CHAPEL END CHARLIE

I saw Denis Villeneuve's 'Prisoners' last Saturday, and for the first time in quite awhile I emerged from the cinema perfectly content that both my money and (much more importantly) my time had been well spent. Two young girls go missing together from their seemingly safe suburban Pennsylvania street, the only lead a grubby old camper van that was parked nearby. Unable to find them their panicking parents soon call on the local police department for help. Despite making a early arrest, the lead detective (the excellent Jake Gyllenhaal) rapidly finds that his investigation is starting to falter as the chief suspect gives nothing away. Not the type to stand by and wait for the state to find the children, the desperate father of one of the girls (Hugh Jackman) decides that he will stop at nothing in order to get his daughter back ... even if it means he must descend into his own personal version of Hell on Earth to do it. If this sounds to you like yet another stupid 'macho' ultra violent revenge movie then think again because this is a serious film that asks its audience the kind of uncomfortable questions they'd probably rather not consider. In this case just how far would you/should you go in order to save your child? Difficult as the subject matter undoutably is I thought that Prisoners had a distinct sense of place and a kind of sparse beauty to it that is all its own. Highly recommended.

Luke Shaw's time will surely come one day - but probably not next summer. It must be said that never being 'fit' enough to play in England U21 games is not helping his cause in the meantime.

Doctor Who: The Daemons (1971) Back in Who's earthbound 'Pertwee/UNIT Era' again for a story that is certainly among my personal all time favorites. The villainous Master is scheming to gain control of the world by summoning Azel ("the last of the Daemons") and persuading this all-powerful devil-like monster that only he is worthy to rule. It turns out that mankind's development has been heavily influenced by the Daemons over time and they see this backward planet as a sort of plaything of theirs. Should the Master's evil plan backfire (and the Masters plans always backfire of course) then this fearsome cloven hoofed beast might well decide that Earth is a failed experiment and he might just as well destroy it ... Memorably set in the Wiltshire village of Aldbourne (aka 'Devil's End') this wonderful yarn has obviously been heavily influenced by the films 'Village of the Damned' and in particular the Hammer movie 'Quatermass and the Pit' that came out a few years beforehand - but as these are some of my favorite films yours truly has very few problems with that. Ultimately this serial lives or dies upon how successfully the production team manage to realize the Daemon. All I can say is you can rest assured that (overlooking the limitations of early 1970's Colour Separation Overlay technology and Azel's wrinkly stockings) my 8 year-old self found the Daemon to be one of those genuinely 'behind the sofa' Doctor Who experiences! PS, the Brigadier is in especially good form here. So RIP Nick C, you were great.

VW is a bit of a 'blunt instrument' when compared to Jack Cork's silky smooth footballing style, a style I will point out that served us very well last season. But as any good copper soon learns, the old 'blunt instrument' can be murderously effective in the right hands. A horrible player then, but I'll tell you what - I'm bloody glad he's on our side.

As the saying goes 'the writing is on the wall' for this player is it not? Not so long ago our record transfer fee, but now reduced to the indignity of playing in the odd cup game and watching the likes of Guly do Prado get on ahead of him. I suspect he'll be desperate to return to Italy and rebuild his career, while the club we be equally keen to reinvest the money elsewhere. 'Never say never' they say, but right now it looks like he'll be gone in the summer - if not before.

I seem to recall that the Chimps emerged with some credit, but the Gorillas however were horribly stereotyped.

Tales of a hundred or so missing episodes being found were always far too good to be true I suppose. Nevertheless, this morning the overwhelming impression this story leaves on me is one of genuine excitement for what has been recovered, rather than any sense of disappointment for what is still missing. In a strange way it would almost be a shame if they did find all the missing episodes, because then we would never have days like this again. Perhaps only our fellow 'Whovians' reading this will comprehend the sheer adrenalin rush Philip Morris MUST have felt when he first saw those old film cans laying forgotten on the shelf of a remote Nigerian TV relay station. For those left mystified by all this fuss about rediscovering some fifty year old black & white television, all I can say is for the real Who fan this news is (quite literally in my case) the stuff dreams are made of. PS - if you happen to find a film can at a car boot sale somewhere with the words 'Tenth Planet episode four' written upon it ... well please do buy it!

Stop Press ... Stop Press ... Stop Press ... There is apparently a official news embargo in place until midnight, but Lance Parkin has blown the story and the truth will out! I understand that all five missing episodes of the Troughton serial 'The Enemy of the World' have been unearthed. But that's not all - four (of the missing five) episodes from the the second Doctor's much loved Yeti epic 'The Web of Fear' have returned to the fold - a story that I vaguely remember scaring the living daylights out of me as a very young boy. This is FANTASTIC news of course - and there is the hint that there may be more to come ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXgA2GjQ8n4

Poor Arkwright died on his Honeymoon night after grossly overexerting himself with Nurse Gladys Emmanuel. Granville inherited the shop, but later fell off his bike and was forced to sell up to a Pakistani immigrant. The shop is now another branch of Tesco's Direct.

