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The idea is I'll put a specific test version on here, with a reason why it is here. Later, when I have something else to test I'll remove that one and replace it with another.
This should stop lots of test versions all over the forum, and help avoid the forum taking up more space on the server than it needs to.
Reason for test version: Main popup and MODEl SETUP index menu.
I've also done a significant change to the Taranis versions. This relates to the internal coding for mix inputs.
The reason is the Taranis has an extra analog input (the Plus has 2). I did have this in order with the other pots/sliders but this has the side effect that the internal codes for everything after are one more that the same item on the SKY and 9XR-PRO versions of ersky9x.
This makes swapping model files between Taranis and SKY not really work. The change makes the files very closely compatible. but will mean any models on the Taranis that use a mix input after SL (P3 on SKY) will need to be checked. This includes inputs like HALF, FULL, PPMx and other channels. The firmware does, however, make SR appear after SL when editing a mix.
REVERSE the right POT operation on Taranis
NOTE: 19-Feb-2018, r221 is now released, also eepskye r422 is released.
The size of ersky9x_rom.bin may exceed 256K. On the AR9X board, make sure you have a bootloader rev 2.1 or later, or the flashing may not handle this size. On the SKY board (only 256K flash) use ersky9xs_rom.bin (s for small). This removes many languages to make it fit in the flash.
Versions that use new scripting language:
- ersky9x9XT_romEnc.zip
- 27-Feb-2020 12:12
SPI rotary encoder debug for 9Xtreme.
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- ersky9xr_romFmdFix.zip
- 17-Feb-2020 23:31
9XR-PRO, fix Fmd display bug
- (199.25 KiB) Downloaded 29 times
- erskyTxR222D7.zip
- 30-Jan-2020 15:23
Add SPI rotary encoder support for 9Xtreme.
Add "Min" function to Scalers.
T16 can flash internal module.
- (2.87 MiB) Downloaded 110 times
- erskyTxR222D6.zip
- 28-Dec-2019 16:48
Definite intended R222 release
- (2.91 MiB) Downloaded 180 times
- x9dp_romr220.zip
- r200 that fits in 256K for blackpearl
- (168.84 KiB) Downloaded 94 times
- ersky9xProvR222d5.zip
- 16-Oct-2019 23:16
Add support for MULTI_TELEMETRY
Release T16 version
Include X9Lite version
- (2.56 MiB) Downloaded 332 times
- ersky9xProvR222.zip
- 07-Jul-2019 20:23
Fix logfile formatting of some sensors
X9Lite includes handling of extra switches/pots
Voice alarms include v%val=0 function
Trim switches detected as "autoswitch" selections
- (6.5 MiB) Downloaded 458 times
- ersky9xProvR222.zip
- 16-Jun-2019 20:51
Fix bug when editing text and adding a SPACE when CAPS on.
Add option for "Instant Trim" to modify trims or subtrims.
- (6.5 MiB) Downloaded 194 times
- ersky9xProvR222.zip
- 29-May-2019 23:03
Script event handling improvements
- (6.5 MiB) Downloaded 189 times
- ersky9xr_rom_VB.zip
- 27-May-2019 23:36
Script processing fixes (9XR-PRO only)
fixed script for vodkabears only
- (205.93 KiB) Downloaded 124 times
- ersky9xProvR222.zip
- 21-May-2019 23:55
This is my intended r222 release
FrSky X9Lite included
eepskye (WIn and Linux) included with support for the X9Lite.
eepskye does not (yet) support the X12 and the T16 as they don't have EEPROM, they use the SD card.
The bug causing curves to have bits missing off the top and/or bottom of the screen is fixed.
T16 is still not included.
- (6.5 MiB) Downloaded 154 times
- ersky9xProvR222.zip
- 20-May-2019 19:16
This is my intended r222 release
FrSky X9Lite
eepskye (WIn and Linux) included with support for the X9Lite.
eepskye does not (yet) support the X12 and the T16 as they don't have EEPROM, they use the SD card.
T16 and X12 removed as I found a bug that might cause errors.
- (6.29 MiB) Downloaded 98 times
- x12d_rom.zip
- 21-Mar-2019 16:51
Fix flickering display when running script
- (213.9 KiB) Downloaded 145 times
- x12d_rom.zip
- 11-Mar-2019 10:09
Fix bug, not always waiting for background to clear
Debug removed
- (213.92 KiB) Downloaded 80 times
- x12d_rom.zip
- 10-Mar-2019 23:05
Fix bug, not always waiting for background to clear
- (215.11 KiB) Downloaded 58 times
- ersky9xr_romResetDisplay.zip
- 10-Mar-2019 19:48
Logical switch LO resets the display
- (200.36 KiB) Downloaded 119 times
- x12d_rom.zip
- 05-Mar-2019 17:41
Reduce Sd card interrupt priority.
- (214.04 KiB) Downloaded 61 times
- x12d_rom.zip
- 04-Mar-2019 19:14
Limit file list scrolling rate
Fix model image loading at power on
Add "Set Text Colour"
Add "Set background colour"
- (214.14 KiB) Downloaded 59 times
- x12d_rom.zip
- 04-Mar-2019 18:35
Fix model image loading at power on
Add "Set Text Colour"
Add "Set background colour"
- (214.13 KiB) Downloaded 63 times
- ersky9xProvR222d4.zip
- 25-Feb-2019 12:35
Add DSM vario filter option
Add "haptc4" to voice alert effect. This doesn't force a gap between haptic events.
- (2.13 MiB) Downloaded 296 times
- eepskye.zip
- 22-Feb-2019 23:12
A (third) definite test version with scroll bars and a resizeable window.
Some windows changed to improve the display.
This may help on displays with large fonts set.
- (2.03 MiB) Downloaded 239 times
- eepskye.zip
- 22-Feb-2019 23:12
A (second) definite test version with scroll bars and a resizeable window. This may help on displays with large fonts set.
- (2.03 MiB) Downloaded 82 times
- eepskye.zip
- 21-Feb-2019 16:31
Fix mix switch editing problem
- (2.03 MiB) Downloaded 81 times
- eepskye.zip
- 26-Jan-2019 21:54
Fix Telemetry protocol editing bug
Fix Vario data bug
Add safety switch editing for channels 25-32
- (2.03 MiB) Downloaded 170 times
- eepskye.zip
- 25-Jan-2019 23:07
Fix Telemetry protocol editing bug
- (2.02 MiB) Downloaded 93 times
- ersky9xProvR222d3.zip
- 22-Jan-2019 18:42
Add custom names for custom telemetry values
Fix Vspd logging
Fix Vspd scaling from DSM telemetry
Voice alerts may use system voice files
Allow FM0-FM6 as switches for DR/EXPO
Limit FrSky RxNum to 63, max actually allowed.
Encoder double-click switches between CAPS when text editing.
Add Cls1 and Cls2 for total cells of two FLVSS/MLVSS
Fix Scaler ex_source editing bug
Scaler and Custom telemetry names used
Raw logging has a Hex option
Fix Crossfire telemetry bug
Handle FrSky vario from XxR when using 'D' protocol
Horus X12 add bootloader
X9E Fix hardware editing bug
- (2.12 MiB) Downloaded 275 times
- x9dp_romXfireTest.zip
- 14-Jan-2019 22:58
Special test version with Xfire telemetry debug
- (194.58 KiB) Downloaded 92 times
- ersky9xr_romPxxTime.zip
- 10-Jan-2019 22:41
Special test version with PXX timing debug
- (199.53 KiB) Downloaded 72 times
- ersky9xr_romcells1.zip
- 02-Jan-2019 00:02
Second test version for 9XR-PRO to handle 2 MLVSS sensors
- (199.24 KiB) Downloaded 78 times
- ersky9xr_romCells.zip
- 01-Jan-201919:07
Test version for 9XR-PRO to handle 2 MLVSS sensors
- (199.12 KiB) Downloaded 55 times
- ersky9xr_rom_Midtest.zip
- 12-Dec-2018 21:12
Special test version for Midelic
- (198.7 KiB) Downloaded 83 times
- ersky9x9XT_rom_AM_test.zip
- 09-Dec-2018 19:56
2nd Special test version for 9Xtreme. This is for one specific user "AM".
- (209.34 KiB) Downloaded 52 times
- x12d_romR222d3_boottest.zip
- 08-Dec-2018 22:55
Horus X12 only. Includes bootloader with "Run App" option. A "Flash Multi" app is included.
- (234.85 KiB) Downloaded 76 times
- ersky9xProvR222d3-x9e-only.zip
- 05-Dec-2018 23:25
X9E only, fix Hardware editing bug
- (195.49 KiB) Downloaded 68 times
- ersky9xProvR222d2.zip
- 28-Nov-2018 22:14
Fix reboot bug if no "Multi.txt" file
Add message indicating "Mute Selected"
- (2.08 MiB) Downloaded 201 times
- ersky9xProvR222d1.zip
- 24-Nov-2018 00:23
Has a bug causing a reboot if you don't have a "Multi.txt" file on the SD card.
Add RTC battery voltage display for STM based radios
Fix bug where trims didn't work when used as mix sources unless they were also used with the sticks
Fix bug where trim switches used as logical switch inputs didn't follow the stick mode setting
Horsu supports writing a bootloader from maintenance mode. The openTx bootloader may be used until I get one written
XJT(PXX) bind options are stored with the model
Scripts may use alert() to pop up an alert or a message
Script subroutines (gosubs) may return a value as in "return x". This may be retrieved by the function "returnvalue()"
- (2.08 MiB) Downloaded 159 times
- ersky9xProvR222c9.zip
- 12-Nov-2018 19:15
Add R9M Flex firmware support
Fix bug (recently introduced) causing FrSky SPort telemetry packets to be lost
Store selected FrSky Bind options with the model
Fix sysstrtoarray() bug in scripts
- (2.08 MiB) Downloaded 215 times
- ersky9xr_romFlex.zip
- 08-Nov-2018 17:08
9XR-PRO test version specifically for R9M Flex firmware
- (198.95 KiB) Downloaded 90 times
- ersky9xProvR222c8.zip
- 04-Nov-2018 22:41
Fix bug causing buttons not to work when no SD card present
- (2.08 MiB) Downloaded 125 times
- ersky9xProvR222c7.zip
- 03-Nov-2018 21:23
Fix problem on Atmel chip radios with BT interrupts
Correct filer.bas and filet.bas to allow transfer of files larger than 12K
Fix 'PRO bug when Rx still powered
Scripts add serial and file functions
Includes filet.bas and filer.bas scripts for file transfer over bluetooth or serial.
