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there were no Tennant era Ice Warrior stories… as I’m sure you know. 1 for Smith/Coleman and 1 for Capaldi/Mackie. ‘After the flood’ was a Toby Whithouse story from the previous Capaldi season…

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who is Anita Dobson playing?

The name of the character, Mrs Flood, gives no clue as far as I’m aware, but perhaps a former – hitherto unrecorded? – companion of the Doctor on his travels. Or, given the number of times the Doctor has saved London from alien threats, maybe just someone who hasn’t been afflicted by the c…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave my understanding is that he was actually suffering from a combination of a form of arteriocerebro-vascular  dementia and heart failure quite possibly exacerbated by his heavy smoking and drinking though he didn’t actually die till 1975 I suspect he was having problems memorising his lines as early as 1966 when he was ef…[Read more]

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There certainly has been a flood of advance material – publicity to attract new viewers or to encourage viewers who abandoned the show to return, no doubt.

Maybe I’m being over cautious; it’s just that I seem to recall that trailers and clips released in advance, and all discussion thereof, used to be quarantined in the…[Read more]

BBC APPROVED SPOILERS...

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Interesting but, um, for the sake of the spoiler averse perhaps it might have been more appropriately posted in BBC Approved Spoilers. I have a theory about the plot of the Christmas special based on this and other scraps of information let fall in the advance publicity but will post it there, just in…[Read more]

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One of the most bizarre DW-related clips I’ve seen. And with Jabba the Hut Goblin King no less.

Christmas is going to be…interesting.

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I guess it’s consistently inconsistent. Good to have something in life to rely on…

And, regarding your mention of Mel earlier, I’d maybe expect her to feature again somewhere – otherwise it seemed a bit of a shoehorn. Maybe a UNIT spin-off with Donna also, in an episode called Code Redhead, or something.

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They were all different, but they were all Who.

Indeed they were and continue to be.

As already indicated, I rate this episode pretty highly and I’m not sure what my further musings are worth, but here goes anyway.

The Giggle had a nice mix of who-ish ingredients. There was plenty of action with an occasional joke, and the…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  Well, the new Doctor has a lot of energy and seems to be a Doctor of action.

This clip shows some wonderful sets and creatures and action. I can’t wait but since I have not watched the 3 specials yet it will be awhile. I always say you have to have patience to be a Whovian and I have a lot. Thanks for the link.

stay safe

OK, some thoughts now that I’ve had time to mull that over.

First a few general thoughts. NPH was fine enough as the Toymaker though for a lot of the time he just felt like a new iteration of the Master (with Simm’s version coming particularly to mind) rather than the cosmic threat of the Toymaker (certainly he lacked the suave of  Michael…[Read more]

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Yep, that positively screams Harry Potter, doesn’t it? Though to be fair, pretty sure Rusty said that the show was going to lean heavily into a fantasy direction going forward. Looks like he wasn’t joking….

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The hand with the red painted fingernails picking up the tooth is an almost exact and obviously intentional parallel to the final scene in Last of the Time Lords, where we see the Master’s funeral pyre and then a close up of his signet ring lying on the beach, and a hand with red painted fingernails reaching to…[Read more]

@Whisht

… there’s an entire comment of yours on this thread I should link to as I want to hug it.

Awww shucks 🙂  I’ve been enjoying having you and @ScaryB back in the DJing box, and actually some of the lyrics to that Tom Waits song you posted, Who Are You, combined with @Phaseshift ‘s musing on the “Celestial” element of the Celestial T…[Read more]

@jimthefish

are you suggesting that there’s a link between the Fendahl and the Great Vampires — maybe relates species or sub-species? Cos I like that idea a lot.

Yes, although I blame Steven Moffat who had Missy musing that maybe all lifeforms may hit a technological point that they think “let’s give cybermen a go! What could go wro…[Read more]

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And @phaseshift, I suspect RTD2 may continue to refer to him as the Celestial Toymaker, in keeping with the dictionary definition of being from the heavens or the stars.

It would be nice to think he had the choice. I don’t want you to think that I buy the criticism is any way, but it has been fashionable for the past decade…[Read more]

Hi, @mudlark, yes, saw that. I see also that there’s a rumble of ARSE about the animation style but I have to admit that I rather like it. (Oh, and @blenkinsopthebrave, Celestial Toymaker, such as it is, duly watched. Lots of fun, despite having two of the most annoying companions ever on board and Hartnell being just a bit too pixie-ish for my…[Read more]

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lol, yes, it does have shades of Timeless Child v2 about it….

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All shiny and clean too!

Nice to be back somewhere civilised…

My recent post on the WBY forum about Louisa Harland, got me to a-thinking about Irish Folk Tales. I’m sure there is some mileage for Who in a “Celtic season” leaning on the traditional Irish Fairy and Folk tales. There be Fairies / Fae, Giants, Ghosts, Gods and…[Read more]

Well, if these last couple of forums have proved anything is that one of Chibs’ major failings was the ability to inspire any kind of significant speculation. Have to say I’ve missed this level of bonkerising.

@phaseshift

Interesting convergences you mention there. If entities in this story were proto-Eternals and the Toymaker is definitely one…[Read more]