@Winston ! It’s good to see your picture and handle again.

@cathannabel We (i’m typing for Mum and adding in myself) echo those sentiments. Have a great time. And enjoy this time with your Dad: it should be a terrific experience and one your dad should treasure and so will you. Mum also said she spent 3 days on the Danube when she was 25 with…[Read more]

@jimthefish

I liked that link on the web site page. I think nekrosys would’ve benefitted too.

Certainly there’s a difference between sarcasm -the jumpy-man’s wit- and good irony, real wit, burlesque, lampooning and sharpness. I love words!

And also, music.  @blenkinsopthebrave  Absolutely, Where Eagles Dare is spectacular. We watch it every C…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Ooh, that Macra Terror analogy is a good one. I think the point about the more fraught political climate is accurate. Geek culture is far more front and centre in society now than it was in the 60s and so is far more likely to get dragged in to culture wars these days (is nothing sacred when Russian bots and the alt right…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave – As someone very wise once said: “You don’t have to stick your hand in a fire to know that it will burn.”

i believe tolkien wrote it as: “the burned hand teaches best!”

@craig @blenkinsopthebrave @pedant

I’m not going to dignify him with a link but if you truly want to see the Whoflake idiocy at its absolute nadir then pop over to YouTube and type in ‘bowlestrek’. But I warn you, it’s not pretty.

@jimthefish @blenkinsopthebrave @pedant

Also see the term ‘broflakes’ – who are annoyed there isn’t an “International Man’s Day”, or a “Straight Pride”.

Idiots.

@blenkinsopthebrave Can I just say “Yay!”

@Blenkinsopthebrave Sorry you are having to wait, friend, to watch along. I can recommend VPN . A reputable one is ExpressVPN but you do have to pay a monthly fee. You can cancel anytime though, so you could just have it for Doctor Who’s run.

https://www.expressvpn.com/

@anduril @pedant @cathannabel

I’ve had a look at the Doctor’s T-shirt and…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Sorry to hear about your “Who” related problems.The lunacy our our current government only gets more and more extreme. One would laugh if the outcomes were not so destructive, for the population and for the environment. I don’t know what upsets me more the government or the fools who keep voting them in. At least here in SA we…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

I’m not the only low-brow type to have noticed this little Freudian twist

True, but then, as the patient said to his psychiatrist after the latter started asking questions centred around his response to inkblot patterns; ‘What do you expect, if you insist on showing me all these feelthy pictures?’

@thane16

‘ – who knows, there c…

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@blenkinsopthebrave and @rorysmith

The BBC has no advert breaks and is available to anyone with a UK IP address (I think).

So, you didn’t hear this from me but *cough* VPN. 🙂

I don’t know about these things, honestly – I have Netflix and Amazon Prime for movies and TV shows and I have iPlayer as I’m in the UK.

But find a computer nerd who…[Read more]

Mega sympathies to @Blenkinsopthebrave. Good to see you back tho, brave warrior in the colonial outpost! Glad the cellar continues to be well stocked.
@Thane16 *waves*

Cheers all,

@blenkinsopthebrave   Oh no! That’s awful. I think there’s a lot of positivity about this series and it will be interesting to read all this, ponder and then 8-10 months later (?), to actually see it for the first time.

But on balance I agree: the cellar is the way to go. That and I’m sure @rob agrees heartily, some very good coffee.

Possibly…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Many thanks.

The text is only light because it’s closed to comments – it will be fine when I open it.

I wanted to get it up and ready, but didn’t want comments until people have actually seen the episode – especially given the polarising nature of the first female Doctor.

Although I’m sure we’ll still get a few moaning about…[Read more]

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Whoa, “How’s everybody doin?”  We need to be aware, constantly, of colour-blind casting issues &, as Thane would point out, in both History & English, sources must be combed, fine tooth ‘n’ all for “representativeness” which I think is interesting for him (they started this in year 6 -so at age 11) considering all our points @pedant @Bluesqueakpip…[Read more]

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