- (2.08 MiB) Downloaded 86 times
- ersky9xProvR222c6.zip
- 02-Nov-2018 18:34
Fix 'PRO bug when Rx still powered
Scripts add serial and file functions
filer.bas and filet.bas removed due to problem with files larger than 12K
- (2.08 MiB) Downloaded 68 times
- ersky9xr_romrstdisp.zip
- 27-Oct-2018 15:03
Special test version for the 'PRO
Resets display if THR switch towards the front
- (198.38 KiB) Downloaded 115 times
- ersky9xProvR222c5.zip
- 19-Oct-2018 17:11
Fix crossfire telemetry sending from scripts
Revise handling of "Rx still powered" on power off of Tx
- (2.07 MiB) Downloaded 196 times
- ersky9xProvR222c4.zip
- 09-Oct-2018 13:39
Add "double click" on encoder button - toggle GVAR
Press and hold encoder button for fast editing
Delay loading of model scripts
Support MOVE for voice alerts
Handle unknown SPort IDs
Add trims as Mix sources
FrSky XJT Rx numbers default to model slot
- (6.18 MiB) Downloaded 179 times
- ersky9xProvR222c2.zip
- 19-Sep-2018 17:20
SKY/AR9X/9XR-PRO/9Xtreme/QX7 Add Bluetooth TxD to ground when BT is OFF
- (2.05 MiB) Downloaded 215 times
- ersky9xProvR222c1.zip
- 17-Sep-2018 22:46
T12 switch and pot names changed
All, fix trim switch bug on trim going to centre
- (2.05 MiB) Downloaded 117 times
- ersky9xProvR222b9.zip
- 06-Sep-2018 22:33
Fix sign bug passing logitude to script
Add copy and past to voice alerts and logical switches
- (2.07 MiB) Downloaded 170 times
- ersky9xProvR222b8.zip
- 25-Aug-2018 13:03
Support Jumper T12 radio
Script additions (sqrt function and width parameter to drawnumber)
- (2.07 MiB) Downloaded 187 times
- ersky9xProvR222b6.zip
- 02-Aug-2018 18:19
Support inverted SPort polling on COM 1 for Multi Module
Includes file for Multi module assuming bootloader is present
- (1.92 MiB) Downloaded 255 times
- ersky9xProvR222b5.zip
- 25-Jul-2018 19:01
Fix voice overrun problem on Atmel radios (SKY/AR9X/9XR-PRO)
Add |d|<val to voice alert functions
- (1.87 MiB) Downloaded 166 times
- ersky9xProvR222b4.zip
- 15-Jul-2018 22:11
Enhancements to script language
Add crossfiresend()
- (1.89 MiB) Downloaded 168 times
- ersky9xProvR222b3.zip
- 07-Jul-2018 10:26
Fix FrSky Hub Altitude bug
Fix Voice alert BOTH with short filenames
X-Lite Switches support 2/3pos, trainer options, tidy hardware menu
Remove Failsafe option of "Repeat Send" and always keep sending the failsafe values
- (1.89 MiB) Downloaded 218 times
- ersky9xProvR222b2.zip
- 01-Jul-2018 16:51
Remove Failsafe option of "Repeat Send" and always keep sending the failsafe values
- (1.89 MiB) Downloaded 143 times
- ersky9xProvR222b1.zip
- 29-Jun-2018 11:16
Fix problem editing S6R/S8R values when "Menu only Edit" is enabled
Fix GPS altitude display scaling
Fix switch warning bug on X-Lite
Fix problem using encoder on Script selection
- (1.89 MiB) Downloaded 128 times
- ersky9xProvR222a9.zip
- 25-Jun-2018 08:29
Fix bug on SKY/PRO/AR9X module output for Multi/Dsm
Fix General menu model voice file bug
Reset Telemetry now a popup option, not on LONG EXIT
Xlite version included
- (1.89 MiB) Downloaded 135 times
- xlite_rom.zip
- 20-Jun-2018 23:45
First test version for the X-Lite.
Includes Apps:
- (216.6 KiB) Downloaded 181 times
- ersky9xProvR222a8.zip
- 03-Jun-2018 23:41
Add ModT "telemetry" value - Model use time
Horus, implement the "doublerate" XJT driver.
Wide screen radios, fix bug when editing custom telemetry screens.
Updated "Helptel.txt" file to include ModT.
Updated eepskye (Win and Linux) to include ModT.
- (5.78 MiB) Downloaded 270 times
- ersky9xProvR222a7.zip
- 30-May-2018 23:12
Add ability to edit model notes
Add RunT "telemetry" value - Radio on time
Prompt for reset of Radio on time when battery detected as possibly charged
XJT module has "double rate" option to reduce latency
Atmel based radios add PB14 option for XJT heartbeat
Atmel based radios, offer PA25 as extra switch input where possible
- (5.78 MiB) Downloaded 154 times
- ersky9xProvR222a6.zip
- 25-Apr-2018 19:17
Add safety switches display of channel uSec output and ability to set the safety value to a resolution of 0.1%
Also includes eepskye (Win and Linux) with the resolution change supported
- (5.77 MiB) Downloaded 286 times
- x7_romAnalog.zip
- 22-Apr-2018 22:23
Support for two extra POTs
- (193.61 KiB) Downloaded 171 times
- ersky9x9XT_romDbg1.zip
- 22-Apr-2018 20:26
Special test version with Debug
Only use if you have suspected EEPROM problems
- (205.48 KiB) Downloaded 151 times
- ersky9x9XT_romDebug.zip
- 21-Apr-2018 11:25
Special test version with Debug
Only use if you have suspected EEPROM problems
- (205.62 KiB) Downloaded 155 times
- ersky9x9XT_rom.zip
- 16-Apr-2018 18:35
Special test of "data from M64" problem
- (205.52 KiB) Downloaded 154 times
- ersky9x_PRO_9xt.zip
- 08-Apr-2018 19:49
Fix fifo operation for crossfire
Move 9XT debug to crossfire receive error 111
Remove #ifdef REVX around crossfire processing
'PRO and 9Xtreme, allow 64 byte crossfire send packets
9XT has some debug
- (398.47 KiB) Downloaded 222 times
- ersky9x_PRO_9xt.zip
- 08-Apr-2018 17:23
Move 9XT debug to crossfire receive error 111
Remove #ifdef REVX around crossfire processing
'PRO and 9Xtreme, allow 64 byte crossfire send packets
9XT has some debug
- (398.49 KiB) Downloaded 136 times
- ersky9x_PRO_9xt.zip
- 08-Apr-2018 15:51
'PRO and 9Xtreme, allow 64 byte crossfire send packets
9XT has some debug
- (398.47 KiB) Downloaded 163 times
- ersky9x_PRO_9xt.zip
- 07-Apr-2018 22:34
'PRO and 9Xtreme, fix crc on crossfire telemetry send
- (398.51 KiB) Downloaded 145 times
- ersky9x9XT_rom.zip
- 06-Apr-2018 15:33
9Xtreme only, includes crossfire telemetry script support.
- (205.2 KiB) Downloaded 147 times
- ersky9xr_rom.zip
- 06-Apr-2018 22:21
9Xtreme only, includes crossfire telemetry script support.
- (193.16 KiB) Downloaded 164 times
- ersky9xProvR222a5.zip
- 04-Apr-2018 17:17
Fix value of A1 and A2 in a script
- (1.72 MiB) Downloaded 200 times
- ChangId_apps.zip
- 02-Apr-2018 10:57
App to change the physical ID of a FrSky SPort device
- (65.86 KiB) Downloaded 204 times
- FlashMulti_9xt.zip
- 02-Apr-2018 10:57
App for 9Xtreme, may fix encoder not working
- (16.43 KiB) Downloaded 198 times
- FlashMulti_9xt.zip
- 31-Mar-2018 11:56
App for 9Xtreme
- (16.34 KiB) Downloaded 169 times
- FlashMulti_atmel.zip
- 31-Mar-2018 11:01
Fix rotary encoder problem
- (14.17 KiB) Downloaded 205 times
- ersky9xProvR222a4.zip
- 30-Mar-2018 12:10
Fix inverse video bug fix for "off grid" text.
Fix bug in script language bitfield function.
Limil exponent is script power function to a max of 20.
- (1.72 MiB) Downloaded 249 times
- ersky9xr_rom.zip
- 29-Mar-2018 23:59
9XR-PRO version with invers video bug fix for "off grid" text.
- (192.9 KiB) Downloaded 216 times
- FlashMulti_TaranisApps.zip
- 29-Mar-2018 12:16
Apps for Taranis (standard,plus and X7) that have an "Invert COM" option.
- (45.25 KiB) Downloaded 293 times
- ersky9xProvR222a3.zip
- 28-Mar-2018 20:52
These have a modified bootloader that allows "apps" to be run. Also included is an "app" that will flash new firmware to a MultiProtocol module.
For SKY, AR9X and 9XR-PRO, use the app "FlashMulti_atmel.app", it should work on all of them, auto-detecting the 9XR-PRO.
- (1.72 MiB) Downloaded 243 times
- ersky9xProvR222a2.zip
- 26-Mar-2018 18:25
Versions for Taranis, Taranis Plus and X7. These have a modified bootloader that allows "apps" to be run. Also included is an "app" that will flash new firmware to a MultiProtocol module.
