It’s the first of August, and I haven’t posted in ages, and I’m about to head up to Staffordshire for a few days, and we really do need a meme dump. So what’s been going on in the hallowed hills of Whovania these past couple of weeks?
To honour World Chocolate Day, which happened a few weeks ago, we present this deleted scene from ‘Pyramids of Mars’.
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Landing on the moon for the first time in July 1969, Neil Armstrong is disappointed to discover that the Russians have apparently beaten him to it.
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“REVERSE! REVERSE! REVERSE!”
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There is joy and celebration across the country as it’s announced that swimming pools are ready to re-open.
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But some people really don’t take too kindly to being told to wear a mask.
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“Man. Woman. Person. Camera. TV.”
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Super Saturday, 2264.
Elsewhere, using a relatively new technique allgedly pioneered in Botswana, scientists have been able to determine that the enormous Sarsen stones that make up the bulk of Stonehenge actually came from a forest outside Marlborough, about twenty miles up the road. Of course, the research team has yet to determine precisely how they were moved.
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Bristol, and not everyone is impressed with the replacement Edward Colston statue.
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“Oh, she doesn’t mind.”
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And in a secluded factory somewhere…
“Right. Everyone slowly and carefully back away in the direction of the TARDIS.”
Brian of Morbius 