Babylon 5 frequently took time out from the space opera of empires and battles to discuss questions of philosophy, religion, and spirituality. The two were played into each other, and this was one of the show's great strengths — the intergalactic struggle kept the spiritual and philosophical discussions from
I'm geeky enough that, as well as the spectacle, one of the things I enjoy about fireworks is the chemistry behind them. I found a rather nice infographic about this (see below), but the TL;DR is that different metals produce different colours when you burn them, so
My last post was about the Doctor showing grace to someone — offering a Zygon forgiveness she didn't deserve, which changed her completely. Today I want to talk about the exact opposite: a well-known and much-loved character, from Star Wars no less, who has no room for grace in
(This post is spoiler-free for the current, 10th series of Doctor Who) We're coming to the end of Peter Capaldi's final series as the Doctor. He announced back in January that this will be his last series, and then he'll hand over to...well,
Babylon 5 is still one of my favourite sci-fi series, even though it finished nearly 20 years ago. It had the huge ambition to tell a single story over 5 years and, although things looked a bit ropey for a while and it seemed there might only be four series,