Whatever humanity inflicts on itself, nature can always go one better.

When the townsfolk emerged from their homes a couple of hours later to raise their faces to the golden sun rising briefly above the distant mountains, they were greeted not with the usual whisper of falling snow, but with clanks and thumps and what may have been Gallifreyan swearwords drifting from the upper section of the Clock Tower. Distracted.

Shoes made of glass? That wouldn’t be very safe,′ the man said. ‘They’re actually midnight crystal. Much tougher than glass and, thanks to a clear polymer lining that adapts to the shape of your foot, a lot softer too. Glass shoes would just be silly.

Heroes can be found in the most unlikely places. Perhaps we all have it within us to do great things, but may simply lack the circumstances or the reasons to be heoric.

Herkes bir silah olabilir.

Hey, tell me, when did this conversation go completely whoosh?

For all the excitement and adventure and really wild things going on, the danger was always very real. Ferdy was real. He really died. There's a cost, when you wish for things there's always a cost. You have to make sure it's a price you're willing to pay. And life is the highest price of all.

I discovered to my relief and delight that it "was" a gun in his pocket.

You are blessed with luck, small one', he told Harry. 'Rejoice and give thanks - - someone wants you dead.

I'm pretty good with a screwdriver. I don't mean the drink, though actually, now I come to think of it…