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Well, accursed essay of doom, today, it's you or me. (Very probably me.) After which I will get back to the several people waiting for me to extract my digit.

How my brain works

1. Oh no - all these paintings of Daedalus and Icarus. They're about losing a son to war, aren't they?
2. When researching traditional Chinese dress, do not do a Google Image search on "mandarin costume".
3. 'You were dancing naked round a bonfire?' 'Interested?' 'Over my dead body.' 'Eightish?'
4. Have now read much criticism of stereotyped roles for Lucy Liu. I'm not familiar with her work, but Elementary is an opportunity for a very unstereotyped role. Will they take it? Whichever Watson you favour, you couldn't get further from the Dragon Lady cliche if you tried.

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Every time I think I'm getting over this lurgy, it hits me again like a ten-ton truck. This arvo I slept so hard that, when I woke, I had no idea whether I was emerging from a night's sleep or a nap. Felt pretty decent after that, but shortly before dinner, I was overwhelmed with dopeyness and dizziness. Still am, a fair bit. My temperature and blood sugar are OK, so I guess it's just the bug getting out of my system, but man oh man, enough of this, I have a deadline.

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Oy, more of the same rubbish. Fandom, if you can't use your imaginations when it comes to a new Doctor Who companion or an unusual Watson, I don't see how you can ask the showmakers to use theirs. Yes, TV is full of clichés and badness. You're creative: come up with new and better possibilities.