The Doctor Who Forum | Cath Annabel | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/cathannabel/activity/ Activity feed for Cath Annabel. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:23:36 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 607119c611d3c4f571649cf5fa932b64 Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Reality War in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-reality-war/#post-77815 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:12:41 +0000 @devilishrobby Susan as Anita’s boss, I like that. Overall, the thought that keeps buzzing around in my head is, is the Reality War really over? I was so perturbed by the Doc and Belinda’s behaviour around Poppy and Ruby, oblivious to the latter’s discomfort, massively unrealistic about the whole notion of taking a baby on their travels, and…[Read more]

]]> d6f79ec9e033139d2f178e7837985a3f Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Reality War in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-reality-war/#post-77784 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:07:48 +0000 Hi @ps1l0v3y0u. Re Anita’s keen interest in Rogue and the Doctor, I read it that she had rather fallen for the Doc (well, who wouldn’t) and only realised when she saw him in the face that she’d known, dancing with Rogue, that she really wasn’t his type? The way her face fell as she watched them… But the thing about her Boss is definitely intriguing.

]]> 9699de43028635283c9fdd6e7e088b8a Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Reality War in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-reality-war/#post-77766 Sat, 31 May 2025 19:07:23 +0000 How the what the why and why am I crying a bit and laughing like a loon? I really, really didn’t want Ncuti to go, I’ve loved it when the Doctor was him, and I had been dismissing the rumours as just the usual nonsense and hoping for a twist for whole last part of that. Some of you get on here and talk some sense, asap, please… (oh, wait a…[Read more]

]]> 779c3226eca8d176b78403fef04841b5 Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Winchester in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-winchester/page/16/#post-77419 Tue, 06 May 2025 08:24:57 +0000 @ps1l0v3y0u

You sum up my feelings about C S Lewis very well. I read the Narnia books when I was very young, and as I was brought up in a strongly Christian household accepted the Aslan = Jesus etc allegorical elements without really questioning them. But for the most part they stand without that, as I realised when I read them to my children…[Read more]

]]> 798cf610730410b62975c1dfe1730142 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Lucky Day in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/lucky-day/#post-77406 Mon, 05 May 2025 14:53:44 +0000 I do remember The Last Battle! The dwarves were so determined not to be taken in that they couldn’t be taken out of their barn/prison into the eternal version of Narnia which was actually all around them. A good call.

]]> 4295fcf17467c4e76e9eb2fb1ed2451a Cath Annabel replied to the topic Lucky Day in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/lucky-day/#post-77398 Sun, 04 May 2025 15:10:32 +0000 Indeed – it’s quite alarming that Ruby’s nan seems to have done more internet sleuthing about Conrad than UNIT did… Not to mention the man on the inside. I was wondering about the podcast that Conrad initially interviews Ruby for. Do we assume this went out live, or that he used the material in one of his exposés?

]]> 6acc508340a0949703d4253ac1135f4f Cath Annabel replied to the topic Lux in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/lux/#post-77304 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:49:22 +0000 I’m pretty sure that the rules about who and wasn’t included in the ‘non-white’ category were made at state level or even more locally, but also interpreted ad hoc by police officers, bus drivers, diner owners and so on. Someone on the other site complained that Logan would not at that time and in that place have called the Doctor ‘sir’ – it would…[Read more]

]]> 5e1659fb3f42e10934c774ed554147e8 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Empire of Death in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/empire-of-death/page/3/#post-76634 Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:22:10 +0000 @whohar These two points chime with what I’ve been thinking.

1. The hooded figure is Ruby’s guardian in the literal sense (i.e. not her mother) and maybe a higher-order being.

It makes no sense for the hooded figure to be Louise, as many have pointed out (and not just because of the pointing out). Are we sure the figure is female? I’d have to l…[Read more]

]]> a888ced6f254dee574ecfa8516a8b1ff Cath Annabel replied to the topic Empire of Death in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/empire-of-death/page/2/#post-76554 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 11:24:15 +0000 @miapatrick Exactly! He couldn’t see her, therefore he feared her, as a potential ‘rogue’ element that could sabotage his plan. So he was thwarted by his lack of understanding of the species he was about to destroy, to whom ordinariness can be extraordinary.

]]> 8efe50b3d8280f04a58924e4c40d4244 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Empire of Death in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/empire-of-death/#post-76520 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 21:26:38 +0000 Still processing, and will re-watch. But did anyone else think Infinity Wars when people started crumbling to dust? And Endgame when those deaths were overturned?

