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Apple has updated its operating system. The first iteration, iOS 8.0, was the Update From Hell. That may well be the problem; everything crashes (or so I’m told – I have everything set to ‘ask me first before updating’, and my answer was ‘not until you’ve got the bugs out’.)

If your iOS is 8.0, they’ve rushed out a newer…[Read more]

Waves at @Phaseshift :-}

Thank you for your offer – it wouldn’t go entirely amiss and is very much appreciated x

I actually went to medical school when I was a young thing and managed a year and a half before leaving because the word “empathy” had not entered the classroom. It seems it is still not a valued skill, as it’s pot luck whether your…[Read more]

I finally managed to watch the episode last night. It felt very much like an episode of the Sarah Jane Adventures, whether that was because of the writer, location, ‘monster’ or the fact of watching sci-fi on a school night! This is a long post (which is becoming a habit of mine here), please let me know if you want me to be a little more…[Read more]

Had a rewatch of this and like it very much. It’s a lovely character study of the 3 main leads (which doesn’t mean I think they’re all necessarily likeable, although a lot of it’s very funny!) As @bluesqueakpip pointed out – they’re all lying to/hiding stuff from each other to some degree, especially Clara – “play rehearsals indeed”!)

The Doctor…[Read more]

@PhileasF    Anyway, my gut feel is that the best explanation for the Doctor’s bullying behaviour is that he wants Clara to grow out of him and have a life of her own.     This is a very good thought. In a way, it’s the exclamation point and bold type added to the statement “I’m not your boyfriend.” He’s reminding her that she may feel that she…[Read more]

Ha ha @Blenkinsopthebrave – I agree the redemptive power of love is absolutely going to be in the mix 🙂

@PhileasF I liked your distaste for/ discussion of the way the Doctor and Danny speak to Clara. I agree that Moff focuses on commenting on the physicality of women in a way he does not focus on when it comes to men.

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@blenkinsopthebrave – thanks for the clip, I really need to watch that movie again. As I recall, the question of what’s really going on is left ambiguous – the ‘heaven’ we see might be real, or a result of the airman’s neurological condition.

You’ve set me thinking about a possible Powell/Pressberger influence on this season… The Life and Death…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave— I recall that flick somewhat- but the receptionist greeting the pc never referred to where they were as heaven- only Nethersphere/afterlife/promised land – and I have a hunch that the pc may have
not been acquired by Missy for the same reason as the others in her plan – she doesn’t speak with him- only gives him a casual…[Read more]

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Agree with you about Capaldi really taking ownership of the role in this episode. He’s enigmatic, he’s grumpy, he’s witty… he’s the Doctor! (See my earlier post about him reminding me of Hartnell.  Esp in 1 particular shot, towards the end – the camera angle is low, it’s just the Doctor, centre screen, in his TARDIS, and he…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave        Aaaanndd… he’s back.   As the young ‘uns say:  Made of awesome.

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I am not sure that Susan is a character who is established firmly enough in the mind of the casual (or brand new) viewer to be able to be accepted as Susan if played by a different actress.

Clearly, what we need is John Hurt in drag. 😉

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shot down with devastating logic

Was that me? Devastating logic is kind of my thing. 😉

If so, I can’t remember it either. 😀

@blenkinsopthebrave – But if the Woman in the Shop is Susan at 65 and the picture in the Black Archives is Susan at 15, Clara wouldn’t necessarily have put two and two together yet.  Could have just been “she looks familiar…”  And I think we’ve established that, while Clara remembers some of what happened in Journey to the Centre of the TA…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  I was actually just thinking the same thing.  It might have been in the mysterious book from my childhood that I will get when I’m home over Christmas and reread, but I actually always assumed Susan wasn’t a Time Lady.  She’s certainly Gallifreyan and was very clever but I don’t know if it was ever established that she ac…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave, I’m pretty sure as soon as the “woman in the shop” was first mentioned in The Bells of St John we were all jumping up and down saying it must be Susan!

It was then strengthened as a possibility when Clara said “So that’s who” when reading the “Time War” book in Journey to the Center of the Tardis and again in Day of the…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave – Jinx!  Here’s your Coke.

@Thommck – I don’t think ‘risque’ – but I do think that there may be some plot points coming up where the Beeb would prefer parents of smaller children to have advance knowledge.

@Blenkinsopthebrave – nice to have you back. At least it was the right cellar! 😉

Welcome back @Blenkinsopthebrave

Great to see you back. I presume your cellar is a lot less well stocked now!

🙂

@blenkinsopthebrave Good to have you back with us. Hope the cellar isn’t too depleted.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave     Well, if you have to be locked up anywhere, you picked the right spot! Glad you’re out, though.

@wolfweed, I love Battlefield. It seems to get a bad rap from a lot of people, but it’s always been one of my favourites. I always thought it was a better outing for the Brig than Mawdryn Undead, and Jean Marsh was fab. Serio…[Read more]