• Mirime replied to the topic Hell Bent

    If I were going to guess, I’d say that Moffat was poking a bit with the half-human reference.

    @arbutus oh yes, but it just reminded me of Osgood and her insistence that it didn’t matter if she was human or Zygon, she was just Osgood.

     I do think he should not have made an enemy of Rassilon.

    @catladymeow Apart from any horrors he was res…[Read more]

  • Kharis replied to the topic Sleep No More

    @catladymeow Good criticism.   Yes, some of us, like you, understood the episode just fine.  I was also never confused by it, just didn’t really move me in any kind of way.  Appreciated the brave attempt, and always like a good layering of ‘Matrix’ like themes, it just never pulled me in.

    @jphamlore & @ichabod I agree about the Moon tarot ca…[Read more]

  • Arbutus replied to the topic On The Sofa (7)

    @purofilion  @catladymeow  @lisa  @soundworld

    Because Puro went off topic and I am resolutely staying there, I have moved this to the sofa, so as not to be modded!

    Puro said:    He still remains my favourite Doctor although I’m beginning to think the word favourite just doesn’t work with this show at all.    You’re absolutely right. Back be…[Read more]

  • Bluesqueakpip replied to the topic Sleep No More

    @Kharis, @purofilion, @catladymeow and @DrBen

    The thing we always have to remember with ‘experimental’ episodes is that Blink and Turn Left came out of Love and Monsters.

    That is, if the then producer Russell T Davies hadn’t tried a ‘Doctor-lite’ episode – and then gone ‘okay, that didn’t quite work’ – they would probably never have worked out…[Read more]

  • Kharis replied to the topic Sleep No More

    @alexwho @catladymeow @drben Exactly how I feel which is hard, because I was really looking forward to a good sit down with my favourite show.  This episode was beyond laboured, it was seriously my least favorite episode, well almost, ’42’ left me disappointed too.

    @lisa @purofilion good sleuthing! Yes, I agree, the themes are strong and…[Read more]