]]> 0378d1aad55227bb3caefe9fb38a28cb Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Legend of Ruby Sunday in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-legend-of-ruby-sunday/page/3/#post-76431 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:13:31 +0000 I am, as always, in awe of the bonkers theorising that goes on here, so erudite and so detailed! I can contribute nothing on that level but what’s preoccupying me at the moment is the importance of music and how that will play out (ha!) in the finale. I keep thinking about Stranger Things and how music was so vital to the last series, both the…[Read more]

]]> 6a15e7ac7f1da2c13afc635ea348ef5f Cath Annabel replied to the topic Rogue in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/rogue/page/2/#post-76180 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 14:54:28 +0000 Oh, @juniperfish, that line hit me straight in the gut…

]]> 536414b812898e7caed8927cfdf1ab9b Cath Annabel replied to the topic Rogue in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/rogue/#post-76132 Sat, 08 Jun 2024 21:40:57 +0000 Re the Doctor’s tears, I recalled just now several episodes when Amy shed tears without knowing that she was doing so, let alone why (can’t remember exactly at what point this was, but it includes the Van Gogh ep). So rather than the Doctor turning the tears on, for whatever purpose (cf @bunface), could they be an involuntary response to something…[Read more]

]]> ed609b2e399ca4797bcdb7dba72c22b7 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Dot and Bubble in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dot-and-bubble/page/2/#post-76031 Mon, 03 Jun 2024 08:38:45 +0000 I think obviously there is satire on and critique of social media here, but I don’t think that’s all – these young people have had a world created for them, and have been encouraged to live in their bubble. But whereas the criticism of ‘young people today’ is so often that they prefer the on-line to the real world, choosing vacuous Tik-tokery over…[Read more]

]]> ba7a4cdc93731e1b9851bc331bde8b5c Cath Annabel replied to the topic Dot and Bubble in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dot-and-bubble/#post-76011 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:11:08 +0000 @miapatrick I do wonder if even Rickey September would have been entirely immune – though given the level of self-education, decency and courage that he showed, one hopes that he would have fought against his indoctrination.  As the song says, ‘you’ve got to be carefully taught’, but he’s been exploring other aspects of the society and its…[Read more]

]]> 39b4f0f10258ed1ac387df43ae52e33c Cath Annabel replied to the topic 73 Yards in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/73-yards/page/2/#post-76004 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:58:02 +0000 Re the mystery of what Old Witchy Ruby says to everyone, that’s one of the elements that speaks to me of magic. There isn’t anything that I can imagine that would have that effect, in any remotely rational way, on Ruby’s adoptive Mum, or on Kate – the behaviour of each of the people who speak to OWR is more or less identical and suggests that they…[Read more]

]]> fafa0cde154fb1d23c8429fe1ffa8850 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Dot and Bubble in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dot-and-bubble/#post-76003 Sun, 02 Jun 2024 12:05:29 +0000 Hello all – I’ve been lurking but not posting for a looong time, and had to call on help from Craig to get me back in here as my password didn’t work… Lovely to see familiar names back here.

I’m more excited about Who than I have been for ages – which makes me sad that Whitaker got such a raw deal with both the quality of scripts and stories,…[Read more]

]]> dbaec7d1029ea180fd8b3359a6890732 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Dr Who News (4) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dr-who-news-4/#post-73097 Sun, 08 May 2022 19:47:52 +0000 I haven’t seen Gatwa in anything and will enjoy encountering him as The Doctor without any preconceptions I think – I have high hopes given the return of RTD. Relieved that it’s not an (over) familiar face, that we haven’t reset to straight white male. Looking forward to Whitaker’s finale, and then, yes, allons-y to 14(ish)!

]]> 46f13a65dcfed4597834bab473430104 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Eve of the Daleks in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/eve-of-the-daleks/#post-72738 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 22:05:33 +0000 I love a time loop. And the device of having the time reducing by a minute each time added a lot more tension (I didn’t time it myself to make sure they weren’t cheating, mind you!). It reminded me of a Star Trek NG episode where (if my memory serves me well) each time the loop recurred, the space had contracted (i.e. more of the ship had…[Read more]

]]> 6b4fe273a349a798fd50424e323915ca Cath Annabel replied to the topic Part 3 - Once, Upon Time in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/part-3-once-upon-time/#post-72435 Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:59:04 +0000 @craig What @blenkinsopthebrave said! Don’t go. Many of us are the ones who never quite gave up on Who, through multiple regenerations, through multiple writers and showrunners, through the glorious, the pedestrian and the downright rubbish stories. We’ve probably all fallen out of love with the show at certain times.

