• ScaryB replied to the topic The Winchester

    Not quite sure where to post this – @Craig, @JimtheFish, @Phaseshift feel free to relocate it.

    I know there are a good few Ballad of Halo Jones and 2000 AD fans in our little group, and I just wanted to mark the sad news today of the passing of artist Ian Gibson, after a long battle with cancer. Pat Mills tweeted it out earlier, but it’s now been…[Read more]

  • @WhoHar Strange days. A new normal. And a feeling that what people went through has not really been acknowledged

  • Thanks @Jimthefish for posting this.

    Something that occurs to me is that when Chibs took over it didn’t seem like viable alternatives were exactly queuing up to take over as Who showrunner. I get the feeling […]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic The Giggle

    Couple of thoughts – if all the Doctors have bi-regenerated (bi-generated?) is that RTD doing a call back to The Curator in The Day of the Doctor? (And as I think @Phaseshift mentioned, it explains how they can come back looking older in The TARDIS Tales, or indeed any cameo appearances from now on).ย  The more I think about it the more impressed…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    And from the old to the very new!

    Ncuti Gatwa introduces his new sonic, a very different beastie from the previous phallic influenced designs. A torch, a portal connection and a Gallifreyan inscription of a Rwandan proverb:

    The sharpness of the tongue beats the sharpness of the warrior

    Nice ๐Ÿ™‚

  • ScaryB replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    This is a lovely article where Waris meets up with RTD, talking about how much times have changed. It’s great that he’s lived long enough to see his work from 60 years ago appreciated, especially after the challenges of beingย  the only Asian director in the BBC at that time, being young, and gay to boot. There was also an insightful series where…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic The Giggle

    One other thing – took me ages to dig this out, but it was nagging at me as I watched tonight’s episode.ย  I came across this short story earlier this year – The Magic Shop by HG Wells.ย  Features a father and son and a slightly creepy old fashioned Magic Shop which has mysterious hidden corridors, an ambiguous proprietor, and it disappears after t…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic The Giggle

    Great comments as always, thanks everyone.

    A “pet Tennant” ๐Ÿ˜€ Who wouldn’t want one of those?!

    That’s interesting @Phaseshift about the bi-generation reverberating back through all the incarnations. I think Ncuti-Doc says something about he can only go on unencumbered by the PTSD if Tennant-Doc takes his retirement/rehabilitation seriously, so…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic General Music thread 4

    This week of all weeks, there can be only one choice for me for music for The Giggle (which starts on a rainy night in Soho (a long time ago)):

    (RIP Shane MacGowan)

    “I’ve been loving you a long time…”

    Dr Who – I’ve been loving you a long time too. Long may you run!

  • ScaryB replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    Came across this lovely thing on Twitter/X;

    Post by Patrick Mulkern (“Radio Times and Dr Who Guide scribe”) who was watching The Giggle with (director of the very first Dr Who stories) Waris Hussein (on his birthday). Happy birthday Waris – we owe you so much! (And looking very spry for 85). That is one WEIRD looking birthday cake! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  • ScaryB replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @Whisht

    GOOD Whisht!!! Yes, yes and YES! Exactly that! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    @ps1l0v3y0u

    the stage in the Chibnall cycle when my brains started leaking from my ears.

    ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€ ๐Ÿ˜€

  • ScaryB replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @Mudlark

    * But if I failed to notice on first viewing that Nathaniel Curtisโ€™s skin tone and facial features differed slightly from the North European norm, maybe my powers of observation are not particularly reliable

    Ha! Me too ๐Ÿ˜‰

    But I think you’re spot on with the class thing (which @Jimthefish pointed out in a blog post many moons ago, and i…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    Interesting chat above. I like the imprinting idea.ย  I don’t think Timelords are specifically “race” particular – I suspect that skin colour is similar to hair colour eg “not ginger” in that it’s just an aesthetic choice. As is gender. (Awareness of race as in Shobogan or Time Lord may be a different matter!)

    Meanwhile – back to the…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic General Music thread 4

    @Whistht

    Ha! Spot on. There again you can’t go wrong with Tom Waits in my book ๐Ÿ™‚

    Thoroughly enjoying being back in this lovely place – just like the old days… hmm. my boy, yes?!

    I give you this in return, in memory of Denny Laine who passed away this week (Blue(s) and Wild, if not Yonder)

  • ScaryB replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @JimtheFish Would love to read your blog, but can’t see a link… can you make it live?

  • ScaryB replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @Mudlark I noticed that Graun article too, and thought exactly the same thing. Thanks for posting.

    Wibbly wobbly timey wimey… Who’d a thunk it, eh?! ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • ScaryB replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @Juniperfish

    Utterly charming and utterly neurotic, and far too many drinks in one day.

    haha, it is that, and another time (and place) altogether. Thanks for sharing

  • ScaryB replied to the topic The Winchester

    @oochillyo

    AAAARGGHHHH! I’m traumatised! ๐Ÿ™‚ (You did warn us, but I had to scroll ๐Ÿ˜› )

     

  • ScaryB replied to the topic General Music thread 4

    @Whisht

    Haha, what else? ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Now what about this week…? How about this for an episode about doubles and detecting life signs:

    (And also interesting thumbnail which seems to be AI image gone a bit wrong ๐Ÿ˜‰ )

  • ScaryB replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    And finally:

    @BobbyFatv2

    Explain the brilliance of this episode in five words or less:

    โ€my arms are too longโ€.

    Just that – totally brilliant.

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