Episode 22 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 1 - The Octopus Game

On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we consider Chapter 6: The Brains. Sadly not a story of the family of geniuses from Tracey Island, but Dinah's first interaction with the other Junior Computer Brain finalists. Throughout we answer questions like, "What's the dark tunnel all about?", "Why does the Headmaster insist on such a dramatic entrance?" and we consider the budding (though short!) romance between Dinah and Camilla, stick around at the end for an easter egg! All this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

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Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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 "Disgruntled Gramaphone" sfxBuzz (https://www.sfxbuzz.com) Licensed under Creative Commons

"Rome & Juliet TH42" The Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1936 (https://michaelfidler.com/vintage-recordings/tchaikovsky-th42-1936/) Public Domain

In this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we talk about Chapter 4: North Island. Sadly not Dinah and SPLAT's wilderness holiday to New Zealand, but their trip to London to see what's in store for Dinah at the Junior Computer Brain Competition! In the episode we pull the chapter apart somewhat and answer many questions including: how does it seem this chapter predicting the hollow out of local journalism? How far away is London? And HOW DID THE HEADMASTER BUILD A TOWER IN 18 MONTHS? 

The answers to these and many more baffling questions on this week's Look Into My Eyes!

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Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we consider Chapter 3 - The Letter. We cover themes as diverse as how has Mrs Hunter and Lloyd's relationship changed over the time gap? Why does this chapter feel like the end of the beginning? And why does Mr Hunter get 5 letters a day, and how many of them are going to self-destruct in 30 seconds? 

The answers to all this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes!

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"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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On this week's Look Into My Eyes we talk about Chapter 2 and Dinah's attempts to beat Octopus Dare. We not only talk about the nostalgia of this chapter, remembering computers and computer clubs of yesteryear but also dive deep into the Octopus itself. Why are Harvey and Ingrid the only two unaffected? Where does the Octopus come from? And why is Rosemary so excited for next week's chapter read? All this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes!

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Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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We are back for Season 2! And this week we're looking at Chapter 1 of the Prime Minister's Brain (or The Demon Headmaster and the Prime Minister's Brain but that's a bit long!) We talk about what SPLAT have been up to in the last 18 months since the end of the previous book? How the first appearance of the words "The Demon Headmaster" opens a set of chilling possibilities for the coping mechanisms of our heroes. And discuss exactly how do you pronounce Octopus-s-s-s? All this and more on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes!

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References

Apple's 1984 Macintosh Advert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXNpzE1t04

The 1983 Election - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election 

Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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Merry Christmas To All! Join us today on this very Christmassy edition of Look Into My Eyes, where we indulge in some festive related silliness that we're sure the Headmaster wouldn't approve of. Listen in for Jonathan's FanFiction or Series Fiction Quiz for Rosemary, Rosemary's selection of What Ifs for Jonathan, and a few reflections on making the podcast so far. And who knows there might even be some gifts and easter eggs thrown in too.

We both at Look Into My Eyes want to send our thanks to everyone who's listened this last year and we can't wait to continue this on into 2024 and beyond!

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"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Christmas Magic Music (Positive Magical Fantastic Fairytale Christmas and New Year Music)" Audiorezout (https://www.youtube.com/@audiorezout)
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"Tell A Christmas Story (Inspiring Happy Christmas Background Music" juqboxmusic (https://www.youtube.com/@juqboxmusic) 
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"Silent Night" Scott Holmes Music (https://scottholmesmusic.com)
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"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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This week it's our final episode of Season 1, in which we talk about the entire book and TV Adaptation together, it's our longest episode yet! Within we consider each of the main characters and talk about their development while trying to synthesise everything together a discussion of the book's ultimate theme and thesis statement. Alongside the usual fan fiction requests and Donut Man digressions this is a wonderful way to round off this series, enjoy!

Stick around at the end for Rosemary's theories about Book 2 and an exclusive announcement about next season!

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References

Messenger-Davies, Maire, and David Machin. ‘Children’s Demon TV - Reality, Freedom, Panic: Children’s Discussions of The Demon Headmaster’. Continuum 14, no. 1 (2000): 37–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/713657680.

Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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If you thought the last few episodes have been stuffed just wait until you get your teeth into this one! This week we're talking about the final episode of the first half of the TV Adaptation, Episode 3. Join us as we discuss how all the subtle tonal shifts lead to a very different final scene, the change from pepper to slime and answer the most important question of all, what is the British Donut Consortium?!? All this and more Mr Hunter fanfiction requests on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

Stick around at the end to hear our plans for our Christmas episode!

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References

Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we look at Episode 2 of The Demon Headmaster, covering Chapter's 6 - 11 of the book and there's a lot to talk about! We cover the subtle and not so subtle shifts in Lloyd and Dinah's relationship and the outworking of that into the rest of series, scenes in the Prefect's Council and the increasing presence of the Headmaster and even ask the question "Where Is Mr Hunter?". All this and more, with our usual smattering of jokes, Easter Eggs, and an unhealthy level of Rose analysis, on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

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References

Music Credits

"Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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"Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

"SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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