@whohar @jimthefish @craig @blenkinsopthebrave

‘No religion or politics in Ulster pubs.’ Sounds like sound advice.

My political philosophy probably doesn’t bear writing down but it’s probably something along the lines of ‘if you poke someone long enough about religion or politics long enough, they’ll probably tell you to get lost.’ (That’s the…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @jimthefish @ps1l0v3y0u

As my mother used to say

Never quote your parents

No, wait. It was

When you’re in the pub never talk religion or politics

But, she had Northern Irish heritage and we know how sensitive both those topics were in that region. The point being,  I think, that you are unlikely to change anyone’s mind on…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @whohar @ps1l0v3y0u

The description for this small virtual pub, this little corner of the site is:

“Somewhere for chat about news, politics, sport etc. Avoid if it’s not for you.”

No need to apologise for any talk about your political leanings.

All comments are welcome. If you are a Dalek, cool. Hopefully most of us are n…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @whohar @craig

You might not believe it but I find writing about politics quite nerve-wracking. You really don’t know what people think. Your friendly anglophile Democrat in voluntary exile down the road may well be quite Republican. They look exactly the same. Are you going to ask them?

The much vaunted ‘silent maj…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @nerys @winston

I remember watching this film many years ago on television. Always a fan of David Niven (Incidentally I’m just starting his autobiography The Moon’s a Balloon). Unfortunately, the only copy on blu-ray I can find is Region A. I do have a region free blu-ray player but it’s not great, so I may not see the full…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Thank you, I will look it up!

@blenkinsopthebrave    That movie is magic and I have loved it since the first time I watched it ,50 or so years ago. It was on TV and I remember how emotional it made me. It has all the feels and leaves you grinning like an idiot. Everyone should watch it. I know I’ve  had a crush on David Niven ever since.

It was called “Stairway to Heaven” her…[Read more]

@whohar @juniperfish @blenkinsopthebrave

It’s not ‘sneering’ really. The obvious negative comments are of a predictable flavour from people who sign up specifically to be negative. Are they bothered about Who’s labyrinthine continuity? I could be very sneery there… no they’re not for a moment. But we are. Maybe it’s not someone sneering, but…[Read more]

@juniperfish @blenkinsopthebrave

Really good summary.

I think the above writers’ mistake is to think it’s a game of chess played against sleuthing fans, and the writer “wins” if the speculating audience is fooled/ wrong-footed.

I tend to agree, although I do have some sympathy with the writers. I remember submitting a script and the main comm…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @juniperfish

Am I being too harsh?

I’d say not. Your assessment seems spot on to me and has been echoed in RTD’s own comments.

I’ve deliberately avoided any pre-show pronouncements by the DW team, as RTD has a habit of saying things that don’t pan out on screen.

@Blenkinsopthebrave

 I suspect that many of us feel that to some extent, we have been “played” and are left clutching at straws (or the one remaining straw–Mrs Flood)… Am I being too harsh?

In one sense, that’s fair – and interestingly, the final season of Moffat and Gatiss’ BBC Sherlock did the same thing. Created a puzzle it did not cash,…[Read more]

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@wolvesarerunning I feel like I’m defending an episode I was pretty disappointed with but here’s the thing – when pictures of Ruby’s mother popped up by instinctive, instant reaction was ‘oh, she looks so ordinary’. And RTD did, as you say, troll the hell out of us with possibilities. The woman in the tent, no one can’t convince me that wasn’t a…[Read more]

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@blenkinsopthebrave

I do not really want to see fairies on Who

I’m similarly minded. Although wasn’t there a Torchwood episode with evil fae in it? I may have imagined this…

And, as @ps1l0v3y0u mentioned previously, I’d also prefer more science in the Sci-Fi part of Who. I also would like to see less of the romance angle unless it can be…[Read more]

@mudlark @blenkinsopthebrave

Profiles of the Future: Arthur C Clarke’s 3rd Law…

‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is inextinguishable from magic’

…apparently.

The Time Window was tampered with…? Mmmm. We know someone who likes to mess around with that stuff, don’t we children? TUF guy. V. Mysterious. Could Warp your Mind! In fact the last…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

As  @ps1l0v3y0u  says, there is no answer; in fact nothing adds up in terms of the explanation offered. Who attaches a road sign to a lamp post on the premises of a pub, anyway? (For the record, I checked all the scenes in the Time Window where the lamp post is visible and, although the images aren’t exactly crystal clear, t…[Read more]