1. Halloween is the highest grossing festival after Christmas
2. Witch comes from 'Wiccan' meaning wise woman
3. Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.
4. The largest pumpkin ever recorded was 836 lb, recorded in 1993
5. Trick or Treat comes from the old celtic idea of leaving out food for ghosts and ghouls.
6. Halloween comes from Hallow's Eve, the day before the religious day of Hallows on 1st November
7. Ireland is considered to be the birth place of Halloween
8. Guy Fawkes Night began to be celebrated because it was so close to the Catholic celebrating of Hallows on 1st November. This was the protestants attempt to drown out the Catholic influence on England.
9. According to legend, if someone wears their clothes inside out and back to front and then walks backwards they will see a witch at midnight.
10. Halloween is thought to have originated in a bout 4000 BC.
Star Wars and Doctor Who
Monday, 31 October 2016
Class Review #3: Night Visiting
Night Visiting by Patrick Ness
3rd Episode of the 1st Series of the 5th spin off series of Doctor Who, Class.
Class is beginning to get a bit samey. At episode 3 this is a bit worrying. It seems that something pops out of the rip in time does something, is stopped really easily and then the children continue acting a normal way.
Primary Cast
Tanya: 7/10
April: 7/10
Ram: 7/10
Tanya: 7/10
Miss Quill: 7/10
Charlie: 6/10
Total: 41/60
No one was great but no one was stand out either.
The Enemy
Lin Kin: 7/10
Story Rating
Story: 7/10 - All right, better than the last one.
Scariness: 7/10
Seriousness: 7/10
Humour: 5/10
Continuity: 5/10 - Where are all the people? Where are the police?
Total: 31/50
3rd Episode of the 1st Series of the 5th spin off series of Doctor Who, Class.
Class is beginning to get a bit samey. At episode 3 this is a bit worrying. It seems that something pops out of the rip in time does something, is stopped really easily and then the children continue acting a normal way.
Primary Cast
Tanya: 7/10
April: 7/10
Ram: 7/10
Tanya: 7/10
Miss Quill: 7/10
Charlie: 6/10
Total: 41/60
No one was great but no one was stand out either.
The Enemy
Lin Kin: 7/10
Story Rating
Story: 7/10 - All right, better than the last one.
Scariness: 7/10
Seriousness: 7/10
Humour: 5/10
Continuity: 5/10 - Where are all the people? Where are the police?
Total: 31/50
Total: 79/120
For Tonight we might die - 74.66%
The Coach with the Dragon Tatoo - 70.66%
Night Visiting - 65.83%
Worst one so far
Sunday, 23 October 2016
Star Wars Rebels Season 3
Star Wars Rebels has been going for while now with its 3rd season here are my views on those episodes
Episodes 1 and 2: Steps into the Shadow: 3/5
Episode 3: Holocrons of Fate: 4/5
Episode 4: The Antilles Extraction: 3/5
Episode 5: Hera's Heroes: 3/50
Episode 6: The Last Battle: 4/5 - The best episode of the series so far
Episodes 1 and 2: Steps into the Shadow: 3/5
Episode 3: Holocrons of Fate: 4/5
Episode 4: The Antilles Extraction: 3/5
Episode 5: Hera's Heroes: 3/50
Episode 6: The Last Battle: 4/5 - The best episode of the series so far
Series 10: What we Know so Far: October 2016
Everything in italics is rumour and speculation
Regular Cast
12th Doctor - Peter Capaldi (All episodes)
Bill - Pearl Mackie (Episode 1+)
Recurring Cast
Nardole - Matt Lucas (Episode 1 + Chrismas Special 2016 + TBD)
11th Doctor - Matt Smith
The Cast of Class - Various
Enemies
Daleks
Missy (Episode 5 or 9)
The Great Intelligence (Christmas Special 2016)
The Valeyard
Episode Titles
Christmas Special = The Return of the Doctor Mysterio
Episode 1 = Stars in her Eyes
Episode 4 = The Haunted Hub
Episode 2-3, 5-12, Christmas Special 2 = TBD
Filming
June 2016
Release
April 2017
Showrunner
Steven Moffat
Writers
TBD: Mark Gattis
TBD: Jamie Mathieson
Episode 1, 10-12 + 2 Christmas Specials: Steven Moaffat
Episode 2: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Episode 3: Sarah Dollard
Episode 4: Mike Barlett
Directors
Peter Jackson
Lawrence Gough
Bill Anderson
Regular Cast
12th Doctor - Peter Capaldi (All episodes)
Bill - Pearl Mackie (Episode 1+)
Recurring Cast
Nardole - Matt Lucas (Episode 1 + Chrismas Special 2016 + TBD)
11th Doctor - Matt Smith
The Cast of Class - Various
Enemies
Daleks
Missy (Episode 5 or 9)
The Great Intelligence (Christmas Special 2016)
The Valeyard
Episode Titles
Christmas Special = The Return of the Doctor Mysterio
Episode 1 = Stars in her Eyes
Episode 4 = The Haunted Hub
Episode 2-3, 5-12, Christmas Special 2 = TBD
Filming
June 2016
Release
April 2017
Showrunner
Steven Moffat
Writers
TBD: Mark Gattis
TBD: Jamie Mathieson
Episode 1, 10-12 + 2 Christmas Specials: Steven Moaffat
Episode 2: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Episode 3: Sarah Dollard
Episode 4: Mike Barlett
Directors
Peter Jackson
Lawrence Gough
Bill Anderson
Class Episode 2 Review: The Coach with the Dragon Tatoo
The Coach with the Dragon Tatoo by Patrick Ness
The Coach with the Dragon Tatoo is the second episode of the first series of Class. It features the death of the Doctor Who character Mr Armitage.
