5th June 2019.
Yes: I think I can safely say I’ve had a quiet day.
Bar a little light shopping, and house keeping.
Oh, and jobhunting.
And, believe it or not … ?
Poking around on Quora.
Shoving your tuppence ha’penny worth into an online discussion … ?
Seems like fun … !
Especially when I realised a couple of my answers have been upvoted …
~≈§≈~
Ahem … !
And “At Any Rate … ?” … !
I’ve spent some of this evening … watching TV.
And, given what I’ve been watching over the past few weeks?
You’d be right: I’ve had another episode of El Ministerio del Tiempo/The Ministry of Time third series …
~≈§≈~
Episode 8 — El cisma del tiempo/The schism of time — reintroduces us to Rabbi Levi (Paco Obregón): the man who passed the original Book of Doors to Queen Isabella in return for protection for his family: and who helped set up the Ministry, itself.
The good Rabbi has issues …
He’s been kidnapped.
The only way out is a very obscure bit of Kabbalistic ritual …
And his only potential help … ?
Is from Antipope Benedict 13th (Gerardo Malla).
The pope, Alonso and Pacino (Nacho Fresneda, Hugo Silva) have to make sure that keep both the Rabbi, and the revised Book of Doors safe from the kidnappers.
The Exterminating Angels.
What’s making them keen to see the book?
It breaks the Ministry’s most sacred law: and can take people to the future …
~≈§≈~
I have to say it.
El Ministerio del Tiempo has done it again with El cisma del tiempo: shown us the regulars characters played impeccably well, shown us the Angels*, thrown in intrigue after intrigue …
And thrown ageing SF fans something of a bone.
In a flashback to his childhood, Pacino is seen reading a comic called Diego Valor: where Captain Valor faces his arch-enemy, the Great Mekong.
I saw that …
And started wondering when Javier Olivares, the show’s creator, would’ve come across Dan Dare.
Turns out Diego Valor was a Spanish radio show based on the Eagle’s finest.
You have to love a geeky reference … !
* If I’ve got it right, the leader of the Angels is Bosco de Sobrecasa: played by Luis Iglesia. The character … ? Is a stone cold killer …
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