Hello, Apoplectics! Today’s post comes to you from Gallifrey. Not the home planet of Doctor Who, but the convention celebrating him in Los Angeles. I didn’t expect to be here four months ago! There will be a full report on Monday, I’m sure. Well, full-ish. Days before our departure, there had already been a specific request from a reader to exclude any discussion of The Mile High Club, so I’ll only mention this link, which suggests that the Brits are the most likely nationality to be members of the club. I was hoping to read that William Hartnell, who played the first incarnation of the Time Lord and is well-known among Whovians for the “Billy-fluff”, or muffed line, might have had a stroke. Unfortunately, it seems the cause of his problems was arteriosclerosis, or a stiffening of the arteries. So, in the absence of a Whovian Whook (geddit?!)….
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