You will have heard all the ABC hype about the new Matt Smith Dr Who being available on I-View from Midnight, but the kids, wife and I will skip it and watch it the good old fashioned way on Sunday night on the telly.
In the mean time, if you really like your Dr Who via the Internet, why not check this one out…
I propose that
1) We replace the absentee monarch of Australia (who is also the Monarch of Great Britain) with an elected Australian monarchy.
2) The elected monarch exactly replaces the current monarch in the current constition.
3) The elected monarch has exactly the same powers, duties and responsibilities as those of the current absentee monarch. All the monarch's functions are carried out by his/her personal representatives (as is currently the case): federally by the Governor General, and in the states by the State Governors.
4) The Governor General and the Governors continue to be selected and appointed as they currently are, that is, by the premier with the approval of the monarch.
5) The monarch is elected to sovereignty over Australia for life, but his/her sovereignty is strictly non-hereditary.
6) The elective body is the "college of electors" comprised of the state governors and federal governor general.
7) The election of the monarch must be a unanimous decision on the part of the college of electors.
Over in this hemisphere we’re two programmes into this series already. I’ll look forward to your views on the new Doctor.
schutz good to see you back blogging. wonder where the Good Doctor has Bean?
Ah ah. Very droll.
I wish that I, like the good Doctor, could simply regenerate as easily. I have had a bit of a set back today, having been on the mend for a bit. Maybe the return to blogging is what has done it.
Like yourself, I sat and watched the episode on the box and I have to say I enjoyed the new Doctor immensely. Very much looking forward to the rest of the series.
I don’t know whether the analogy works down under, but as soon as he kitted himself out in a bow-tie and a tweed jacket with leather shoulder pads, like a geography master at a private school, I thought “it’s the Doctor”.
He’ll do.
Actually, this one is a bit of fun too: