According to The Independent, next year there’ll be a spin-off series from Doctor Who, called Torchwood. It’ll be more adult, described as “The X-Files meets This Life” and will star John Barrowman as “Captain” Jack Harkness, part of a team investigating alien activity on Earth.

• BBC announcement
• BBC has registered torchwood.org.uk

Three Dollars — It was an okay movie. Perhaps a bit close to the bone for me; I’ve seen some of those issues come up in the dim dark past of my life. I was watching out for various Melbourne locations… a few shots of Fed Square, and Flinders Street — where two Bad Things are shown happening on (shudder) platform 13. It had its good points, such as time spent with the tramps, which I found interesting. But the movie is so long it drags on a bit, and sadly fails my “Would I watch it again?” test.

Real estate agents earn a fair amount when they get a sale. Often they’ll give a gift of some kind when the sale is complete. When I picked up the keys on Thursday, they gave me a gift, just a token of their appreciation, they said.

I wasn’t expecting anything. What was it? Not a hamper of goodies, like Justine & Marita got. Not a big bunch of flowers. Not Gold Class tickets. (I already have some of those I need to use by December.)

No, unwittingly, they gave me something I quite definitely appreciate, and will get plenty of use out of. They probably couldn’t have done better if they knew me well.

A brand spanking new Melway.

At least now I’ll have no problems finding my way to the new house.