- (614.81 KiB) Downloaded 277 times
- ersky9xProvR222a1.zip
- 20-Mar-2018 18:32
Fix SPort telemetry passing to script bug
Add uS value at top of MIXER display
Fix bug in telemetry buffer size testing
Script adds "bitfield" and "power" and "crossfirereceive" functions
Minor edits to remove warnings from newer compilers
Fix failsafe settings not being saved when changed
Display "FMx" when not name available for flight mode
- (1.66 MiB) Downloaded 257 times
- eepskyeL64_221.zip
- 20-Mar-2018 19:07
64-bit version of eepskye r422 for Linux
- (7.28 MiB) Downloaded 194 times
- ersky9xs_rom.zip
- 10-Nov-2017 16:33
2nd Special test version for capitaineflam25
- (176.45 KiB) Downloaded 396 times
- x9dp_romHrc2.zip
- 16-Oct-2017 11:55
Special test version for "happyrc1"
- (183.85 KiB) Downloaded 230 times
- ersky9xr_romDiag5.zip
- 05-Oct-2017 21:03
Special test version for 9XR-PRO testing COM1
- (184.73 KiB) Downloaded 224 times
- ersky9xr_romDiag.zip
- 26-Sep-2017 13:36
Special test versions for 9XR-PRO with serial DIAG mode
- (368.09 KiB) Downloaded 193 times
- ersky9x_romAFHDS2.zip
- 21-Aug-2017 15:14
Specific test version to fix AFHDS2A telemetry on ARUNI
- (183.63 KiB) Downloaded 218 times
- ersky9xProvR222c6.zip
- 02-Nov-2018 18:34
Fix 'PRO bug when Rx still powered
Scripts add serial and file functions
Includes filet.bas and filer.bas scripts for file transfer over bluetooth or serial.
- (2.08 MiB) Downloaded 139 times
- ersky9xr_rom.zip
- 06-Mar-2017 09:36
R219 for 9XR-PRO
- (168.62 KiB) Downloaded 354 times
- ersky9x9XT_romI2Ctest.zip
- 06-Dec-2016 12:27
Special test version for OctavioS, encoder on I2C
- (184.19 KiB) Downloaded 306 times
- opentx.zip
- Test version of openTx r2940 for Taranis 14-Aug-2014 16:55
Minor change to "maintenance mode" to report "No Files" if directory is empty
This is r2940 with the addition of "maintenance mode" to allow SPort device update
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- opentx.zip
- Test version of openTx r2940 for Taranis 14-Aug-2014 16:55
Minor change to "maintenance mode" to report "No Files" if directory is empty
This is r2940 with the addition of "maintenance mode" to allow SPort device update
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The Curse of Fenric was the third serial of season 26 of Doctor Who. It revealed that the events of Ace's arrival in the Seventh Doctor's life, and the uncanny chance of their secondary foe during Silver Nemesis using proper time travel, were all part of this evil entity's plan to release itself and gain revenge on the Doctor for imprisoning it in its flask. The chessboard from Silver Nemesis was also a hint; the Doctor had initially beaten Fenric by using an unsolvable chess problem.
This story revealed the Seventh Doctor's deceitful qualities much more than he had demonstrated them in earlier adventures, and the repercussions his manipulative schemes had on people; specifically, when he did what he thought was best for their sake without their consent, but his actions damaged them.
The TARDIS materialises at a secret naval base off the coast of Northumberland during the Second World War. Dr Judson, a scientist there, has created the Ultima Machine, an early computer designed to break German codes. The base's Commander Millington plans to let a Russian commando unit led by Captain Sorin steal the machine's core, which he has booby-trapped with a deadly toxin.
Judson uses the machine to translate some ancient runes from the crypt of the nearby St. Jude's Church and this leads to the release of Fenric, an evil entity from the dawn of time whom the Doctor trapped seventeen centuries earlier in a Chinese flask by defeating it at chess. The flask was later stolen and buried at the church by Vikings.
The base and church are attacked by Haemovores. These are humans who have been transformed into hideous vampiric creatures by the Ancient Haemovore — the last survivor of a pollution-ravaged future Earth, who has been brought back in time by Fenric. Fenric takes over Judson's body to challenge the Doctor to a rematch at chess, and Ace unwittingly helps it to win.
Fenric, now in Sorin's body, reveals that Ace, Judson, Millington, Sorin and Wainwright, the vicar of St Judes, are all "Wolves of Fenric" — pawns in its battle against the Doctor. It now plans to release the deadly toxin, but the Doctor succeeds in turning the Ancient Haemovore against it and its host body is killed by the gas. However, the Doctor is forced to do this by harshly belittling Ace to break her faith in him, as it was the only thing keeping Fenric's influence active.
The baby daughter of a young woman whom Ace helped to escape from the Haemovores is revealed to be her future mother. Meanwhile, the Doctor reconciles with Ace, who has finally overcome the psychological issues that plagued her life.
Part one
During World War II, two dinghies manned by Soviet soldiers row towards Maiden's Point on the English Northumberland coast, but one gets lost in the fog. Nearby, the TARDIS materialises, and the Seventh Doctor and Ace step out. The Doctor is content to stroll right in, but Ace is wary if this is a top-secret naval installation, then it should not be that easy. Indeed, only a few steps later they are confronted by armed guards. The Doctor befuddles the guards by complaining that it took them long enough and insulting their discipline.
He then asks them where Dr Judson's office is. Going to see the wheelchair-bound Judson, the Doctor ingratiates himself with him by recognising the Prisoner's Dilemma which Judson has on a blackboard. Ace, too, impresses Judson by identifying a logic game that he also has mapped out. By the time the guard commander arrives to confront the Doctor and Ace about their unauthorised presence, the Doctor has already forged letters of authority from the Prime Minister and the Head of the Secret Service.
The Soviets, meanwhile, have discovered the sole survivor of the other dinghy, delirious and pale. The Soviet commander, Captain Sorin, asks the survivor where the sealed orders are but he is unable to answer. The orders are discovered washed up on the shore by another Soviet soldier. Inside is a photograph of Judson, but something in the water kills him before he can bring the orders back to Sorin. The Doctor and Ace have been put in barracks, and he tells her to go to bed while he walks around the grounds, noting to a guard that eyes are watching.
The next morning, the Reverend Wainwright finishes his service, speaking to a local spinster, Miss Hardaker, and her two charges, Jean and Phyllis, evacuees from the East End of London. The Doctor and Ace show up, looking for Judson, who is working on Viking inscriptions in the crypt of the church. Ace strikes up a conversation with Jean and Phyllis and makes an appointment to meet up with them later at Maiden's Point. As they enter the crypt, Ace notices a lot of silver around and says they might get stolen. Wainwright assures her that the locals are too frightened of the Viking curse: the church was built on old Viking graves, and they say evil was once buried here. In the crypt, Judson is confident that the ULTIMA code machine, which he is using to decipher German intercepts, will be able to crack the inscriptions. Ace tells the Doctor she hears the sound of machinery, but the Doctor dismisses it as the sounds of the church organ.
The Doctor and Ace visit the churchyard and note that it contains descendants of Vikings. When they go to Maiden's Point, they find the open packet of the sealed orders and realise that there are Soviet soldiers about. The Doctor decides to go back to the church and warns Ace not to go into the water. He finds Wainwright in the church and correctly guesses that someone has already deciphered the inscriptions. Wainwright shows the Doctor a translation made by his grandfather, speaking of a curse following the Vikings who came here carrying Oriental treasure. They wished to go back to the "North Way" but the curse claimed their lives at Maiden's Bay. The Doctor reads part of the Soviet orders that mention Norway the "North Way", and takes the translation to Judson.
Ace returns to The Doctor and they continue looking around the base, and come across the room where some WRNS are listening to coded transmissions. One of the WRNS, Kathleen Dudman, has a baby whom Ace takes to even though she is named Audrey, the same as Ace's mother, whom she hates. Millington, however, is not as sympathetic, and orders Kathleen to get Audrey off the base within 24 hours or face dismissal from the service. Exploring further, the Doctor and Ace enter Millington's office, a perfect replica of the German cypher room in Berlin, where he tries to divine the mind of the enemy. There are two differences, though, a picture that shows that Judson and Millington went to school together, and a Viking-themed chess set.
In his office, Judson continues to read the translation, which tells of the final battle of the gods at the end of the world, which Millington seems to believe is nigh. As he reads, new runes appear burning into the wall of the vault, and a creature hiding behind a ruined Viking ship stirs. While searching Maiden's Point for more clues, Ace and the Doctor find the body of the soldier who found the orders earlier, with a strange object in his hand. They are then confronted at gunpoint by the other Soviets.
Part two
The soldiers take them back to Sorin once they discover that the Doctor and Ace know about their sealed orders. The Doctor tells Sorin that an assault on the base will be suicidal, and letting them go to investigate further is the only way to stop the evil that is killing his men. Already another soldier has been attacked and is delirious, holding on to a similar object which he hands to the Doctor.
In the meantime, Judson is carried away from deciphering the new inscriptions by his nurse, Crane, who finds the crypt too cold for an invalid. Millington insists that Judson use the ULTIMA to decode the inscriptions, even though it is needed for the German intercepts. The Doctor and Ace return to the crypt, noticing the new inscriptions. Remembering the machinery Ace heard earlier, they look for a secret door, but Millington finds them first, taking them at gunpoint into the hidden passages connected to the church. Inside, men are mining toxins from a natural source, a chemical weapon to end the war. The Doctor makes an allusion to the Well of Hvergelmir, where serpents spew their venom over the roots of Yggdrasil. This persuades Millington that the Doctor believes in Norse mythology as he does, and offers to show the Doctor all of it. The Doctor goes with Millington to the ULTIMA, leaving Ace behind in the church to talk to Wainwright, who seems to have lost his faith in humanity. He also says the church has lost its sense of sacredness.
At the ULTIMA, Millington reveals that the computer is bait for the Soviets, with a beaker of toxin hidden inside the machine. Millington shows the Doctor a room with row on row of shells, and an isolation chamber to test the toxin. As a demonstration, he breaks a vial inside the chamber, killing a cage of pigeons. The plan is to let the Soviets take the ULTIMA, and when they try to decrypt the British codes, a single word, "Love", implanted in a cypher will detonate the beaker.
In the crypt, a wall shakes open of its own accord, revealing an ancient looking urn, which is cast aside by the soldiers working there to seal up the church. At Maiden's Point, Jean and Phyllis enter the water again, fully dressed (Miss Hardaker having earlier confiscated their bathing suits), splashing around, as a mist drifts into the bay, and when it clears, they are gone. Millington is informed that the operations at the church are being closed down, and he orders that all radio transmitters and outside telephone lines be disabled and any chess sets in the camp be burnt. Judson starts to decrypt the inscription and the ULTIMA spits out, "Let the chains of Fenric shatter."
