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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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    Not just in the old-fashioned bar, where the Wainwright Gold is well
    kept and a huge leather sofa sits before a blazing wood burner;
    or in the dining room, solid and comfortable, with its old beams, well-trodden wooden floors and tables unadorned with
    cloths; it’s in the menu, too, mainly British with a Gallic burr,
    that makes full use of the magnificent local Lake District larder.

    Stornoway black pudding with crispy egg and bubble and squeak: ‘pure Cumbrian comfort
    by way of Lewis’, is Tom’s verdict

    We’re here with Peter Gott, that great Cumbrian hero, and the man behind Sillfield Farm, who has invited me up to cook at the Westmorland County Show;
    also chef Phil Vickery, who certainty knows his alliums; and the force of nature that is Lorraine Stanton, something of a legend around these parts.
    But first dinner, and a sublime twice-baked Mrs Kirkham’s cheese soufflé, the texture as light as a
    sigh, the flavour profoundly, lasciviously rich. Mrs Kirkham’s, now made by her son Graham,
    is one of the world’s great cheeses, and this is a soufflé of quiet majesty.
    A mushroom soup is equally splendid, managing to be both light
    and gutsy, while Stornoway black pudding with bubble and
    squeak and a deep-fried egg is pure Cumbrian comfort
    by way of Lewis.

    There’s a fundamental generosity here, matched by
    assured technical precision. Duck à l’orange sees a plump breast cooked
    rare, the skin crisp, the sauce just the right side of bitter.
    It comes with a fat potato fondant and cabbage spiked with shards of smoked bacon. I eat
    rump of lamb, four vast just-pink slices, drenched in the stickiest, most
    gloriously intense of gravies; by its side, a tiny shepherd’s pie, one bite
    of pure ovine brilliance.

    Puddings are every bit as fine: a lemon tart, beautifully sharp, with damson sorbet (this part of the
    Lake District is famed for its damsons); along with a banana soufflé, this time the classic version but ethereal, served with vanilla
    ice cream and a pot of sticky-toffee sauce to pour deep into its molten centre.
    This is good old-fashioned food, immaculately done, in the sort
    of pub designed for lingering. It’s getting late now, and we’ve
    an early start. But first, another bottle of wine.
    Dinners like this are too rare to be rushed.

    About £45 per head. The Punch Bowl Inn, Crosthwaite, Cumbria; the-punchbowl.co.uk

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