The date is the 27th of April. My bestie and I are talking about how fun Doctor Who is at the cinema and they wanted to watch it. We pray that it will get announced.

The date is the 29th of April. It gets announced. I joke that if I lived closer we'd watch together. A few hours later I pitch to them maybe me travelling the 4.5 hours to do it anyway. I am now going cross country to see my mate, and to watch the finale of a series I quite enjoyed.

By end of the week everything's booked, I'm £160 out of pocket, and it is scheduled.

The date is the 24th of May. I wake up at 7:30am. I get ready for my morning. I go for a jog at 8am. I eat a Baynes breakfast roll while I watch Wish World at 9am. I enjoy the episode somewhat but have tonnes of issues with The Rani's characterisation and the amount of set up. I am tentatively excited for Omega.

The date is the 30th of May. I decide to relisten to Omega at the gym in prep. I like it but find it messy and overly long.

The date is the 31st of May. On the train, I watch The Three Doctors (Tales of the TARDIS) in prep. I love it. Omega is such a dominating presence and continues to be one of my favourite villains ever. I then read some Heavenly Tyrant and reach some great twists and reveals before getting off the train to meet my friend.

They walk me to my hotel where I accidentally get two keycards cause they walked in with me. They are not staying with me. Amusing.

We then walk down the canal and go to various manga shops. I buy Show-Ha Shoten volume 1, Frieren volume 6, and One Piece volumes 46-49 in an omnibus as they have a three for two deal. The teller is lovely and gives my friend loyalty card points from my purchase.

We went to a Japanese restaurant literally next door afterwards. My friend orders the best looking Udon I've ever seen. I get takoyaki and ramen. Both are great. They have an Utada Hikaru playlist going. I'm in such a good mood.

We then go to Waterstones and window shop before heading to the cinema.

I enjoy Wish World more this time and then go for a pee. Turns out the intermission this time is only about 5 mins and barely make it back in time.

I watch the worst episode RTD has ever written and leave annoyed. My friend has fun but doesn't really love it either. They are very patient with my complaining.

We went to an arcade bar after and played Switch for 2 hours while having cocktails during happy hour. I win at Smash and we draw at Mario Kart. Neither of us know how to play Mario Super Strikers.

I go back to the hotel and say good night. Tomorrow we will go wander around town again before my train at 2pm.

Day out: 7/7

This episode?: 2/7