• VickyMallard replied to the topic The Waters of Mars

    What an episode… but let’s start at the beginning.

    I’m confused. The Doctor decides to take a trip to Mars, we see the return of the red spacesuit (and I was halfway expecting Donna to follow him out of the Tardis until I remembered she’s no longer there), but why does he land the Tardis in the middle of nowhere and takes a hike over to the bas…[Read more]

  • syzygy replied to the topic The Winchester

    @janetteb and to you! Yes, we’re doing well. It’s hot here but we’ve had no rain & compared with the flood peaks expected today in Victoria (??), I believe, we’re very grateful. I know flood warnings came 7 days ago with expected river peaks effectively at midnight last night. Not good at all. It either never rains, and there’s fires, or it floods…[Read more]

  • winston replied to the topic On The Sofa (10)

    To  @nerys and @blenkinsopthebrave and @arbutus and any other Canadian Whovians  I missed “Happy Canada Day”.  I hope it was a good one, you all deserve it.

    The mister was watching series 7 of A Canadian comedy called Letterkenny  when during their table talk one guy says “Everyone loves Doctor Who , right?” the others all agree “Yep” ,”for sur…[Read more]

  • syzygy replied to the topic On The Sofa (10)

    @nerys yes, good to see you! We’re all pretty much experiencing major or minor flooding in Brisbane at the mo. I always complain when we don’t have rain but then moan after 3 days -but it’s been more than a week of solid rain but I’m lucky -we’re on a hill.

    I think it was made abundantly clear the doctor couldn’t recog Clara. the symmetry co…[Read more]

  • janetteB replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator

    @blenkinsopthebrave, @winston and @arbutus and everyone else out there,

    I hope you are all getting through. It is easy to forget here that Covid is still happening to the rest of the world. It is like a kind of nightmare that we read about and feel a bit guilty as we get on with our ‘everyday” lives and now it seems as though we are reaching a…[Read more]

  • @Winston, @arbutus, @…crikey, I have forgotten the other Canadians (sorry!)

    I hope you are all doing well. Life for us is very quiet, and far too many purchases arrive via Amazon. However, fortunately, we have a local bookshop that calls me up when it is time to go and pick up my standing order of the NYTimes Review of Books and Private Eye…[Read more]

  • @nerys

    As @arbutus reminded me, a good commercial-free option is to purchase it on iTunes for $4. It is there for repeated viewings, and it is mercifully ad-free (and I agree with you, the intrusive commercial breaks are just the worst).

     

  • nerys replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator

    @arbutus We get Crave with our cable subscription, so as far as I know, that’s still the same. We have a combo package that includes HBO, so that gets us most of the programs, films and specials we want to watch.

    As for my dad’s recovery, we think this is his last day of isolation. But now my stepmother is faced with the task of finding him a…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On The Sofa (10)

    Many thanks @arbutus. I had forgotten that option.

     

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On The Sofa (10)

    @winston, @nerys, @arbutus, and any other Canadians I have forgotten,

    Which streaming service will allow me to watch the New Year special? (p.s. I do not have cable)

  • winston replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator

    Hello  @arbutus  it is good to hear from you and I am glad that you and yours are doing good. I have been baking my way through all my cookbooks and my waist line shows it.  I was keeping busy in my garden but it is under snow now so I made a snowvid man who wears a mask and holds a bottle of sanitizer in one stick arm and a measuring tape for so…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator

    Hello @arbutus and all! I’m sorry you have had health problems to deal with, but it sounds like that is mostly resolved.

    Dad continues his slow progress. He was moved to a rehab hospital, then another ailment popped up, so he was briefly transferred back to the main hospital. Then, last week, he was moved back to the rehab hospital. He believes…[Read more]

  • @arbutus, Yes! to echo @janetteB, great to see you back on the site.

    @janetteb, you are very fortunate that the restrictions are as relaxed as they are for you. I cannot imagine a Christmas party on the scale you describe being allowed for either @arbutus in Vancouver or myself on the island.

    This week we had a film crew making a movie down the…[Read more]

  • janetteB replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator

    @arbutus lovely to hear from you. You have been missed. Glad that you are doing ok in Vancouver.Sorry to hear about the health problems, not a good year for that.. I like the sound of your Advent Calendar. That is a  great idea. Our Son’s Girlfriend just bought the Elder Scrolls cookbook which has some very tempting drinks in it.

    We have been…[Read more]

  • syzygy replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator

    @JanetteB

    and all the South Aussies (&, as always, the Sydney siders) we’re feeling your pain in Brisbane. We’ve been insanely fortunate in many cases. “cases” had a different tone to it now.

    Thanks to those who got in touch when I mentioned my late mum. I realise it looked as if Puro had passed away but nope, I’m still here & we’re doing…[Read more]

  • Oochillyo replied to the topic Planet of the Dead

    @Arbutus I totally agree with the majority of what you said and I love this episode, you have made some really good points like Malcolm being wonderful and the episode is lovely espically to watch with the family therefore I will point out some other aspects I liked about the episode, I love the flying aliens and even though I dont like flys cause…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic On The Sofa (10)

    Oh my, I am late to the party! Apologies to @winston @blenkinsopthebrave @arbutus and all, and thank you for the Canada Day wishes! It was a good, quiet day for us.

    And yes, we do live in a beautiful country. My little neck of the woods, along Nova Scotia’s south shore, is especially exquisite. I’ve been driving to our local beaches and watching…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On The Sofa (10)

    @winston, @nerys, @arbutus,

    Happy Canada Day to all!

    As you know, I am an immigrant. And a very happy immigrant. Where I live, neighbours haven’t simply hung out Canadian flags, they have hung out flags with the heart instead of the maple leaf to show support–not simply for those on the covid front line, but for all of us.

    I would not want to…[Read more]

  • winston replied to the topic On The Sofa (10)

    @blenkinsopthebrave   @nerys  and @arbutus   To my fellow Canucks… Happy Canada Day.  We live in a beautiful and country , I have driven it from coast to coast and no matter how long you have you can never see it all. It is vast, and yet the people make it cozy. We have oceans and lakes and mountains and prairies and frozen tundra, heck we have…[Read more]

  • @arbutus

    I wonder if the modern show would be allowed such a departure from the usual tropes of the show?

     

    Well the Torchwood episode Countrycide famously didn’t have an alien or non-human villain, so I’d say it is possible for Doctor Who post-2005 to do the same.

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