...No, there'll be time to look at 'Doctor Who's' 'The Sunmakers', which - in part - has inspired this blog's title.
By far the bigger influence however, has been Jack Graham of the quite brilliant Shabogan Graffiti who, many moons ago, suggested I put together a blog after I contributed a guest's scribble to him about the Peter Davison story, 'Kinda'. However, as he runs by far my favourite blog of lefty 'Who related wallscrawl on the web, what was the point me doing the same? After all, our opinions and politics aren't all that dissimilar and I have found myself, on more than one occasion, becoming something of an echo-chamber for him on Gallifreybase, largely because he has quite the turn of phrase...
But hang on, I want to keep any possible readers here, not swanning off to Shabgraff (okay, have a look but promise to come straight back, do you hear!).
So, this blog, which will be a bit lefty and about 'Doctor Who' too, will also turn its electronic eye on anything that remotely interests/irks/fascinates/angers me on a given day.
However, I think it only right that I should say upfront that I should credit Jack and thus, have given this blog a name that captures some of the anarchic zest of Shabogan Graffiti. Just as those guys ran amok in the capitol on Gallifrey, undermining Time Lord oligarchy, so the work units of Megropolis One on Pluto sought to overthrow the economic imperialism of the Collector and his kind. We have solidarity!
I am also indebted to the late Edmund Wilson, whose book 'To the Finland Station' inspired the title for my opening blog...As you can see, I live by pastiche and parody, which is itself a steal. Can you guess from which 90s novel by a so-called national treasure that hails? Put your answer in a bottle and eject it into space and it should reach me here on the edge of the solar system at some point.
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