There was some mildly entertaining jousting going on for the minor placings again yesterday. But as for genuine competition for the win, Korea was (yet another) complete non event as far as I'm concerned. This race was effectively over at the first corner - if not before. Yes I agree, Formula One has indeed gone through periods like this before - and I dare say the sport will survive to see better racing return again one fine day. That knowledge however just doesn't make todays F1 borefest much more easy to bare unfortunately.

You can't argue with either our results or our (lofty) league position. But I must say I too think we can actually improve as an attacking force - funnily enough Morgan Schneiderlin says much the same thing in todays Echo. The trick is of course to find a way of becoming more effective going forward and maintaining our superb defensive solidity. Not a easy task I should imagine.

He wasn't there alas. But when I got home I was immediately grilled about why Guly got on for a few minutes - I told him both the Lord and our manager work 'in mysterious ways' and left it at that.

Jez this wave of sanctimonious 'my player good or bad' opinions so many on here think the epitome of sweet reason is in fact rather nauseating. I don't now and never have in the past booed my own players while they are on the field of play - that's not my style. However, if I want to discuss Danny Fox's all-too-obvious limitations with the chaps seated around me during a game, or on here for that matter, then I will do so. If some consider that to be a crime now then they'll have to start building a supersized courtroom because I reckon three quarters of St Marys was doing exactly the same last Sunday. You could feel it in the air. Talk him up all you want to, make as many excuses as you like, none of it will make him a better player.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-10-06/doctor-who-newly-discovered-lost-episodes-to-be-released-for-sale-this-week

Indeed, Fox's approach to this game can be surmised as: Back off, Back off again, Back off even more, Hope to God Steve Davis gets a tackle in, Watch ball into box fly over his head and/or observe Nathan Dyer running past him with contemptuous ease. Those at the game will confirm this happened time after time until young Ward-Prowse came on and did his job for him.

It looked to me like Vorm might have handled the ball outside of his box very early in the game too - what did the TV replay show?

Good news everybody! ... well maybe. The strange world of early Doctor Who obsessives is tonight agog with rumours that a substantial stash of (long thought lost) early William Hartnel and Patrick Troughton episodes has been unearthed in Ethiopia of all places. It could all be a cruel trick I suppose - there is a history of that kind of thing - but just imagine how wonderful it would be if the BBC could make a official announcement of this find during the upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations. http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/lost-doctor-who-classics-found-53619.htm

In what is well nigh forty years of supporting this grand old football club I'm struggling to remember seeing a Saints team that comes close to matching this one in terms of organised defensive solidity. To score against us you first have to battle your way past our two (double hard) central midfielders, then outwit as good a centre half pairing as you'll see in this division ... oh and you still have the minor matter of beating a top class International Goalkeeper too. Today we even played a Left Back who is manifestly out of his depth at this level - Nathan Dyer ran rings around him to be frank - but our goal still withstood everything Swansea could thrown at it. Now perhaps Swansea's having a match Thursday night might have made a difference, but we still managed to make the highly rated Michu look like a glorified pub player at times today - if you''ll forgive my hyperbole. It just can't be a coincidence that our manager was a pretty decent defender in his day too can it?

Criticizing anyone for opinions they actually hold and/or express is probably 'fair game' as you put it - especially if they happen to have been holding high public office. Making up a bunch of disgraceful lies about anyone - lies that would clearly be libelous if the victim were still alive - is frankly beyond the pail. This has nowt to do with your individual political stance be it to the left or right (I'm not a Labour voter) it is a question of ethics, both in the press and on here for that matter.

They are temptingly cheap aren't they? However being the cautious type I always research a car on this site before parting with any of my 'hard earned'. http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/mazda/rx8-2003/ If you think this is bad just see what they have to say about the Renault Laguna

So you expect me to answer a question I can't possibly answer, while refusing to address the point to the one person who can? I see ...

Ask him. My advice to you and others reading this is not to go around accusing named individuals of being responsible for the death of another without being able to provide legal proof of that very serious accusation. What is more, I dare say the owners of this forum would probably prefer you did that somewhere else if they know what's good for them.

Don't tell me what you think - tell me what you can prove.

http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?24915-Libel-Reminder-Use-of-Main-Board-Rules-Useful-Links#.Uk_clBAUmls So you are aware of the libel laws in this country and seem to accept them, but in the very same post choose to issue what is just about as serious a libel as I've ever seen posted on here. You may be hearing from the mods I should think.

No, what people primarily remember about the misspelling incident is the gross unfairness of the Sun's attack on Gordon Brown - not his unintended spelling error. In both that incident and the matter we are debating here, it is the injustice of the attack that sticks in the memory because (I say) it goes against the grain of our national character. Again I must reject the mainstay of your argument, I don't happen to think that the British people are this bovine-like bunch of dullards utterly at the mercy of Right Wing opinion formers you consider them to be. As for your other 'point', of course the press were within their rights to report such a story - exposing the private views of our leaders is one of the reasons we have a free press. What on earth that has to do with a blatant attempt by the Daily Mail to smear the Leader of the Opposition by employed the discredited 'Guilt by Association' technique so popular in totalitarian states is quite another matter. But at least you are not making a fool of yourself by calling him 'Millipede' at every opportunity - a 'joke' that apparently passes for wit on here now.