@whohar

The chief problem I have with your proposed scenario for the finale is that it’s an awful lot of material to cram into two episodes, and this is a series in which, as several people have observed, there have already been episodes which might have been better developed over more than 50 minutes. I agree also with @whisht and @blenkinsoptheb…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @dwnerdfrommars

Are you available to take up the position as the next Showrunner?

I’d love to write an ep at least. I’ve had a go but it’s much harder than it first appears…

@ps1l0v3y0u

Is there a plural for Rani?

Best joke I’ve seen regarding this (from t’other place): “Well it’s good to have The Two Ranis back on the BBC…[Read more]

@mudlark @janetteb @juniperfish @ps1l0v3y0u @blenkinsopthebrave @cathannabel @scaryb @devilishrobby @dentarthurdent @krathoon @miapatrick @cookgroom @bunface @orionhunt @fozzyb @bobbyfatv2 @spacedmunkee @thane16 @Craig @whisht @winston @dwnerdfrommars @translatorcircuit

See above

Apologies to anyone I’ve missed off the list.

As to what’s goi…[Read more]

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@blenkinsopthebrave @winston

That’s a lovely read; I’d not heard of him but what an interesting life.

And this quote from the article

when an elder dies, a library burns to the ground

Magnificent.

@blenkinsopthebrave   You do live in a special place that does need protecting. I remember being lulled to sleep by the barks of sea lions in the inlet and having a harbour seal swim up to me on the dock just to have a look. I could go on forever but you live there so you already know. I will check out the link later.Thanks

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@dwnerdfrommars @blenkinsopthebrave @whohar @winston

OK. It wasn’t perfect. Very few Who eps are. But it worked and looked great. Personally, I’d prefer references to higher brow sci-fi than Ref Dwarf, but the use of tropes that aren’t subject to fridge logic is quite clever. On the other hand I wonder if people are running scared of the thoug…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

I don’t think Belinda is Susan’s daughter. In last week’s episode she mentioned to the Doctor that her nan took her to visit India, so she could get a sense of her heritage.

That’s a good spot. Maybe Susan chameleon arched her when the rest of the TLs were being killed off, and then dropped her into another family, who adopt…[Read more]

@whohar @blenkinsopthebrave

I know, the dark Doctor thing was kind of not a great idea. It seems like the Doctor hasn’t been himself in some episodes too, by the way. Because I thought the Doctor hates when anything dies?

I was a bit confused, definitely.

@blenkinsopthebrave

I agree. I had mixed feelings too. I did like that Mrs. Flood was the Rani, but they could have explained a bit more, personally.

Like if the bi-generation thing’s so rare why did it happen again?

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@blenkinsopthebrave

As the embittered archivist/storyteller

Apparently, the writer Inua Ellams discovered that the French word for ghostwriter is a variation of the N-word, and this is what informed this story. Knowing that, adds another layer to the Barber’s story.

@blenkinsopthebrave @ps1l0v3y0u @devilishrobby

Throwing in a giant mechanical spider in outer space

and

Why a child? What point was RTD2 trying to make? B*ggered if I know.

I think the spider would have made more sense if the whole plotline about the gods and trying to destroy them by killing their stories had been removed. That part didn’t really…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

It’s a kid show/not a kid show. Some actors get it and some don’t think it will help their pension at all. Write the theme tune. Sing the theme tune.

Something went wrong in the last series but this one could be as good as RTD1 Series 4. Though the finale that time was a bit pants, I know.

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I have to agree with @blenkinsopthebrave  and Sherlock that this is a three pipe problem.I liked it but I didn’t understand all of it. I will watch it again and than come back here and see if wiser people than me have it all worked out.

The 15th Doctor is magnetic and electric and I enjoy watching his emotions play out on his face. He is really…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

We have been watching this fictional show for 60 years about a population that never seems to remember the Doctor, or the carnage caused by the Daleks, the Cybermen, and umpteen others.

Yes indeed. It was just about plausible in the BG days when stories set on earth generally affected relatively small numbers of people or were…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Yes, I hope he turns out to be something significant. I thought the actor playing him was great – he gave me Paul McGann vibes a bit – so it will be good to see him again.

@mudlark

I’m still pondering the question of what could have turned the child Conrad into the thoroughly unpleasant and exploitative adult he became.

Yes, this aspect was a little underwritten, with just hints of abuse, and means we have to fill in the gaps. This is probably down to the episode run time. If Who was only on streaming, then it c…[Read more]