The Doctor Who Forum | Barbara Lefty | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/barbaralefty/activity/ Activity feed for Barbara Lefty. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:22:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 2d966e1b98fe667b2ff5b1515c17734c Barbara Lefty replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/17/#post-41360 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 21:04:11 +0000 I know loads of people will have done it already but…

DR WHO EXPERIENCE CARDIFF!!!

Ood

I have loads of pics of a very very happy Wee Lefty but they all have other peoples’ kids in them so instead – ย what she did when she went to out of school club today!ย That there is a Hamma bead TARDIS, ladies and gents.

I am a very happy momma today ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> be16beb14929829ab5d395fabf72a9b3 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Doctor Who News (3) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/doctor-who-news-3/page/13/#post-41359 Wed, 22 Jul 2015 20:27:16 +0000 @scaryb thanks for the tip, left it too late to call today – not sure if its too late full stop!!! Will try again tomorrow unless someone puts me out of my misery and says it’s sold out…

Anyway, we had a FAB weekend… to the sofa!

]]> 978ed18af215f53bd75abf3b48ed0400 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Kill the Moon in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/kill-the-moon/page/8/#post-40487 Tue, 02 Jun 2015 18:22:18 +0000 Cheers @purofilion @jimthefish et al, and howdy. Good to see the bonkerising continues. Glad you enjoy Sandifer @arbutus ๐Ÿ™‚

]]> 4d3f119dd8c7e3f72a90c36f2b136da7 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/8/#post-38941 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:15:29 +0000 @ichabod, whoo-hoo, woop woop (as my twenty-something colleagues say), hi five, etc. Are you doing this freeze-frame? ๐Ÿ˜‰ But absolutely compelling stuff.

@Summersmith, lovely name, lovely avatar, you seem like a lovely person. You should fit right in here ๐Ÿ™‚ welcome!!

]]> ceb36dfe1608f6d1f99f2a0a5313309f Barbara Lefty replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/8/#post-38936 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 11:05:05 +0000 sorry, @DroneX1, with @purofilion on this. To suggest the ‘ not your boyfriend ‘ speech was demeaning is to suggest there is no other role for a female but to be a girlfriend, where this series has explicitly allowed and explored those other roles and forced a redefining of the Doctor / Companion dynamic. They are friends, who love each other and…[Read more]

]]> d445bb34a1b28b129a982da5f46d0260 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/8/#post-38931 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:03:02 +0000 was drawn in by @ichabod , @purofilion, commenting on women’s versus men’s pain, and the qualities considered admirable in men but not women. I love the current Clara arc, but that whole double standard is one reason I would love to see a female Doctor, and explore the various qualities which have been considered admirable or at least acceptable…[Read more]

]]> 1935eef9af8b3a7ca4d6899f7ea8b07e Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/14/#post-38913 Tue, 17 Mar 2015 21:37:02 +0000 Bleble? BLEBLE? What?! The good ship Off-topic has drifted into hazardous waters, indeed! I think ย see wreckers rocks ahead! Funny vids, you people kill me.

 

]]> baef4443bf445124ef830dbea7b10e0e Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/8/#post-38836 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:28:28 +0000 Evening again, preparing for another week by finishing the dregs of that bottle. My tablet died so I’ve been restricted to my phone, which feels like eating soup through a straw, or possibly seeing and encountering the world through @ichabod‘s metaphorical memory straw. I’ve stolen some time on Mr Lefty’s laptop so I can see the breadth and rise…[Read more]

]]> 854f97bde59254650bac586d35b986c9 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Flatline in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/flatline/page/6/#post-38834 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 20:59:54 +0000 Yeah, @Whisht, @bluesqueakpip, think it got real there o_O

]]> 7a88b92bb67565802e6842c0917fc54d Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Flatline in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/flatline/page/6/#post-38825 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:51:15 +0000 groan! I mean, excellent @Arbutus!! ๐Ÿ˜› Who’ll do 4 dimensions? ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> 86bb3215cc48f1e26eb1212151002d23 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Flatline in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/flatline/page/6/#post-38821 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:01:03 +0000 ha @bluesqueakpip! I feel I have acquitted myself here and someone else come up with the 3D one. I’m having a ball, but I fear if I keep going it’ll all go pear shaped …

]]> 60c5a81c9e3ac88d8f804766ccc3dc10 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Flatline in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/flatline/page/6/#post-38807 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:40:35 +0000 I know it will have been done but …

One dimensional man, musing on his existence thinks, “What’s the point?”

