@thane15 Sadly, I kept my hopes up … only to have them dashed.

@blenkinsopthebrave Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. I missed that article. Very enlightening! (Though I’m betting they were quoting Gatiss, not Davies, at the end of the article, since Gatiss is the only one quoted throughout.)

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.@Blenkinsopthebrave  @thane15 (puro)  @JimTheFish  @Nick

Thanks for the good wishes.  It was a rather disconcerting attack of tachycardia – for no apparent reason my heart rate went through the roof and stayed in the stratosphere for the better part of an hour, which to say the least felt weird. After things had settled down again the med…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Babylon 5 is another good example to raise. It did maintain a multi-series arc pretty well, but again I think the less arc-heavy stories were often the best ones, and where there were a series of consecutive arc stories, that was where things trailed off a bit- that might have been due in part to JMS having too much on his…[Read more]

@jimthefish @missrori @blenkinsopthebrave

I want impressed by James Strong’s opinion, especially if it reflects Chibnall’s. I like the sound of bold and risky, but it come across as a bit more RTD than Moff in tone. In any case, it certainly should be different. A happy mix between the two might work better for the larger audience.

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@bluesqueakpip @missrori @jimthefish @blenkinsopthebrave @thane15

Absolutely spot on. The failure to save the young child, is the most unusual thing we’ve seen in S10 (I also thought the lack of even an attempt to save the Girl in the puddle was also problematic, although not completely outside the range of possibilities). Things have escalated…[Read more]

@lisa @blenkinsopthebrave

The Master plotted to steal the Doctor’s remaining regnerations as did the Valeyard in BG Who (it came up in three or four different stories).

@Blenkinsopthebrave

Can 1 Time lord steal another Time lords regenerations?  Does Missy have the ability to ‘feel’

this is  as you say that  the Doctor  is ‘in embryo’ ?  If she is in her last  regeneration but

knows the Doctor has many going forward it might be her intention to ‘steal’  some of his

regeneration energy when the time arises…[Read more]

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@nerys

I agree with you that there’s a lot the resonates with this episode, especially on a second viewing. Everything about it is about being fake, nothing is what it seems. Even the Doctor (at the start). Even Bill’s memory of her mother isn’t what it seems. It’s her fantasy of her mum (albeit enabled by the photos the Doctor took). Much like…[Read more]

@thane15 Gareth Evans I think. Labor of course. Bit to the right from memory but did serve under Whitlam. He was a consummate politician. As for the Friar, I think, (from memory, been a few years since I studied R&J and it has always been my least liked Shakespeare play) he meant well but was responsible for the deaths of R&J, highlighting the…[Read more]

Well, I’m a little late to the party, having only now managed to watch all these three episodes, and to read the threads on each (over two nights).

Everybody has come up with such great, insightful (and bonkers) ideas that I don’t have much to add, although it just occurred to me that the Munks (© @thane15) have done the world a great service -…[Read more]

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@blenkinsopthebrave — yes, the power-sharing arrangements are still in a state of flux and had been put on hold for the general election. And yes, some form of formal alliance between the Tories and the DUP does skew the nature of the talks somewhat. Certainly I don’t imagine Sinn Fein will be at all happy about it — and I wouldn’t be at all…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Re Northern ireland

You’re absolutely correct.  The UK government is meant to be a neutral. I wont say the that the majority think its a problem (too much focus on the immediate aftermath), but it has been a significant theme in the news coverage today (alongside the general biblical style policies of the DUP party,…[Read more]

@whisht

I’ve just got back from the NE and was surprised by the number of spoiler thread comments myself. I’ll be back to post some thoughts on the last couple of episodes tomorrow, but I’m currently laughing at the notion that Theresa May may have just ‘won’ a hung Parliament. Delightful (but being realistic, unlikely).

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