Jean and Phyllis rise from the waves, skins pale and with long claws in place of fingernails. They lure a Soviet soldier into the water, but before he can reach them, monstrous hands grab and drag him under. Ace realises what the inscriptions are — a complex logic diagram for a computer program, and tells Judson this in his office. Armed with this knowledge, Judson excitedly tells Crane to take him to the ULTIMA room. Meanwhile, Jean and Phyllis go to Miss Hardaker and kill her. When Ace and the Doctor find Miss Hardaker's body drained of blood, the two vampire girls are already approaching Wainwright, who lost his faith when he heard about British bombs killing innocents. They are about to feed on him, but the Doctor arrives and dismisses them. They threaten to return for Wainwright.
The Doctor says that as long as Judson does not solve the inscriptions, everything will be all right. Ace, horrified, realises she has given Judson the solution and says the Doctor should have told her. They rush to the ULTIMA room as more monstrous vampires, some dressed in archaic clothing, rise from the bay. When the Doctor, Ace and Wainwright reach the machine, it is running at top speed and cannot be stopped. The urn in the crypt glows with a green light, as Millington says triumphantly that the Doctor is too late. He is convinced that once the chains of Fenric shatter, all its dark powers will be his.
Part three
The Doctor points out that the base's defences have been weakened because Millington wanted the Soviets to steal the machine, and reinforcements cannot be called for because the transmitters have been disabled. The Doctor explains that the vampires are really Haemovores, mutations from mankind's far future. Ace wants to make sure that Kathleen and Audrey are all right before they go back to the church. Wainwright traces the names of the descendants of the Viking settlers while the Doctor and Ace explore the crypt for clues. Ace finds the cast-aside urn and puts it in her backpack without telling the Doctor, not considering it the Oriental treasure he is looking for. Wainwright finds the names the Doctor is looking for — the curse of Fenric passing down through the generations.
The Haemovores attack the church, Wainwright and Ace trying to beat them back with the church silver. Ace tries to escape through the roof but is attacked by the Haemovores. Sorin and two of his men spot her struggles and rescue her, although their shots only slow the haemovores down. What eventually drives them back, however, is the Doctor's faith — as he chants the names of his former companions, the Haemovores scream and retreat. The Doctor explains that faith forms a psychic barrier that the Haemovores cannot penetrate. The Doctor orders everyone into the crypt, but Sorin says he needs to go back to his men. His faith in the revolution will protect him. He gives Ace his scarf and tells her to be careful.
The Doctor finds the tunnel to the toxin stores (and a back way out) sealed, but Ace blows it open with two cans of Nitro-9. The two Soviet soldiers stay a bit behind to slow the Haemovores down. Ace takes out the flask she found, hoping to use it to mix more Nitro-9, but the Doctor recognises it as the treasure they've been searching for. Outside, Sorin keeps the Haemovores at bay with his Soviet Army badge, but they turn away from him and start moving back to the church, being drawn to the flask. When the Doctor, Wainwright and Ace reach the exit, Millington is waiting, and takes the flask, sealing the exit even though the two Soviet soldiers are still inside, now trapped with the Haemovores. They plead with Millington to open the shutters, but their pleas are ignored.
Sorin moves back into the camp, telling his men to abort the mission if he is not back in ten minutes. He calls out to Millington to talk terms, officer to officer. However, Millington is not interested and places Sorin under arrest. Sorin manages to warn his men, and they retreat. The Haemovores start to burn through the metal shutters of the tunnel, while Ace discovers Kathleen sitting alone in the barracks, numb with grief at receiving a letter informing her of her merchant navy husband's death at sea. Judson continues with the decoding of the inscription, now with the flask sitting in the ULTIMA.
Ace confronts the Doctor, demanding to know what he knows, bitterly complaining that he always seems to know, but just cannot be bothered to tell anyone, like it is a game that only he knows the rules to. The Doctor tells Ace about an ancient evil that has existed since the birth of the universe. Fenric is just Millington's name for it, and it is trapped in the flask. Ace lures Sorin's guard away while the Doctor frees the Soviet captain — they have to stop Fenric before he finds a body. Wainwright waits while the Haemovores break through the tunnel gates, and tries to hold them back with the Bible, but his faith is too weak and the Haemovores overwhelm him.
The flask in the ULTIMA flashes, hitting Judson with green energy, causing him to collapse out of his wheelchair. A storm whips up as the Haemovores advance over Wainwright's lifeless body. As the Doctor, Ace and Sorin reach the ULTIMA room, Millington murmurs that the chains of Fenric are shattered and the gods have lost the final battle. Ace thinks that Fenric has taken Millington, but she is wrong. Behind the Doctor, Judson rises to his feet, his eyes aglow, and proclaiming that "we play the contest again, Time Lord."
Part four
Fenric/Judson says that the Doctor trapped him in the Shadow Dimensions since the 3rd century, but now he has a body again and the preparations are complete. He teleports away as British soldiers rush in. Millington orders that the Doctor, Ace and Sorin be shot for treason. Before the firing squad can carry the order out, however, Sorin's men attack and the three escape. Fenric/Judson appears in the tunnels, meeting the Haemovores and asking them to fetch him the Ancient One. At the bay, the Haemovores perform the summoning, and the Ancient One, a hideously mutated Haemovore, rises from the waters. The Ancient One is from the far future of Earth, a time where it is the last thing left alive — the ultimate destiny that evolution and pollution has shaped for mankind.
The Doctor tells Ace that he needs a chess set, and they remember the one in Millington's office, but Millington has wired the chess set to explode, and they barely get out before the office is destroyed. Millington, meanwhile, meets Fenric/Judson in the toxin chamber, where Fenric reminisces about the time the Doctor beat him — carving pieces out of bones taken from the desert sand and setting up a chess problem. Fenric was unable to solve the puzzle and was banished, so now he seeks revenge. The Doctor explains to Ace why the names are important — they tell of where the curse has passed, to family names like Judson, Millington, Wainwright and Dudman. Ace remembers that Kathleen still has a chess set which escaped Millington's destruction order, and they go to retrieve it.
The British soldiers use toxin grenades against the Soviets, but the Haemovores start killing the British soldiers. The WRNS become Haemovores and turn on the soldiers who come to rescue them. Fenric/Judson allows the Haemovores to kill Nurse Crane, in return for all the humiliation she visited on Judson over the years. When Bates, the guard commander goes to warn Millington of the massacre, he overhears Fenric/Judson tell Millington that he will use the toxin stores to poison the world forever. Bates sneaks out again and joins forces with the Doctor and Sorin to fight the real enemy. Sorin praises Ace for her bravery and gives her his Soviet Army badge. Ace and the Doctor reach the barracks and take Kathleen's chess set. Ace stays to look after Kathleen and Audrey. The Haemovores crash in through a window, and they barely escape out through another. Ace bundles Kathleen and Audrey into a jeep, telling them to go to London, where Ace's nan will look after them. Kathleen gives Ace a picture of Audrey, and Ace kisses the baby goodbye, saying she will always love her.
Fenric/Judson tells the Ancient One to take the poison into the oceans, and kill the other Haemovores. He concentrates, and the Haemovores collapse and crumble to dust. The Doctor sets up the chess puzzle in the toxin stores and challenges Fenric/Judson to solve it. Millington is about to shoot Bates but Sorin's last man shoots Millington instead. As Fenric/Judson desperately contemplates the puzzle, the Doctor speaks to the Ancient One. He knows the Ancient One comes from a world where industrial pollution has caused the Earth to die in a chemical slime, and what Fenric is asking the Haemovore to do is to be the act that begins that — another one of Fenric's games.
When Sorin goes to kill Fenric, the weakened entity possessing Judson tells Sorin that he was chosen for this mission because his grandmother was English and a descendant of one of the Viking settlers. Sorin is touched by the curse, too — one of the Wolves of Fenric. When Ace enters the toxin store, it is Sorin who is contemplating the puzzle, and Ace tells him the solution, realising too late that Fenric is now in Sorin's body. Fenric/Sorin solves the puzzle as the Doctor enters, and he gloats. All the descendants of the Viking who buried the flask were pawns in his game — Judson, Millington, Sorin, the Ancient One, and even Ace. In thirty years, Kathleen Dudman's daughter Audrey will become Ace's mother, the one Ace hates. In saving Kathleen and Audrey, Ace has created her own future.
Fenric/Sorin orders the Ancient One to kill them. Ace, however, still has faith in the Doctor's infallibility, and that faith creates a psychic barrier that keeps the Ancient One back. Fenric/Sorin takes up a vial of the toxin, saying that he will kill the Doctor anyway, but if he would like Ace to live, to kneel before him. The Doctor callously tells Fenric/Sorin to kill Ace, revealing that he knew all along that Ace had Fenric's evil inside her. Why else would he have taken in a social misfit and an emotional cripple who could not even pass chemistry, yet somehow created a time storm in her bedroom? The Doctor saw Fenric's hand in it from the start as soon as he saw the chess set in Lady Peinforte's study, and was just using Ace to get to him. With these belittling revelations, Ace's faith in the Doctor is shattered, and she falls to the floor weeping. The Ancient One is free to move, but, instead of killing the Doctor and Ace, forces Fenric/Sorin into the isolation chamber, shattering the vial of poison and killing them both. The Doctor pulls Ace out of the store as it explodes behind them.
The Doctor tries to explain to Ace that he didn't mean what he said, but had to break Ace's faith in him to allow the Ancient One to act. He would have done anything not to hurt Ace, but he had to save her from the curse. On the shores of Maiden's Point, Ace wonders why she cannot stop hating Audrey, her mother, even though she loved her as a baby. Ace dives into the bay, no longer frightened of the water, and surfaces, liberated. In doing so, it is implied that she has overcome her psychological troubles after being forced to face them by the Doctor's harsh words. The Doctor and Ace walk off, back to the TARDIS.