I am actually enjoying this…[Read more]

]]> 758bb120a9880cc9a85be1dd49e97380 Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/#post-72212 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:29:02 +0000 Thank you all, for your kind words, your Who quotes, and your warmth & love. I have always believed that the internet has the potential to be a place of safety and comfort, where complete strangers can connect with each other in ways that help and heal. I have seen and felt that in the last few days. It is real and it does help. Love, Cath

]]> b83025cdd91d8c3d97fdd8a76d22a26b Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/#post-72181 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:17:15 +0000 Hello, fellow Whovians. I haven’t said much here for quite a while, for a host of reasons. I wanted to tell you, though, that my lovely husband, with whom I shared my own passion for Who since our teens, died very suddenly (I know it’s always sudden…) on Saturday morning, completely unexpectedly and we are devastated and shell shocked. We are…[Read more]

]]> ca00290e483c9f6809bbeb36f6cc957d Cath Annabel replied to the topic Dr Who News (4) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dr-who-news-4/page/20/#post-72090 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:13:14 +0000 I wasn’t expecting that! Yes, definitely good news. I feel a bit sad that we won’t get RTD working with Jodie’s Doctor, but nonetheless, worth raising a glass to!

]]> 66d203e9b1f16777ee55b9a20c9e43a3 Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/20/#post-71248 Wed, 23 Dec 2020 16:45:53 +0000 Just checking in briefly to wish you all the best Christmas possible in these difficult circs! Stay safe and well. The Doctor will be here soon…

]]> 1d098b001baa61ce8bc66430433c1416 Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/18/#post-70944 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 07:58:46 +0000 I can’t be the only one here whose fandom stretches from Who to Marvel. And thus who woke the other day to the news that Chadwick Boseman, who played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, had died at only 43 years old, having evidently been a cancer patient through the entirety of his work on four Marvel films, alongside his other work.…[Read more]

]]> 117a02dc7e17d6de9669559c311f8e03 Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/17/#post-70590 Mon, 04 May 2020 11:38:47 +0000 Thanks @thane16 – have been meaning to check in here and see how everyone is doing. We’re ok here – v lucky really. We’re in good health, retired so our income is unaffected, and live near beautiful countryside so we can go for our government-sanctioned daily walk to do our legs, lungs, and souls good. The hard thing, and it is really hard, is not…[Read more]

]]> 9a05d246de5d6b95419b1b7eb5df511a Cath Annabel replied to the topic Ascension Of The Cybermen in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/ascension-of-the-cybermen/page/2/#post-69877 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 08:53:49 +0000 @davros I read somewhere – probably on the Other Place, and whether it was info or speculation I know not – that the same actor played Old Brendan and Ko Sharmus….

]]> 009cf0b6f842e1099cf6540d838d2a56 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Ascension Of The Cybermen in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/ascension-of-the-cybermen/#post-69835 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:00:12 +0000 Are people thinking that Brendan is the lone Cyberman? I can’t quite see that. I saw somewhere (possibly on The Other Place) that the same actor plays old Brendan and Ko Sharmas (sp?) but IMDB doesn’t give the actor for the former (it defo wasn’t a prostheticised Evan McCabe). Whoever he is though, who are his adoptive dad and the Garda officer…[Read more]

]]> 0cda99b6ee847828aa33dbf7d8cdbbbe Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/7/#post-69608 Sat, 08 Feb 2020 09:22:25 +0000 @thane16 Thank you so much for the Floyd – such a beautiful and moving track. I know it was posted with me in mind – my kid brother died almost a week ago. Expected, as he’d been diagnosed with terminal cancer the summer before last but still. Always sudden. We’re all doing OK, in the circs, but a lot of the time it just doesn’t feel real, so life…[Read more]

]]> 6986fe7ccd2ef6ddd3e40272364c5864 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Spyfall in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall/#post-68785 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:05:16 +0000 @pedant OK will need to re-view Army of Ghosts. Even so, what about the ‘we chose this form to take the p***’?

