@jimthefish. Great to hear from you again. Hope that R.L has been treating you kindly.Will you be doing a portrait of the next Doctor? (after Tennants’ third run)

@blenkinsopthebrave Yes. I had forgotten the return of the Celestial Toymaker. It is indeed long overdue as he was a great character with potential. Good choice of actor too i…[Read more]

@winston We are currently getting our David Tennant “fix” watching Ashoka. He is excellent as the robot and though it is only the voice the robot is so like him.

We had a husky and she grew the lovely thick coat in winter and shed it all in spring, and then oddly again in autumn, usually just before it got cold. the place looked like it was hit…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  Thanks for that. I will probably have to wait until I get the DVDs to watch the show because I don’t have Disney and don’t intend to get it. My kids are always asking me what I want for Christmas so I will send them my list. I am still very excited for the anniversary but I am also used to waiting a little bit.

I hope…[Read more]

Thank you for the news @blenkinsopthebrave. (got it right this time..) Finally we have dates and less than a month to wait. (I have a Dr Who podcast to record and edit in that time, but still doing old who as our rule is must be more than twenty years old. I am hoping to be ready to do Rose when the time comes.) We also have to catch up with the…[Read more]

@janetteb  @blenkinsopthebrave   That explains things.   I was a bit puzzled how to respond for a while.

Wouldn’t be the first time someone’s done that.   I’ve done it, and much worse.   🙂

I promise I’m not blenkinsopthebrave    🙂

@blenkinsopthebrave. I am sorry. Was posting late last night. Dangers of posting while very tired. You both have long names and my half asleep brain scrambled things.

Cheers

Janette

Thank you for the news @blenkinsopthebrave. I have mixed feelings about this one. While I loved Murray Gold’s music I also really liked the music composed by Segun Akinola. His adaptation of the theme is one of my favourites and I am sorry that he is no longer composing for Dr Who.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave  That was so good! I am getting excited for November ,which is a new thing for an Ontarian. The Doctor and the Doctor Donna together again, a really cute alien plus explosions everywhere, I can’t wait. Thanks.

stay safe

@blenkinsopthebrave. Good news indeed. She is always great value.

@devilshrobby There is still very little news coming out and like I am getting impatient. I believe the third of the specials will be broadcast over Christmas, though the actual date is unspecified. I am hoping it will be Christmas Day in a return to “tradition”. I guess things are…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave     Oooooh! Lovely. I absolutely adore that women.

@blenkinsopthebrave  Thanks for the news! Like @janetteb I look forward to a Christmas special and the return of RTD.

stay safe

@blenkinsopthebrave  A very late thank you!  It is harvest time here and I too have been missing in action lately but have finally got a chance to sit down. Oh that feels good. Anyway I will definitely be spoiling my little Emilia whenever I get the chance. She is so wonderful.

@dentarthurdent My daughter lives on Vancouver Island and they have h…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave. Thank you for sharing that news. I note they used the words, “Christmas Special” and that makes me very happy indeed.

In a overview of tv series coming this “autumn” to the UK in the Guardian the other day it was said that RTD is saving Dr Who for a second time. I hope those words prove true.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave    I think maybe governments are starting to take climate change seriously, even though they’re typically slow to do so.   If there’s one tiny – I won’t say ‘good’, maybe ‘useful’ consequence of these widespread fires, I think it’s that the ‘climate change is a myth’ brigade have been thoroughly discredited.    Here in NZ, w…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave    Would that be Vancouver Island?   I do hope the fires stay well away from your location.   Much of the northern hemisphere seems to be getting extreme heat and fires – Hawaii and Greece for instance.   Down our end, we’ve had it record wet and cold, the opposite extreme.   I don’t think 2023 will be remembered fondly by…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave. Hi. Good to hear from you. I hope all is ok in your neck of the woods and you are not troubled by fires.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave Indeed. A very inspiring person. i was a teenager when I watched Elizabeth R. It made a big impression on me. The first VHS box set I ever owned was that series. Unfortunately I have not seen any of her film roles or seen her on stage. She was as inspiring a politician as she was an actor. Reading through all the articles about…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Thank you so much! Some evacuation orders have been lifted, allowing those folks to return home, which is good. Needless to say, we felt relief that we have not had to evacuate (though it’s hard not to feel guilty about that). We were saying the other day how we are living our lives almost as normal, when so many people are…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave   I’m not very familiar with JNT.   I did just read about the Cartmel ‘Master Plan’ (on Tardis.fandom.com) which sounds as if it could have been very much more interesting.   Of course whether it would have worked that way in realisation is one of those things we’ll never know.

I agree about the importance of show runne…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave    I have to admit, I find many older TV episodes somewhat lacking in conviction.   I think it’s partly due to better production values these days.   I emphatically don’t think heaps of over-the-top whizz-bang is a substitute for a good story and acting, but I have to admit that insufficient or inadequate props (like some o…[Read more]