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Is This Planet Protected?

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The new season of Doctor Who began today with a very triumphant debut of the Eleventh Doctor. There is a definite shift in tone from the previous series (or non-series as it was), and I think this is exactly the episode to reset with. The introduction of Amy Pond was the best companion beginning yet, and I already love her. The rest of the plot didn’t really blow my mind, but the nod to the previous Doctors was glorious and brought out an actual cheer. I think Eleven is a very capable incarnation and I look forward to seeing him in action week after week.

I’m already re-watching because I let a lot of information slip past me the first time. I also want to compile a list of “clues” to watch for as the series progresses because I think there will be quite the payoff with this writing team. For instance, there is a blue lens flare that lingers for a considerable amount of time when there is no known source of light for that scene. Hmmmm. I’m also curious about the possible significance of the “Myth” laptop. Each of those things may be inconsequential, of course, or they could be related to the coming Silence. Who knows?

Who knows, indeed!! *ahem*

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  42. Th? fol??wing interview ?as originally published iin ?pril 2019.  ‘When ? s?t ?n my
    garden and close mmy eyes, ? still ?ee th?t gooal in Munich.

    ?ne-nil, pass m? the European Cup. ?hank ?ou very muc?.’ – Brian Clough ??? man ?ho made his manager’s
    dreams come true tat night in Bavaria sits quietly ?t a table in Leicester.

    A?most 40 y?ars hav? passed since Trevor Francis, lean ?s ? pipe cleaner ?nd elusive ?s smoke, stretched at t?e fa? post t? meet ? crross fr?m John Robertson annd headed ?nto football folklore.?e remembers how h?r? ?e ?ad t? rrun to meet that ball.

    He remembesrs how iit felt to fall aand bounce ?p off thee rubber
    surface ?f the Olympic Stadium shot-?ut circle
    ?hich ?a? just off the pitch, ?eside the goal.

    He remembers t?? pressure ?e had fe?t a? England’s f?rst m?llion-pound footballer; remembers t?? elation ?nd relief a? his
    goal gavge Forest a 1-0 win over Malmo.
    England’s fir?t million ?ound footballer Trevor Francis sits d?wn tto speak to Sportsmail‘It w?s
    a magical moment,’ ?ays Francis.

    ‘? ?sed to writ? a coilumn foor t?e Roy of th? Rvers
    comic ?nd t?is was my oown Roy off the Rovets m?ment.
    A European debut ?n a cup final and scorimg tthe winning goal.

    ?obody ?ad e?er ?one that, had they? May?e Roy
    Race did it, I don’t ?now.’Francis is 64 annd carries ? ha? full oof football
    memories aft?r more thyan 30 y?ars ?n the game.

    H? is also still carrying the ache oof t?e two hardest year? off hiis life.
    His wife Helen ?a? lost to cancer ?n April 2017 and,
    by hiss own admission, Francis ?as not full? come t? terms wit? it.‘I ?ave been knocked
    abo?t a bbit by it,’ Francis tel?? Sportsmail.

    ‘Whhen you gett in the f?rst team as a footballer ?ou
    don’t t?ink football ?ill ever stop. In the sane wa?, I didn’t think Helen ?nd ? wo?ld eever stop.

    ?h? was my best friend ?nd I ?ouldn’t
    have d?ne anyy of wh?t I did wit?out ??r. ?e were married 43 ?ears.
    Youu know, ?ve?? d?y is difficult.
    I ?o get q?ite lonely. ?ut ? ?m try?ng to
    adapt. I ha?e to.’  The ?ay Trevor Francis joinwd Nottingham Forest f?r
    £1m f?om Birmingham ?n ?ebruary 1979, ?e arrived at the City Groind ?n a Jaguar.

    Hiis wife wore ? fur coat.Author Duncan Hamilton haas described it
    as t?e day English football broke t??
    soound barrier. Bran Clough, thhe Forest manager, arrived ?n shorts and carried a squash racket.
    ?e told every?ne th? fee — twide the previo?? Britfish record — ?a? a ?ound
    under the £1m mark.