]]> e941fd1b970a2fba20f1fd1b5a969ad3 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/7/#post-38734 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:50:29 +0000 just wanted to pop in, on this Friday night, to raise a glass to the beautiful minds here, to @purofilion and her voracious wit, to @ichabod, in sadness and remembrance, to @bluesqueakpip and timey wimey par excellence, to @lisa and tardigrades , to @ScaryB and @janetteB and @arbutus, to our mods and their dedication, @krynoidman and delightful…[Read more]

]]> c7e80ea02a8e8ee35fc138931085fd8b Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/12/#post-38702 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 06:44:06 +0000 @bluesqueakpip, I think that was at least part of what I was driving at previously ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> 60a256222365a359a4f965a2a2f92af4 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Kill the Moon in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/kill-the-moon/page/7/#post-38700 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 20:24:35 +0000 Cheers peeps (@Arbutus, @lisa, @ScaryB). I’m pretty sure it owned something to D Adams, but can’t think what exactly. I guess, science-wise, I’ve been through the lovely speculating, theorising, part and I’ve been through the doing some experiments but mainly being puzzled by why things don’t work, and now my day consists of being within limits of…[Read more]

]]> ec89cd223b04e7020e71dfad7ee87fd8 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/12/#post-38690 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 00:18:44 +0000 @Schamster, genius! Just not arrived yet! ๐Ÿ˜€

]]> 9a658af7a6020443b11ff5792c73e0d9 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Kill the Moon in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/kill-the-moon/page/7/#post-38686 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 21:23:36 +0000 OK maybe not literally anything, but anything age appropriate

]]> 11d3c86b2db83c43b402719b0b85dc94 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Kill the Moon in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/kill-the-moon/page/7/#post-38685 Tue, 10 Mar 2015 20:20:13 +0000 Howdy. Lots of interesting stuff. I always loved KtM. Confession – I think one of the things which put me off DW for so long was that without a small person to give me the excuse to watch it in the first place, I was worried I wouldn’t be able to thole the pseudoscience. Of course, having actually watched it, I know that is largely (if not always)…[Read more]

]]> f4d359ec85854944ddab30d8c39ef9bb Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Companions past and present in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/companions-past-and-present/page/12/#post-38623 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 17:46:28 +0000 @ichabod, Romania/ Ukraine, late neolithic, would paste the link but there is a good wiki page.

]]> 51368a90cf5418e37b198f4e4b968c1c Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Website comments (2) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/website-comments-2/page/3/#post-38618 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:24:40 +0000 Message from monicaweah4u etc. Usual drill, don’t reply.

 

Oh, you all got one already. Behind the times here

]]> 328a0f208d8530a63bd2170744662f04 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Enemy of the World part 6 in the forum The Second Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-enemy-of-the-world-part-6/#post-38617 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 10:19:10 +0000 Very good! But yes, bit confused by Kent’s appearance. Did they not do lampshading in the olden days?

Salamander played as such a git, ambling after the wounded Kent. Props to Troughton.

But could Astrid not have just have sent all the other shelter dwellers who weren’t seeking a dramatic confrontation up the tunnel? They didn’t really get an…[Read more]

]]> 2641e484312898e6fdef79e3bce355d3 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Companions past and present in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/companions-past-and-present/page/12/#post-38616 Sun, 08 Mar 2015 09:25:31 +0000 Food (and hello all) – I thought the reaction to the turkey leg in Last Christmas indicated an aversion to at least some forms of consumption, but perhaps he was just feeling a little queasy at the time.