]]> 44db0508af2c7ed804fc0bd917511ba4 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Spyfall in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall/#post-68780 Fri, 03 Jan 2020 11:26:57 +0000 Well, we thoroughly enjoyed this. Didn’t expect the Master, no idea what his parting words mean… but we’ve another ep on Sunday so not long to wait for at least some of the mysteries to be resolved. I’m not convinced that the aliens are Cybermen, but they aren’t behaving like Cybermen ever have done (OK, the rules are flexible, but still…).…[Read more]

]]> e1083fbf44bb191ca2fbf270263e30bd Cath Annabel replied to the topic On The Sofa (9) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-9/#post-68701 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:41:41 +0000 Wishing you all a good New Year’s Eve. I know I’m not alone in going into 2020 with a heavy heart, whether for personal reasons or because of the state of the world, but we have Who, and that’s unequivocally a Good Thing. Will see you on the other side, looking forward to hearing what you think of the new episode (whenever and wherever you get a…[Read more]

]]> c6aed81880ad43d5c45c13da0eeddfe7 Cath Annabel replied to the topic On The Sofa (9) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-9/#post-68505 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:44:54 +0000 Thank you @missy,@thane16, @whisht, @pedant, @blenkinsopthebrave, @miapatrick. And to Missy, yes, one compartmentalises as best one can and does what one must and you have my deepest sympathy. One clings on to good things, and this place is a Good Thing and I will come here whenever I can even if I can’t muster bonkers theories about Who, because…[Read more]

]]> 7258e551100d77271439b359d82969e0 Cath Annabel replied to the topic On The Sofa (9) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-9/#post-68490 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 09:44:27 +0000 Hello all. Have been an exceedingly occasional presence on here over the last largely Wholess year, but am looking forward with excitement mingled with trepidation to the NYD episode and the new series. Trepidation because I so so so so want/need it to be good. Of course I always want/need Who to live up to the place I’ve given it in my life, and…[Read more]

]]> 98f6f7bb23156e389bc93357b926b826 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Spoilers (4) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers-4/page/4/#post-68138 Wed, 02 Oct 2019 08:35:07 +0000 Oh wow, Noor Inyat Khan – I’ve been borderline obsessed with her since reading stuff about the women of SOE. I ran a history taster session on the French Resistance and Occupied France with a group of Year 10s a couple of years back and when I talked about her, you could see the reaction from (esp.) the girls in the room. Quite extraordinary. Not…[Read more]

]]> 5bf50d46eef9f62c1bf5645354e2f922 Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/11/#post-68117 Thu, 19 Sep 2019 07:54:59 +0000 @missy I’m so very sorry to hear that. Cancer is an evil bastard and has no regard, ever, for fairness and justice. I hope that you get the support you need, medically and in other respects too, to get through this.

]]> 7050b4f11c8e11704fb603a3df67f848 Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/2/#post-67963 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 18:23:40 +0000 I know this is hardly an obscure Woodstock moment, but I have to interject with some Hendrix.  Was he ever more beautiful?

 

]]> fec92e9efcdf461474bb0c1ce199c389 Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Music thread 4 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-4/page/2/#post-67904 Sat, 27 Jul 2019 17:50:09 +0000 @syzygy  I love your description!  Am working on the relationship between text and music at the moment for my thesis (specifically literary fugues…) so it rings lots of bells. Great clip too!

]]> a94cd94d10fb2f35c6b5e01e0df43f12 Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Books thread in the forum Books https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-books-thread/page/5/#post-67902 Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:12:04 +0000 Just re-read Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, which was every bit as wonderful as I remembered it being.  And then I read La Belle Sauvage – first in the new Book of Dust trilogy, which I also highly recommend!  Part 2 is due out in October.

]]> 5c410072ccb98ac71114a92c26f4edf4 Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Films thread in the forum Films https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-films-thread/page/6/#post-67901 Sat, 27 Jul 2019 09:08:54 +0000 @whisht @blenkinsopthebrave yes, yes, yes to Arrival.  A truly beautiful film.  I really didn’t want the lights to go on in the cinema when it finished as I was still sobbing.  Thoughtful and subtle and unexpected.  Soundtrack is brilliant – by the late Johann Johannsonn who died far too young but left us some wonderful work.  I will track down…[Read more]

]]> bc1f09de877f570b232af12d23601d8c Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/9/#post-67855 Sat, 20 Jul 2019 12:54:07 +0000 Seconding @pedant ‘s praise for First Man.  Gripping, claustrophobic, intense – and a remarkable amount of suspense given that we all knew that they would make it there and back again!

