@thane16

I liked the murky, dirty spaceships, the grim worlds, where everything seemed off kilter and cold.

@ps1lOv3y0u

I do miss the gritty old prosaic Who.

Yes! I am in agreement with both of you. I suppose we are missing the 20th century – the world we grew up in.

But at least I have my DVD collection of gritty old prosaic Who in the…[Read more]

@scaryb

Couldn’t’ help but wonder why UNIT’s defences only face one way!

Absolutely! And the scene where Kate turns the wheel and the entire top of the building tries to turn…

Of course, it gave her something to do, rather than (like her father) shouting out orders.

I should add that that scene was one of the reasons I enjoyed the episode!

Well, by and large, I thought it was pretty enjoyable. I am sorry I did not get to see it at the cinema, as it had a real cinematic feel to it. As it went on-and it did go on for quite some time, I was starting to wonder if it was going to compete with Wagner’s Ring cycle in both length and operatic delivery.

There were some things I had…[Read more]

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@mudlark

Re: midges, Mrs Blenkinsop reminded me of this love poem which she used to teach back in the day, by Anthony Hecht.

As we approach the final episode, I have only one wish:

That Conrad is not redeemed.

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@whisht

“Poppy is real”

I still have this lingering feeling that Poppy might be a Timelord, crazy as that sounds. How else to explain her appearance in “Space Babies” and, briefly, in Lagos?

A few thoughts on Poppy. The Doctor shouts out to the Rani “Poppy is real! Don’t you know what that means!?” Well, I have been trying to make sense of that. Not sure I have cracked it, and apologies if I am repeating what has already been said, but:

Did the Doctor and Belinda actually have a child? If so, is Poppy a Timelord? If so, could Poppy…[Read more]

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Mrs Blenkinsop and I just finished watching all four episodes. Tremendously enjoyable. Also, tremendously hokey. But was the latter necessary to ensure the former…? Somehow, I suspect it was.

What insight did it provide to the Rani’s plan to bring back Omega on Saturday? Perhaps it confirms @pufferfish‘s brilliant assessment of the current Rani…[Read more]

@nerys

I think the appearance of the Tardis with the Jo Martin Doctor was simply an egregious mistake on the part of Chibbers. One of many.

Will hold off on a more detailed response, as the annual marathon in my town that starts and concludes about a block from where I live is coming to its conclusion, and the ones coming in last are the ones…[Read more]

Still processing this one. In all sorts of ways we are definitely in the land of fairy tales, with a wicked witch, the seventh son of the seventh son, a baby with magical powers, etc.

Poppy is clearly of great importance. She was there in “Space Babies, she was there briefly at the end of “The Story and the Engine” and now she is here, as the…[Read more]

@whohar, are your amazing powers of prediction the result of that very long time you once spent in the bath?

(you have to have been on this site from the time @craig set it up to make sense of the above sentence.)

@whisht

I really hope Belinda is not ‘special’.

As do I. If you recall, the Doctor scanned her DNA, so unless he was lying through his teeth, we can hope that she is regular Belinda.

p.s. Mrs Blenkinsop and I watched the very first Who story “An Unearthly Child” last night. It was brilliant. It brought back memories for me of watching it as a n…[Read more]

@whohar

Brilliant!

Whatever actually happens cannot be as stupendously excellent as what you have outlined.

Are you available to take up the position as the next Showrunner?

You certainly have my vote.

I may have mentioned this book previously, but I was just reading this news today

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/billy-proctor-heart-of-the-raincoast-dies-at-90-10678357

When Mrs Blenkinsop and I first visited over 20 years ago, we were walking around the inner harbour of the main city late one evening, and heard a bubbling sound.We…[Read more]

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@whohar

I don’t think Belinda is Susan’s daughter. In last week’s episode she mentioned to the Doctor that her nan took her to visit India, so she could get a sense of her heritage. But what I find interesting about Belinda is she only ever refers to her parents. Not to friends, not to co-workers, not to relationships (let’s pass over the…[Read more]

First impressions: mixed feelings on this one.

The Doctor turns vicious, Susan appears (in order to call him back from the dark place he is inhabiting?). Well, OK, I suppose.

Hellion psycho tries to murder the audience, but not the Corporation ( poor Freddie Fox is in danger of being typecast if you recall him in Slow Horses).

We are still in…[Read more]