@whohar

I feel guilty I didn’t mention Nicola by name. Now I have.

She was amazing. So much so they made a documentary about her.

The BBC did a write up – it’s amazing how bad old websites look.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1595422.stm

And the British Medical Journal did a review. We both liked this bit.

“In the first episode Nikki, who…[Read more]

@whohar

No, you’re not misunderstanding. She died of breast cancer over 20 years ago, aged 31, 2 days before her 32nd birthday – which was just last weekend. I had been with her since I was 16, so it was half my life, and all my adult life at the time.

She asked me to continue to wear the ring she put on my finger. But it didn’t feel right to…[Read more]

@juniperfish

This is a screengrab from the end. No wedding ring, as it is on the right hand. But, as someone who wears his wedding ring on his right hand ever since his wife died, it could still be one.

@juniperfish

I’m teasing now. 🙂

As it says in the help…

To insert a picture, it must already be available on the web. If you have a personal picture, there are many free hosting sites you can start an account with and upload any pictures you wish.

Then you can link to it.

Unless you’re a mod then you can post your own pics.

Hope that helps.

@dwnerdfrommars

Contact me. I can build anything on the web. But for a blog you don’t need my help – just a few pointers in the right direction.

My website: https://www.craigmurray.scot/

I thought this was quite fun. An old interview from the 19th year of Doctor Who with Peter Davison and John Nathan-Turner on the BBC Archive YouTube Channel. It’s a great channel, you get all sorts of weird stuff from the past.

@scaryb Nothing to be sorry about 🙂

The ending works for me too. I just think, if I was giving notes, The Doctor should have somehow reprogrammed the AI John to attack your recurring friend Susan Twist. It would have given The Doctor more agency.

By the way, is Susan Twist real? I haven’t Googled her. I’m not sure I want to.

I’ll give my thoughts as it’s a Moffat script. I think that’s probably the episode that has appealed to me the most so far, as I prefer sci-fi over fantasy. And I liked the high-concept. And it was, for all the budget, a bottle episode, and Doctor Who in a quarry (which is fun for us older viewers).

It had a lot of good ideas. And Moffat really…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

Yeah, the obvious interpretation is “Christmas Waits”. Given Ruby’s origin it seems to be going that way. Is “The one who waits” Father Christmas (or Kris Kringle)?

@gotthejam

Can you please read the Etiquette page. We have tried to cultivate a site where everyone shows respect for everyone else.

Phrases like “woke crap” are actually denigrating to people who share those values. You are basically saying “your beliefs and values are crap”.

Take a deep breath, and consider a different way to make your…[Read more]

@bunface

Here you go 🙂

@blenkinsopthebrave Now this is weird. I knew it was dropping on Disney+ slightly earlier. What I didn’t realise was that it was also dropping on the BBC iPlayer at the same time.

They have dropped the first two episodes – which are showing back-to-back tonight on terrestrial TV.

I guess I should just open threads for them now and we can gauge…[Read more]

HI all, just to let you know I have marked MonicaWillims as a spammer (and the jackets people) so we shouldn’t hear from “her” or them again.

@oochillyo

Hi Declan, I’m just putting this out there for you and for other people who find this a hard time of year. I don’t particularly enjoy it myself, if I’m honest.

If you are in the UK you can always call The Samaritans on 116 123

There are other ways to contact them too.

Samaritans – Contact Us

I hope you feel better.

I’m just gonna put this here. I have been watching The Crown on Netflix and it has finally ended.

I didn’t watch the first three series but when it got up to my era, with Charles and Diana – and Thatcher (grrrr), I started watching. And it was really good.

There is one incredibly good episode in Series 4 called “Fagan” which is about the guy who…[Read more]

@scaryb and @jimthefish

That is indeed very sad news. I was a little bit in love with Halo Jones when I was young. He also did fine work on other characters – making Judge Dredd a skinny boy is bold but he pulled it off (and something I appreciate, being a skinny boy).

I just grabbed this off my shelf – think I’ll read it again tonight.