@ardaraith – I wish I could claim the credit for having Photoshopped this. I did hoot when I 1st found it!

@ardaraith (The Snowmen)

why confuse the issue with the coda? hmm

Good question – it establishes Clara’s alive in contemporary time, she finds her gravestone and makes the cheery remark about ghosts

@ardaraith @shazzbot @HTPBDET –

Just catching up on your discussion of companions and the Docs morality – some illuminating and fascinating observations there, thank you.

For my money, I think @HTPBDET is […]

@ardaraith          Not in that way, no. Caves of Androzani does provide some interesting direct-to-camera work, but it is not in the league of Feast of Steven.

@ardaraith @SatsumaJoe

I would love to see the Monk return – so long as a really good actor with comic skills was up to playing him – Simon Russell Beale perhaps? or Alan Davies? His character is bumbling bad, […]

@SatsumaJoe, @ardaraith, and other enthusiasts. The monk-like figure. No. There is no way that the monk-like figure in the Asylum prequel clip would be the the monk, or more accurately, The Meddling Monk. He was a […]

@ardaraith @shazzbot

Moffat’s take is that it is all about the companions; whereas classic Who was all about the Doctor. This is a bit of an oversimplification but maybe illustrates how the emphasis has […]

@ardaraith – “i would prefer to see the doctors unique world view and moral code explicitly expressed”

… well he kind of has (a bit) over the last few episodes with the “precious bundle” speech. Having said […]

@ardaraith @shazzbot

You raise interesting and, in my view, complex issues.

I don’t have any answers – but I do have thoughts.

Firstly, the sequence in Unearthly Child is over-thought. In truth, if you […]

@Ardaraith – I really don’t see the companions as having any kind of ‘exceptionalness of humanity’ or ‘human morality is the way to go’. The problem isn’t that human morality is superior or anything, it’s that the […]

@ardaraith  I would prefer to see the Doctor’s unique worldview and moral code explicitly expressed.  It would delight me to see a human perspective contrasted with that of an alien species, and both respected. […]

@Shazzbot, @ardaraith – nothing explicitly mentioned by the showrunners that I know of , but the many subscribers to DWM on here will be more of an authority on that!

I think it’s just an artefact of him now […]

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@ardaraith Ah. Just when I thought I was onto something! Like the matriochka stuff during the first half. Speaking of blue light/into water, red light/away from fire. I may still be seeing things which aren’t there 🙂

Whoa! Everyone’s on fire today! Just skimmed, cuz am working but “excellent bottom” all (to quote the good Captain Jack) – so many lovely layers and levels.

@ardaraith – that prequel is very interesting – […]

@ardaraith That was interesting! The monk’s voice did remind me of the Gunslinger though. A meddling monk? 🙂

@Bluesqueakpip I hadn’t thought of mirrors for Clara before. Well, apart from Emma Grayling.

@Ardaraith – River does say it never happened to Amy: who promptly corrects her. It may have technically never happened, but she knows she left Madame Kovarian to die.

Similarly, while the wedding may […]

Thanks @ardaraith, I hadn’t seen that before. Very interesting. There are distinct Dream Lord undertones there, and of course it seems to support the theory that the whole season is taking place in the Doctor’s […]

@ardaraith. Thanks for the link. At one point in the beginning (at 0.19) you see a large square block of white paper attached to the window with letters on it. Then you see (at 0.25) a close up of part of the […]

@ardaraith – i had not seen that, thank you.

i think the most interesting point about it is the location midway through the doctor doesnt recognise, with childrens voices in the background.

Is it his […]