@blenkinsopthebrave – totally with you on the “excellent”.

In my mind, the Cybermen weren’t so camp, but there you go.
How memory deceives (and how this particular 11 year old didn’t get ‘camp’).

I also now want the still of the bit where he says “More power!” emblazoned on….

everything!

@blenkinsopthebrave I wonder if the writers of The Simpsons are Doctor Who fans?

@thekrynoidman & @blenkinsopthebrave — to be fair the new series has still managed some corking cliffhangers — did anyone see The War Doctor coming? But they’re narrative ones these days rather than things like revived monsters, which, as you both say, wouldn’t survive the internet.

A blog on the show’s top cliffhangers? Now that’s a capital…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave– hic! 🙂

@blenkinsopthebrave — I get the production reasons for the use of the androids to hide the surprise of the cliffhanger but was just pointing out that it doesn’t really tally with any Cyberman modus operandi before or since. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a criticism and I do indeed remember the whole WTF-ness of the reveal at the time.

And the…[Read more]

Well, that’s quite the belter of a cliffhanger and as @craig says, a pivotal moment for Who fans of a certain age. I certainly remember it being the awed talk of the playground the following day. And it does mark the beginning of a sort of mini-era of Who — not only the controversial Saward years but also the arrival of what ended up being the c…[Read more]

FAO @purofilion, @blenkinsopthebrave and the rest of the Aussie crew: if Hollywood was Aussie –

Films Made More Australian

Hey, tuppence.

As I’m deep in my Doctor Who (re)discovery phase I am still most interested in classic or Nu episodes which inform about the Doctor’s character/where we are now so I’m going with @janetteB, @blenkinsopthebrave on ‘Edge of Destruction’, ‘Lost in Time’ sounds interesting, as does anything else which gets you that extra…[Read more]

@Craig and @BlenkinsoptheBrave

The reason The Gunfighters was suggested was because if you bought The Awakening (which we rewatched last time in the Peter Davison slot), The Gunfighters came with it. Why, nobody knows. But that means I now have a copy of The Gunfighters, together with anyone else who had to buy the DVD of The Awakening. 😉

Edge…[Read more]

@All, and especially for their nominations @Bluesqueakpip @ScaryB @JanetteB @BarbaraLefty @Blenkinsopthebrave and others I may have missed.

Everything is still up in the air as to what to discuss over the coming weeks, and I haven’t had time to give it much thought – hopefully can now. Think I will now have more time on here, back into a routine,…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave (blushes)

@JimTheFish @Mudlark @blenkinsopthebrave

Am available for weddings and Bar-Mitzvahs. Reasonable rates.

(As an aside, I tend to think of Who as “soft” Sci-Fi, rather than fantasy. It has more in common with, say, Anne McCaffrey that, say, Terry Goodkind. Perhaps a discussion for another thread though)

Woke up this morning to the urgent buzz of water bombers overhead. The fire has turned south now and is endangering numerous towns and suburbs. The wind is erratic and I cannot begin to imagine just what hell it must be for the firefighters on the ground. From looking at the maps it appears to have got within a kilometre of Patrick’s friend’s…[Read more]

Happy New Year to all. I would like to echo @Blenkinsopthebrave‘s toast.

Our New Year’s Eve really summed up 2014. We were heading down to the Sister in law’s for a fun evening, ample booze in the boot and the kids eager to try out the new uncle’s PS4. Half way the car overheated and we had to pull over. Called the RAA. Waited two hours. The…[Read more]

Thanks to @Blenkinsopthebrave, beautiful toast. (#36737)

To new friends, old ones, lost ones and those who are just temporarily AWOL

Special thanks to our mighty Emperor @Craig and the mods @JimtheFish, @FatmaninaBox and @Phaseshift (I’m with you on 2014, it started off OK but I’m not sorry to see the back of it! (Loved your snow pic from last…[Read more]

Just got back this morning – apologies for the absence. The Christmas break hasn’t been much of a break this year. I’ll join in with that toast from @blenkinsopthebrave to absent friends, and wish everyone a splendid, shiny 2015. 2014 was rubbish really wasn’t it? Only Doctor Who and this forum made it bearable!

Happy New Year to you, wheneve…[Read more]