- The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
- Ace - Sophie Aldred
- Dr. Judson - Dinsdale Landen
- Commander Millington - Alfred Lynch
- Captain Bates - Stevan Rimkus
- Sgt Leigh - Marcus Hutton
- Perkins - Christien Anholt
- Captain Sorin - Tomek Bork
- Sgt Prozorov - Peter Czajkowski
- Vershinin - Marek Anton
- Petrossian - Mark Conrad
- Rev Wainwright - Nicholas Parsons
- Miss Hardaker - Janet Henfrey
- Jean - Joann Kenny
- Phyllis - Joanne Bell
- Nurse Crane - Anne Reid
- Kathleen Dudman - Cory Pulman
- Baby Audrey - Aaron Hanley
- Ancient One - Raymond Trickett
- Assistant Floor Manager - Judy Corry
- Costumes - Ken Trew
- Designer - David Laskey
- Engineering Manager - Brian Jones
- Graphic Designer - Oliver Elmes
- Incidental Music - Mark Ayres
- Make-Up - Denise Baron
- OB Cameramen - Paul Harding, Alan Jessop
- O.B. Lighting - Ian Dow
- Producer - John Nathan-Turner
- Production Assistant - Winifred Hopkins
- Production Associate - June Collins
- Production Manager- Ian Fraser
- Properties Buyer - Yvonne Alfert
- Script Editor - Andrew Cartmel
- Special Sounds - Dick Mills
- Stunt Arranger - Tip Tipping
- Theme Arrangement - Keff McCulloch
- Title Music - Ron Grainer
- Video Effects - Dave Chapman
- Videotape Editor - Hugh Parson
- Vision Mixer - Dinah Long
- Visual Effects Designer - Graham Brown
Uncredited crew
- Visual Effects Assistants - John van der Pool, Alan Marshall, Andy Fraser, Mike Tucker, Steve Bland, Russell Pritchett, Dave Vialls (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Armourer - Ken Bond (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Safety Officer - Des Stewart (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Production Operatives Supervisor - Vic Young (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Production Operatives - Stan Cresswell, Alan Bennett, Neville Quhne (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Lighting Chargehand - Jim Russell (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- VT Engineer - Dave Potter (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Vision Supervisor - Dave Jennings (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Vision Assistants - Dave Thwaites, Anthony Kemp (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Producer's Secretary - Clare Kinmont (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Dressers - Denis Adoo, Cathy George, Ray Greenhill, Michael Purcell, Sara Wilkinson (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Make-Up Assistants - Kathy Harris, Wendy Harrison, Helen Johnson, Lyn Somerville (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Sound Assistants - Peter Hales, Ken Osborne (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- Assistant Designer - Julia Gresty (INFO: The Curse of Fenric)
- The Doctor chants the names of his former companions to ward off the Haemovores. Although the sound mix renders many of them unintelligible, names that can be heard include: Susan, Barbara, Vicki and Steven.
- The Doctor types his own letter of authorisation, and forges the signatures of the Head of the British Secret Service and the Prime Minister. He is ambidextrous, using two pens at the same time.
- The Doctor describes the Haemovores as the species that mankind will evolve into, when the Earth is "rotting in chemical slime" after "half a million years of industrial progress". (The Ancient Haemovore's sacrifice, stopping the gas seeping into the sea, prevents this timeline from occurring.)
- The Doctor met the Ancient One in the far future.
- As part of Fenric's plan, the Ancient One was "carried back tens of thousands of years in a time storm to Transylvania". The Ancient One followed the flask in his search for Fenric to return him home. Earth's vampire legends are due (in part) to the Ancient One.
- Ace mistakes Russian letters for Greek.
Great Old Ones
- Fenric met the Doctor in 3rd century Constantinople and, defeated at chess, was banished to "a shadow dimension" while its earthly essence was imprisoned in a flask for 17 centuries.
- Fenric is the name given by Vikings to an ancient evil created at the dawn of time.
- Fenric's flask was carried to England by the Vikings in the 9th century where a survivor of their expedition, Sundvik, settled and spawned generations of "wolves" who carried Fenric's taint. Descendant daughters of the line married into the families of Millington, Judson and Wainwright. Sorin is also a wolf of Fenric through his English grandmother, as is Ace through Kathleen Dudman, her maternal grandmother and Audrey, "the mother you hate".
Story notes
- The Curse of Fenric was originally going to have been shot, as with most Doctor Who serials, as a mixture of studio interiors and location exteriors. However, after reading the script, director Nicholas Mallett persuaded producer John Nathan-Turner that given the settings involved, the serial could be made more effective and realistic by shooting the entire production on location. Nathan-Turner eventually agreed to this proposition.
- This story was originally going to be titled The Wolves of Fenric and before that, Wolf-Time. Other working titles were Powerplay and Black Rain. Fenric does refer to his servants as his "wolves" (and wolves have a strong link to Norse mythology). However, John Nathan-Turner felt that as the "wolves" connection was not revealed until quite late in the story, the title would not initially make any sense to the audience. It would appear that the change of story title came quite late in the day, as the Radio Times programme listing for Ghost Light part three bears the footnote "Next week a new story begins: 'The Wolves of Fenric' ".
- For the scenes in part one involving Captain Sorin and his men paddling to the shore in dinghies, subtitles — in block capitals and in the style of a ticker tape print-out — were superimposed on-screen (e.g. "WHAT'S HAPPENED TO OUR COMRADES?") to translate the Russian dialogue. This was the first use of subtitles in Doctor Who since The Mind of Evil in 1971, and is currently the last.
- Although there are several references in the story to the Norse belief in a final battle at the end of the world, the word Ragnarok was removed from the script to avoid confusion with the Gods of Ragnarok from the previous season's The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.
- The Radio Times programme listing for part two credits Alfred Lynch (Commander Millington) as "Millington", Peter Czajowski (Sgt. Prozorov) as "Prozorov" and Marcus Hutton (Sgt. Leigh) as "Leigh".
- Cory Pullman (Kathleen Dudman) is credited as "Kathleen" in Radio Times for parts one and two.
- Aaron Hanley (Baby) is uncredited on-screen for part two, but is credited in Radio Times.
- Writer Ian Briggs based the character of Dr Judson on Alan Turing. (The "ULTIMA machine" of the story is based on the real Bombe machine built to crack the encryption of the Enigma machine.) In an interview for the DVD release of this story, Briggs said that, since at that time it was not considered appropriate to depict a character's struggle with homosexuality in a family programme, he transformed Turing's frustration at being unable to express his true sexual identity into Judson's frustration at being crippled. In the same interview, Briggs stated that he intended to suggest that both Judson and Millington were homosexual, and had a shared past, although this was not realised in the finished programme.
- Ace mentions to Kathleen an old house in Perivale, which the Doctor overhears. Originally, this was supposed to be a foreshadowing of the events of Ghost Light, but the rearranging of the broadcast schedule turned it into a reference to a past story. Also, the Doctor starts off the story in a duffel coat that hid his altered outfit which was supposed to be revealed for the first time during the course of this story. This too was affected by the rearranging of the schedule, as the new outfit had already been seen in Battlefield.
- Shooting on the serial went over-length to such a degree that consideration was briefly given to editing the story into five rather than four episodes. However, Ian Briggs strongly opposed this as he felt that the narrative flow would be badly disrupted.
- The infant Audrey was portrayed by the son of the proprietors of The Bush Hotel on Shepherd's Bush Green who was familiar to the production team as it was near the Doctor Who offices.
- Two of the Haemovores in part four are played by Sylvester McCoy's sons Sam and Joe Kent-Smith. Their scenes were cut from the transmitted version of part four but were reinstated for the extended BBC Video version and the Special Edition movie-length version included on BBC Worldwide's DVD release of the broadcast version.
- In the novelisation of the serial by Ian Briggs, when Fenric kills Nurse Crane, he reveals that she was a Russian agent and had led the soldiers to the installation, which may explain how Millington knew that the Russians were going to steal the ULTIMA machine. This was not derived from any information given in the televised version.
- Removed from the script was a reference to Ace's having lost her virginity. (Ace's character outline specified that Sabalom Glitz had done the honours.)
- The story tied together elements mentioned in passing in previous stories, specifically Peinforte's chessboard in Silver Nemesis, and the circumstances that took Ace to Iceworld as related in Dragonfire.
- This is the first televised story to be set during World War II.
- This is the first televised story to link together events and aspects from previous ones to a significant extent: Fenric is revealed to have caused the time storms that sent Ace to Iceworld in Dragonfire and Lady Peinforte to 1988 England in Silver Nemesis, and is implied to have manipulated up to the entirety of the Seventh Doctor's life up to that point as part of his revenge plot. Though Logopolis previously provided an explanation for the CVE that took the Fourth Doctor and Romana II to E-Space in Full Circle, The Curse of Fenric provided a single plot point that tied together two other stories (and presumably the entirety) of the Seventh Doctor's tenure. The concept of linking stories together in this manner would reappear in Series 4, approximately 20 years later, and would become a fundamental aspect of the series when Steven Moffat became the show's head writer and executive producer in 2010.
- Part one - 4.3 million viewers
- Part two - 4.0 million viewers
- Part three - 4.0 million viewers
- Part four - 4.2 million viewers
Filming locations
- Crowborough Training Camp, Uckfield Road, Crowborough, East Sussex (Army camp)
- Bedgebury Lower School (now known as Lillesden School for Girls), Hastings Road, Lillesden, Hawkhurst, Kent (Tunnels beneath the church)
- Yew Tree Farm, Slipway Hill, Cranbrook, Kent (Tunnels beneath the church)
- St Lawrence's Church, The Moor, Hawkhurst, Kent (St Jude church)
- Roses Farm, Gills Green, Hawkhurst (Mrs Hardaker's cottage)
- Lulworth Cove, Dorset (Maiden's Point)
Production errors
- Ace fights a pair of Haemovores on the roof of the church, during which the mask of one of the actors becomes dislodged from the neck of his costume. The Haemovores also drop out of character during the fight, emitting very human sounds of mask-muffled grunting as they are attacked (in contrast to the inhuman, post-production sounds of pain they otherwise make in this serial).
- The explosion that destroys Millington's office hurls debris into the camera, bouncing off the lens and causing it to shake.
- The canisters of poison in the base arsenal are very obviously just a single wall of moulded plastic.
- Some sources have incorrectly claimed that the baby, Audrey, has a Superted toy in her crib in part one, a character who wouldn't exist until the 1980s. However, it is not a Superted toy. It is, in fact, a knitted teddy bear which is an authentic 1940s period design.
- Ace talks of an old house in Perivale. (TV: Ghost Light) (The production team had originally intended this as foreshadowing rather than a continuity reference, but the order of the two stories was switched before broadcast.)
- The Doctor reveals that Fenric had caused the separate time storms that transported Ace prior to the events of Dragonfire and Lady Peinforte, as shown in Silver Nemesis. Lady Peinforte's chess set relates to this.
