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Said form of Time Lords has always been bipedal humanoid. The main difference being two hearts which generally isn't a highly visible feature. Across the decades the show has run, Time Lords have invariably spoken with a British accent and the majority have been white. But, there have been female and male Time Lords shown in varying positions of power/influence. I'm not bothered by the fact that a woman has been cast in the role. As long as it's written interestingly and with decent character. If it's done pretty much as a "Look how shiny and modern and feminist we are!" instead, that will be a letdown. Most of the Doctor Who stories should work without regards of if the Doctor is male or female, if it starts turning into a hanging point for it...

To be fair, Thor not being worthy to wield Mjolnir has a history with the character. Wasn't that part of the original reason Odin kicked him to Earth and trapped as the simple human Doctor Blake until he'd learnt some humility. Part of which they used for the first Thor movie. I seem to recall they've bounced that concept around a few times, as well as introducing a handful of other characters that were worthy enough to wield the hammer.

Hey, We had Joanna Lumley turn up as the Doctor in the Doctor Who Red Nose sketch yeeeaars ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do-wDPoC6GM

And for the big announcement for those interested : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyokEeH45sA

Heh. Tor - Medieval Matters : Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and Mullets

For the Whovians..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye6GCY_vqYk

Let's do a slight detour for the random political news.. The White House just responded to concerns it would release voters’ sensitive personal information by releasing a bunch of voters’ sensitive personal information. Vox - The White House just posted the emails of critics — without censoring sensitive personal information

The Tourist. It's somewhat slick, has some gorgeous visuals of Venice, and is just a touch silly. Depp and Jolie don't have great chemistry, but they make it work as best they can. Paul Bettany is great as the obsessive Inspector, and Steven Berkoff doing another good turn as a somewhat chilling and disturbing crime lord. It does feel like they've tried doing a call back to the classic Cary Grant era style of film, but haven't got it gelling quite well enough. But still, I think it's one of those guilty entertainments.

I think my trouble with the new Hitman was getting it when it was being released months apart. On a gaming level, the design is excellent. Large maps, so many ways to complete the missions. But then they had barely any story to hang it all together during the first three episodes released. And after the 7th or so elusive target it was "eh, I've done these maps a bunch of times already and again, there's no real story to enjoy just the pure gaming of it." Then having to wait 3 months for the next section to be released...

Heh, a UK Wi-Fi provider slips a 1,000 hours community service clause into its terms and conditions. Cnet - 22,000 agree to unblock sewers because they didn't read their WiFi terms and conditions

No you can't use my photos on your brand's Instagram for free

The Physics of Throwing a Big Sack over Trump's Beautiful Wall

I guess it does depend on how you look at it. The game was being developed and published regardless. What they did was do a "hey, we have a budget to do x much. But we think the game really deserves y much. If you agree, you guys give us some more money so we can really develop the game we think it deserves to be."

45 Joyous things that will make you smile on the happiest day of the year

Because attention seeking for money is fine, but if you criticise Goop and Paltrow's pseudoscience, you're just an attention whore apparently... Neurologic - Goop Strikes Back

Warning, annoying music, but it's all about the visuals.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShmtExtUxrY

Now, just imagine the game that would go with this character sheet....

As we've brought up Dunkirk in the movie thread, here's a minor historical gem from the same period. During the Crete campaign in 1941, one of the junior Naval officers sent a signal listing all the various ships that had been sunk or put out of action during the evacuation to that point. He then suggested that the losses were unsupportable and efforts should be stopped. Admiral Cunningham sent this signal back: "It takes three years to build a battleship. It takes three hundred years to build a tradition. Operations will continue." They were able to evacuate a little under 20,000 men from Crete before the Germans took control. The remainder went to ground and joined the Cretan Resistance.