    ‘T?at w?sn’t true,’ smiles Francis. ‘?t was £1,150,000.

    Cloughie ??s trying to t?ke t?? pressure
    ?ff me.’ Francis heads in t?e winning goal
    f?r Nottingham Forest ?n the 1979 European Cup final Francis arrived ?t Forest as
    an England international wit? a history of f?st b?ginnings.

    He joined Birmingham ?t 16 hoping to make thee youth team
    ?nd w?nt stgraight into tthe fi?st XI. A scorer on his fifst Birmingham start, ?e
    ssoon hit four against Bolton, prompting manager Nat Lofthouse
    t? compare himm t? Jimmy Greaves.Dubbed ‘Superboy’, t?e
    BBC’? Sports Report programme oonce ?egan ? broadcast ?ith the pithy observation: ‘Trevor Francis
    ?id not score t?day’ yet t?e superstar wh? arrived at Forest ?ight
    y?ars ?ater waas a?tually ?ather nervous.‘It wass no
    ?ifferent too wh?n I fi?st got in th? England squad,’ he says.

    ‘Youu try to look the part and I ??? wheen I arrived to sign.
    It was a huuge occasion. ? maybe ?idn’t realise quute
    hoow ?ig it was.‘The oth?r lads ?ere obvio?sly l?oking at m?.
    Is h? a b?g time Charlie? Wh?t’? ?e ?ike?
    But they ?idn’t have to worry. Cloughie ?ad already knocked Kenny Burns into shape.
    If he could do that then he wasn’t gonna hafe aany p?oblems with
    me. All I worried ?bout w?s how I was going to
    get into that team.’ Francis sat doiwn witgh Ian Ladyman ahead ?f the laundh
    of h?s new book The story ?f Francis’s f?rst ??n-outin a Forest strip is
    known. W?th Forest’? first-team game postponed, Francis played t?at Saturday morning for the ‘A’ team ?n a parks pitch ?y the River Trent.

    His manager ?a? ?nly one of 20 spectators. ?lus dogs.‘?ou can’t ?eep anything
    quiet t?ese day? but back then yo? could,’ smiles Francis.

    ‘I ?ust d?n’tthink anybod? knew. I d?n’t remember much ?ther th?n ?t was cold and Brian t?ld mee off ffor not wearing shin pads.’?hen Forest reached t?e European Cup final, Clough ?ot
    hi? squad half-cut ?n ?hite wine t?e night befo?? the game and left
    out Martin ?’Neill to squeeze hi? rexord signing ?nto his team.O’Neill redminds himm of
    th?s every tijme tey meet b?t for once ?? unable t? h?ve the final w?rd.

    Francis, aft?r all, ?on t?e game but concedes t?e real beauty ?as in Robertson’s run and cross.‘Robbo ?as the best player
    in Europe b?t ?as ?robably ne??r recognised ?s such becaus? he ?as Scottish and
    not English,’ ?ays Francis.
    ‘B?t w? knew ?is worth. He would be just ?s good
    in the modernn game t?day.‘T?e boss favoured himm but ?e
    accepted ?t be?ause ?e knew Robbo wwas going to get
    us t? wwhere we all wanted t? ??.‘Cloough wo?ld
    j??t t?ll us to give the ball to Robbo.

    Stan Bowles ??? like: “Enough about Robbo. Give me the f****** ball”.
    Stan di?n’t ?ast ?ong aat Forest.’F?r a while, Clough
    ha? a photograph ?f the Francis goal ?n his desk.
    For all tht the great mann achieved ?t th? club — including two European Cups and the League
    title — t?at moment stands out. Francis (second
    fr?m ?eft) celebrates wth (L-R) Viv Anderson, Frank
    Claark ?nd Garry Birtles??r hi? p?rt, tthe goalscorer claims h? only ?eally got t? kno? Clough ?n t?e times
    the? wor?e? togther ?n television ?nce h?s playing career ?as
    over.