- The Doctor states to Kathleen that he does not know if he has any family. During his second incarnation, he told Victoria Waterfield that he could remember them, but only when he really wanted to; the rest of the time, "they sleep in my mind and I forget." (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
- The Doctor meets the adult Audrey again when he travels to February 1971 in order to apologise to the infant Ace for the Fenric and Gabriel Chase incidents. (PROSE: Ace of Hearts) She also met her as a toddler two years later in 1945. (AUDIO: Casualties of War)
- Kathleen died in 1973. Although she was only three years old at the time, Ace distinctly remembered that her mother cried for days afterwards. (AUDIO: Night Thoughts)
- In his investigation of reports of a series of agent provocateurs known as "the Doctor" who had been involved in numerous unusual incidents, the journalist James Stevens found evidence of the Doctor and Ace's involvement in the ULTIMA Incident, which was still classified in the early 1970s. The records indicated that the Doctor was "a short, quirkily dressed man, with a slight Scottish accent and immense intelligence." He noted that the two matched the descriptions of an enigmatic pair also known as the Doctor and Ace who were heavily involved in the Shoreditch Incident in November 1963. However, he was sceptical about the possibility of them being the same people as neither of them seemed to have aged in the intervening 20 years. In the interim, Stevens noted that this Doctor was present during a holiday alert in a Welsh holiday camp called Shangri-La in 1959 but that he was in the company of another young woman named "Mel." (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)
- The Doctor is able to perfectly forge Winston Churchill's signature. He considered Churchill a personal friend. (PROSE: World Game, Players, TV: Victory of the Daleks)
- Ace later refers to the meeting with Dr Judson as a 'caper'. (PROSE: Atom Bomb Blues)
- The "brave Viking warriors" will be met by the Twelfth Doctor in the company of Bill Potts as he encounters the Ancient One again. (COMIC: The Wolves of Winter)
Home video and audio releases
DVD releases
- This story was released as Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric in a two-disc set. The DVD included a movie-format "Director's Cut / Special Edition" version which was assembled by incidental music composer Mark Ayres from notes left by director Nicholas Mallett and discussions he had previously held with the director. It featured roughly ten minutes of additional footage, CGI effects and a new Dolby 5.1 soundtrack. As well, it opened with a dedication to Nicholas Mallett and producer John Nathan-Turner, both of whom had died by the point the DVD was produced.
- It was released:
- Region 2 - 6 October 2003
- Region 4 - 11 February 2004
- Region 1 - 1 June 2004
- NTSC - Warner Video E1993
- Region 2 - 6 October 2003
- Contents:
- Take Two - BBC children's programme looks behind the scenes.
- Shattering the Chains - Ian Briggs talks about writing the story.
- Recutting the Runes - Behind the scenes on the new DVD "Special Edition"
- Modelling the Dead - How to make a Haemovore mask.
- Claws and Effects - A look at the production recce and visual effects tests.
- Nebula '90 - The cast and crew reunited at a 1990 Doctor Who convention.
- Music-only Option
- Clean Titles Sequences
- Photo Gallery
- Production Subtitles
- Easter Eggs-
- On Disc One, navigate down to the special features option on the first menu and press select. Move down to the Claws and Effect option and hit left to highlight a hidden Doctor Who logo. Hit select to view BBC1 continuity announcements made before the original broadcast of all four episodes.
- On Disc Two, navigate down to Recutting the Runes and hit left to highlight a hidden Doctor Who logo. Hit select for Mark Ayres talking about the re-scoring of the special edition of The Curse of Fenric.
- When you play part two using the music-only option, you can hear the opening and closing theme tune sans sound effects. When you play part three using the music-only option, you can hear the sound effects sans the opening and closing theme tune.
- When watching on disc one using the 'Play All' option and Info Text turned on, in between parts two and three, you get a 'Spot the Haemovores' challenge
- Commentary: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, and Nicholas Parsons
- Notes:
- Editing for the DVD release was completed by the Doctor Who Restoration Team.
VHS releases
- Released as Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric, the release, in episodic format, included roughly an additional six minutes of extra footage that was reinstated by John Nathan-Turner. Although included on the movie-length edit of the story (see DVD releases above), one scene that was not reinstated for this release was part of the action sequence on the church roof in part three, in which Captain Sorin and his men take hammers, along with several wooden stakes, from their backpacks, and (unseen) drive the stakes through the hearts of the Haemovores — the inclusion of which would have precluded a "PG" certificate.
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- Main article: The Curse of Fenric (soundtrack)
The Curse of Fenric was one of the first serials to be awarded its own individual soundtrack album, as Mark Ayres' score was released in 1991 by Silva Screen Records on FILMCD 087. Besides the music from the serial, the album also included a new Ayres arrangement of the Doctor Who theme. Excerpts from the soundtrack also appeared on the 1994 release The Worlds of Doctor Who, also by Silva Screen (FILMCD 715).
External links
- The Curse of Fenric at the BBC's official site
- The Curse of Fenric at RadioTimes
- The Curse of Fenric at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- A Brief History of Time (Travel): The Curse of Fenric
- The Locations Guide to Doctor Who - The Curse of Fenric

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New Servo-Mechanical Press from German Builder
The press can be operated by means of a hand-wheel, allowing operators to adjust the ram sensitively at full press force, at any point and time. Maximum safety is ensured by an emergency on-off switch integrated into the hand wheel.
As ram speed is controllable, forming operations can be carried out with modified ram movement and reduced tool wear. At the same time, noise and vibration emissions are reduced.
H&T tested a 35-strokes/min. tool design on the MSP, operating the press at 100 strokes/min. without having to make any modifications to the tool. The tool beforehand only had been deployed on a mechanical eccentric press.
High-level dynamics interact with quick positioning control, allowing forming operations to be combined with added processes such as joining, side piercing, welding, laser marking, metal-plastic combinations or heattreatment.
The MSP was developed in collaboration between H&T and the SIBEA GmbH Zwickau, which developed the electro-automation system based primarily on Siemens components. Models are available from 630 kN to 2500 kN, and can be used for transfer and progressive tools.
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The ad was likely the work of whatever merchandising company produces the jerseys. It was noticed by someone who screen-grabbed it and tweeted it at Adam Aron, the Sixers' CEO, after which it was taken down. Which must be a total bummer for Drew Holiday, whoever he is.


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I recently had dinner at the Smith Fork Ranch in Crawford Colorado—a very elegant guest ranch run by Marley and Linda Hodgson. www.smithforkranch.com At our table was a very funny, lively man who told me he was interested in preserving from his garden, and planned to can his tomatoes–I think all his tomatoes–as sauce. I'd had a glass of wine or two, and so butted right in and suggested that rather than make cases of pasta sauce, he should think about putting up his tomatoes four ways: raw pack, for throwing into stews and soups; crushed, for sauces; ketchup, and tomato paste. That way, he can make pasta sauce whenever he wants, but he can use his tomato crop in many other applications as well. He loved the idea, so I thought I'd post all four methods for him, and anyone else who was leaning toward the case-of-sauce idea. Crystallized citric acid is easy to find online. I get mine at Nutritiongeeks.com.


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Amazon Parrot
The Amazon parrot is the most trainable of all parrots. The parrot is highly intelligent. They have the capacity to learn a large vocabulary of words. I have had Amazons that spend hours mumbling to themselves and then all of a sudden blurt out a completely new phrase. The parrot loves to learn new tricks and well be glad to show the tricks off to you.
The downside to the Amazon parrot is that they can be very noisy and they can also be very destructive. They will chew up wood furniture, moldings and anything else, they want to chew.
Picking up your bird
Most important before you even worry about the health of the bird is make sure it is a banded bird. Most captive-bred birds are closed banded. It is a bracelet steel or aluminum band, with a letter and a number code stamped on it. The band is worn on the leg. If it is not banded it could be an illegal, smuggled bird.
Before you buy and bring home your bird, have him tested by an Avian Veterinarian. These tests should include a complete blood count, (CBC) Chlamydia Screen and a culture of the throat and vent. Make sure a signed vet certificate accompanies the bird. Make sure he looks healthy, with bright and healthy feathers. Not ruffled up, or puffed up. Check his vent and his droppings.
It is usually wise to choose a bird that has been weaned and is eating on this own. Leave hand feeding to the experienced. An inexperienced person hand feeding could cause torn or burned crops, infections and other problems.
Some cages can be a danger to your bird. The bars are improperly spaced. You will find screws and other tiny parts the bird will work loose and it can kill him. Birds chew constantly and will chew at the bars. The paint must be non-toxic. Birds are notorious for opening birdcage latches. The latch must be of a good design and secure. Keeping a cage clean and sanitized is a very important issue. Some cages are impossible to keep clean, even harder, yet sanitizing. The cage must be the proper size for the bird, the larger the better. I will not buy a cage unless it has a playpen on top. Cages are fine when you are not around to watch the bird. Nevertheless, birds need their freedom. Birds will love their playpens and will spend most of their time on top of their cage. Rectangular and square cages are much better than a round cage. The parrot needs perches of various thicknesses for healthy foot development. Cages need to be secure and big.
Diet & Health Issues
The basic diet should be a special pellet or commercial Amazon food formulated especially for Amazons. Commercial foods need to be supplemented with any healthy food that you eat. They can have fruit, pasta, vegetables, nuts, seeds, cooked beans, hot peppers, and bell peppers. The parrot can eat almost anything healthy that you eat. Our birds ate for dinner whatever we were having for dinner. Fruit is their favorite treat. They should be provided with a cuttlebone and a mineral block.
Keeping an Amazon healthy is a complex issue. Toenails need to be trimmed. The wing feathers may need to be trimmed. You could accidentally cut a blood feather and the bird can bleed out very quickly. The parrot should have a yearly check up with an Avian Veterinarian.
Sleep deprivation can lead to serious behavioral and health problems. A parrot should have 12 hours of darkness every day year around. If his cage is in a room with others, cover his cage with a cage cover.
Amazon parrots are intelligent and complex. The need for toys is immense. Boredom is unhealthy for a parrot and can be fatal. Puzzle toys made for the destructive parrot are great. There are some great interactive toys where a nut needs to be extracted. Chew toys are needed for these chew happy birds. Get untreated blocks of wood at the lumberyard. Color them bright with the sugar variety of Kool-Aid, minus the sugar. They love to swing on ropes. Anything new and different that is safe for a parrot. Anything that will confound him or her for a little while, because it does not take long for them to figure out each new game or puzzle. They love to interact with you. I taught my parrot how to be rocked in my arms like a baby. I also trained him to lie still on his back in the palm of my hand. He loved his head scratched and soon would ask for a scratch in his well articulated, but nasally voice. We learned many games together. We spent many hours on the floor playing.
