{"id":562,"date":"2008-09-04T08:12:26","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T19:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2008-09-08T13:17:26","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T00:17:26","slug":"fast-return-august-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Fast Return &#8211; August 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/tardpel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-566\" title=\"tardpel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/tardpel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/tardpel.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/tardpel-300x103.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>THAT&#8217;S NO MICROBE&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/scoopmandrel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-568 alignright\" title=\"scoopmandrel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/scoopmandrel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nScoop.co.nz reveal their colours once more in another feature filler. Bless.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TAKING THE MICKEY OUT OF TORCHWOOD?<\/strong><br \/>\nNot so long ago was the time we were sure we&#8217;d see both Smith and Jones in the Hub for Torchwood 3 &#8211; the closing minutes of <em>Journey&#8217;s End<\/em> seemed to confirm the rumour. But what&#8217;s this? No inclusions among the cast announcement for <em>Children of the Damn- er , I mean Earth<\/em>? <a href=\"http:\/\/noelclarke.co.uk\/mickey-smith-back-very-last-time\">Noel Clarke declaring the Mickster has left the building?<\/a> Oh noes! What next &#8211; Freemaagyeman.com binging us down to Earth?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/hadron.jpg\"><\/a>TORCHWOOD RADIO PLAY TO DESTROY ALL OF CREATION<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/hadron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-563\" title=\"hadron\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/hadron.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/hadron.jpg 318w, https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/hadron-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a>Not that we&#8217;ll be around to worry about such casting pecadillos by the time the radio play is aired. Thanks to a <em>complete<\/em> fluke of timing and some hadron collider thing in Switzerland (picture courtesy of our graphics department), there&#8217;s a s-l-i-g-h-t chance we might not be around to hear the ending.*<\/p>\n<p>(*unless that is the intended ending)<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LOST HARTNELL STORY FOUND!<br \/>\n<\/strong>It took a while &#8211; perhaps not as long as <em>The Lion<\/em> to appear on our shores, but yes, <em>The Time Meddler<\/em> is finally in NZ. In abundance! Grab your copy&#8230; well, anytime you like, really.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTHERE IS NO CONSPIRACY! &#8482;<br \/>\n<\/strong>Eagle-eyed (and therefore weird-looking) readers have alighted on the internetical publishing of <a href=\"http:\/\/nzdwfc.tetrap.com\/archive\/tsv59\/\"><em>TSV 59<\/em> <\/a>and within its entrails, the <em>Greatest Show<\/em> fanalytical treatise <em><a href=\"http:\/\/nzdwfc.tetrap.com\/archive\/tsv59\/carnivalofmetaphors.html\">A Carnival of Metaphors<\/a><\/em> writ in large (type) by a friend of this blog. But what&#8217;s this? Expurgated text? Rumours of last-minute editorial intervention? What gave? Er, to be honest he can&#8217;t remember &#8211; it was probably nothing, really! <a href=\"http:\/\/paulscoones.blogspot.com\/2008\/08\/tsv-59.html\">Paul<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imeem.com\/flummery\/video\/qrsaWFB9\/flummery_dw_handlebars_tv_video\/\" target=\"_blank\">DAVIES RUSTYPLAN SET TO MUSIC?<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong>We think so.<\/p>\n<p>And&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARROT APES MUTANT, VANISHES LIKE DODO, REAPPEARS LIKE COELOCANTH.<\/strong><br \/>\nLet&#8217;s hear\u00a0 it for <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/england\/bristol\/7583595.stm\">Leonard, the recently-recovered African Grey Parrot<\/a> &#8211; he can mimic Daleks! Wow. Very cool if it&#8217;s a big Dalek voice\u00a0like the Emperor. Dalek Caan? Not so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 THAT&#8217;S NO MICROBE&#8230; Scoop.co.nz reveal their colours once more in another feature filler. Bless. TAKING THE MICKEY OUT OF TORCHWOOD? Not so long ago was the time we were sure we&#8217;d see both Smith and Jones in the Hub &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/?p=562\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-return"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562\/revisions\/574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeusblog.tetrap.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}