Wow, he's probably my least favourite of the current Who writers, but I absolutely loved Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (and even thought they made some decent writing choices when adapting). I don't know what to think.

But Tate isn't unattractive…

We can but hope…

Ah, but I was watching the unrestored original versions on the special edition DVD…

I only saw the film for the first time recently, but it seemed to me as if being captured was not supposed to happen. I guess you can interpret it either way, but it looked to me as if the bounty hunter costume (or whatever) was supposed to work and everything after that was improvised.

Yeah, it's a bit too revisionist to say it is empowering. You can read it that way if you want, but it's too much of a simplification either way. Fisher seems to have the best answer (which would make sense, y'know, because it was her…)

I've been drinking lemongrass and ginger, which is wonderful especially with a little spoon of honey…

While at first glance it can seem lazy, the more you think about it it actually has a kind of Oulipo quality to it - writing within strict limits that force you to be more creative.

Do you have any links to that, or is it lost to time?

I've always pronounced it as the French word

'splosions

He's also well aware of that criticism:

Unfortunately the tour bus took a wrong turn and just kept going…

Yeah, if I had to choose I'd Say 'Backstreets' because it's just amazing.

Geez, I'm 22, I better start measuring meself for a coffin.

I saw an article recently written by a combat veteran basically saying that the 'good guy with a gun' thing is a complete fallacy and actually harmful, as despite how prepared you think you are, as soon as you're in the moment all rational thought disappears and you are a danger to everyone around you. Soldiers go…

Well, yes, he does become the monster that people see him as. YMMV on whether it is justified, but I suppose it's a comment on how if you treat someone unfairly for so long, they may eventually just become that because they have nothing else to be.

They often do a comparison of recent adaptations to their source material (they did it more often when we had decent book coverage…) and especially one that has been contentious.

PD is one of the few 'adaptations' that has really got a feel for the monster as written in the book.

She idolised her though, although was also filled with guilt for 'killing her'…