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Hello, Sweetie

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Our poor Doctor. He’s so harangued by River Song. LOL. Even the brief, surprise greeting of, “Hello, Sweetie,” elicits such a hangdog response that you just want to put your arm around The Doctor and tell him that everything will be okay. Being out of the loop, I had no idea there was a current running through fandom with theories about River. I’m pretty bad to take a plot point at face value and just let the story play out, but now I’m dying to get into the conspiracy theorists’ minds.

That’s the big difference with the new series; it’s smarter. Certainly not to disparage RTD’s helm, which was still largely better than anything else on television, but the nuances now are just a bit more mature and cerebral. Perhaps the least cerebral clue, as I mentioned before, is “The Crack” and though I did not spot the crack in the episode, it’s FINALLY being seen by The Doctor in the preview for next week’s episode. Next week’s episode, by the way, looks to be full of excitement, and motion, and intrigue.

In what I consider to be the mark of greatness for a show, a Twitter friend of mine is just getting into Doctor Who, and I’m proud to have him jump on board with Eleven and Amy. Welcome to the greatest show on Earth. Or Gallifrey. Or Raxacoricofallapatorius. Or, well, you get the picture. With The Doctor and the TARDIS, anything is possible!

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  8. Briton Matthew Smith, the partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO
    Michael Jeffries, leaves court in Central Islip, New York on December 3, 2024

    The partner of the ex-CEO of the Abercrombie and Fitch
    clothing line pleaded not guilty Tuesday in US federal court to charges of sex trafficking and interstate
    prostitution and was released on $10 million bond.

    Briton Matthew Smith, the ex-CEO Mike Jeffries and their fixer James Jacobson allegedly used a “casting couch”
    ploy to groom aspiring male models to attend sex
    parties at which victims were plied with alcohol and drugs.

    After his arrest in October in Florida with Jeffries, Smith was held
    in custody in New York. Smith appeared in court Tuesday
    in Central Islip on Long Island, to the east of New York City.

    Smith pleaded not guilty and was released on a $10 million bond put up by Jeffries and his family, said a statement
    from the US attorney’s office for the eastern district of New York.

    An AFP photographer saw Smith leave the courthouse with what
    appeared to be a large electronic surveillance bracelet attached to his ankle.

    Le Britannique Matthew Smith, compagnon de l’ancien patron de l’enseigne américaine de mode
    Abercrombie & Fitch, Michael Jeffries, sort du tribunal fédéral de l’est de l’Etat de New York, à Central Islip, le 3 décembre 2024,
    après avoir plaidé non coupable de trafic sexuel et proxénétisme

    Another hearing is scheduled for December 10 for Smith, Jeffries and Jacobson.

    Jeffries, 80, was released on a $10 million bond in late October.

    Jeffries, who served as CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch from 1992
    to 2014, is accused of creating and maintaining a ring that recruited young men to have sex with him and Smith.

    Prosecutors allege that between December 2008 and March 2015
    Jeffries, Smith and Jacobson used a combination of “force, fraud and coercion” to traffic
    men in a sprawling prostitution enterprise.

    Charging documents detail 15 anonymous victims, but prosecutors suggest the scale was
    probably much larger and have appealed for witnesses and victims to come forward.

    Prosecutors say young men were taken to the New York home of Jeffries and Smith
    and to hotels in Britain, France, Italy, Morocco to have sex with them.

    Jeffries faces the prospect of life in prison if convicted.

    Jacobson also pleaded not guilty to the same charges as the other
    defendants and was released on half a million dollars
    bond in October.

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