@TardisBlue

Not a boy band/male model face, our Eleven.  But a wonderful face.  Used superbly by an imaginative and inspired actor.  Ave atqua vale, Matteaus.

I love a little Latin!  🙂  Wonderful description of Matt Smith, here. I remember seeing the photos of him after he was cast, and thinking, “That is just the oddest looking man.” But you…[Read more]

Hi, @Craig.  Thanks for the look in on my PM issue. Hope you’re feeling better!

Okay, problem sorted. Apparently I was doing it wrong (no big surprise there). Thanks for the help, @FatManInABox.  (bows head respectfully)

Help! For some reason I am unable to send private messages. I get an error message every time I try. I have tried it with two different recipients and neither worked. Can any of our esteemed Time Lords advise me? Many thanks!

@Barnable   Indeed, I would have liked to have accompanied it with an elegant diagram full of lovely, swooping lines, like @Bluesqueakpip‘s, but as I don’t know how to make such a thing digitally, or how to include it in a post, I had to go with the written-only approach. Much harder to follow! I like a good visual argument, myself.

I think t…[Read more]

@nicelyuseless     I do love parentheses. (Sorry.)

Repeat after me: Punctuation is our friend. Use early and often.   🙂

@TardisBlue

Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a lovely holiday.

I was seeing horrific temps for parts of Canada, especially with windchill factored in.  B-r-r-r-r-r.  Even an Ice Warrior would be frozen without power and central heating.  Hope you’ve been spared ice storms and power lines going down.

Yes, it has been nasty in much of the co…[Read more]

@geoffers

Re: aborted timelines, impossible Clara, GI, etc.
I posted this a few days ago on @Bluesqueakpip‘s Time-Structure blog, my thoughts about Clara and the timelines.

•    Starting Point: The Doctor destroys Gallifrey, becomes the last Time Lord.
•    AotD, The Snowmen: The Doctor meets Claricles.
•    BoSJ: The Doctor looks for and finds…[Read more]

@PurpleCup

Welcome, and thanks for a great post to start up the speculation again!

The Doctor never said that River couldn’t be buried (as you would assume he’d say after the Library), he just said that ‘they’ would never bury his wife there. Does this imply that there is a way to get her out of the Library and back to a body again, in order for…[Read more]

Welcome, @blackthorn!

While I also didn’t care for Tennant’s long-drawn-out regeneration, I felt that this one did hit the right note (for me, anyway). I like a bit of closure, just don’t overdo it! As to the eccentric families, I’m afraid that we are probably stuck with those, as the trend in AG Who is definitely toward a full family life for…[Read more]

@PhaseShift  @Bluesqueakpip   Yes, I had also thought that some kind of civil dispute on Gallifrey would seem to be the result of what we have been shown. I agree that it might not have lasted long, because most of the Time Lords do not seem to have been as megalomaniacal as the High Council. I hadn’t really thought about it having all happened al…[Read more]

All the best to everyone for 2014! I hope that the first day of the New Year isn’t too hazy for anyone.  🙂

@nicelyuseless   Based on what goes on around our house, I’d say that the cats already rule most of the universe!

@Monochrome Dimension     Welcome! I love your user name. I also have high hopes for Capaldi. Although, like you, I have e…[Read more]

@deadmeat3171  @Bluesqueakpip

I wouldn’t think that Ten’s regeneration into himself would have been widely known, so it would be fair to assume that most people/enemies who knew about the 12-regen limit at all, much less had been keeping track, would still believe him to have at least one left.
I wonder if, in the Doctor’s brief moment of…[Read more]

@Tennantmarsters2013 @Bluesqueakpip

I love the idea of the rehabilitation of Gallifrey being the Doctor’s actual challenge, rather than just finding it and/or bringing it back. It will be a new approach to Gallifrey story lines, which I think would be needed in light of earlier discussions about the Time Lords and their history. And it could…[Read more]

@Whisht      Neil Young performed that song solo at the Closing Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics; as he finished, the cauldron was extinguished. Not being any kind of big Olympics booster, my tears definitely surprised me. The power of music, certainly.

Lovely, lovely George Harrison song. When I was young(er), Lennon was my favourite Beat…[Read more]

Hi, @nicelyuseless. I see that the cat is regenerating, how many lives is it now? Your story is remarkably similar to mine, in that I also started watching the Fourth Doctor in repeats, all unknowing of the fate that he had already met! I was baffled and annoyed by that regeneration, and it took me awhile to warm up to the Fifth Doctor as a…[Read more]

Welcome, @densire. I was going to say, like @ScaryB, that the collective of this forum is definitely the expert, so bring your ideas to the hive mind and make it stronger! I also have enjoyed the Eighth Doctor on audio. Do you have any particular favourites? And what about the TV show itself, any favourite doctors, episodes, or companions?