@janetteB    I too have been looking at some photo and video stories. Fire is really frightening, and so horrible for the people whose lives have been altered (hopefully not lost!). They have fairly big forest fires in the interior of British Columbia and what is particularly scary is when the wind gets up and the fire can change directions in no…[Read more]

@JimTheFish     Or how about the fact that the original Master’s plans for world domination were usually foiled by him suddenly realising that he’d be for the chop as well.

Has anyone ever compared the Master to Wile E. Coyote? Someone must have at some point; if not, I will happily claim it as a brilliant creative insight!   🙂

@elbalk-kev       While you aren’t the only viewer who would like to see a different approach to the science in Doctor Who, I don’t think it’s fair to simply reduce that criticism to a generic one of “bad writing”. I think that the underlying themes of AG Who have always skewed toward the metaphysical and emotional; RTD brought in the character-d…[Read more]

@purofilion     Oh my goodness, yes! I have a mental image of a manic grin as he suddenly challenges Santa: “How do you fit all the presents in the sleigh?” As though he thought he could catch Father Christmas off his guard!  🙂

@janetteB    Oh dear. I hope they can get it sorted quickly, but I know how that goes… once it’s the season, it’s just a constant struggle until the weather changes. But stay safe, and try to stay cool!

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has fully recovered from any indulgences (over- or otherwise) during the year end festivities.   🙂  Onward to Twelfth Night and (eventually) a return to Real Life.

@Bluesqueakpip     I think it’s probably down to Capaldi’s gaunt bone structure and intense expressions. There is just a look about him that screams “conjurer”!

@Mudlark   @purofilion    Yes, I think we have left the “Oncoming Storm” well behind. I’m not sad about that. Much as I always enjoyed Matt Smith, the Doctor as superhero never sat we…[Read more]

Plenty of fun tunes people have been posting in the last few days. You have to particularly love Kate Bush, and Grace Slick, and… the Monkees! Oh, yes. Altogether, a nice eclectic set for New Years.   🙂

Happy New Year! As January 1st is liturgically the Feast of the Circumcision, it was the day that the clerics of Notre Dame de Paris celebrated the Feast of Fools in the 13th Century. Fool equals idiot, possibly in a box. Release your inner Fool!

@TheDoctorWhoForum

As the New Year makes its way across the Atlantic and gradually creeps toward us here on the other Pacific coast, I wish you all the very very best for 2015. I joined this forum just over a year ago and could never have guessed how much amusement and enlightenment I would find here. Thanks to everyone for all thoughts shared,…[Read more]

@lisa   Daniel Pink’s book “A Whole New Mind” was required reading in my son’s Grade 8 Social Studies class. (It was a class that came straight to mind when I saw Clara’s “gifted and talented” class in the fall!) The book discusses at length the kind of skills that will lead to success in the “new economy” and advocates for the teaching of creativ…[Read more]

I saw this today, absolutely brilliant!

https://twitter.com/wigmore_hall/status/550095482157285379/photo/1

And by the way, @Whisht, absolutely love Mama Cass.  🙂

I’m on board for whatever viewing is going on! Not especially a fan of Torchwood, but I will do whatever homework is assigned to me. A big yes vote to any BG Who, regardless of completeness. I don’t mind reconstructions, as I listen to audios anyway and have a vivid imagination!  🙂

As for new year wishes, I agree with the strong vote for Will…[Read more]

Oh, @purofilion, I also meant to say that we have always had tangerines (mandarins, we call them) in the stockings, but it was a new tradition for Mr. Arbutus when we were first married. Like the Doctor, he doesn’t care for them, so this year, he received a red Anjou pear in his stocking instead. (I wasn’t sure why it took Santa so many years to…[Read more]

@nerys    I completely agree about Midnight. It was probably my favourite episode of what was definitely my favourite AG series (until Series 8, which may be sitting on top of the pile now!). And as you say, the caring about these fictional characters is what makes the show resonate for us, and makes the messages matter.

@purofilion   Having a lo…[Read more]

@Nine9 @JanetteB @nerys

In my view, the tangerine on the window was meant to allow the audience (and most importantly, the children in the audience) to believe if they choose to that Santa was real. There was no way that Moffat was ever going to write a Christmas episode, knowing that many families watch with small children, and have it shown…[Read more]

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a happy time yesterday. Just got the Christmas special watched and read all your brilliant comments. I really enjoyed this and can’t wait for a chance to watch it again. It left me feeling altogether happy.

I loved what @Bluesqueakpip, @Miapatrick, and @pedant had to say about how the Doctor sees people. When…[Read more]

With the world turning as it does, it is properly timey-wimey on this forum: the eve of Christmas Eve here on the Pacific coast, the morning of Christmas Eve in the UK, and properly Christmas Eve down under! So just wanting to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas as it rolls over your part of the world. Thanks to all for the past year of laughter,…[Read more]

@Miapatrick    A battery controlled butter dish?!? What is that? Do I need one? It sounds like something I need.

Sympathies on the unfixedness of your abode. That’s frustrating at any time, Christmas most of all.

Yay, I got 4! Off I shall go on my time-and-space adventures, exchanging quips and fearing nothing.   🙂