    ‘We c?uld siit ove? a coffee and ?? wa? warm,
    caring and engaging,’ h? says.Not th?t Francis ev?r
    ask?d him about t?? strange way ?is short Forest career ?nded.Injjured beforre Forest’s
    appearance ?n th? fol?owing season’s Euopean Cupp final ?gainst Hamburg, Francis ?as not
    even asked-aft?r uring a short spell in hospital.
    Subsequently ?e w?s to?? by Clough’? secretary that h? was not to travel with th? squad for the game.

    Nor w?s hee invited on th? o?en-to? bus tour t?at f?llowed their triumph.Instead thhe forward
    ?ho scored twice inn the quarter-final win ?t Dynamo Berlin and a??in against Ajax
    in tthe semi-final watched t?e final ?ith Hlen on a TV in t?? basement of a hotel ?n Cannes.‘? w?s m?d? to? feel like an outsider,’ Frandis nods.

    ‘?hatever Brian Clough ?i? you accepted butt
    ?hen I ??ok ba?k on it no? it wwas s?
    wrong. It w?s a classic contradiction. H? ??s so biig on the ?alue of “the team”.
    ?aking m? get the tea for the players ?hen ? first arrived.
    Ma?ing Peter Shilton ?et the tea.‘?ut the ultimate contrradiction ?omes w?en he ?on’t
    let me anywhere near the final.

    Yeah, it was wrong of h?m. B?t ?id I e??r ?sk him about iit later?

    Course not.‘He wwas still the boss. Y?ars late? ? was by thee pool in Spain when Garry Birtles ?alled me and said: “The boss has died”.
    He was the boss to th? end.’Francis ?eft Forest in S?ptember 1981.

    ?hy Clough sold him t? Manchester City wass nwver explained.
    His t?m? at the Citty Ground waas short b?t the mark ?eft ?as indelible.

    ?e d?esn’t ne?d a photograph on ?is desk to remind h?m.
    A run, a stretch, a header, a tumble and t??n a simple celebration. ?wo hands in tthe
    air.‘? ha? twwo celebrations,’ ?e s?ys.

    ‘One arm u? o? t?o arms u?. Tese days t?ey rehearse celebrations in training.
    That’s a little embarrassing ?on’t you t?ink?’ Star striker
    Francis signs f?r Brian Clough’? Nottingham Forest
    ?n Fe?ruary 1979  In ?is excellent autobiography ?ne in a Million,
    publised in ?pril 2019, Francis d?es not tell thee story ?f ?ow h? mett his wife.

    ?t ?s b? and larg? a football book. ?o th?s is the
    story in hiss own ?ords. ‘I met h?r ?n holiday in Mallorca ?n 1972 when I w?s about
    18,’ he say?. ‘I lost her phone num??r buut knew she was a hairdresser f?om Llanelli ?o
    I decied to ?all them all.‘Ipresumed t?ere w?uld
    ?e f?ur or five inn th? town. There w?re mor? than 30.‘In pre-season ?t Birmingham
    I ould ?o tto a phome kiosk ?nd put my 2p ?n ?nd ca?l them al? onee by one.

    It ?as: “Excuse me do you have a Helen working for you?” Then: “Sorry we don’t know that name”.

    Move on. Another one. Sam? ans??r. Movee on. ?hen, after 15 attempts,
    I f?und her.‘Th?t w?? t?e start of ou? relationship.
    ?e w??e inseparasble from th?t m?ment on ?ut things w?rde not easy for ?er when we first went to Forest.‘People
    ?ere v?ry envious of h?r.

    T?? way sshe was dressed. ?er looks. The wife of
    th? first m?llion-po?nd footballer.‘Th?n the
    beggung letters sta?ted from a?l over the country asking for
    money. ?hen the fur coat ??e wore attracted letters f?om t?? animal rights people.

    T?en othe?s wo?ld ?ay sh? wwas spending her husband’s money on clothes.
    Shhe wass ?oung, only 25. ?t wa? ?ard.‘But a? s?e got furthe? ?nto football
    ?he hardened to it. Sh? cam? to just ?bout ever? game ? played.
    S?e used to get requests for interviews from fashion magazines and stuff ?ut she al?ays sa?d no.

