Random Shoes

I am determined not to give up on this writing blog even if I only manage one post a week. Anyway I thought it was about time I wrote a brief explanation as to why of all things this blog is called Richard's Random Shoes of all things.

I suspect that both my readers will be aware of the 2006 Torchwood episode with the title Random Shoes. I've always been quite fond of that particular episode of that rather disjointed first series for several reasons.

Firstly, the episode was written by Jacquetta May who just so happens to also be an actress. Most notably she appeared as the main character Steven's mother in the 1998 film Get Real. There is a particularly memorable scene in the film where she confronts a couple of bullies and threatens to "have your bollocks for earrings" if they so much as lay a finger on her son.

Secondly Random Shoes centres around the one-off character Eugene, brilliantly played by Paul Chequer who first came to my attention in the hidden gem As If (2001-2004). At the risk of sounding self-pitying I did see aspects in myself in this character.

Finally, whilst there is an extra-terrestial mcguffin involved in the proceedings there is a somewhat pseudo-Christian redemptive ending to the episode in which Eugene makes a Christ-like ascension into the sky.

Meanwhile, just to say that inspired by some of the many things I've listened to recently I've been inspired to start properly writing. Currently contemplating several ideas but I've decided to focus initially on writing an outline for a project I've provisionally given the title Touchstone.