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He came in this month's 'Horror Block'. Weirdly, I thought the new Universal figures might feature - however, this was the only one I wanted. And here he is. I'm not sure which monster he's based on - Boris Karloff? Bela Lugosi? Lon Chaney Jr.? Glenn Strange? Doesn't really matter, I think he's very cool.

We got him! :)

I drunk it on New Year's eve - and it was absolutely delicious. Perfect after being outside letting off fireworks. 🍺👍

There now follows a tale of brilliant service. Some time ago, I discovered a site that made pin badges. Their selection was vast, and eclectic in scope. I noted that they made badges for every London Underground station, and ordered a load. Shortly after I received them, my 18 year old niece came to stay, and, as I knew she was a badge fan, showed her the website, and she was delighted with their random selection. As a bit of fun, I ordered a random set of badges to send her as part of a christmas present. Also, in the e-mail, I asked whether the company might produce badges for the forty or so 'ghost stations' on the tube, where no train ever stops. Oh, and it would be nice to have one for the fictional station 'Hobbs End' that is the locus for ancient demonic activity in the 1967 Hammer film 'Quatermass And The Pit'. Now bear in mind, this was a suggestion only. Imagine my delight, on receipt of my niece's badges, another ziplock bag containing the above badges. And they... Did. Not. Charge. Amazing! I sent a thank you e-mail off sharpish. Brilliant. The site, and I urge you to visit it, is: www.randombadgeemporium.com 

The Hogsmeade pub crawl. A terrifying concept, even to a certified beer fan as myself. I'm wearing this shirt now. 

A random christmas freebie. Love it. The shirts for 'Nerd Block' are made in limited quantities of each shirt, and that quantity is governed by the number of subscribers for each month, I believe. The only other person in my area who has these shirts is a dj friend of my brother.

Found, and pounced on in a charity shop. The damage? 50 pence. 

This slim volume, for ages, was pretty much the Doctor Who 'Bible'. It had all the information about the Doctor, which, to be frank, wasn't much. But it did have nice big pictures of his enemies, which was nice. The only other reference work available, with an episode guide, was 1973's BBC Doctor Who Tenth Anniversary special. Seems odd, nowadays, but that's how things were.

These are 'novelisations' of the TV stories. Written, ostensibly for children, they are definitely a good read. They usually contain lots of back story, and a good few are of stories that the BBC 'lost' or junked in the 1970's and 80's, and so are the only way to enjoy those serials. Eventually, every 'classic' Doctor Who story was novelised, except for a couple written by the late, very great, Douglas Adams. The ones above were the first of over a hundred or so. They are, left to right, top to bottom: The Sea Devils; The Auton Invasion; The Cybermen; The Doomsday Weapon; The Abominable Snowmen; The Curse Of Peladon; Day Of The Daleks; The Daleks; Terror Of The Autons; The Green Death; Planet Of The Spiders; The Giant Robot; The Loch Ness Monster; The Three Doctors; The Tenth Planet; The Dinosaur Invasion.

All royalties go to the charity. I was happy to buy a copy.