Time for another Crackpot Allyn Theory! As we know, in the final Deep Space Nine episode Worf is appointed as the Federation’s Ambassador to the Klingon Empire. When we next see Worf, in Star Trek: Nemesis he is apparently no longer an Ambassador as he attends the Riker/Troi wedding in a Starfleet uniform and isContinue reading “Allyn's Crackpot Theory: Ambassador Worf”
Monthly Archives: July 2003
On Johnny English
I went to see Johnny English this afternoon, having nothing else better to do. It’s goofy fun. It’s a spy spoof, without being so self-indulgent as the Austin Powers films. John Malkovich makes for a good “Bond villain,” and Natalie Imbruglia was solid as the platonic “Bond girl.” The relationship between English and his assistantContinue reading “On Johnny English”
Appearances update
The Shore Leave convention has posted the weekend’s schedule. As previously noted, I will be hosting a Doctor Who panel celebrating the show’s fortieth anniversary, Sunday at 5 o’clock. Yesterday’s news that BBCi will be web-broadcasting a six-episode animated special starring Richard E. Grant as the Ninth Doctor gives me something new and interesting toContinue reading “Appearances update”
Stress
Who doesn’t have stress? Honestly? There’s always something that gnaws at the back of the mind, that the merest thought of brings a quickening of the pulse and a pounding in the head. Stress. Normally I’m a serene person, like a Zen master. Life generally doesn’t bother me, because what happens happens and you eitherContinue reading “Stress”
Upcoming Appearance
This coming weekend, July 11th through 13th, I’ll be at the Shore Leave science-fiction convention in Hunt Valley, Maryland. The schedule for the convention hasn’t yet been announced, but I know from a phone call this evening that it is being prepared. I’ve been asked to host or moderate a Doctor Who panel for SundayContinue reading “Upcoming Appearance”