@brewski

The average 4 part story would be about 90 minutes if you take out the titles and recap of last weeks cliff hanger. You could probably take off another 4 or 5 minutes running time if you didnt need 3 cliff hangers per story. Its hard to account for the impact of lower budgets, fewer smaller sets and less location filming, but I guess you…[Read more]

@brewski

You’re reply to @jimthefish sums up the he situation in BG Who better than I wrote.

One thought though re

On the other hand, we all know the Doctor will (and needs to) take control of the situation.  It saves a lot of time and redundant exposition to short-cut him into the leadership role.

Some of the very best Who stories, certainly…[Read more]

@missrori

Maybe it’s a Time Lord thing.

Unlikely, as traditionally, the Master has been bearded (Roger Delgado, Anthony Ainley, and now John Simm).

I have the feeling that the Doctor’s hair was designed to look strange, and I am attracted to @brewski‘s theory that it is the Simm Master in disguise.

@missrori  (Bill)  She freely made the choice to help the Doctor and knew the risks.

But *did* she know the risks?  As far as we’ve seen, she still doesn’t know what a regeneration is, does she?

[Of Razor]  He teaches her to settle for less, to not be so curious, and soon she’s mopping the floors and no longer treating the world around her as a…[Read more]

@missrori and @brewski — the Missy as Doc regenerating theory is not mine I hasten to add but think I saw it over on the Graun. I just thought it was interesting and chimes with how SM teasers have worked in the past — what we think we are seeing is not what we are seeing at all.

Personally, I don’t think it’s going to go that way. It’s too…[Read more]

@brewski @jimthefish This in fun bonkering, but exactly how are all these Time Lords suddenly disguising themselves as each other and fooling everybody?  I’m thinking they don’t all have rubber masks, wigs, eyebrows, dresses, etc. on their persons right now.

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@missrori  I think what Moffat and co. meant about Bill not being “special” was that she does not enter the story as having some great mystery surrounding her, as Amy Pond did with the crack in her bedroom, or Clara Oswald did with her multiple lives.

Yes, you’re right — and thanks for that post, it’s really right on the mark (especially that…[Read more]

@brewski

Absolutely agree with you there. We can take nothing for granted.

@brewski

It was explained that he had just come straight from Dellora (last year’s special) and (probably just after) the end of the 24 year long goodbye with River, before she goes to the Library (I’m not sure Death is quite the right word). That must have been a low point emotionally. An extended period of mourning can be inferred, giving rise…[Read more]

@constance
Welcome. And a great post.

it just felt so overtly cruel

Yes, I agree. Which leads me on to @brewski:

A brilliant theory! Which would explain a lot about the downright weirdness of the Doctor at the moment.

@brewski

That is an appealing theory. Certainly something is going on in his head, which is outside “normal” for him. One potential argument against this theory is that the incipient strangeness in his bevaviour has been there from at least Thin Ice (and is increasing).

@Lisa @brewski how many monks have we seen? I seem to recall at some point it being said you need six people to properly pilot a Tardis…

Without checking I seem to remember there being at least five in the glowy string room.

@Brewski

Well I guess I lost the post in my  spelling edit but I was saying that I’m with you on the Tardis!!!

It reminded me of a scene in the “Journey to the center of the Tardis’  in the room with the

spaghetti lights and orbs.    I couldn’t care less about the psychology of Bill.  She is like all the

Doctor’s companions in that she was pi…[Read more]

@Brewski

Yes Yes Yes  the Pyramid!    I’ve   0   interest in the psychology of Bill !   She’s a human

and like the rest of us we all have pudding head issues.   We are all hoping that because

the Doctor took a shine to her its cause she has more valuable critical thinking skills.  So how

many times has that been the theme in the companions.  I…[Read more]

Before I get going, can I beg people not to keep referring to the “next time” clips which not everyone has seen? I believe those are considered spoilers on the episode forums (I certainly consider them as such).

@ichabod @tardigrade (and anyone else who mentioned this)  Agree about the aliens’ notion of love and consent. It occurred to me on sec…[Read more]

@missrori of course Clara was willing to risk the universe because she wanted Danny back. Bill giving away the Earth to save the Doctor at least makes sense from the point of view that the Doctor has saved the Earth repeatedly and without him, even if the Monks did give up, who will save the planet from the next lot who fancy a second home in the…[Read more]

@brewski Some folks at TVTropes did, pointing out that the show never has explained what happened to the Master’s TARDIS…  😉

@Mudlark

then promptly decks Lord Sutcliffe for insulting her

Apparently some corners of the internet (or Twitter anyway), favoured by the more simian tendency(1), are very upset at a) a reasonably accurate portrayal of the demographic make up of what was, already, one of the most important trading centres in the world and b) black Jesus.

Which…[Read more]