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    Regards Nina and Gato, she didn't remember him because like the Battle of Solomon, he probably wasn't actually there...
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    Noyhauser, thanks for the additional detail on the F-16 air-to-ground development.
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    I think its a little unfair to call out the F-35 for being too stuffed with technology - many cutting edge aircraft throughout aviation history probably seemed "too advanced for their time". The Supermarine Spitfire had an extremely troubled production history, to the point where the whole project was nearly cancelled - before The Battle of Britain. The Me-262s engines were very unreliable. I was going to mention the F-111, but that example actually probably just adds fuel to the fire... Even the F-16 had engine problems and a bit of a rethink needed about the idea of a control stick that didn't move at all...
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    The usual story about the F-16 is that it was originally designed as a "pure" dogfight machine; simple radar, WVR missiles, a gun, high agility etc. It was supposed to "make up the numbers" compared to the high-end F-15s and F-14s. Obviously, however, they wanted foreign sales and started shopping it around Europe, and the trouble in Europe is that it rains about 75% of the year... So the various European customers, who were also looking to replace various aging aircraft, demanded a better all-weather capability, which is sort of how the F-16 wound up being used more as a bomb truck (this is probably a great simplification, but like I say its how the story is usually told). Regards the F-35, I would also like to know if other countries aircraft programmes have similar problems. The PAK-FA and J-20 can't work perfectly straight out the box, surely, not given that pretty much every new aircraft programme has hiccups somewhere along the way? I do wonder if part of the issue is just that the F-35 is a product of the information age, and is just getting much more attention than any other previous development programme because of it...
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    "What do you mean, I went too far, sir?"...
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    Nice to see from the trailers that the producers realised that other airforces have aircraft, too. More seriously, I believe Neeson suffered a personal tragedy recently and it could be that hes working a lot so that he doesn't have to spend a lot of time thinking about it. Thats pure speculation on my part, but the great explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes gave the same answer for constant working in an interview following the death of his wife.
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    This is a little off-topic, but theres a new Liam Neeson movie coming out called "Non-Stop", which features an airliner in trouble. In the trailer, its shown being escorted by a pair of Eurofighter Typhoons, which makes a nice change from F-35s with guns in the wrong place...
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    I'm looking forward to this, but I can't help thinking of it as the new Batman movie featuring Lego...
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    Who the Daddy? (first shot of the new Doctor in costume). http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/t_ku-xlarge/19duymohncz5pjpg.jpg
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    Saw it a couple of days after the accompanying "Gundam Front" attraction opened, you can probably find my report buried in the MW archives somewhere...
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    Of course, Tomino created the name "Titans". Just sayin'. Anyway, this is getting a bit off-topic - Turn-A! - but I love the expressions on that figure of wossnames face there... (Armin? I'm getting old, its harder and harder to remember all these guys names... ).
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    Does epic aerosexual three-way [1] romance saga "Yukikaze" count? [1] The only anime love triangle ever between a bearded lady, a sentient fighter aircraft and a home decorator who just happens to be good at flying.
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    Actually, he has. Supposedly one of the extras on the Japanese DVD release is Tomino exhorting people not to watch it.
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    technoblue: thanks! taksraven: part of the 50th anniversary here was that we got a documentary about the series; one of the things that came up was Peter Davisons regenration scene, where he was trying to give what everyone described as "the performance of his life" but anyone watching would have been distracted by the camera viewpoint of Nicola Bryant leaning directly over him in a very low-cut top...
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    Just for the record, I liked Donna, Rory and Martha. I do feel that Clara somehow just hasn't "gelled", which is really odd, as its clearly a good actress playing her and in theory (and as has actually happened in a few episodes, though possibly worringly most in "Asylum of the Daleks") seems to have been a great match for Matt Smith, but I dunno... there just seems to have been something missing. technoblue - I did guess wrong, though I was really just trying to... well, to slightly misquote quote someone from another SF franchise, "It can't be that bad... "
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    I'm guessing the name "Bonnie Langford" doesn't mean much on the other side of the Atlantic? There was a line that specifically dealt with the Daleks regaining their memory but I can't - ironically - remember exactly what the explanation was.
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    Possibly everyone is recovering from Christmas itself (the time of year, not the events surrounding the town... ). Regards your question, consider that Moffat has a history of... toying with fans and has displayed some impatience with the subject, and extrapolate from that...
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    Well, it probably shouldn't be too much of a surprise as I believe actually were sold a few Blackhawks a while back.
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    Talking of fan-service... (slightly spoilery and iPlayer, so unfortunately might not be available in all regions... ) http://io9.com/classic-doctor-who-actors-try-to-join-the-special-in-a-1470442008
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    I have to admit - it wasn't quite what I was expecting. Don't get me wrong, its fantastic, I think I just had in my head something a bit different (possibly with more explosions... )...
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    Hah, no, it was at least RAF aircraft - the other one, the Hawker Hurricane. (to add insult to injury, the ones shown in the image had two-bladed propellers so the picture might even have pre-dated the Battle as well...!).
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    Oops. A few months ago, a newspaper in the UK ran an article decrying the state of childrens education and how they didn't know "basic facts" about things like World War II. They illustrated the article with a picture captioned something like "Battle of Britain history: a flight of Spitfires". See if you can guess which aircraft were actually in the picture...?
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    Incidentally, as part of the 50th Anniversary year, the BBC will be broadcasting "An Adventure in Time and Space", a drama about the real-life creation of the show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dEwikIhEZrE
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    People are already speculating about a prequel series... (possibly worth pointing out that although he never got much screen time, No.8 had quite an active life in novels, the Doctor Who magazine, audio dramas, etc... )
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    "Space Runaway Ideon" was a series "Gundam" creator Yoshiyuki Tomino did after "Gundam"; it was similarly science-fiction but on a grander, more space operatic scale. Basically a bunch of space-going refugees find a transforming big rig that eventually turns out to be animes most absurdly overpowered mecha ever (well, until "Guraan Lagann" came along), and one that they're not entirely in control of. "Be Invoked" is one of two "Ideon" movies, and like "End of Evangelion" presents an alternative ending to the T.V. series (famously, its one of the most apocalyptic anime endings of all time, though opinion varies a bit on exactly how apocalyptic). In fact, "Ideon" explores some similar themes to "Evangelion" during the course of the series, something which is a little unlikely to be a coincidence, given that Gainax have always been one of the most culturally-aware anime studios and that Hideki Annos name pops up in a lot of places if you look at older anime (seriously, its almost frightening...!)...
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