Hey, I’m getting better. It’s only three days later and I’m reviewing Extremis!

I’d find this difficult to rate as a standalone, but felt we were getting a little bit more for our time as the ‘setup’ phase was out the way. It’s interesting that the trend to echo the past is still strong though. Silence in the Library comes to mind, not only for…[Read more]

@thane15

philosophers or social morays

Why do I get this mental picture of a tangle of eels gossiping over morning coffee and cake, while a group of bearded, himation-clad gents look on disapprovingly 🙂   Vanitas and Veritas: illusion and truth – or vice versa

The mention of the confession dial by @AlexWho reminded me of the reference to the…[Read more]

>@blenkinsopthebrave: Love the video – thank you!

@lisa: Interesting and could explain why he wears his glasses a lot.

>@janetteb:  Agree with @mudlark that the Doctor does not appear to be telling Nardole the truth about anything and may well be exaggerating his blindness. I wonder how much Nardole really knows about the Doctor.
>Good point.…[Read more]

@alexwho: For my money, all of them are even better at a second, third and fourth viewing.

Missy

@alexwho  This would be a good explanation of the Vault situation  — especially as no actor was ever announced as playing the Valeyard; in this case they wouldn’t have to!  The main drawback is that the relevant trailer scene apparently comes from the three-parter that starts shortly, and its storyline (from the synopses at the Radio Times) se…[Read more]

@missrori   So true — it’s the *trying*, it’s the not passing by on the other side . . .

@alexwho  Suchet is excellent; always a pleasure to see him at work!

@alexwho – (I have insomnia! – So…)

Prediction: The ghosts of Pip & Jane Baker will be enlisted by ‘The Suits’ to cajole Chibbers into making series 11 populist Dr Who for 3 year olds.

Chibber’s dreams of an even more adult Dr Who (see inferred rape of Nefertiti a la’ ‘The Keys of Marinus’ or ‘The Time Meddler’) will be dashed, making it a…[Read more]

@alexwho  Why hasn’t he been on Doctor Who????

Glad you found that!  He’s probably not been asked to do something on DW, assuming they could afford him (or, if he’s a fan of the Doctor, he’d do it for less just for the fun of it).  Acting is a very unpredictable profession; who knows!

@missrori  You might try doing something completely diffe…[Read more]

@alexwho  A knight in shining armor . . . I’m going to see “Logan”, the new movie about Wolverine, solely because sir Patrick is in it . . . His recent appearance, with Hugh Jackman, on Graham Norton was pretty funny too — I got it through FB, but maybe it’s on Youtube by now.

@alexwho   I’d say that at least 90% of DW was written by SM – all the best ones. *grin*

@nerys: An excellent actor for sure.

@thane15; I jolly well hope not! I would watch out of curiosity, because one shouldn’t judge before the event.

However, The Doctor has always been, amongst other things, a Father figure, are we to now expect a Mother figure?

@AlexWho

 b/c we had two bad choices

You need to stop this meme. The choice was between and out-and-proud fascist and by far the  best qualified candidate for the job in at least 50 years (who got more votes than any other candidate ever, except Obama).

@toinfinityandbepond:

What? There is a Sherlock thread among other things, but it isn’t a prime mover – so to speak.

@alexwho:

Good for you, I’m comforted by my many box sets, especially Peter Capaldi. Roll on April.
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@alexwho  Maybe you’re not the only one . . . at any rate, I hope you’re not.  If things get too crazy around here, we could be looking at a military coup, just to keep the demented man-baby from nuking somebody across the world (or on the West coast, who knows).

A colleague who writes historical novels says the Imperial US is roughly p…[Read more]

@alexwho

Very, very sad news. A truly great actor. So many of his performances meant so much to me.

Malcolm Scrawdyke, Caligula, Winston Smith. The list just goes on and on.

I will always rember him as Bill in “Rocinante”, a totally unique, poetic and radical film about Thatcher’s Britain. Probably forgotten, but not by me.

@thane15 @missy @alexwho  Thank you for your kind words.  @ichabod, I’m afraid I live in the middle of Illinois, so I don’t think phone conversations would be feasible.  But being able to talk about things here does a bit of good in and of itself.

Yeah, I am trying to do kind and charitable things — not always easy under my circumstances — bu…[Read more]

@alexwho That is a really brilliant insight…to both shows.

@craig  how interestingly one aspect of this week’s Sherlock was made.

Thanks, that’s very, very smart stuff; I’ll have to check out more of Nerdwriter, on the strength of this.

@alexwho  With you 100% on this version of Mary Watson.  I think the idea was to offer us a female version of the Holmes brothers — very bright, easily bored, with that…[Read more]

@alexwho I sort of understand your point, even though I think what they have done in the two episodes so far has been brilliant. The video that @craig posted today on the storytelling through editing captures perfectly, I think, what is stunning (and still stunning) about the show. But on the other hand, I agree that there is a sense in which…[Read more]

@doctordani: When isn’t SM cooking up something. I dare say we’ll see a little more of Mr. Huffle too now it’s taken up resdidence on the Tardis.

@pedant: I shall have ro re-watch Time of the Doctor, can’t remember River’s remark?

@alexwho: This special stands alone, and most definitely for kids. I don’t think you (you generally) can compare it…[Read more]

@morpho

The General’s regeneration seemed pretty toned down. We may have come in at the tail end, but there were no signs of damage. New regeneration style, or perhaps on Gallifrey these things can be tempered somewhat?

Regenerations might go more smoothly on Gallifrey- the environment does appear to have some impact? It does seem though that t…[Read more]