Also seconding commiserations & best to @missy – hope things start to improve soon.

]]> c446451647fa2ddde304c9dd5c1ea4b2 Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Open Thread - TV Shows (2) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-open-thread-tv-shows-2/page/19/#post-67781 Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:22:25 +0000 Hello all, have been AWOL for a while but prompted to post re a couple of TV things.  First off, Years and Years, highly recommended. Very RTD (in both its virtues and its flaws).  Managed to be funny and heartbreaking and provocative – not perfect by any means (I won’t be too specific about my quibbles for those who haven’t seen it yet) but b…[Read more]

]]> 77fea0a0009e4f75eeaf0b1aaa5b7008 Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Music thread 3 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-3/#post-67411 Fri, 01 Mar 2019 16:51:56 +0000 Good to see lots of love for Jimi here!  His musical legacy is extraordinary – who knows what he might have achieved if he’d lived a bit longer…

Also now immersed in retrospectives for Andre Previn – obviously one has to reference the Morecambe & Wise sketch, which is of course utter brilliance, but hope to listen to some of his jazz piano…[Read more]

]]> 0f14c11f1abd4c0e97c90a8b480d0bf5 Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Music thread 3 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-3/page/20/#post-67363 Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:57:10 +0000 @winston @thane16 @pedant Many thanks.  And @pedant – that Buffy quote has come to mind so often lately, it just sums up the experience of losing someone, at whatever stage of life and in whatever circumstances.  It’s always sudden.

]]> a9b010f1cf63a2356f0890471e33261a Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Music thread 3 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-3/page/20/#post-67346 Sat, 09 Feb 2019 09:59:17 +0000 @thane16  Thanks for the thoughts!  It seems appropriate to talk about my mum-in-law (who died just before New Year) on this particular forum (she’s had a mention or two elsewhere, mainly in relation to the challenge of watching the Christmas special with her after the dementia set in and her attention span was somewhat erratic), as she was a m…[Read more]

]]> 47edb725220152897d103f0b95b8485d Cath Annabel replied to the topic General Music thread 3 in the forum Music https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-3/page/20/#post-67325 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 18:11:48 +0000 @thane16 @geoffers @whisht Just been enjoying some Snarky Puppy on BBC Radio 3’s Saturday jazz prog, J to Z, which we listen to religiously.  I was thinking, now where have I heard that name before, and suddenly realised it was in this lovely place!

]]> e63b0a420b3e523158aded02ec6bea65 Cath Annabel replied to the topic Website comments (2) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/website-comments-2/page/11/#post-67274 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:22:51 +0000 We have a couple of posts, in German, from two different individuals (supposedly) on forums relating to BG Who (The Daemons pt 1 and The Awakening Pt 2).  I don’t speak German so can’t comment on the content but both include links to the same something or other (obv I haven’t clicked on anything!).  Probably safest if they’re deactivated!  Cheers

]]> 26529a6e9012e9e818e1e40ae40c56fc Cath Annabel replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/6/#post-66892 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 20:53:03 +0000 I resist Christmas for as long as possible.  The point I give in is when I put Its A Wonderful Life on the DVD player, and settle down to have a long weep.  I’ve blogged here and on my own blog site  about this film, and why it is both heartwarming and devastating.  Not sure when I’ll watch it this year – either tomorrow pm or Xmas Eve once we’…[Read more]

]]> 2e2b3cf7da112fe217765ceff15408aa Cath Annabel replied to the topic On The Sofa (9) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-9/page/16/#post-66886 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:21:24 +0000 @rtdfan  I’m not sure what you see as being a problem here.  Looking at the responses to your posts, I see debate and discussion, and civil disagreement, not hostility.  You say:

I didn’t start this thread to get people swapping ideas on morals

but you raised the issue of whether the current series is heavy-handed in its treatment of moral issu…[Read more]

]]> a74ce98ed1298838c99f973560e22f18 Cath Annabel replied to the topic On The Sofa (9) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-9/page/15/#post-66872 Sat, 22 Dec 2018 08:42:11 +0000 OK so the big festive question to which I am now putting my mind is which previous Xmas special to line up for a watch on Xmas Day, since we don’t have a new one.  I’m currently favouring last year’s, because of the whole Armistice centenary thing (and I recently saw an amazing contemporary opera about the Xmas truce in the trenches), but the…[Read more]

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