@craig

Alan Rankine feeding a chocolate guitar (from Harrods I believe) to the audience on TotP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj-CJ9FEW28

This was about the time they recorded Sulk. Billy McKenzie thought it was a good idea to feed his Whippets on smoked salmon from room service at The Holiday Inn.

@craig

… lots of planets have a north. Lots of people are a bit beige. Mind you, did you see the pic of Kier as Stuart Adamson/Billy McKenzie c1982?

More importantly, NOT a buffoon! Though they may have adjusted the audio on his victory speech. And he had notes! You need notes, Nigel… if you’re going to say more than ‘hate!’ And ‘woke!’

@craig, @jimthefish, @ps1l0v3y0u, and everyone else on the forum from the UK,

I hope all goes well.

It just so happened that I was watching “Inferno” where the Pertwee Doctor is transported to an alternative fascist Britain. It seemed like science fiction back in the ’70s. I really hope tolerance wins the day tomorrow.

@ps1l0v3y0u  I always listened to my Dad also, he was very wise. He told me that I had a few powers to influence Canada and the world and the most important in a Democratic society was to vote. The other was where my money went and who profits from it but that is another topic. See, he was very wise.

I have friends and family that don’t always…[Read more]

@whohar @jimthefish @craig @blenkinsopthebrave

‘No religion or politics in Ulster pubs.’ Sounds like sound advice.

My political philosophy probably doesn’t bear writing down but it’s probably something along the lines of ‘if you poke someone long enough about religion or politics long enough, they’ll probably tell you to get lost.’ (That’s the…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @whohar @craig

You might not believe it but I find writing about politics quite nerve-wracking. You really don’t know what people think. Your friendly anglophile Democrat in voluntary exile down the road may well be quite Republican. They look exactly the same. Are you going to ask them?

The much vaunted ‘silent maj…[Read more]

@craig, @ps1l0v3y0u, @WhoHar,

Voting is essential for a civilized society. I grew up in Australia, before moving to Canada late in life. As such, I grew up with compulsory voting and I have always been in favour of it, just as I am in favour of rules and expectations that we all are told to stop at traffic lights. Does it mean the most worthy…[Read more]

@Craig, @ps1l0v3y0u

I think the problem is three-fold:

The two (three) main parties do not have sufficient differentiators in their policies, noting that some are further to the right than others. And there is a deep mistrust of the mainstream politicians in particular.

People see a vote for a smaller party as a wasted vote.

The Vote:Seat…[Read more]

@craig

I am always utterly startled by the educated, switched on, independent people I meet, the last people you might think ‘oh yeah, you’re apathetic’, who then say to you: ‘bunch of wasters. I’m not voting.’ And then immediately, ‘don’t you agree?’ And you’re like rabbit in the headlights because it’s a social event and you don’t really want…[Read more]

@craig @juniperfish

Interesting about the “shouty” in The Bear. I found the 2nd ep of this season a bit too much like that. There was an awful lot in Season 2 and, although a tough watch at times, was done very well.

I’m pacing myself through the rest – I understand ep 6 was well received and directed by Ayo Edebiri.

my Dad has dementia

Sorry to…[Read more]

@thane16

but is that our problem rather than the writer’s, I wonder…?

The writer’s. Definitely. Like @craig, I too have an MA in scriptwriting. If I’d submitted this ep for comment, it would have been returned with copious notes, one if which would have intimated that it was really a first draft.

@mudlark, @blenkinsopthebrave

I’ve previously sta…[Read more]

Brilliant posts people!

With the wishes at the end of the universe as @juniperfish elucidated, is it possible this applies to “death to death = life” @bunface you wrote of “2 wrongs don’t make a right.” And @blenkinsopthebrave yes, it seems “stupid” unless it IS connected to the wishes?
But if that’s so, then wouldn’t the Doctor need to wor…[Read more]

@classicsrule1 @craig @blenkinsopthebrave

Well, the only possible explanation is it’s VR.

Ruby (and Bill before her) were deserted. The Doctor was deserted and abused. His mind has been wiped several times. This is someone examining the fluff in Doctor’s navel… like ‘Extremis’ but based on The Doctor. The Doctor is ultimately being turned ag…[Read more]

The Doctor says, though, @blenkinsopthebrave that “we invest things with significance.”

you did good work @craig 🙏

Too much RL this week and I’m going to have to timeshift with the finale – only hope I don’t bump into Sutekh on the run and disappear forever! Will have to keep off t’interwebs for a bit!

Just wanted to do a quick message before then – y’all are AWESOME! So many great theories. If RTD has come up with anything even half as good, it’ll still be…[Read more]

@mudlark

 I am, however, broadly familiar with the ideas concerning time and entropy and it has always seemed to me logical that the two were aspects of the same thing.

I was unsure whether to include my cod-scientific definitions – I assumed you’d probably be aware of the terms, but I wasn’t 100% and I reasoned it was better to include for…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @craig

how odd that this should become a theme. I have become familiar with how and why people give… and then what happens with what they give.

My daughter was introduced to a particular charity as work experience and I have supported her in this. Knowing both sides, I can tell those who ask (as they give) why this work is n…[Read more]

@craig Everything that Puro just said. Yes.

As for the wonderful silliness of “Pyramids of Mars”, apparently it was filmed in the house and on the estate (including the vast and verdant grounds that characters are running through) owned at the time (1975) by Mick Jagger.

@craig it’s fantastic that you help -not just for a day a year (nothing wrong with that) but twice a week. That’s a tremendous commitment. I was reading about food insecurity in the UK, via the Food Foundation Tracker where 15% of UK households experienced real difficulty putting together any kind of meals at the beginning of this year. Aus…[Read more]

I join @blenkinsopthebrave  and @scaryB in thanking you, @craig  for opening this thread. It has prompted me to go to iPlayer and start a re-watch – so far just the first two episodes. It must be more than a decade since I last saw it, on some obscure TV channel, and it’s good to be reminded of the details.

If I was being judgemental I would s…[Read more]