Re the Graun blog…

@Blenkinsopthebrave Ah, you’re just a cynical old Whovian. Has the Doctor taught you nothing??? Nothing is beyond redemption!! Even Dr Who blogs.  This Forum started over there, not just as a reaction to the trolling, but also because we wanted somewhere to continue the discussions when it was “off air”. And because a number…[Read more]

Oooh! Bit of catching up to do, you’ve been prolific!

@CathAnnabel @Purofilion @JanetteB @BadWulf (and everyone)

Re trolls in t’other place. Just a reminder – we agreed ages ago not to namecheck particular posters from other blogs on here. Apart from the danger of contamination(!), they do check here from time to time and it makes us look smug,…[Read more]

@janetteB @cathannabel Alas, I believe that CIF on the Graun is irredeemably troll-infested. I’ve been reading it for years, and I’ve realised that the only effect it has on me is to angry up the blood. I’ve never bothered posting there, although I was sorely tempted to because of a recent article where my local MP was justifying the fact that he…[Read more]

@CathAnnabel   I agree with your thoughts on the phone call. I don’t see this as a future Clara, but pretty much what we are shown: Clara trying to open up with Danny (and possibly including some truth that we aren’t privy to, either!)

@Brewski     Yes, I was thinking of the security lock on my Toyota Matrix. You can’t start the car without the…[Read more]

@CathAnnabel @Bluesqueakpip @Margaret-Blaine and others – I am convinced that the “the dead can feel” thing is a lie.  It is all part of a manipulation by Missy and 3W to convince you to press that DELETE button and consent to being made a Cyberman.  (Note: I’m not sure why voluntary consent is preferable to just converting people against their w…[Read more]

@Cathannabel – I’ve had a pretty good look at the post-it notes, and I don’t think they tell us much that we didn’t already know. They mostly seem to be ‘bullet point’ (or post-it?) summaries of the episodes this season. There seem to be a few we never get a close look at though. And there’s one that may tell us something we don’t already…[Read more]

@CathAnnabel — Oooh interesting.  Maybe someone is controlling her?  Making her lie at important moments?

@Margaret-Blaine – Good call.  And in Asylum of the Daleks she was lying to herself…

Excellent points @CathAnnabel and @Miapatrick. While I was bumbled around with my inept post you both posted comments that adeptly covered what I was trying to say. 🙂

Cheers

Janette

I feel some people are over-egging the gravity of the plot so firstly (along with those awful puns) I present the origin of the moon-egg 😉

Here is some useful official BBC content that helps clear up a lot too
Quiz The Moon – bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/59bhtcgMnFZrnRF4xzPdvS7/kill-the-moon-the-quiz
(I got 8/10)

Fact File bbc.co.uk/programm…[Read more]

@idiotsavon    Oh, I like the call on captives and slaves, there’s definitely a theme there, I think. Well spotted.

@CathAnnabel  Thanks for the link, I enjoyed it. I’m not sure I agree with some it. I think mythologists would have something to say about the notion that the role of self-sacrificing hero is inspired by Christian belief specifi…[Read more]

@Cathannabel

Thanks for the link to that article. It reminds me of a podcast that the Splendid Chaps in Oz did last year looking at depictions of Religion and belief in Who. It’s well worth a listen.

I actually followed one of the links in the article to the profile of Malcolm Hulke. He’s mentioned in the article as being of a left/atheist per…[Read more]

@CathAnnabel     with hindsight and without the distraction of his considerable charms     This made me laugh out loud. Well put.

@Oblique      I’d say the title “The Caretaker” was a callout to “The Lodger”!

@idiotsavon     I like your comparison of Danny’s behaviour in the TARDIS to a recalcitrant student, very apt. And your Pride and Prej…[Read more]

Finally caught up with it in the wilds of Ontario, courtesy of iPlayer.

Well, I agree entirely with @Arbutus, this was a 10/10 for me. I loved every minute of it, and every line of dialogue. Indeed, I am sort of surprised by some of the criticism (too much ‘soap’). This was classic Who, and not just in the way it returned to Coal Hill and set up…[Read more]

ah @Cathannabel – I tried looking for the commenters as I thought itd be fun trolling the trolls (as it were) but just got bored by stuff beforehand.

which is a shame as it seemed like a fun thing at the time!

ah well, my mischievousness needs to go elsewhere it seems (thank god (missy??!?) for spellchecker on that word!)

missyspellchecker???!!??

@Whisht – No More heroes – great theme for this series. (And any excuse for Blood on the Tracks era Dylan is fine by me!)

Continuing the heroes theme -“we can be heroes – just for one day”

(And I’m with you on lack of classical music knowledge, but this thread has been a great eduction, thanks to @Puro…[Read more]

@CathAnnabel Your son’s ears are good enough for me! Well until I came across @Rob‘s comment – Auton otters indeed – I like 🙂

(And sympathies about your lack of wifi Rob – are you away playing in mud again…?!  Hope you at least have a surfeit of caffeine )

@Badwulf – haha – I like your Missy is Rassilon theory (unless she’s @Handles‘…[Read more]

@Mudlark   Yes. There was a year when I would waken in the night, absolutely convinced that the floor around my bed was covered in spiders. It was terrifying. I was six. Eventually, the fear of the dark went away. Nowadays, I only fear tripping on something in our rather cluttered little house (but I still don’t like to get too close to a spi…[Read more]

@Pedant – what do we know about Missy’s Heaven?

You have to die to go there. Die by sacrificing yourself for others, at the instigation of the Doctor. Yeah – I think Clara-from-Blackpool, like all the Claricles, is destined for a short life. She’ll die trying to save the Doctor. Or to save something for the Doctor.

However, merely being dead…[Read more]