I wound down this evening by re-watching something from my collection of Doctor Who stories on VHS. Specifically The Face of Evil, which is one of my favourites.

“The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don’t alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.” — The Doctor.

Having never been to such an event before, I am feeling somewhat apprehensive. Don’t want to get my hopes up too high. Meeting lots of people very briefly can feel a bit superficial, if you know what I mean, and my main apprehension is that I’ll go home from the weekend feeling that there simply wasn’t enough time.

This is a bastardisation that is absent from the novel, however. While there is certainly skepticism that “the event” happened as described, the skepticism is absolutely treated as appropriate and positive.