This episode was a lot worse then the last one for me.
Cast Rating
Ram: 9/10
April: 7/10
Charlie: 7/10
Tanya: 8/10
Miss Quill: 7/10
Total: 38/50
Ram is very good. He is acting like the rest of them should with the whole situation
Guest Cast
Varun Singh: 7/10
Mr Armitage: 7/10
The Inspector: 8/10
Total: 22/30
Varun and Mr Armitage were good but not enough to do.
Enemy Rating
Coach Dawson: 7/10
The Dragon: 7/10
Coach Dawson was hardly understandable at times and the dragon was quite poor CGI.
Story Rating
Story: 6/10
Scariness: 8/10
Seriousness: 9/10
Humour: 5/10
Continuity: 4/10
Total: 32/50
This didn't make me laugh and the fact that the school wasn't protected by police did annoy me.
The school is now missing: 2 coaches, 2 students, 1 teacher, 1 cleaner and 1 inspector. Where are the police? That's the problem with setting it at a school. Until I see police the continuity score will keep going down with the number of deaths at the school.
The Coach with the Dragon Tatoo is the second episode of the first series of Class. It features the death of the Doctor Who character Mr Armitage.
This episode was a lot worse then the last one for me.
Cast Rating
Ram: 9/10
April: 7/10
Charlie: 7/10
Tanya: 8/10
Miss Quill: 7/10
Total: 38/50
Ram is very good. He is acting like the rest of them should with the whole situation
Guest Cast
Varun Singh: 7/10
Mr Armitage: 7/10
The Inspector: 8/10
Total: 22/30
Varun and Mr Armitage were good but not enough to do.
Enemy Rating
Coach Dawson: 7/10
The Dragon: 7/10
Coach Dawson was hardly understandable at times and the dragon was quite poor CGI.
Story Rating
Story: 6/10
Scariness: 8/10
Seriousness: 9/10
Humour: 5/10
Continuity: 4/10
Total: 32/50
This didn't make me laugh and the fact that the school wasn't protected by police did annoy me.
The school is now missing: 2 coaches, 2 students, 1 teacher, 1 cleaner and 1 inspector. Where are the police? That's the problem with setting it at a school. Until I see police the continuity score will keep going down with the number of deaths at the school.
Total: 106/150
For Tonight We Might Die: 74.66%
The Coach with the Dragon Tatoo: 70.66%
6% lower. I hope next episode is going to be better. Possibly a sighting of Ian Chesterton perhaps? I hope so. Line Counts for these episodes coming soon.
Class Episode 1: For Tonight We Might Die
For Tonight we Might Die by Patrick Ness
For Tonight we Might Die is the first episode of Doctor Who's fifth spin off series, Class. It introduced the series regulars, Charlie, Tanya, April, Ram and Miss Quill. The 12th Doctor and Mr Armitage from Doctor Who also featured.
This episode was really good to start of the series, however there are problems with this series.
Main Cast
Charlie: 8/10
Tanya: 7/10
Ram: 9/10
April: 8/10
Miss Quill: 8/10
Total: 40/50
I feel that Charlie and Miss Quill could more mystery could be built up on them instead of it all being revealed so soon
Guest Cast
12th Doctor: 9/10
Matteusez: 6/10
Mr Armitage: 6/10
Rachael: 6/10
Total: 27/40
The 12th Doctor shows up and saves the day. More or less perfect but he didn't have to be in the episode. Matteusez didn't really do much and Mr Armitage wasn't really involved
Enemy Rating
The Shadow Kin: 7/10
Good idea but shadows have been used before
Story Rating
Story: 7/10
Scariness: 8/10
Seriousness: 8/10
Humour: 9/10
Continuity: 6/10
Total: 38/50
Continuity gets a low score because why weren't all the teachers there and other holes. Humour is high because the Doctor was very funny with his jokes about Football and Media Studies.
For Tonight we Might Die is the first episode of Doctor Who's fifth spin off series, Class. It introduced the series regulars, Charlie, Tanya, April, Ram and Miss Quill. The 12th Doctor and Mr Armitage from Doctor Who also featured.
This episode was really good to start of the series, however there are problems with this series.
Main Cast
Charlie: 8/10
Tanya: 7/10
Ram: 9/10
April: 8/10
Miss Quill: 8/10
Total: 40/50
I feel that Charlie and Miss Quill could more mystery could be built up on them instead of it all being revealed so soon
Guest Cast
12th Doctor: 9/10
Matteusez: 6/10
Mr Armitage: 6/10
Rachael: 6/10
Total: 27/40
The 12th Doctor shows up and saves the day. More or less perfect but he didn't have to be in the episode. Matteusez didn't really do much and Mr Armitage wasn't really involved
Enemy Rating
The Shadow Kin: 7/10
Good idea but shadows have been used before
Story Rating
Story: 7/10
Scariness: 8/10
Seriousness: 8/10
Humour: 9/10
Continuity: 6/10
Total: 38/50
Continuity gets a low score because why weren't all the teachers there and other holes. Humour is high because the Doctor was very funny with his jokes about Football and Media Studies.
Total: 112/150
For Tonight We Might Die: 74.66%
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