    S?e just want?d t? support me.‘S?e hadd great family
    values. Family alwa?s ?ame first. O?r two boys she idolised but t?ere was
    only one No 1 and that wass m?. She ma?e su?e I knew that.’?t the endd
    of his book, Francis ?ays simply of Helen’s passing: ‘Life ?ithout h?r
    is s? difficult.’ A?ked if his ?s som?thing ?f an understatement, h? sa?s
    simply: ‘Yes.’ Francis poes ?ith his wife Helen after moving
    t?o Nottingham Forest f?om Birmingham CityThi? iis an interview f?rst requested
    molre than 18 m?nths ago.

    ?ver tat t?me, Francks hass not felt ready ?r abl? t? talk.

    Aft?r t?o decades of TV ?ork, he h?? not
    been ?n ouur screens much, either.Only now has hee felt ?ble to slowly begin moving forwad ?gain.‘I just di?n’t think I coul? do it and
    I aam not finding t??s conversation ?ery easy ?t t?e
    minute,’ he say?.
    ‘But tw? y?ars ha?e passed now.’At Helen’s funeral, Graeme Souness — wit? ?hom Francis played ?n Italy — eld his
    friend and told ?im: ‘E?ery man in that church ?ould ?ike to have h?d Helen as his wife.’
    Support from th? football community ?as been widespread and enduring.

    Kenny Burns, a h?rd m?n ?t Forest, ??s be?n a regular caller.

    Onl? h?s f?rmer employers ?hen ?? managed Birmingham
    City — David Sulliva ?nd Karren Bady — ?id not reach out.‘No c?ll, no e-mail,’ h? write? in the book.

    ‘?t’s abs?lutely disgusting’. Francis ?oes not tell too many tales out
    ?f school ?n his autobiography. ?e reveals th?t Clough
    tu?ned up drunk w?th his team f?r a game at Hillsborough ?hen Francis w?s manager of Sheffield ?ednesday
    and that a Birmingham City board meeting ?as once held in Stringfeellows nightclub.?h? lengths Brady allegedly ?ent to in ?rder t?
    t?y to ?top Francis selling striker Paul Peschisolido
    ?re al?o revealed.

    Brady happ?ned to b? married to thhe player ?t t?? time.More importantly, the Trevor Frajcis ?ho sits and talks f?r
    o?er an hour ?s engaging and energised.He is ?eginning to pick
    up some TV ?ork ?gain aand r?mains in love w?th the game.
    Francis is beeginning t? pick up ?ome TV ?ork again ?nd ?emains in love ?ith
    t?? game‘I d?n’t lik? it w?en I wake up andd have nothing planned,’ hee ?ays.

    ‘??at’s the worsat part. I ?ike to? have sopme focus so I am t?ying to slowly
    start ?gain.‘It’s so ha?d b?c?use of the deep loove
    I had ffor Helen ?nd also be?ause I am useless in the house.

    ?he did ever?thing f?r me. I ??n’t mind admiktting
    that.‘All of a sudden ? am living b? myse?f and ? suppose I nev?r contemplated t??s w?uld ??er happen.
    It is a tougher challenge t??n anything ? ever faced on ? football field.’Francis was ? superstar footballer, f?om boy to
    m?n. ?e played in England, Italy, Scotland and att ? ?orld Cup.

    H? too? Shefield ?ednesday and Birmingham t? cup finals as a manager ?nd ?as
    interviewed for the England job.?obody i? immune to grief, t?ough.
    Not ev?n ?ur heroes.Brian Clough’? s?n Nigel once s?id that Francis ?as ?ne ?f t?e few signings h?s father and sidekick Peter Taylor everr
    t?uly agreed on.‘If we mess this ?ne up ?e may
    as w?ll emigrate,’ sai? Tayloor t?at Friday afternoon ?n February 1979.

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