But
I told them that you're here.”
“They
would have figured that out anyway,” Kara pointed out. “How many
are there?”
“Three,
that I could see,” Xanthe answered.
“A
difficult, but not impossible,” Kara said.
“Kara?”
Daniel said.
“They
can be dislodged,” Kara said.
“How?”
Xanthe asked.
“The
augmentations, that's how,” Kara declared.
Daniel
knew what she was talking about, but he wasn't sure the others knew.
“Good idea, Kara,” he said.
“We
could escape that way, sure,” Xanthe said.
“What
are these augmentations?” Sophia asked.
“I'll
show you,” Kara said. She opened a panel next to the refrigerator,
and pressed one of the buttons there. Part of the kitchen floor slid
aside, showing a staircase leading downwards into a basement below.
“Interesting,”
Sophia said. “You're a lady of surprises.”
“It's
not a good thing,” Kara said under her breath.
Daniel
nodded.
“But how does this help against those agents?” Ella asked.
Words: 460
Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 35
“This is
facinating. Sattelite Five contains every piece of information within
the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire. Birth Certificates,
shopping habits, bank statements, but you three, you don't exist. No
birth, no job, not the slightest kiss. How can you walk through the
world and not leave a single footprint?”
Rose tried to gain
Suki's attemption.
“What have you
done to her?” Felicia asked, after Rose failed to do so.
“I think she's
dead,” the Doctor said.
“She's working,”
Rose pointed out.
“That doesn't mean
she's alive,” Felicia said.
“They've all got
chips in their head, and the chips keep going, like puppets,” the
Doctor said.
“Oh, you're full
of information,” the Editor said. “But it's only fair we get some
information back, because apparently, you're no one. It's rare not to
know something.”
Words:143
Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 27
“Why
is this happening?” McDonnell asked.
“Stay
here!” The Doctor said. “I mean it this time! Jump start those
engines!” He left.
“Felicia
and Riley are stuck in an escape pod,” the Doctor said. “Be
ready to help,” the Doctor said.
“Understood,”
Martha said.
“Jettison
held,” the computer said, after Riley put in a sequence.
“Thank
you,” Riley said.
“Jettison
reactivated,” the computer said.
“That
didn't help!” Felicia said with frustration.
“There
are more where that came from,” Riley said, trying to put
confidence into his voice. He and Ashton fought it out via the
keypads.
The
Doctor arrived in Area 17. “That's enough! What do you want? Why
this ship? Tell me.
Words: 125
Excerpt from: Defiant Map Game (Alternate version of Mystery
of the Defiant)
“Something, evil. Recent arrival. Meglomania,” River said, her
hands on her temple. “Worse than Alliance.”
“And you're reading his mind?”
River's expression then gave the EMH no doubt.
While River was aware of Dukat, Dukat knew that there were telepaths
on the ship. Central Command trained its soldiers to resist
telepathic intrusions. River's scan was more intense, than most, but
he was able to resist it. He had earlier brushed off Granny's light
touch, and also Ashoka's Force-powered attempt. (Of course, he didn't
know that a Jedi, even one who survived Order 66, wouldn't force
themselves into anyone's mind, like a Sith wannabee would. Star
Wars wasn't among the Terran fiction that Sisko had left in his
office while the Station was under Dominion control)
“As I was saying, Ziyal wouldn't be dead if the Federation hadn't
launched an offensive to retake Terok Nor from it's rightful owners.
Damar wasn't at fault, it was entirely Sisko's.” He could see that
most of his audience wasn't paying attention. Maybe that Trump guy
would listen, if he could find him.
Words: 182
Total: 910
Monday, 28 November 2016
28th November 2016 Writings
Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 15
“There
are?” Felicia asked.
“Yes. I found several copies of Mao’s Little
Red Book. If that got out, it could seriously alter the
timeline,” the Doctor said.
The others all agreed with that assessment. “We
need to investigate further,” Kellie said.
“Of course,” the Doctor said. “But very
carefully.”
“Since when are you careful?” River asked.
Words:62
Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 16
“Are
you coming?”
“Of course,” Felicia said.
Words: 9
Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 17
“I
know you will, Doctor.”
Words: 5
Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 19
The Vorlon will find it difficult to get past them.”
BABSYS
---
-'Kosh'
has gained access. End line.
-Countermeasure 'Spell' activated.
---BABSYS
“No!” the Vorlon said, more angry sounding than before.
Words: 33
Excerpt from: Trouble in the Future
“Yes, we are!” Leigh said.
“To top Two!” Anna said.
“Sure!” Tasha agreed.
They emerged on the top floor of Block 2. “Same as before,”
Louise said. They began to search that floor.
Unknown to all the TASIS agents working at cross purposes, a figure
slipped out of Deakin carrying another, smaller figure... They had
failed.
James returned to the Austin Main Room, fifteen minutes after talking
to Tasha. “Tasha is helping the Marie Greeners,” he said to
Kristia.
