@mudlark @blenkinsopthebrave

As long as the Doctor thinks you are a ‘redeemable’ life form then yes, friend.
However if in his judgement there isn’t any possibility for redemption then
you are at that point still not necessarily an enemy but too dangerous to
other life forms to be left unattended to. I don’t think the Doctor likes
the…[Read more]

Hi @lisa 🙂 Thanks for that. I remember the dalek antibodies vaporising people – but don’t remember the daleks managing it. (Mind you, I don’t remember what I had for breakfast most days.)

@Brewski    I took a couple of screenshots, but don’t think I’m registered with a photo-sharing website, so can’t show you. If I can register somewhere w…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave The Doctor does acknowledge the disc, however, when Clara questions him about where he sent it.  He doesn’t corroborate exactly what is on it but we at least know he sent it to Missy.  That’s a start. lol

@whisht  There is an episode of Tom Baker’s with a yo-yo that deals with gravity.  I think it might have been The Ark in…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave

Very wise.

And yes – enough of “Other Places”.  Let’s keep this place clean, but passionate.

*goes off to find some disinfectant to mop up the pub!*

@ScaryB and  @Blenkinsopthebrave I am hoping that Bors will be restored to full humanity by the end as I suspect that re writing the time lines is the solution to the dilemma. Bors was a good character and I would like to see him return from time to time. He could be the Doctor’s friend in the middle ages.

Cheers

Janette

@Blenkinsopthebrave

Agreed, but I watched it back to front, episode then the minisode, so I got more of Bors than I thought we were getting… if you see what I mean! Although just because he’s been dalekised doesn’t mean we definitely won’t see him again. Especially if the resolution to TMA involves rewriting timelines.

Re @Blenkinsopthebrave‘s comment

Missy’s rather cruel jibe to Clara about Danny: “still dead is he?”. Why put this in?

I agree with @Pedant‘s post that it’s there to demonstrate how nasty Missy is. There may be a veneer of being on the Doctor’s side for now, but you can be sure it’s only for precisely as long as it suits her.

I thought the Docto…[Read more]

@FatManInABox great spot on it being a 2005 Dalek that he’s using. But as has been pointed out there is a lack of daleks from the new dalek paradigm, not to mention I am certain that when he created them Davros would have installed a failsafe to prevent them firing on him. So how could it be? I think SM’s train of thought is a bit RUSTY…[Read more]

Of course, we’ve only seen half the story. It’s hard with two-parters, to remember to treat them the same way we treat the BG serials that we’ve been watching for our retro-Doctor discussions. Because with the modern show, we’ve gotten used to the vast majority being self-contained, snappy episodes without a lot of room for extras.…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Yes, Moffat’s themes repeat. Before the 50th the Doctor was going round and round, like a hamster on a wheel, or a Time Lord trapped in a clock face, never able to escape.

But now he’s still going round and round – but it’s a spiral. As in the opening credits. The same problems repeat – but this time, each time, things…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Missy’s rather cruel jibe to Clara about Danny: “still dead is he?”. Why put this in? Blenkinsop’s (probably wrong) prediction: He either isn’t, or even if he is, he will return in some capacity. Missy’s line was preparing us.

Pretty sure we would have heard casting spoilers if he was. She was just being cruel, in about the m…[Read more]

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@blenkinsopthebrave wrote:

But for me, this  made the season feel a bit disjointed. It was a bit like the season where Matt Smith did the western, etc. And maybe you can get away with that when you have established the character and the arc of the Doctor (which they did brilliantly in Matt Smith’s first season as the Doctor), but I am not sure it…

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@blenkinsopthebrave @purofilion @janetteB

I completely understand how the continual shifting of styles might not have worked for many. I guess it worked for me because, somehow, I felt that I knew this new Doctor the minute he emerged, disheveled and commanding, from his TARDIS. Within minutes, he had become without question my AG Doctor. So…[Read more]

@Craig – thanks for the Toby Whithouse Q&A link. I’ve finally managed to catch up with the beginning of Being Human. Really enjoying it.

@Blenkinsopthebrave OH NOOOOOS! Hope you can find solution to watching as it goes out. Seconding @Purofilion – we can’t have you not commenting till after Xmas! (and no, reasoned argument isn’t ARSE.  I didn’t…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave I hope that you find a way of watching the episode.

@Arbutus I agree also with your episode analysis. Maybe that is why our boys, like Blenkinsop had some reservations about this series. I personally loved the variation of style but I can see how disconcerting it might be.

Happy Who Day all.

cheers

Janette

@Blenkinsopthebrave

I don’t have cable either, and iTunes is definitely my solution. The series subscription is not expensive, and includes each episode, the “Extra” for each episode, and all trailers and minisodes (although some of the minisodes take a little longer to appear, for some reason). It’s good value from my point of view, and as @ichab…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  iTunes is offering a “season pass” to S9 for $31.00, access to anything and everything DW that comes down the pike, looks like.  If iTunes will let me set a new password instead of the old one that I remember perfectly well only they don’t, I plan to sign up so I can catch up if medical emergencies or travels interfere.  …[Read more]