Metabolism. Mr Lefty insists I mention people have different responses to satiety hormones which can lead to them feeling fuller sooner, but…[Read more]

]]> d39de2aa49ce6a8373e55c90bb7cfe69 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/8/#post-38409 Sun, 01 Mar 2015 09:07:14 +0000 Was planning to watch the Daemons anyway. Think some of you guys recommended it.

]]> c9ffcd1c82cfb610512d8cb7019970a7 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/12/#post-38327 Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:40:54 +0000 @ichabod, I really like the narrow aperture theory of memory (which I recall cropping up somewhere else in my reading recently!) It seems like a useful tool for the temporally afflicted.

I thought Deep Breath dealt well with the sense of chaos that might precede the narrowing, a deep breath, drowning for a while, then, by the “I’m not your…[Read more]

]]> 19805aa917ea452c0610954d5615c49c Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/12/#post-38304 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 22:52:48 +0000 Hey @purofilion et all. I’m still confused, but that’s not hard!

Guessing I’m missing a chunk of Smithy timeline. I thought he was convinced he was a goner in the event of Trenzalore, suggesting he knows about reaching the limit. When did he find that out? Post Day of but pre Time of? (In the event of Trenzalore, break universe)

This is a rule I…[Read more]

]]> ef3038acc9d139712af976df02fbe3ed Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/12/#post-38296 Wed, 25 Feb 2015 21:17:41 +0000 Wow! Looks like I missed class! Fortunately this is the modern sort of course where the notes are all online ๐Ÿ˜›

Thank you @bluesqueakpip for further illumination

]]> 1d7d84907da7f9fde2236cf150daff81 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Enemy of the World part 3 in the forum The Second Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-enemy-of-the-world-part-3/#post-38243 Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:20:30 +0000 @scaryB, yes I must remember these BG episodes have been hand picked by experts for awesome! @juniperfish, I love the little Troughton I have seen, he might even be my favourite (other than 4 and 12), for his incredibly deft touch, but I especially liked Seeds of Death and he was delightfully quixotic in the Three Doctors.

]]> 380366790aa461219c7c619d04410bf0 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Local Hero in the forum Films http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/local-hero/#post-38208 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:18:54 +0000 @craig, @jimthefish, was fascinating to watch, the work and integrity of Forsyth and the faith of Puttnam is apparent. Was an interesting point about the women, Stella and Marina, Sky and sea. In a way it did reduce them to symbols, over idealised, but Forsyth plainly believed it to be the case that women were often just different. I was thinking…[Read more]

]]> 7070889dcdfc61654f06cac06190149c Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/11/#post-38206 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 22:28:01 +0000 @pedant. ๐Ÿ™‚

I guess that major timeline reworks in the approach to anniversaries aside, 12 can never interact with any of the previous regenerations then.

]]> 906330477144708d272ca229abaa8e2e Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/11/#post-38202 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 21:48:28 +0000 Too tired @bluesqueakpip. It’s a given that …Smithy did complete!ย Dammit. I see now, he had to complete as he didn’t know of any future incarnatio

Ah well. As a way of resolving that plot and requiring the finding of Gallifrey this regeneration, I quite liked it ๐Ÿ˜‰

]]> c310511677e3ebb5808ce0181fbba2b3 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Death in Heaven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/death-in-heaven/page/11/#post-38200 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 21:18:20 +0000 Oh dear, it is far too early in the evening to be this much in need of bed :/

So inevitably, a thing pops into my addled head.

So you do 1 really important thing 13 times in your 13 ย different selves, because you need do it 13 times in order to make sure you get the really hard sums really right, and you are doing the really hard sums right up…[Read more]

]]> 9a8eec83e6f9f94dd2d467cbc3f4d2ba Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Enemy of the World part 5 in the forum The Second Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-enemy-of-the-world-part-5/#post-38195 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:58:01 +0000 Yay! Astrid exposes the shortcomings of the security guys!