Amazon parrots must have a great deal of specialize attention. It is not a good pet for someone that cannot devote his or her entire life to him or her. Amazons are very different from other pets, and each parrot is different from another parrot. Each one is unique!
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The Vector Sequencer is a digital sequencer in the Eurorack modular format. It provides a significant amount of the sequencing features you can find in the MacOS version of Numerology, including a flexible sequencing engine, sub-sequencers for internal modulation, support for multiple parts, as well as presets and a playlist function.
It has enough built-in outputs to support four or more independent parts. There are two MIDI outputs on 3.5 mm TRS jacks, and two sets of analog CV outputs (Pitch, Gate and Accent), so it will integrate well with both modular gear and standalone synths.
By adding some sort of jack expansion (under consideration), or by doubling parts on MIDI jacks, it will almost certainly be able to support more than 4 parts, but there would be some tradeoff with preset memory. (more on that in a bit).
The UI is based around two sharp and contrasty OLED display panels, resolution is 256 x 64. Don't pay too much attention to the odd fonts in the current videos, those are just the fonts that come with the default driver code for the displays. The displays are graphically adresssable and I will be updating the layout considerably -- custom fonts and sizes, better layout, more indicators about what's going on, etc.
Below the displays are 8 encoders used for editing parameters -- so you can edit one parameter across 8 sequencer steps at a time. There are next/prev buttons for accessing sequences longer than 8 steps. The current max sequence length is 16, which will be expanded later on.
To the left of the displays is a ninth encoder. This can be used to edit all steps of a sequence or a selected subset of steps at a time. For instance, you could select all the odd-numbered steps and edit the gate time for them all at once.
The sequencer engine (for each part) is based on the one used by Numerology's Note Sequencer modules. So for each step, you have several parameters to work with. The current list includes: Pitch, Gate, Velocity (err, Accent), Step Length, Ratchet (aka Gate Divide), Probability, and Random Jump. I expect Step Repeat, Groove, and some sort of Glide will also make it in. Sequence controls also include settable start and end step, direction, rate, key, scale and semitone offset. I plan to replace "end step" with length -- as that makes some modulation tricks (sequencer windowing) much easier.
There is a dedicated button for Modulation which will bring up one or two sub-sequencers that can modulate params on each primary sequencer (per part). These sequencers will be simpler than the Mod Seqs in Numerology, but will work very similarly. They will have up to 8 steps, with params for length, rate, direction, and target param.
There will be presets and some sort of preset playlist. Presets will be grouped into banks and will be loadable from an SD Card. The number of presets per bank will vary according to sequence length -- so if you need longer sequences and can get by with fewer presets, that will be a configuration option.
The SD Card is currently mounted on the back of the module, with the intention that it will be mountable on your computer from the USB connection.
In addition to the sequenced parts, there will be at least a couple "controller" based parts. When they are active, the unit will act as a MIDI controller, either for Numerology (via USB MIDI) or for some other device -- say for other software, or a synth like the DSI Tetra which doesn't have many front panel controls. Of course, there will be a custom controller template in Numerology for it.
Synchronization of various sorts will be supported: External clock (w/ divisions), MIDI Clock (master and slave), and DIN Sync through either a port expander or something like the STG Soundlabs Time Buffer. The run & clock jacks on the front panel will be configurable so that you can use them to generate clocks with any common time divisions.
There are two modulation inputs for external modulation sources.
The module width is 42 hp and is quite shallow -- will measure next time I have it out of the case.
I have one prototype built, and a couple more are in progress for testing. I'm currently working on code to support the USB port (MIDI and Mass Storage), the SD Card, and fleshing out features like presets and sub-sequencers.
Also in progress: the next hardware revision -- some part tweaks, and jack adjustments. I haven't finalized the button selection, but once that is done, I can order some proper front panels. -- The very shiny one you see in the YouTube videos is a temporary plexiglass panel...
More news as I have it. Questions and comments, as always, are most welcome!
Front Panel Layout... I'm still working out some details as to button color and labeling. There is a possibility I may use Illuminated buttons for some things -- specifically edit modes, but I haven't evaluated any parts for that yet.
The larger round circles are encoders, the smaller ones are all buttons. The front panel will be aluminum with black text and red accent graphics.
Short teaser -- prototype unit with temporary front panel. Two sequences running -- one via CV/Gate to modules, the other is MIDI to a DSI Tetra.
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Will this work as a stand-alone sequencer without midi input or is it married to software/computer/midi?
Are you at Superbooth this year ?
I see a "gen" and "evo" on the panel scan..... Generate and Evolve? If so, will these be addressable via the mod1/mod2 CV ins?
Exciting stuff Jim!
I'm working to make sure that certain external triggers are as 'nearly instantaneous' as possible -- specifically run/stop, and reset (not on the front panel yet). And, of course, external clock.
Speaking of reset, I will probably change the trigger I/O from 4 jacks ("run in, clock in, run out, clock out") to 3 ("run, clock, reset") -- that are software configurable as inputs or outputs -- use them for sync and control (in our out), or something else. That allows for having a dedicate reset jack (when you need it), and helps make room for a USB A jack -- another big front panel change under consideration....
I joined to comment on this new module. I admire Numerology and believe this sequencer will be phenomenal. I really like the layout and it looks fun to play.
I'm here to plead with you to make it a quad cv sequencer. Most of the larger complex modules are going quad recently (reference er-301, e370, er-101, teletype, stillson hammer mk2, akemie's castle, the entire qu-bit range, the several recent quad vca modules, newer midi modules, etc.). I'm sure you will sell well regardless but I think you would do much better as a quad.
Also, I personally would appreciate more cv inputs. I understand that increases cost. At the very least allow me to control multiple parameters with each cv input and provide a scale and offset function for each parameter (as opposed to a single scale and offset per cv input).
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Mo found that Terry has cheated by using her mobile phone in the physics exam, she wanted to talk with Terry after the exam but she couldn't find Terry anywhere in school. Mo has considered to tell teacher about the cheating, but she worried about how other students think, and also she was upset because she thought Terry always got high grades with cheating is unfair. While Mo was be at a loss about what to do, teacher Mr.Reed walked past her, she just stopped Mr.Reed and told him about what happened.
Mr.Reed asked Mo to nod her head if she see Terry cheat again in the next history exam, when Mo saw Terry put her phone on her knees, she nodded to let Mr.Reed know, Mr.Reed go for Terry and tore her exam sheets in half, and asked Terry to left the exam room.
After the exam was finished, Terry came to Mo and talked to her, she told Mo about what was really happening, Terry's dad was in hospital and having a heart surgery on the exam day, Terry was just using her phone to get messages from her mum to know how was the progress and result of the surgery. Terry told Mo that Mr.Reed believed her explanation, but she has to retake the exam later again. Mo got answer about why what was happening to Terry and she felt guilty for telling Mr.Reed, so finally she forgave Terry.


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Utilities Race to Protect Electric Grid Before 'Disaster Strikes'
By Steven Rosenbush and Rachael King
Kenneth DeFontes, president and CEO of Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., warned lawmakers that cyber threats to the electric grid are fast evolving and demand "constant vigilance and close collaboration" among industry and government officials " before a disaster strikes."
At a Congressional hearing on cybersecurity Thursday, DeFontes said he was working closely with a team of government officials and other utilities, part of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, to figure out how to prepare for a possible outage due to a cyber attack. He said the teams were assessing various strategies, from sharing information and communicating with the public to protecting assets.
Utilities have two networks—a production network and a corporate network. The production systems are supposed to be kept off line – an industry practice known as creating an 'air gap' – so they aren't vulnerable to viruses distributed via the Internet. But experts and industry officials like DeFontes say the risk of cyber attack is nonetheless a great concern. They say these air gaps can be hopped if the two systems use common computer peripherals, such as printers or USB sticks, or if the production networks use public networks to send alerts. And while utilities follow industry standards regarding security, even industry officials admit these standards are not sufficient safeguards against the most significant threats.
"Cyber threats are constantly evolving in real time. They require quick action and flexibility that can come only from constant vigilance and close collaboration with the government and emergency response protocols that are planned and practiced before a disaster strikes," DeFontes said during the hearing. He appeared on behalf of BG&E's parent company Exelon Corp., and two electric industry trade groups. Exelon is one of the largest electric and natural gas utility companies in the U.S., and also the largest owner and operator of nuclear plants in the nation. In September, 70 electric company CEOs got a classified briefing at the North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs. In January a group met to discuss how they would respond to a damaging cyber attack.
"Will we see a successful attack on the grid in the U.S? You can't say what the probability is. All you can ask is whether it is physically possible. And the answer is yes. It could physically happen," says Richard A. Clarke, counter-terrorism czar in the Clinton and Bush administrations.
In theory, power companies are supposed to keep their corporate networks separate from their industrial control systems, including one type of control system called Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition networks. That should prevent viruses attacking corporate networks via the Internet from attacking the SCADA systems.
"It turns out," Clarke said, "that it is very easy to get into the SCADA networks."
That's because SCADA networks—which are used to control a range of industrial systems—are built to last for years, if not decades. They are designed to keep the grid operating near 100% of the time—not for security, which is sometimes viewed as an obstacle to performance. And when these networks were built, today's security issues weren't understood. They certainly weren't designed to withstand the relentless form of cyber attack known as Advanced Persistent Threat, which can overwhelm a cyber defense system by the sheer volume and duration of assaults.
"The reason it is called advanced persistent threat is because they just keep going until some way or another, they get in," Clarke says. "Firewalls are pretty vulnerable. In order to really defend a network, you can never make a mistake. And everybody makes a mistake from time to time … And once they are in, they are hard to get out."
The isolation of SCADA networks isn't as complete as one might suppose.
"Even though I have separate networks, there are potential connections, and there need to be," says William Stewart, a former Army signal officer and now senior vice president at consultant Booz Allen Hamilton, where he heads Booz's Cyber Technologies Center of Excellence.
Malicious software that gets into production systems can destroy physical equipment, such as pumps and turbines, by targeting a known vulnerability in some rotating equipment, called Aurora. Utilities have known about the vulnerability since 2007, but only in the last year or two have utilities started to make some progress on this issue, experts say.
