The German Doctor Who trailer from Pro7

Could be better, could be worse. The German Nine-voice is going to take a lot of getting used to - it's too light and young, more like Ten, actually. Actually, after putting too much thought into it - and in a bid to rescue the 'I thought you were from the North' joke, I think they should have got Jan Fedder to do it. His origins are the Hamburg working-class, and I think his voice would fit Nine quite well (he's best known for playing a sometimes gruff but always good-hearted cop, and Wikipedia informs me that he has done dubbing work). Oh well, never mind - it's always interesting watching things you know in a different language!

Though the reference to 'one mission' makes me suspect that whoever wrote the voice-over may have succumbed to the popular misapprehension that All TV SF is like Star Trek. And hasn't actually watched any of the episodes. Quite liked the 'einer muß' uns ja retten' line though ('well, SOMEONE's got to save us')

More Weird Anglican/ Catholic Satire

A compassionate yet morally uncompromising statement of the Church's position on that controversial lifestyle choice, left-handedness: "DEXTERA DOMINI: The Declaration on the Pastoral Care of Left-Handed Persons."

For while it is neither possible nor desirable at present to decide whether this disorder is genetic in origin or merely the result of repeated nasty thoughts, in either case one may never argue that left-handedness is compulsive and therefore excusable. It is, of course, necessary to take note of the distinction between the sinistral condition and the individual left-handed actions, which are intrinsically disordered and utterly wrong.

If the Southern Cone doesn't sign up to this immediately, I shall be very disappointed...

Also, on a less politically charged noter Rules for General Synod Cricket