Or knowingly?

@bluesqueakpip

Your recent post led me back to your brilliant post  on Deus Ex Machina from…2014 (!) Have we been here for that long? No, longer! Which, in itself, is pretty fabulous.

You made the point in that earlier post that DEM could be used as a joke, even flirtatiously. But, if I read your recent post correctly, you imply that C…[Read more]

Well, I thought that was pretty damn brilliant. Really enjoyed it. Finally, Jodie’s Doctor actually felt like a Doctor with authority.

I loved the premise of time running riot, and..I never thought I would say this…but Chibnall’s version of a Time War actually made more sense to me that Moffat’s version of a Time War. It was really about time.…[Read more]

@craig There is a new post on the BBC spoilers page which I think should be moved to the actual Spoilers page.

@whisht – so great to see you again! And so many others.

The Doctor. I know I have said this before, but Jodie Whittaker’s version still lacks authority. @mudlark made the same point above. I felt this has been her (or Chibnall’s) problem all along. And I point the finger at Chibnall because I have felt it was a conscious decision on his part to…[Read more]

OK, second viewing. So, there are 5 more episodes to go. Presumably, these will involve: 1) 19th century tunnels under Liverpool, 2) Diane from the Museum, 3) the Sontarans, 4) Claire and Weeping Angel, and 5) guy from Station Rose keeping watch on…stuff. They account for 5 separate stories, but are they separate? And are they going to be given…[Read more]

Mrs Blenkinsop (internet wizard) found out how to watch it–which we did! (With ads, however, and I have not seen TV ads for maybe 20 years.) And they were as awful as they were 20 years ago.

Before my impressions, I have to say that all the comments I have read so far were outstandingly helpful in helping make sense of what was happening on…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

Though maybe these comments need to go into another room called the room of wired and wacky theories

But that is precisely the mandate of this site: “Theories even more insane than what’s actually happening” And your comments fit the mandate splendidly!

Indeed that is what I have loved about all the comments on “Chapter One” so…[Read more]

@winston Your Halloween sounds great. The first year we arrived in Canada, on Halloween the very first arrival at our door was a tiny child, perhaps 14-15 months, but who could stand by herself, while here proud parents stood a few steps back. She had on this amazing costume, which was a huge round, white frilly dress, and a cap that was shaped…[Read more]

@craig, Welcome back! Was starting to think you had been abducted and imprisoned by the Judoon. (Maybe you had, but managed to escape!)

To all Canadian Whovians. I have discovered that season 13 is available on CTV SciFiChannel…if one knew how to access it…

Any and all advice would be wonderful.

@devilishrobby Yes, you are probably right. It is, I believe, the first time in the show that it is revealed that there is another time traveller with similar technology. I don’t think it is until the end of Patrick Troughton’s run in “The War Games” that it is made clear that the Doctor is a Time Lord, and not until Pertwee that Gallifrey is…[Read more]

@devilishrobby The Time Meddler is a bit more whimsical than a story involving the Master. I tend to see it as different take on the whole question of whether time should be changed, which was first dealt with in The Aztecs. Good luck hunting on BritBox!

@janetteB Tempting as it is, I just cannot break the habit of years when it comes to revealing plot details. I can only hope that there might be someone out there who sees a discussion taking place of a Hartnell-era story they have never seen, and whose interest is piqued enough to search it out.

For me, watching it again was like catching up…[Read more]

Have now watched parts 2 and 3 (out of 4) of The Time Meddler. This is a really enjoyable story. Part of the reason is that both Peter Butterworth (as the meddling monk) and William Hartnell (as the Doctor) had a background in comedy. So both of them could play their roles with a lightness of touch.

And the conclusion to the 3rd (penultimate)…[Read more]

Just finished the first episode (again)! So wonderful. At that point, Verity Lambert was in still in charge (and it shows), the writing was brilliant, the actors all worked, and Hartnell was was still at the top of his form. What a wonderful historical episode.

Just finished watching (with Mrs Blenkinsop, of course) “Doctor Who and the Silurians”. What a great show. 1970 (I was 18) Mrs Blenkinsop would have been 15, so she came to the show a little later (I think at about 45, after we had been together for a while).

Why is it great? The Doctor is both a serious scientist and a paragon of humanity. Liz…[Read more]

BBC APPROVED SPOILERS...

It seems that JW has just finished filming Who.

Jodie Whittaker Wraps “Doctor Who” Filming

Also read over at the Radio Times that Chibnall is the sole writer for (almost) all of Season 13.

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-series-13-writer-directors-newsupdate/

@winston Well, yes, of course JW is the real Doctor, just as T’nia Miller (from “Hell Bent”, who played the General on Gallifrey) would make an outstanding Doctor. But yes,  JW is obviously the real Doctor.

Ah, Bill Shatner…Today, he sent out a message calling for the protection of old growth forests in British Columbia. Who could not support h…[Read more]