@blenkinsopthebrave thank you. And congrats on citizenship.

@Winston the cookout story is amazing!

@nerys

wow, those are some great but nerve wracking experiences. I have had a few quite similar ones.

I wanted to express my concern about the health issues your mum & step mum are experiencing and the long exhausting trip ahead of you. I really…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Oh my, I can hardly imagine a citizenship ceremony as a Zoom event. And having to cut up your permanent resident card in full view during the ceremony? Wow! I didn’t have to do that at mine. Seems to me they instructed me to do it, and I did. But I think they just trusted me to do it. One nice thing is that you no longer have…[Read more]

@thane16 The Good Place comes highly recommended. Thanks for adding your praise of it! I will have to look it up once we finish Unforgotten.

@missrori There’s not much I can add to what’s already been said. I’m glad that it at least helps for you to express your thoughts and feelings here.

@blenkinsopthebrave Congratulations on your Canadian…[Read more]

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I’d say the odds of Olly Alexander as the next Doctor just shortened dramatically.

I’m not so sure. I doubt RTD will want to return to YoungWhiteBloke territory plus Olly has a lot of irons in his fire to be taking on the life-consuming task of the Being The Doctor. I am hopeful though that it gives T’Nia Miller (currently t…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave. Those were indeed the days. We have “Save the Franklin” posters up on the walls of the room in London we were living in for a time. There was so much optimism then. It was not a bad time to be young. It makes me sad when I compare those days and the possibilites we had to what life has to offer the young now.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave    Congrats newbie Canadian.  You are now an official Canuckle head eh! You can now swill some maple syrup, wear red plaid and eat all the poutine you want. I am seriously happy for you.

@blenkinsopthebrave Congrats on becoming a bona fide Canadian and just in time too. I recall the first time I voted. I was in Dublin and went to the Australian embassy to vote. (they used to do that kind of thing back then. Sadly a service no longer on offer.) Next day I was hitching around Ireland and continually told that Australia had a new P.M…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave    Congratulations on your citizenship!

I’m a Pom (English), but I have dual nationality (NZ citizen as well).   For a couple of decades I was basically an immigrant with ‘permanent resident’ status (or whatever it was called), but then the Prime Minister of the day, Muldoon (think mini-Putin), started getting all nati…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave    Thanks!

@winston    You’re right about the forums being a rabbit hole  (of course Youtube is the most famous rabbit hole but there are many on the Internet).   (Where’d that phrase come from? – Alice in Wonderland I think).

Dalek – not only showed the Doctor in a darker light, but wasn’t that the first time Rose seriousl…[Read more]

@aidan   Welcome to the site!  I also love the 9th Doctor and Rose, and coincidentally I have just started a re-watch beginning with ” Rose”. I watched “Dalek” just last night and even after 6 or 7 views I still get goosebumps when the Doctor realizes that the Dalek is helpless. Chris’s acting was intense and this show more that any so far sh…[Read more]

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Interesting thought. Doctor Who does have a very British slant – not by intent, so much as circumstance. He may be an alien, but he’s a British alien. (Reminds me of the story of the guy walking through Belfast one night when he feels something hard in his back and a voice says “Are ye Catholic or Protestant?” So he thinks…[Read more]

@nerys and @blenkinsopthebrave   Hello, fellow Canadians!  Unfortunately in Ontario our covid numbers are on the rise again mostly due to the Delta variant and a failure to stay at home and get vaccinated. The future of schools is uncertain and who knows when we will go back into stricter lockdowns. Most of the results of “opening” too early we…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Your new hero is my new hero! Here in eastern Canada, our Covid numbers are generally very low. For that, I remain grateful. I am wanting to visit my family in the States, but so far am daunted by the new app we are required to use before returning to Canada. Basically you must have a negative Covid test within 72 hours of your…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave thank you for posting the link to the tribute. Una Stubbs was wonderful in Sherlock.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave Thanks. The last 4 years have really been a lot of ups and downs and I have not been able to stay up to date on the news. Praying Christ peace to her family and fans.

Thank you @blenkinsopthebrave for this amazing tribute to a wonderful actress and person 🙂 I hope her family can find support and comfort in times ahead, Rip Una Stubbs

Regards – Declan Sargent

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I was thinking of things like the first Cybermat which looked like a plush toy (probably because it probably was a plush toy). Also the first Cybermen who were only too obviously human extras in sacks. That is, I found them horribly unconvincing until Moffatt re-did them in World Enough and Time, and *of course* they were just…[Read more]

There are a few episodes that I re watch from J.W’s first two series, Demons of the Punjab, the Witchfinder one and the one set in Norway from the first J.W. season and the Tesla story and Villa Diodati from the second, so mostly historical episodes with the exception of the story set in Norway. None are brilliant. The demons in the Punjab story…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Too harsh?

When the shoe fits ….

I know I’m a broken record, but there were enough good episodes that I don’t consider it a total loss. On the other hand, there aren’t enough for me to consider it a successful run, either.

@devilishrobby —

I believe the Beeb’s centenary year is 2022, which is the year the specials and Jodie’s regen story are planned for with the 60th the year after. That would mean a new showrunner having to introduce a new Doctor (and presumably new companions) as well as marshalling through 60th celebration duties and that strikes me as…[Read more]