• blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic Spoilers (4)

    SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

  • @brewski

    Welcome back! Very interesting idea about Mrs Flood. It does answer many of the questions I had about her seemingly contradictory behaviour. But her change of feeling regarding her neighbour from the beginning of the episode to the end still still seems a bit puzzling.

    I tend to agree with you about the goblin musical number. Am willing…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @juniperfish

    That made my day!

    Brilliant.

  • @mudlark After watching the two extant episodes, I was reading about the audience reception.  Apparently a significant number of television sets had been purchased at the time of the coronation. But there was little experience of actually watching a thriller on TV. On the basis of the two episodes I watched last night I can only imagine the…[Read more]

  • Dug out my DVD of the “Quatermass Collection” last night and watched (for the first time) the first Quatermass story to be filmed — “The Quatermass Experiment” from 1953. It (that is, the first 2 episodes that survive of the 6 filmed) was great! And genuinely creepy. It was very early days for BBC television (and probably the oldest TV show I…[Read more]

  • @mudlark

    The 1958 version of “Quatermass and the Pit with Andre Morell is brilliant, and still very creepy. I have it on DVD, and a quick check reveals it is still available for purchase in the UK and North America. Surely a new year’s treat is in order…

    Another TV adaptation of a distinctly British version of “end of the world” fiction that…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic The Winchester

    @ps1l0v3y0u

    For me, The Honourable Schoolboy was one of the great novels of the 20th century. As you say, the critique of empire was devastating. And not just “empire” in a political sense, but the whole literature of empire that supported the belief system of the politicians and public servants who imposed and administered their power s…[Read more]

  • Just watched “The Five Doctors” (for the first time). What an abomination.

    Susan. No. She does not somehow appear back in London in the 1970s. That abomination of a show does not demonstrate that she is anywhere but with her lover from “The Dalek  Invasion of  Earth”.

    Sorry, but she is still back in the future London that was devastated by the D…[Read more]

  • @mudlark

    Mrs Flood–not sure how she could be Susan (even if the age gap works) as the Doctor left his granddaughter in a future, devastated, London at the end of “The Dalek Invasion of Earth”. No?

    Like you, I think RTD will surprise us with something entirely different.

  • @devilishrobby

    Thanks for reporting back from Doctor Who Unleashed (which I do not seem to be able to access out here in the colonies). So, RTD has indicated a slow reveal of Mrs Flood? This promises more guess work on our behalf!

    @ps1l0v3y0u

    You are, of course, correct. It’s true, there was a lot of…shall we say Christmas cake…yesterday.

     

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    Trailer for new season

     

  • Ruby and Bill. Both orphans/foundlings. One black and brought up by a white foster mother. One white and brought up by a black foster mother. Coincidence?

    Mrs Flood–my first thought was that she was just a 4th wall device by RTD to end the show with a cute line. But…wasn’t there an RTD episode back with Tennant as the 10th that was about the…[Read more]

  • Lots of fun and a real sense of charm. As Mrs Blenkinsop (and others here) wondered, who is Anita Dobson playing? Or is she RTD breaking the 4th wall and just being cheeky with us?

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    Watched “The Shakespeare Code” last night. Loved it! The word play (obviously), the action in the streets of London and in the Globe (which had a sort of anarchic exuberance), and the slightly daffy (but wonderfully charming) allusion to JK Rowling at the denouement–was all incredibly charming and fun. And then afterwards, I started thinking that…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @devilishrobby – Yes, that is explained in the movie. What I was personally struck by was just how much the actual Hartnell had aged so early as a result of the smoking and drinking. But this is to focus on the sad side of his story. What the movie captures perfectly is just how much he captured the hearts of Britain’s children, and just how much…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    Watched “An Adventure in Space and Time” again last night. What a brilliant labour of love to the origins of the show it is. The screenplay by Gatiss is pretty much perfect, as is the acting by David Bradley, Sacha Dhawan, Jessica Raine, Lesley Manville, and the list goes on. I have watched “Doctor Who” since the Hartnell days, but it was only…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    @mudlark The BBC seems to be flooding the airwaves with clips at the moment, encouraging all to see, but yes, perhaps I should err on the side of caution with future clips.

     

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    the BBC has just released…the Goblin Song from the Christmas Special

    @jimthefish – If you thought the trailer screamed Harry Potter, this screams pure and utter fantasy. I will try and reserve judgement until Christmas.

     

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic The Giggle

    @whohar

    Very good point about The Watcher. And yes, there was indeed a lot of inconsistency with the regenerations in the pre-gap years. To be honest, I sometimes think that inconsistency is part of the DNA of the show. I loved Hartnell-era Who when I saw it as a kid, and Tom Baker Who when I saw it as an undergraduate, and I thought The Giggl…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic The Giggle

    @bobbyfatv2
      We may need a flow chart!

    That is brilliant! While this web site already has a wonderful sub-heading, I think your line would be an excellent header for subsequent discussion of the world of RTD2.

     

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