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Doctor Who Serial 095 – The Sun Makers

Part One Pluto, the distant future. The planet has been terraformed and is now orbited by artificial suns, provided by the rapacious company who ruthlessly exploit the relocated human workforce. The Doctor, Leela, and K9 arrive and befriend a luckless drone worker, but they must flee with him to the dark undercity… Umm, actually, Pluto isn’t a planet. This episode seems to be an anti-tax creed. I was about to comment on the Doctor’s comment on machine minds being feeble, but then K9 proved him wrong. Hooray for K9. The rooftop scene where the Doctor and Leela save the over-taxed dude from suicide is hilarious and wonderful. Oh, he called… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 095 – The Sun Makers

Rename Computer using Scripting and Google Sheets

UPDATE: You need to allow redirects in your cURL by adding -L. See this post. With Apple’s Device Enrollment program, when a organization-owned device first turns on, it checks in with Device Enrollment and gets the information to know what MDM is managing it and how to contact it. That MDM system can then install what’s known as a bootstrapping package. In our old bootstrapping package, which was developed by an employee no longer here, was a giant if statement. If SerialNumber = x then set ComputerName to Bob, elseif SerialNumber = y then set ComputerName to Frank, elseif SerialNumber = z then set ComputerName to Jane. Pretty simple and… Read More »Rename Computer using Scripting and Google Sheets

Doctor Who Serial 094 – Image of the Fendahl

Part One These scientists have obviously never heard of time travel. That skull could have belonged to a time traveller. Oooo-wee-oooo Well that is why K9 isn’t in this episode. The Doctor broke him. Leela’s wearing the most boob-a-licious dress I’ve seen in a while. How come the Doctor never wears such a low cut top. I think Tom Baker could’ve pulled it off. There’s something so lovely about Tom Baker’s voice. Part Two How are there so many people in the Whoniverse who can convince other people not to call the cops? Part Three The skull is hypnotizing the Doctor, take your hand off of it. Part Four I… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 094 – Image of the Fendahl

Doctor Who Serial 093 – The Invisible Enemy

Part One That’s the weirdest design for the bridge of a shuttle craft. Also, are they in la-z-boys? Oh, the Doctor switched back to the main control room. That’s nice. Except he’s calling it the “number two control room.” I disagree. C’mon! Have a drink before you shoot people. That’s the least you could do. Damn, Leela, that hat looks good on you. That knife looked like rubber. I needed a “BOING” sound effect. Part Two I forgot that K9 shows up at some point in this story. I can’t wait for that. Also, really digging this soundtrack while the Doctor is in hospital. That receptionist is so rude. “Computer… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 093 – The Invisible Enemy

Doctor Who Serial 092 – Horror of Fang Rock

Part One Yar! There be a fog coming up! Excellent hat, Doctor. Once again, The Doctor is accused of murdering a character. It seems pretty cliché, but worse that they did it two stories in a row. They could have prevented that. Part Two Doctor Who characters need to learn to believe the eyes of other characters in Doctor Who. Part Three The gentleman from the upper chamber is an asshole. I like the man from the Commons. Then again, the Doctor himself is a bit of an asshole. Leela’s callousness is fantastic! Part Four He’s dead, Jim. Oh, we’re seeing Rutans for the first time. They don’t seem to… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 092 – Horror of Fang Rock

Doctor Who Serial 091 – The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Part One Let’s start with racism. Holy shit. All the supporting Chinese characters are played by Chinese actors, but the main one is played by John Bennett, the whitest British actor you can imagine. I am tempted to just skip this episode, but it is considered to be one of the best. From now on we will be referring to Weng-Chiang as Racist Depiction of Asian Person. That woman plays an impeccable witch. “Carrying a body, a European body,” at least they’re right about cops being racist. Rat hair, long rat hair, that seems improbable, but apparently Racist Depiction of Asian Person is the “god of abundance” and can “make… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 091 – The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Doctor Who Serial 090 – The Robots of Death

Part One That’s pretty heavy foreshadowing. Robots are going to rip someone’s arm off. “That’s silly” says Leela as she learned about how the TARDIS works. She’s right. She’s very very right. Oh my god, these hats are divine. Shit, that robot has red eyes, that can only mean one thing… ARMS ABOUT TO RIPPED OFF! Big hat commander is talking into his Apple Watch. Damn, the dude was strangled, no arms ripped off. If your buddy gives you an alibi, don’t throw a hole in it. Part Two That last episode led to a two hour nap. Not sure what that means for part two, but here we go….… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 090 – The Robots of Death

Doctor Who Serial 089 – The Face of Evil

Part One There’s a great god named Zynon! I’m down for this. We’re meeting Leela a lot quicker than I expected we would. I like their Jelly Baby exchange quite a bit. Leela gained trust in the Doctor quite quickly. I love the ridiculous priest. So these dudes are praying to an alien who crashed on their planet. Cool. Tom Baker’s head a-la Mount Rushmore is great. Part Two “I like the hat, very fetching” was pretty much what I was thinking. Is that the Doctor’s voice on the radio? Okay, so they confirmed it. Hahaha, flinging the Cybermat at the dude, and making him run away screaming was delightful.… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 089 – The Face of Evil

Doctor Who Serial 088 – The Deadly Assassin

Part One To Gallifrey we go! What the hell was that Star Warsesque title scroll? That’s terrible. There’s a lot of exposition here, oddly, it’s good. Hahaha! Gallifreyan newscasts are as boring as BBC News. The Doctor shot the President, what the farts? Part Two The Doctor should’ve brought Sarah. She would have stopped him murdering. “Vaporization without representation is against the constitution.” Oh! The Doctor is throwing his hat in the ring. The Master is looking rather creepy. At least he doesn’t have a bad goatee. Part Three All reality is a computation matrix, Doctor. That rock-face with superimposed eyes was so bad, I had to interrupt my wife… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 088 – The Deadly Assassin

Doctor Who Serial 087 – The Hand of Fear

Part One That jacket looks comfy. I know I’ve seen this one before, but none of this looks familiar. Now I’m remembering it. The scene in the quarry is quite familiar. That is some bad special effects. Even for Doctor Who. I’m really liking Elisabeth Sladen as possessed Sarah. She looks good as she knocks people out with her ring. She got into a restricted, high radiation zone really easily. Part Two Eldrad must live. Fuck. Eldrad is also talking to the doctor from the hospital. Eldrad must live. That was a quick end from the dude who was a doctor from the hospital. Sarah’s radioactive, 3.6 roentgen, not great,… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 087 – The Hand of Fear