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@mudlark

A wonderfully informative reflection on the episode.

I was unaware of the connection to the story of Sheherazade, for example. Thank you.

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Very much enjoyed my second viewing. It is, as I said after my first viewing, it is a story about forgiveness and redemption.  As the embittered archivist/storyteller says at the end, “I don’t deserve your kindness” and I am tempted to agree with him. But, as Belinda says “hurt people hurt people”. And there has to be a way of stopping that…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3yOu

It’s a kid show. We’re overthinking it.

But it’s not a kid’s show anymore.  The last show runner who was capable of pitching it to both kids and adults was Moffat. And that’s part of the problem. Throwing in a giant mechanical spider in outer space doesn’t mean that kids can make anymore sense of a bunch of adults telling stories…[Read more]

Well, having decided that understanding this episode was a three pipe problem, I found a pipe and discovered that pipe tobacco is simply appaling.Nonetheless, even though my health is now irretrievably ruined, here are my reflections.

At an obvious level, it is a story about  a story about forgiveness and redemption. And it does that quite well.…[Read more]

As Sherlock Holmes would have said: This is a three pipe problem.

Back after I have found a pipe…

@whohar

Actually, I would be a little disappointed if Conrad turns out to be a boring anti-vaxxer.  God of Untruth sounds much more cool.

@mudlark

Re: your question of what made the small child Conrad into the exremely unpleasant and exploitative adult, a different question popped into my head.  Why is no one on Earth (except the employees of UNIT) aware of the existence  of the Doctor? We have been watching this fictional show for 60 years about a population that never seems to r…[Read more]

@dwnerdfrommars

Could Conrad be a strange version of the master?

Yes, he might well be. Given his behaviour, he has all the personaliy traits. And he knew about the Tardis, having seen it de-materialize when he was spying on Ruby.

In a way, I would like him to be a strange version of the Master, just so I could see him defeated by the Doctor,…[Read more]

@winston

I hope your local library has it. Or, who knows, it might be on youtube. It is very funny.

For those who have never seen it, here is the trailer to “Idiocracy”

@nerys

The best all-American movie I have seen recently is the wonderfully funny (and strangely prophetic) “Idiocracy” (2006).

Highly reccomended.

Second (glass) reflections:

Did I enjoy it? Not really. It highlighted the ugly side of the world we inhabit in 2025. And frankly, I get more than I need of that from the news each day.

Doctor Who was magical when it took you to societies on distant planets, or to Earth’s past, where it then told stories of good and evil. You were exposed to…[Read more]

OK. just watched it. first thought: there has been a lot of word play in these shows. Such as:

Susan Triad – Sueteck

AI – Al

If we read Conrad backwards, it spell Darnoc. A quick search revealed that Darnoc is a malevolent spirit in online gaming.

Is it important? Dunno. Maybe…

Will think more, and maybe come back after the second glass of…[Read more]

Australia votes!

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/may/03/australian-federal-election-2025-live-news-today-anthony-albanese-labor-peter-dutton-liberal-coalition-greens-polls-vote-odds-results-politics-latest-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68155a998f08c2e1abc79e8a#block-68155a998f08c2e1abc79e8a

@mudlark

I only just read your message above. So sorry to hear about your Christmas experience, and that of your elderly neighbour downstairs. Good to know that she is on the mend. I am impressed by your marathon Tom Baker viewing! I enjoyed watching them back in the day, but watch less now (partly because I tend to agree with Mrs Blenkinsop’s…[Read more]

I was just watching some old X Files and it made me think of Who.  In the early years it was a a great show, and then something happened. What happened? They started to kill off characters for no obvious reason. Do you remember Agent Pendrell? You should. He was a wonderful minor character. And they killed off X- a major character. who was also wo…[Read more]

Gallifrey.

I am sure there is a perfectly simple answer to the question I am about to raise–there usually is. But here goes anyway.

Gallifrey was destroyed. But Gallifrey existed before it was destroyed. The Doctor has a time machine. Does this not beg a rather obvious question…?

@janetteb

Yes! Bring back Gallifrey!

I am with you!