@ardaraith @Miapatrick Interesting. Perhaps it’s slightly different as, even with that ability, Melody/River was originally human? Or, well, she just wasn’t bothered! A young ‘Time Lady’ with no real sense of what […]

@ardaraith– ah, I get you. But I interpreted the idea of timelords ‘apprehension’ to regenerate, and it being a ‘more fundamental process than just changing shape’ to mean the end of one personality to make way […]

@ardaraith                True enough. although, interestingly, the only other woman we have seen regenerate had much the same attitude: see Romana in Destiny of the Daleks.  🙂

Hmmm @Ardaraith

Romana also went through a few potential regens before she settled on one. Maybe it’s an extra talent that only female Timelords have?

🙂

@ardaraith            Moffat likes to repeat himself with variations. 🙂

@ScaryB                 I thought the prequel was set in their joint memories – intimitng that there might be a frozen in time moment as […]

@ardaraith– I don’t know. I saw some difference between ‘Mels’ and ‘River’. They shared traits, which they would, having at that point exactly the same memories, but I do think they were different ‘people’, and […]

@wolfweed. Laughed at the picture. Matt looks hilarious. Poor Catherine though. She’s rumoured to have stuggled with her body image in the past. Being cast as the Hulk?

@ardaraith, don’t worry, I got a bit […]

@ardaraith @thommck @JimTheFish @Bluesqueakpip, I’m in agreement with @Craig. Looks like 10 regenerating. Why it was included and not on others is another (probably equally unimportant)
question!

@ardaraith @thommck @JimTheFish @Bluesqueakpip

I was quite excited about this but, boringly, when you watch it again (it’s at 18:16 on iPlayer) I think it’s just Tennant regenerating, as viewed from above, with […]

@ardaraith You did indeed, and many thanks for it, I’d missed it.

While I’d agree that key plot points unlikely to be hidden in a prequel, rather than main show, it underlines a lot of the main things we’ve […]

@ardaraith I am indeed! Our take on the Lake District 🙂 Been to Errigal years ago, gorgeous place.

@Craig,

Would it be an idea to have a username that alerts the whole board – eg @all, @board. That way it would make it easier for announcements (eg @ardaraith‘s spoiler alert) to be broadcast via email to […]

@ardaraith, @PhaseShift @everyone_else_on_the_board

You know what’d be f’in hilarious – if you couldn’t watch the last episode on that dvd without having a passcode that you could only get from watching the […]

@JimtheFish – are you sure they only finished filming the finale that recently, was it not the 50th? And yes, thanks @ardaraith for the prompt warning

Thanks @ardaraith

I’ve just posted it on the Guardian as well (attributed to you) as a last comment before shutting down that blog. I’m astonished that has happened.

My everlasting thanks for the prompt […]

@ardaraith

That’s shocking. What a cock up. As I’ve warned people to keep out of here do you want to post a general warning on the Sofa about that?

@ardaraith I agree with you re 13/14 year old girls. I thought the script nailed it! Kids themselves were a bit stage-school but OK, especially as they were lobotomised for most of it 😉 Oh for a real life […]

@Bluesqueakpip.  @ardaraith.  @thommck

I would not get too concerned. I am sure it is managed information which will fit in with actuality but is designed to send us all into a spin.

On the other hand….

@ardaraith – got caught by it as well (just before @thommck posted) when I was checking for Saturday’s broadcast time. Folks, avoid the Radio Times site if you’re avoiding spoilers. The dratted thing’s on the […]