aka Nyarlathotep - Somewhere East of the Sun. West of the Moon.

I KNOW HOW MY FILTHY MUTANT ABILITIES UPSET YOU, SCHMIDT. DON’T WORRY–

–YOU WILL DIE PURE. NO MAGNETISM 

my sincerest wish for Cathy

“Ghosts aren’t real” it’s very fair and rational that you believe that

“Ghosts aren’t real anymore” I’m about to hear a poem or very sad story

A Marauder.

Why?

The Black Marauder, the almost elderich mech, found in an abandon Shrine, works better at night, brain washed those in close proximity to it.... And according to a drunk pirate, has to many teeth and eyes in the dark.

It's pilot does not refer to himself, he says "We" when talking about him or the mech.

Long ago in the backwater of time (the late 1980's) I used to watch episodes of Doctor Who on Public broadcasting television Channel 11 from Durham, NH.

I became addicted to the adventures of a gentleman known as The Doctor who (heh) was trapped on Earth and had no memory of how his ship known as the TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) operated.

He eventually recalled his memory just before being able to save the Earth defense force known as U.N.I.T.'s bacon from the Nestine Intelligence and their killer mannequin army.

I thought that this series was certainly different from the Star Wars & Star Trek I would watch whenever I got the chance too. In those series the good guys run around on flashy space ships, using flashy swords, and blasting weapons at one another. This chap called the Doctor hardly used a blaster weapon preferring to use his mind, a sonic screwdriver, and various other things alongside his helpful companion Liz Shaw.

I followed the series through the various adventures including changes in companions to Jo Grant and eventually to Sarah Jane Smith.

What hit the hardest was "The Planet of Spiders."

The Doctor finally meets his match with the Queen of the Spiders who wants to use a blue crystal that the Doctor has to finish her 'web' of crystals that will give her ultimate power. The Doctor gives The Queen Spider the crystal she desires and it appears all is lost. Even worse The Doctor is dying due to the intense radiation coming from the crystals. But The Doctor solders on imploring to The Queen Spider that she give up her quest for power.

The Queen spider refuses laughing at The Doctor as he dies and she exclaims how wonderful the power of the crystals feels running through her, that worlds will bow before her... Until her cheers turn into screams! The power she had praised is killing her! And that power is building... And building... And building... Until.

*BOOM!* The Queen Spiders lair is destroyed and her army with her. But what of The Doctor?

The question is answered when The Doctor's TARDIS arrives at U.N.I.T. HQ when The Doctor steps out of the TARDIS collapsing to the floor. Sarah Jane Smith asks The Doctor (while trying to hold back tears) why The Doctor had to go back to face The Spider Queen.

After the Doctor tells Sarah that he had to face his fear, he dies.

An aside here: I was heart broken at this moment. My 15 year old mind had been watching the 3rd Doctor series investing so much into this crafty fellow from another planet. But as sad as I was I got confused when suddenly another figure appears.

The figures name is K'ampo a member of the Timelord race just like The Doctor. Previously in this episode K'ampo died only to change into the appearance of his assistant Cho-Je.

It turns out The Doctor is a member of a race that can heal significant injuries that would kill most other beings. The cost of which is his entire appearance will change. He will no longer be the being he was before.

K'ampo says that he can help give The Doctor's regeneration a little 'push'. And with that K'ampo disappears. And The Doctor's face changes.

And boy was it a change. I started to learn the hard lesson from Doctor Who.

Life is change. Change can be for the better, worse, or (more often than not) somewhere in the middle.

I heard recently that Doctor Who is being put on hiatus once again.

To those who are recent fans of the series I implore you to understand that this is not the first time this has happened.

Unfortunately, probably not the last time either. After being a Doctor Who fan since the late 80's I have learned: The best things come to those who wait.

So, I'm happy to rewatch all the new Who episodes I missed (there is a lot to catch up on) and take the time to appreciate a series that has lasted since the early 1960's.

Considering I thought Doctor Who was dead at least 2 or 3 times in the past only to come back again once people realized how much they missed it. With luck and a little bit of regeneration it will happen again.

Migrant homes are being set on fire and people are having to be evacuated into emergency accommodation. With the youngest being a 2 month old baby. It doesn’t stop there either, their cars are being set ablaze and migrant owned businesses are being destroyed.

Schools are sending pupils back home because they’re afraid of more violence breaking out.

It’s just…I don’t even have words for it you know. I do hope the victim is able to heal and get justice for what happened to them.

But it doesn’t warrant this.

Why is it when one white person does something wrong it’s only the individual who gets punished. But if the perpetrator happens to be of the global majority then we’re all punished for it.

It’s not all men but somehow it’s all Black people, all immigrants, all Asians etc.

People are being burned out of their homes and for what? No one whose participating in this violence is doing it cause they care about the victim.

They’re just using a tragedy as fuel for their racist bullshit. It fits their narrative so they’re going to go to town and do what they have always wanted to do.

But now suddenly feel they have a pass for.

If you’re BAME in Belfast I hope things will be okay for you. I hope all the violence dies down and you can rebuild what you’ve lost. God I can’t even say stay indoors anymore because that’s not even safe anymore.

Witch: And that is?