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The Robot Revolution, Wish World and The Reality War all seem to resonate to my mind.

@thane16 I’m so glad that you and your family are OK. Thank you for letting us know.

@blenkinsopthebrave @winston “Elbows up” is the rallying cry now. But it’s so sad what got us here. It’s hard not to have vertigo or whiplash, with all the constant seesawing.

@blenkinsopthebrave    My daughter is on Vancouver Island and we have visited often and it is a wild paradise. A day on the Pacific Trail  and I was reminded of my place in nature. I was part of it. I hugged the biggest tree I will ever see and marveled at the stormy Pacific Ocean. I watched bear cubs play on the beach and little deer who wan…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave   Thanks for this.  It does look exciting and even a little scary and I can’t wait. I agree with @janetteb that the cgi looks great and the episodes look action packed but I also like some coziness. As @ps1l0v3y0u says it does look flashy. Bring on the flash.

I am so lucky because this will be one of the first times I will be…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave thank you for sharing the trailer. Wow the cgi budget is obvious. As long as there is still that cosiness that is an essential element of Dr Who. It does look promising though. Looking forward to April.

Cheers

Janette.

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I saw this earlier. Looks promising. Fingers crossed.

@blenkinsopthebrave It’s interesting that, not so long ago, television was blamed for all of society’s ills. Now it’s cellphones. But I think RTD had a good point about returning to that earlier concern. Of course, it’s a bit odd when a TV show laments the damage done by television.

I wonder if the reason RTD does so well with Tennant’s Doctor…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave I have not seen The Crown or Severance. I just retired this past June 1^st and I am catching up on all the shows I wanted to watch and never had the time when I was working full time. I just finished Eureka and the few seasons of The Avengers (1961-1969) that are available. I am currently watching Warehouse 13 and…[Read more]

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golly! Hallooo…. I was in & out of hospital…. Back in on Saturday and out Monday for the last time. Which I’m looking forward to.
So, to everyone … Have you seen Severance? 👍👍👍

Puro.

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’Moff’s last outing’… I may have been extrapolating from Moff’s apparent reluctance in accepting RTD’s invite to write for the last series. ‘Oh go on, twist my arm.’

Otherwise, I may well have assumed incorrectly whilst suspecting correctly… the emphasis on Villengard indicates Moff and RTD are cooking a…[Read more]

@craig @blenkinsopthebrave     Merry Christmas! We are halfway out of the dark.

My day was a lunch bag let down after sickness prevented my family from coming over. They were worried that we might get sick so we have postponed till new years. When I watched the episode I remembered how scared I was that I would get Covid and be in the hos…[Read more]

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A hatchet job? I was a bit unsure about trimming nearly 2/3rds from the story.

On the other hand 10 eps was too long and the fannying around in the various timezones was extraordinarily tedious. So was the demonstration of the sonic screwdriver… time to make yourself a cup tea perhaps? So was the shouty s…[Read more]

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We seem to be getting away from Sutekh and Ruby… I will finish that ep at some point, but I thought I’d continue the discussion here.

Fantasy is rehashed pre-scientific/modern ethical belief systems. Generally the milieu doesn’t require an elaborate introduction or world building because we’ve all…[Read more]

@winston   No excusing needed.   The more the merrier, I for one am perfectly happy to hear from others in the room.

Sci-fi and fantasy are adjacent genres and frequently blur into each other.   I would have rated the ‘Hitch-hiker’ series as strictly scifi but as ps1l0v3y0u pointed out, it strays into the edge of fantasy on occasion.   I used to…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent    @blenkinsopthebrave  @ps1l0v3y0u       I like when Who does fantasy now and then. In fact I describe it to people as a sci-fi/ fantasy series. Obviously it can go too far for but I do like it. Sometimes it feels like sci-fi takes itself too seriously and leaves me behind trying to figure it out. Fantasy feels like sci-fi gi…[Read more]

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Greatest Show… the gods of Ragnarok, Fenrir, the Guardians, whatever it was in the Satan Pit… deities/all powerful beings are best laid aside and avoided IMHO.

I always thought Greatest Show was a hyper reality… a projection of forces playing out in reality… a bit like The Matrix.

Of course Ace turned out to…[Read more]

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Well, old Who did sort of stray into fantasy with e.g. The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. As nuWho has done, such as Rings of Akhaten. I agree, it should try to stay on firm sci-fi ground, but it frequently strays.

The line between sci-fi and fantasy can get blurred. A favourite comparison/contrast of mine is…[Read more]

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fantasy of that ilk really doesn’t make any kind of sense in DW. Which doesn’t mean to say an established sci fi series can’t be trashed out of hand… like ST Enterprise. What were they thinking? And DW is pretty squidgy sci fi to start with, but RTD must know you can’t make that work.

I don’t TRUST the signs b…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave     That looks really good! I love the Christmas episodes and this one looks to have a lot of crazy stuff happening.Thanks.

stay cozy

@blenkinsopthebrave A bit glitzy but I guess one has to expect that now. Otherwise it looks very promising. meanwhile we are still working through our seasonal re watch of the Christmas Specials. Did The Snowmen last night. One of my favourites.

thanks for putting up the link

cheers

Janette