@arbutus

“@juniperfish I really like your take on all this, especially “a refraction of light in the universe””

Thanks 🙂 The new Doctor’s outfit is always a topic of much conversation, following a regeneration, whether (s)he is male or female embodied, so at least we can say there has been no less scrutiny of previous Doctors’ atti…[Read more]

@arbutus  . . . the “test” was not to kill a defenceless victim, but to find a random human without help from among the population of an entire planet. Actually quite a hard thing to do, except that he cheated.

And flat out murdered several people who were not his target, and then mutilated them to take trophy teeth.  Tim Shaw doesn’t quali…[Read more]

@cathannabel  Gravitas comes with that male voice.  Even those of us most passionately enthusiastic about the gender switch have some adjusting to do

Indeed.

@bluesqueakpip  . . . convention of calling women by their first names – but that’s because of the historic subordination of women in our society. Women are called by their first names –…[Read more]

@Arbutus

Her insistence on learning the facts about the planet and its history suggest that she’s more of a field researcher than a back-in-the-library type.

A kindred soul in that respect, but libraries have their uses once you come in out of the field. I wouldn’t trust anyone who published without references 😉

@mudlark  perhaps my ageing brain has a problem processing  words delivered at machine-gun velocity.

For me, it’s that plus the swallowed consonants — but I had trouble with “Deep Throat” for the same reason, and I’ve been watching with subtitles on ever since.  It helps a lot!

the redesign of the Tardis interior; at first glance it seems vi…[Read more]

@Arbutus

Yes, I received two separate notifications, as presumably did everyone else who was tagged, but no apology is needed. These things happen, and anything is better than losing a lengthy post entirely, which happened to me a few days ago.

@Rob

The Timeless Child could be Jenny

Somehow I don’t think so. The Doctor felt that the Remnants…[Read more]

@arbutus Katharine Hepburn (sorry, pet peeve, my own first name is Katharine.)

@tempusfugit

I’m not sure about the fact that Graham has cancer.

OK. Sorry, why?

I look a million dollars and I’m half dead. No kidding. I have a paramedic watching this as I type and he’s performing a truly hideous job/procedure (these doods get paid far too little).  Yesterday I was in the garden for 4 hours. Last night I had some peeps over fo…[Read more]

<span class=”useratname”>@bluesqueakpip</span> Yeah Sheffieeeeeeld!  Re JW, yes, there was the whole regen confusion thing going on which will pass as it has done for all of them, but meantime there was more than enough there to make me hers.

Funny you mention that ‘I’ve got a plan – well, I will have’ as being different cos I thought it echoed…[Read more]

@fatmaninabox  -on the other thread…I was crying-laughing. But not REAL laughing because my computer is obstreperous. Shutting it down works occasionally which annoys me (Thane in particular).

Just to say a quick hello to all newbies & oldies as well & hoping to see @arbutus on these pages soon.

I actually loved the episode. The tremendous…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Me and Mum are waving hello to you all the way over and above in Canada. After Dad and I visited Adelaide which didn’t have humidity and even when it was 35 it felt like 25 Celsius, made me seriously think of living in South Australia or going somewhere colder. Dad used to walk the ‘beat’ in the London Met and says “get orf…[Read more]

@arbutus  Okay, that made me laugh.  😀

ooh – somehow I missed @Arbutus‘ post – GREAT song!

Now…. a post for the next Doctor reveal….

Maybe dour (Johnny where’s the fun!? in your voice), but hopeful.

;¬)

@arbutus

Yes! I remember that song from my youth. What a great song!

As a fellow resident of British Columbia I entirely support your appeal for people to donate to the Canadian Red Cross. What is happening out here is terrible and needs support.

Now back to rewatch Martha and the Vandellas!

@arbutus   Happy summer to you!  Ontario has been very wet with some flooding but most has dried up now and after pulling out and replanting a lot of drowned veggies things in the garden are looking good. The fires in B.C. are terrible and I like many others are trying to help in any way they can and of course the Red Cross is the best place to st…[Read more]

@serahni   I suspect that “Sontarans perverting the course of human history” is a new phrase to use in same sort of way as “Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow.” I wish it were otherwise! The proximity of the Master to Missy caused her to forget things in her timeline. So, it seems we can expect that the First Doctor’s appearance on the s…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip  It’s not a selfish desire to remain this personality; it’s an existential crisis caused by becoming effectively immortal – which we first saw in Deep Breath. He wants to stop changing and be true to himself. But the only way he can do that, with his shape-shifting biology, is to not regenerate. He wants to be the man, and play ‘…[Read more]

ha ha – yes @Arbutus I noted the “its worse than jazz” dig!

Will listen eagerly!

I haven’t said much (anything?) about Eaters of Light as nearly everything has been said (an I kinda agree with it all).
So, Bowie reference for Eaters of Light…?

Not exactly a favourite of mine, but seems obvious.

@arbutus  @soundworld and everybody else who loved this — I loved it too!  It seemed to rip right along, was full of good jokes, and ended with a beautiful set-up for the end of this series — the idea of the Doctor being a tad irresponsible (as well as off-handedly heroic, of course) in signing up for who knows how long as the guardian here, a…[Read more]

Gloomy days indeed. We certainly are living in “interesting times” as per the Chinese proverb. Grenfall Tower has burned its way into all our hearts this week but there are wider implications. This is where austerity leads, to almost incomprehensible tragedy. If there is one story that should be highlighted and told again and again is that of the…[Read more]