@jimthefish

Great to hear from our resident Time Lord. Yes, I confess that I was also less than rapturous about the Donna Noble/ Tennant pairing back in the day, but RTD obviously loved it, hence my bonkers theory.

I wish I could say I remember the 70s Doctor Who weekly comic strip, but alas I do not (of course, I have reached that stage of life…[Read more]

A bonkers theory for Christmas.

Was just re-watching the trailer above. While it is short, it seems to emphasis Donna’s story. Specifically, it is revisiting the fact that the Doctor wiped her memories (something many people had an issue with back in the day). It would appear that (somehow) she will be reunited with the Doctor–almost as if RTD…[Read more]

60th anniversary specials– BBC trailer

Best wishes to all on this Christmas Day here on Vancouver Island. Inside the Blenkinsop home the fire is on, the cats are sleeping, yours truly is sitting in front of the fire, while Mrs Blenkinsop has decided that today of all days is the day she is going to re-arrange the basement! Christmas cake and mince tarts should ensure our survival until…[Read more]

Since we are in the year-end silly season, I thought I would post this for the handful of people on the planet who have not seen this yet. The allusion to 2001: A Space Odyssey is pretty brilliant

Ncuti Gawati and Millie Gibson on set and in costume.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/ncuti-gatwa-doctor-who-costume-newsupdate/

Filming has begun

Gatwa’s “Doctor Who” Series Begins Filming

@nerys, @janetteb

I, too, loved the first  season of Picard, but gave up on the 2nd season after a couple of episodes. I thought it was a travesty. Having seen the trailer for season 3, my expectations are low. A real pity.

@thane16 (welcome back, old friend) and @winston

Like you, I would probably agree (now that I give it more thought) that the final Whittaker special deserves a rewatch. Funny, the appearance of Tennant in a story with Whittaker evoked a memory of Broadchurch. A pity Chibnall didn’t manage to squeeze Olivia Colman in as well.

(Well, on…[Read more]

Mrs Blenkinsop and I were just reflecting on what Jodie Whittaker episodes we would really want to watch again. And the sad answer is we could not think of any.

Capaldi, Smith, Tennant…lots.

Hartnell, Troughton, Pertwee, Tom Baker…masses of them.

Davidson, Colin Baker, McCoy, McGann…well, probably only “The Five-ish Doctors”.

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@bluesqueakpip

I suspect we are talking about slightly different things. I accept that the artistic decisions will be left to the director and show-runner. I suppose I am invoking a “corrupting influence of money” argument. I am a bit concerned that when there is enough money on offer to visualize black holes and exploding…well, anything really…[Read more]

Just reading that Disney has announced that it is increasing the budget of Who dramatically as part of the new deal with the BBC. I think this is a sad omen for the future of the show. As I said on another forum:

When Tom Baker held two pieces of wire and agonized over potentially wiping out the entire race of Daleks, did he need a gargantuan…[Read more]

@Krathoon

Yes! that struck me as well. I assume it was that they did not want to distract from the surprise of Tennant. But I also wondered if there was a gendered assumption that the audience could not cope with a male Doctor appearing in the clothes of a female Doctor. I hope not

One more thing that needs to be said.

Enormous thanks to @craig for setting up the site, for looking after the site, and just being there.

Well, I thought Chibnall redeemed himself. That was pretty great. I will wait until more people have seen it to go into details, but the nods to the past were simply wonderful.

trailer

Trailer: “Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor”

Mrs Blenkinsop and I were walking around the neighbourhood on the weekend and, in one of the many little book libraries that adorn the fence of a number of houses around here, she found  pristine copy of The Doctor Who Technical Manual published in 1983. It gave instructions on how to build your own Tardis, Dalek, Davros, etc. Also in it was…[Read more]

@mudlark and any others from the UK out there.

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/29/bbc-to-broadcast-lost-episode-of-hancocks-half-hour

If only it were possible to tune into BBC radio from Canada.

Peter Capaldi. Steven Moffat. Time.

Coming soon.