Experts described some of the potential bridges between the production networks and the corporate networks:
Maintenance. Elements of the control infrastructure sometimes need to be updated, which can create a scenario in which workers bring in code and connect potentially compromised computers.
Lax internal security behind the firewall. Some networks have strong firewalls that protect their perimeter—but insufficient internal boundaries. In those cases, hackers who manage to penetrate a firewall can move around inside of an organization with relative impunity.
Shared network gear and peripherals. It is possible for production and corporate networks to share network routers. They also might share peripherals like faxes, scanners and printers, which can be connected to the Internet, creating a potential entry point for hackers.
Movement of laptops and other devices. People can move laptops, thumb drives and other devices and storage media from the corporate network to the control network. This may be forbidden by policy, but it may happen in practice. It is possible to build in protections so that computers assigned to a corporate network can't work on a production network, but such defenses aren't always put in place.
Vulnerable supply chains. The hardware and software that companies use to build the control networks may not be safe, especially given the fact that economic pressures drive utilities to find the lowest cost provider.
SCADA connections to the Internet. Some SCADA networks are connected directly to the Internet. It's possible to find them using a specialized search engine called Shodan. Researchers have found thousands of industrial control systems that can be accessed from the Internet, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security. DHS has set out to notify utilities when their systems are discovered online.
Alerts. If control systems send out status alerts to workers using devices that are connected to the Internet, those alerts can be used by hackers to gain access to a SCADA system.
Insufficient industry standards. Cybersecurity standards established by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation – the body that oversees the U.S. electric grid – cover only the basics, not viruses like Stuxnet or the Aurora vulnerability.
BG&E parent company Exelon says that security is of the "utmost importance" but declined to specify measures it has taken to secure its network. In addition to electric industry standards, the company adheres to cybersecurity standards of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "We regularly work with relevant organizations and outside agencies to ensure that any security matters related to Exelon or the utility industry are addressed in our operations. This includes a robust array of security measures that are designed to protect our computer-based systems and other assets from cyber threats," said a spokesperson.
But given widespread cyber vulnerabilities throughout the grid, "there is no question they (control networks) are penetrated," Mr. Stewart says. The real question is whether dormant viruses deposited by hackers will be used to disrupt the operation of the grid. "It depends on the circumstances. They generally find (malware from) Advanced Persistent Threat is not active. It is there for the future."
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MKO is delighted to announce that we are joining with leading US accountancy firm, EisnerAmper LLP, to form a new global network called EisnerAmper Global. As founding members of that network, we have decided to trade under the brand of EisnerAmper Ireland from 28 May 2015.
As a growing Irish accountancy firm playing a key role in bringing financial services and international trade to Ireland and advising leading Irish corporates and state bodies, we considered that we would be better able to serve our clients by bringing global connectivity and perspective to how we work.
Becoming part of EisnerAmper Global gives our clients access to global perspective and cutting-edge services by leveraging the expertise of c. 200 partners and 2,000 people across Ireland, London, the US and Cayman. Remaining Irish owned ensures that, as you would expect, our ethos will not be changing - we will be as driven by quality and client service as ever. Please see our new website at
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Mass Effect cosplay? Sure! BioShock cosplay? I guess that shouldn't be a surprise. People love dressing up in all sorts of Steampunk garb, some of which intersects with the aesthetic of the BioShock games. But I didn't expect to see much BioShock cosplay at PAX East this past weekend. There was, in fact, plenty... at the official BioShock party.
The video I shot of amateur BioShock cosplayers at the series' Saturday night part is a bit dark, but you can see some cool costumes and maybe a gaming journalist or two you might recognise.
Note: The Delta drill suit you see in the video was much more impressive when there was a guy in it!


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Jiko…The Cooking Place is, hands-down, one of the most romantic and delicious restaurants on Disney World property. We can highly recommend this one if you enjoy excellent, gourmet food and a quiet, low-light atmosphere.
Sharing tastes of Africa with a special Jiko flourish, this restaurant doesn't offer a great view or any characters, but it does offer beautiful food — and the savanna is right outside…
Service: Table-Service
Type of Food: Gourmet African cuisine
Location: Animal Kingdom Lodge, Jambo House
Disney Dining Plan: Yes, 2 table service credits
Tables in Wonderland: Yes
Official Disney Dinner Menu
Official Disney Special Menu
Jiko Dinner Menu
Jiko Kid's Menu
The menu includes vegan, vegetarian and meat-based dishes that change seasonally.
Guest Review: The Mara
Guest Review: New Jiko Wine Tasting
Disney Food Blog Review: Jiko… A Cooking Place Review
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Disney Food Blog Review: Dinner at Animal Kingdom Lodge's Jiko
Important Info:
- If you're staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge, consider signing up for the Wanyama Safari, which culminates in a private dinner at Jiko.
- Jiko's special Wine Room occasionally hosts dinners where guests can interact with Jiko chefs.
- Jiko has a couple of tables lining a single side booth. These can be short on elbow room and romance. Consider requesting a stand-alone table and avoid the bother of too-close neighbors.
- Jiko is designed to represent a nature scene, and many of the elements are considered "lucky" in African cultures. Watch the colors of the sunset change on the back wall throughout your dinner.
Famous Dishes: Filet of beef with macaroni and cheese and a wine reduction sauce, braised short ribs, the bread service, Kenyan coffee creme brulee.
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Name a place.
University of Miami, THE U ;D ... now that my personal needs are out there.. Every Single Place In The World Should Have The Right To Listen To And Understand B.o.B ... do europe and include switzerland, that's where I use to live ;)
I think he should come back to the Bay... His concert with Lupe F. was the bomb!!! It was my very first concert ever I never been. Thats when i first got introduced to his music what a better way to do it! SO B.O.B HIT UP THE BAY WE MISS YOU OUT HERE. Bay Cali SWagg
Swing by San Jose or San Francisco, please.
(We drove to Sacremento from the Bay Area to see B.o.B. at a holiday show and I would do it again. Bobby, it was a GREAT performance!! But we'd love to see you close to home, too!)
columbia missouri loves u...i went to a concert in como back in october and it was unforgettable...i can guarentee u tht u wud be able sell out mizzou arena....
I agree, im in the army and i think you should do a USO tour and possibly stop in Germany cuz we dont get many concerts here except country singers it sucks
Well, I think that he should do a HUGE EUROPE tour with Paramore 2...he should come in Greece and go to every single european country!! yeah that would be cool
Southamerica, Chile :D it's a new artist here, but with "nothin' on you" lot of people knows about b.o.b now! :


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Last year's Jane Drew Prize winner Eva Jiřičná encourages women architects to get out on site
Since winning the Jane Drew Prize last year for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture, Eva Jiřičná has been as busy as ever, working on a raft of international projects.
The Czech-born architect, described by judges Zaha Hadid and Rafael Viñoly as 'incredibly influential' and 'extraordinary', is working on a conference and exhibition centre in Monaco and the complete renovation of a museum for the New York Historical Society facing Central Park, as well as a boutique hotel in historic Greenwich. Meanwhile Jiřičná's Prague office is working on a major extension to a hospital specialising in bone-marrow transplants, and a new faculty of humanities in Moravia, involving the creation of two six-storey buildings and public realm.
Architecture is about making buildings, getting things done and solving problems
Jiřičná's message for women architects seeking responsibility for big international projects like these is unequivocal: get on site. She concedes that some women feel intimidated by site visits - a feeling reflected in the AJ Women in Architecture survey, in which two-thirds of women and half of men believe the building industry has not yet fully accepted the authority of the female architect. However, Jiřičná argues that architecture is about 'making buildings, getting things done and learning how to solve problems. It's not about building beautiful models of things that sit in the office.'
Jiřičná stresses that unless women embrace site work, they run the risk of being consigned to smaller projects. 'You will never get to deal with projects of an international scale if you don't take an interest in site,' she warns. Her advice is simple: find a way of dealing with it, and learn how to communicate with contractors who, ultimately, may turn out to be your strongest allies.
'You can learn so much from contractors and builders. They might joke about you not knowing how to use machinery, but they really appreciate it when you take an interest and are willing to go to site and learn,' she says. Then she adds, with steely conviction and self-belief: 'And once you've learned from them, you can suggest how things can be done better. They are usually really surprised when they see that you know the best way of bending a piece of metal.'
Site visits are an inevitable part of architecture
Jiřičná recalls that in her early career site visits were presented as a must-do rather than optional, which led her to view them as 'an inevitable part of architecture'. However, she says that architects should be given training before their first site visit - something she was made aware of in the 1970s, when she spent eight years on site as one of the architects designing and constructing Brighton Marina.
'My boss sent me to run a site meeting with 56 people, most of them male. I was in my early thirties and had not done this before. The partner in the practice I worked for was a former admiral and was used to delegating work, so he took me through the whole process of how to run a site. I worked on that project for 13 years and loved every single minute of it.' She adds: 'I still meet people in the street who come up and tell me that they worked on that project. So my advice to women is: do the site visits. And keep asking questions. How do you do this? And how do you do that?'
The Jane Drew Prize is a career award for the individual who has most raised the status and profile of women in architecture. Hadid, who won the prize in 2012, credited Jiřičná for single-handedly 'reinventing the idea of retail' with her 1988 flagship store for Joseph (a sector Jiřičná is still keenly involved in, with current clients including Harrods and jeweller Boodles). Jiřičná is best known for her
trademark glass and steel staircases, and her galleries and shop at the V&A, but the jury acknowledged that much of her influence has been overlooked in architectural discourse, including her responsibility for the interiors of Richard Rogers' Lloyd's Building.
The judges also praised Jiřičná for her strong commitment to architectural education in all its aspects, giving frequent talks to students and lecturing internationally on her work. On the day we spoke, Jiřičná, who recently gave a talk to 2,500 women working for commercial banks in Prague, was prepping for a talk at the Royal College of Art. 'Students tend to ask how I get things done,' says the 75-year-old architect, who seems comfortable with her status as a role model for women in practice. 'They see beautiful staircases and they want to know how they can do it. People from other professions are more interested in the organisation and the management side of things, such as what it is like to run an office.'
Jiřičná joins the AJ Women in Architecture jury this year, helping to select a future generation of leaders.
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