Boo! Benik might give Salamander a run for his money in the horrid git stakes, with a higher pulling the wings off flies quotient.

Yay! Bruce may be a terrible security boss, but he might be a good egg!

It’s all unravelling pretty fast. Can’t wait for next week’s thrilling instalment!

]]> 4ecd128f29de066959080d498e860d88 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Enemy of the World part 3 in the forum The Second Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-enemy-of-the-world-part-3/#post-38194 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:13:09 +0000 @juniperfish, I seem to recall a touch of eyebrow related local politics in Deep Breath ๐Ÿ˜‰ I agree and I think the approach of the story being driven away from the big issue towards the nitty gritty of interpersonal politics and human motivation like this does means you are absolved from having to fix say, climate change, in an episode so can…[Read more]

]]> 5df6a8ee3dce7345faa176a226a00fc9 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Enemy of the World part 4 in the forum The Second Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-enemy-of-the-world-part-4/#post-38193 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:02:05 +0000 Dum dum dum! Who’s shoes are those then? I have a suspicion what way this is going, but I think someone may have clocked that in the previous ep.

Also, the underground city! Salamander clearly just likes toying with people.

“I ‘ave returned, and I bring … weirdly pattern fabrics!”

“Oh. Well, we’ve already got some of that, Salamander…[Read more]

]]> 9db27cd1093512bc74243672f6ffb27b Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Enemy of the World part 3 in the forum The Second Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-enemy-of-the-world-part-3/#post-38192 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:18:42 +0000 Agree with @bluesqueakpip, Troughton really showing his quality, Salamander is a scary dude. Again impressed with Doctor Who dealing with meaty issues, presenting well rounded minor characters like Griff the chef and particularly Fariah. Victoria is wet, but sweet, and Astrid and Fariah offset her silliness just fine.

The thing that strike me…[Read more]

]]> 6aaf053f351de5297d2d0ab596fde16d Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Local Hero in the forum Films http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/local-hero/#post-38191 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 08:31:51 +0000 Terrifying, Craig. Thank God no orgy scene, although Piggy as Willow is inspired casting, but nightmare fuel, right enough.

I think Local Hero was one of the first pieces of film I remember seeing which portrayed a Scotland I recognised at all, although there were obviously others, like the afore mentioned Gregory’s Girl. It also impressed on me…[Read more]

]]> b44ce23a6d19a3bfdf56e60e80ac3dcd Barbara Lefty replied to the topic Local Hero in the forum Films http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/local-hero/#post-38188 Sun, 22 Feb 2015 02:31:54 +0000 Do love it. Haven’t seen it since our VCR died years ago. Will have to remedy with a DVD. It is cutesy, but the delightfully venal villagers avert the cute.

Something about it struck me as recalling Greenvoe by George Mackay Brown, only with humour and where everyone ends up poor but happy, rather than miserable and dispossessed. We’ve done that,…[Read more]

]]> a6c7fa46a0e132ffc277f36f1d76fb26 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/7/#post-37844 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 17:42:59 +0000 Deep breath @ichabod ๐Ÿ˜›

Saw the chimp story, cue jokes about Scottish Chimps preferring a deep fried Mars bar!

Have seen that gang, they are quite socially … robust, when it comes to who gets what at feeding time. Afterwards, all sweetness and mutual grooming. Possibly by way of apology?!

]]> 6c1031da3c388a0a1e0312d71d7857fd Barbara Lefty replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/7/#post-37841 Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:41:15 +0000 Oh @lisa there has literally never been anything better than that. There is so much goodness I can’t make up my mind which of the good is best!

@ichabod love surprisingly sweary Doctor.. Oh, hang about..

]]> f3565ac4a72d9c5b8affbbdb6d07bede Barbara Lefty replied to the topic General Open Thread - TV Shows in the forum TV programmes http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-open-thread-tv-shows/page/15/#post-37807 Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:07:14 +0000 A magpie could do worse than hang out here and pick up shinys.

@ichabod, how did I miss a parapsychology series set in Glasgow?!? Off to find it, Lovely Bones (the film), @Craig, Man in High Castle looks great.

