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[lizbee]

Back in the olden days, ie, the mid-to-late 1970s, various companies put out Doctor Who trading cards.  These cards were consistently uneven in quality and devoid of companions (except one, that had a photo of Sarah Jane).  But they were redeemed by the presence of Sea Devils, who make everything better.

The House o'Squid is very pro-Sea Devil, so this post is dedicated to suburbannoir.

In addition to this fishy interlude, here is an awesome squid story.

“WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?” asked the Commander with, all things considered, a reasonable tone of voice.
“It’s a tentacle sir.”
“PIE DOESN’T HAVE TENTACLES!”
“Normally you’d be correct. But this is a squid pie sir.”

Comments

[nopejr.livejournal.com]

...why does the clearly holding a weapon Sea Devil have a weapons score of 0?

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

Anti-reptilian bigotry. Damn mammals.

[nopejr.livejournal.com]

*releases the attack-dinosaurs*

[suburbannoir.livejournal.com]

OMG MESH!!!

Surely they have special powers rating more than 3? What about their little meshy outfits? I don't feel that they were given due consideration.

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

See above re: anti-reptilian bigotry, also it was the '70s, and no one appreciated nice mesh.

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

That squid story wins rather a lot.

[nonelvis]

Normally I'd agree that pie should not have tentacles, but I'll make an exception for the one in this story. That was awesome.

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

My small person LOVES Sea Devils. That is all.

[themolesmother.livejournal.com]

Love the squid pie story. Father in Law was in the British Army, and my Mother in Law learned to make marmalade during a stint in Hong Kong where the CO's wife would round up the NCO's wives, and, under the pretence of a social gathering, get them to make her entire year's store of marmalade for her.

MM

[tree_and_leaf]

Oh, the squid story is a thing of beauty!

[infiniteviking]

Sea Devils!! All I remember from that episode was all the bits where the Doctor and Jo kept escaping from locked rooms and such. Ah, those were the days.

That squid story. *dies*

[opheliastorn.livejournal.com]

Aw, they all do look a bit like waterlogged birdies, don't they?

[nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com]

Liz, I think you'll find that we call them "Earth Reptiles" these days.

[i-palimpsest.livejournal.com]

I was in Sportsgirl - and I SWEAR I saw those exact string vest. I was going to take a photo - but a 15yr old sales assistant roused on me.

[fyrdrakken]

Your Twitter post reminded me of that story, so I wound up pulling up the blog entry on my Blackberry and reading it out loud to my mother. Hence getting in a few minutes of bonding before I rushed out the door to catch Watchmen.

[aceofannwn.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see you have discovered the joys of Skippy's List. Yes, the squid pie story is great.