Oooh. @blenkinsopthebrave That looks like fun and nice to see the Sea Devils make a long overdue return. Lots of fancy CGI for a Dr Who episode too. Maybe a bit overdone? I will watch and see.

cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave        Yay!  Time to dust off the Tardis mug for a giant cuppa. I can’t wait.

stay safe

@blenkinsopthebrave

I saw/heard that in a YouTube post earlier, I think it apparently originates from an article either in the Sun or the Daily mail. Not entirely sure it’s true as it would mean Huge Grant committing a large amount of time to Who. It would mean he would not be available for other projects which has always been a stumbling block f…[Read more]

@janetteb   We are good in the Winston house although we are both distressed over Ukraine and a smidge of real life. I have tried to distract myself with other things but it is impossible.

Our government is dropping mask mandates on Monday and frankly I find that worrying. We have decided to continue on the way we have been going, like masks a…[Read more]

Hi @blenkinsopthebrave. Glad to hear that all is well in the Blenkinsop household. Petrol prices have sky-rocketed here too. We are avoiding driving as much as possible, which, given that we are still waiting on our train to be restored to us and sky-rocketing covid numbers, means not going further than the nearest supermarket.

I will keep an eye…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Just a shout out re Danger Man. I think I’ve got to the good episodes now. Find and Return (#17) I particularly liked. It had enough plot for a full movie crammed into 25 minutes, but more importantly, it wasn’t just ‘us good, them bad’. And the plot twists were handled concisely but sufficiently clearly to follow easily. I’d…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  Thanks for the news. I am watching Flux again and really liking it the 2nd time around so it will be nice to see what the Doctor does next. I share your pessimism and also need the distraction which Doctor Who gives me, usually.

When reading or watching movies I don’t like true stories, especially sad ones. I always want…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Well, you don’t really need to ‘defend’ Danger Man from me 🙂 After all I did make the effort to download every episode from dailymotion.com. Maybe ‘pretty naff’ was a bit harsh – after all, every series has its ‘Love & Monsters’ 🙂 (Now I expect I’ll get an angry response from a L&M supporter, isn’t that always the way?) Let…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @janetteb   The only thing I have ever bought myself is a VHS tape of The 1st Doctors 1st episode that I found in a charity shop for a quarter a few years ago. Yet I had to find and refinish a cupboard (Tardis blue!) to hold an ever growing collection of mugs. cookie jar, scarves, books, slippers, cute little Doctor dolls and o…[Read more]

@nerys glad that you are ok. Seeing pics of the latest storm on the news. You really seem to be experiencing a very tough winter this year.

@blenkinsopthebrave A Tardis backpack!! That is perfect as a suvival bag but I hope you never have to use it.

@dentarthurdent Indeed Stockholm in terms of weather could not have been more “different” to SA.…[Read more]

@janetteb For some reason I laughed (not in an unkind way) about your saga in Sweden. Probably it was a reflection of just how ‘different’ you would have found it from South Australia.

Thanks for your kind comment but my random comments on episodes really don’t qualify as ‘reviews’, I feel. More like, just isolated things that strike me while…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  and @janetteb    Things always look better in the morning!  Number 1 son says he feels 100% today and youngest son has a few job interviews lined up so we hope for the best. Thank you for the good wishes although so many of us are struggling through this pandemic and many have it way worse. At least we have our home so the…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  We just watched it yesterday and we both thought it was visually stunning, you could almost taste the sand. Like you, we stay at home and watch what we borrow from the library. They get stuff pretty quickly.

Sometimes Mr.Winston was lost so I had to explain because I have read the book but on the whole we both enjoyed it.

stay safe

@blenkinsopthebrave We saw it in the local cinema in December just before the Covid tsunami hit S.A. so glad we were able to see it on big screen as it is such a visually stunning movie. I really enjoyed it, though our eldest who recently read the book was less enthralled. I read the book in 1984 so was really watching it with “fresh eyes” which…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Yes I indeed remember Flipside of Dominic Hyde. It must have screened on ABC not long before I left home. I did think I had it in our collection but a quick check indicates that sadly that is not the case.

@winston and @dentarthurdent Agreed re’ the new picture.

I read out Dentarthurdent’s comment about the Blake’s 7…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave oh absolutely me too. I did watch and like Who with RTD, enough to feel a little apprehensive at a change. But Moffat made me fall in love with it. But I’m reminded of one of my A level class back at school. I thought the teacher was excellent, I thrived in that classroom. Another student got so overwhelmed she burst into tears…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave   They are 2 of my all time favourite , go to, feel good episodes. I will never get tired of them. They just make me feel good. The Doctor calling on all those ships while standing in Stonehenge was spectacular. Rory the Roman waiting all those years is so romantic, this story has it all. Now I must watch them again.

Stay safe.

@blenkinsopthebrave  I share your liking for Pandorica / Big Bang.   The Moff has a talent for ingenious plotting and unexpected events (Daleks and Cybermen working together?) and revelations that neatly turn the situation on its head (the deadly contents of the Pandorica are… the Doctor?)

I’ve reached The Magician’s Apprentice (Witch’s Fa…[Read more]

Hmm @blenkinsopthebrave I think you may have it Moffat was brilliant he was able to carry a series arc and keep individual episode stories fun and enjoyable. He doesn’t  seem to have sacrifice the episode story in order to tell the series arcs. I’m not saying Moffat had a perfect record but Chibnall who the fans seem to generally agree has been…[Read more]

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