Kristia sighed. “Then I won't ask her to help again. Her career in
the Agency has come to a 'hiccup'.”
“Unless she changes college,” James pointed out.
Words: 113
Excerpt from: The Many Doctors: Chapter 18
“A
blue box that travels through time and space?” Felicia asked.
It took a few seconds for Garibaldi to respond.
“That is the most absurd thing I have heard. That’s saying
something considering this place,” he said.
Words: 39
Excerpt from: Defiant Map Game (Alternate version of Mystery
of the Defiant)
“Television series?” Helia asked.
“Yes,” Sisko answered. “Every hour a different person appears,
from a reality that at least one other person on the ship thinks is
fictional.”
“Quite unbelievable,” Helia said.
“Yours is fictional in mine. I don't know about the others,”
Sisko said.
“I have heard of a tv series called Stargate,” Watney joined in.
“I don't know if it was about Atlantis, though.”
While Sisko and Watney were explaining to Helia about the situation,
Dukat entered the Mess Hall. He quickly took in who was there, and
how to turn the situation to his advantage. He had already been
thinking about that over the past hour.
Although she was beginning to tire, Catwoman was alert. The Captain
had told her about this 'Cardassian', some kind of alien dictator,
and that he wasn't to be trusted. “What do you want?” she asked,
knowing that Weatherwax, at least would back her up.
“What has Sisko told you?” the Cardassian asked.
“That you took advantage of your homeworld's troubles to gain
power,” Catwoman answered.
The Cardassian laughed. “Is that what he told you?” He chuckled
again. “Oh, Benjamin! Always believing the worst of me. Yes, that
is what he believes. But it's not true! Cardassia needed me! Central
Command had failed to drive the Klingons away.”
'He sounds delusional,' Catwoman thought. Before she had arrived on
the Defiant, She had heard of the Klingons, but not the
Cardassians.
“What Sisko may have told you, the data in this ship's computers,
is wrong,” the Cardassian continued.
While Dukat was attempting to persuade those in the Mess Hall of his
view of Sisko, River became aware of him. “No!” she shouted.
“What's wrong?” the EMH asked.
Words: 299
Total: 560
Sunday, 27 November 2016
27th November
27th November
Church notes - November 2016: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/802743068231233536
Church notes in 2016 so far: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/church-notes-in-2016-so-far.html
Church notes - 27th November 2016: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/church-notes-27th-november-2016.html
52 Tales of 2016: Mysteries of the Defiant - Alt Hour 18: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-Mystery-of-the-Defiant-Alt-H-18-648100617
27th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/27th-November-2016-Writings-648113646
Church notes - November 2016: https://twitter.com/fardell24/status/802743068231233536
Church notes in 2016 so far: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/church-notes-in-2016-so-far.html
Church notes - 27th November 2016: http://fardell34.blogspot.com/2016/11/church-notes-27th-november-2016.html
52 Tales of 2016: Mysteries of the Defiant - Alt Hour 18: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/52-Tales-of-2016-Mystery-of-the-Defiant-Alt-H-18-648100617
27th November 2016 Writings: http://brenorenz.deviantart.com/journal/27th-November-2016-Writings-648113646
27th November 2016 Writings
Excerpt from: Doctor Who Season 8.5
“I
knew something would happen,” he said. He ran in that direction.
He
found TJ in front of a crack....
Words: 21
Excerpt from: Trouble in Armidale
21
June 2000
Daniel left Mary White College at 8:40. He hoped that he had studied
enough.
Words: 17
Excerpt from: Trouble in the Future
They continued to search the block. However, James discovered that
Tasha was helping the Marie Greeners! “Et tu, Tasha?” he asked.
“Kristia can't do anything about it,” Tasha said. That wasn't
strictly true, but it was true enough.
“She could,” James countered.
“Something ineffectual,” Tasha said.
“In the short term, perhaps, but the long term...”
“I'll deal with it when the time comes.”
Leigh, Myra, Louise and Anna met in the middle of Mid 2. “We still
haven't found Wendy,” Louise said.
“Perhaps, try to keep a lookout on one of the outside windows?”
Anna suggested.
“A good idea,” Louise said.
“I agree,” Leigh said.
“I hope it isn't too late,” Myra said.
“I can do it,” Tasha said as she came up. “I have given James
the slip,” she added.
“Sure,” Louise said.
Even so, they had to find an appropriate window. But it wasn't easy.
'Maybe we're wasting time here too,' Louise suggested.
Words: 169
Excerpt from: Defiant Map Game (Alternate version of Mystery
of the Defiant)
“Captain Benjamin Sisko. What is your name?”
“Helia,” she answered. “A Lantean,” she added.
Sisko didn't know what that refered to. “Computer, identify proper
noun 'Lantean'.”
“Lantean, the original inhabitants of the City-ship
Atlantis in the television series Stargate: Atlantis,”
the computer responded.
Words: 48
Total: 257
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