Cucumber, banana. ย I sort of see your point @juniperfish, and I guess it echoes what Julie Walters was saying about a preponderance of…[Read more]

]]> 7ab460b6ce7f50c73fd45e4b92921fd4 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/6/#post-37785 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 23:08:47 +0000 I’m with @Craig on the end, although they say it’s a single continuous take. I don’t care tho! It’s awesome!

]]> 6f87670b8d077800e7103561c320f006 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/6/#post-37780 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:22:10 +0000 The very same, and very obliging of you @Craig! One wonders how they’ll top it, but they always do ๐Ÿ˜€

]]> f50fb007a6e858794aa0709631c25cd6 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/6/#post-37778 Tue, 03 Feb 2015 20:07:40 +0000 @juniperfish, maybe, maybe. Could do with a few extra teaspoons.. Loch Tay lovely, is that the one with the Crannog centre?

Drone filming, can’t paste the link cos upstairs on tablet, not downstairs on MrLefty’s laptop (never found an emulator which worked) and also not in the music thread, but the OK Go video I won’t let you down with the 2000…[Read more]

]]> 6231309a2b40ca70888dcd2c62752335 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/6/#post-37758 Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:44:33 +0000 Dear @phaseshift, that was one of the kindest, most thoughtfully mentorish things I have seen on this site and that’s saying something. Thank you for that demonstration of writing to inform, not offend. I shall certainly try to take a leaf out of your book in future.

I have been through a bit of a process regarding fanfic since my original post,…[Read more]

]]> b1f4d9c5e35ccfdb437641be8c4f92a7 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic General Music thread 2 in the forum Music http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-2/page/16/#post-37641 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:36:32 +0000 @ichabod. Not a pub but a cocktail..

]]> dd516422a5f58e10529e0819134ec0b8 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/5/#post-37639 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:50:08 +0000 No @ichabod h ย I don’t suppose he treats his editors and secretarial staff any better than he does anyone else! Band sounds very interesting, so long as they never meet in pubs called the Cloven Hoof or venture into Puccini, otherwise we would need to excuse ourselves, unless you happen to have an elephant gun on your person…

]]> 413e4045a717aa287d7ffc9033ae953a Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/5/#post-37637 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:24:31 +0000 Dear @ichabod, so lovely to “meet” you, feel rather honoured. Got pleasantly lost in the “Vampire Tapestry.”

Now that I am committed to playing in other people sandpits, a chance phrase, paraphrased from articles on the mysterious Denisovans and Red Deer Cave People made me wonder if, collected, Weyland’s publications should be titled,…[Read more]

]]> 81f7de7f87e8e110996c3ed10687108f Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/5/#post-37574 Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:33:34 +0000 Well that’s been an interesting morning catch up! ๐Ÿ˜€

Everything, literary…

@ichabod, @lisaB, engineer (or architect as GRR Martin puts it) v gardener, bit of both. Like the stock cards, mobile idea, tried doing that for my post-grad, couldn’t make it work, might be better suited to four/five act tv than science. Just need to keep an eye on…[Read more]

]]> 707a2d4de2d27947f2b39ced9c96f9db Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/4/#post-37535 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:48:31 +0000 @juniperfish, I believe it was yourself. If ever a comment was guaranteed to make me come down on the side of fanfic tho it was @arbutus comparison with Indy music. Also, while I wasn’t making a direct comparison with Sherlock, but acknowledging others, namely @jumiperfish and Mr Lefty making the point, I’m quite willing now to go with it.

I’ll…[Read more]

]]> 488ed52546cf9b9819a5214fc5d92be1 Barbara Lefty replied to the topic The Cloven Hoof in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-cloven-hoof/page/3/#post-37507 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 07:38:53 +0000 Unrelated, at breakfast, discussing the nature of God with a seven year old, as you do, she says, “I don’t think he could’ve done the Big Bang because nothing existed. Unless, he did it with the power of his will. Y’know, like Omega..”

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