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@Shazzbot @MadScientist72 @fatmaninabox

Can you please try again. I think the problem may be that when you, Shazzbot, posted that second post on the page you copied in a lot of code, from Word I think (I hope). I’ve deleted it now.

That may have been the cause, but I’m having no problem either so need to the others to test.

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@wolfweed for some reason those picture links didn’t work as they had extra info in the URL (1.2.3.9/bmi/ at the start of the first one and an extra jpg at the end of the second one). I’ve fixed it, but was wondering if they showed fine on your screen or if they were broken for you too?

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@Shazzbot He’s the new Gov of the Bank of England

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/mark-carney-does-casual-at-wilderness-festival-8757353.html

One of my mates is doing a PhD in Economics and I told him Carney had basically strolled along behind a few of us for about 5 minutes and he was a bit devastated he hadn’t been there to chat to him. None of us did, but he’d probably have been straight in.

Haven’t had time to read 4 days of posts yet so apologies – Dalek it is… 😀

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@Shazzbot Good to see you back. Mod status restored. Nazi away 😉

And ‘Dad dancing’? The only person I saw Dad dancing was Matt Carney – yes, it was a bit posh this festival. Half expected to bump into Call me Dave too.

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@blenkinsopthebrave @scaryb @bluesqueakpip @htpbdet @janetteb

Thanks for all the thanks. It is very much appreciated. I do enjoy this forum, you all make it what it is.

I think I should clarify something though, it wasn’t dealing with the troll that made Shazzbot leave, as I said before I am to blame. Events may have been ignited by Shazzbot having to deal with the troll, but it was my getting annoyed with her after she bombarded me with emails the next day that made her decide to leave. I’d already been annoyed with her a few times before and one time even furious with her over something (I told you it was a bit fraught behind the scenes).

I’m still in touch with her and she is lurking and reading all your comments but is not coming back until I “get anger management”, which I think is ridiculous. I’m not an angry person although the odd person can flick my switch and for some reason she managed to wind me up more than once. So there you go – my fault, not some ridiculous troll’s.

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@fatmaninabox Thanks. Unfortunately all I can do is keep an eye on it for now. If it starts happening more frequently to others then I’ll see if I can find a reason, but if it’s just you then I’m not sure what to do about it at the mo. If you do continue to have problems you can always send me screenshots of the steps you take when posting e.g. your post before you hit submit, and what happens after etc. via my email address on the Home page, and also let me know what device you are using etc. That may help me find a solution.

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Re Shazzbot. I guess you could say I’m the one to blame. She and I were beginning to have a reasonably strained relationship behind the scenes. I got annoyed with her on Monday night over something and she deleted herself.

I’ve emailed her to say that I think that’s a bit drastic. I honestly do hope she’ll be back too.

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@fatmaninabox I’m just test the @ mentions. If this works then I’ll have trouble helping you as I can’t replicate it. How are you doing it? Are you copying and pasting or are you typing it out.

If you copy and paste (in visual mode) from under someone’s avatar you don’t actually need to put the @ in front, but if you copy and paste in text mode you do need the @.

Hope that helps.

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@whisht Although, if the other Doctors are appearing via “paintings” wouldn’t “Twelve Angry Men” also be great (as I still think the regen is going to take place at the end of the 50th, or mid-50th rather than at the end of the Christmas episode)?

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@pedant She did I’m afraid. I’m hoping she’ll be back. She says she’s happy to just lurk as a reader.

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Hi all, I’ve closed this thread as it’s nearing the 1000 post limit. It continues here:

http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor-2/

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Ooh I like this…

via: OutofTimeLord

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@janetteb re Local Hero – YouTube, just a tip 😀

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I’ve just rewatched the announcement. As much as it was a pretty dull light-entertainment show, it positioned Capaldi as an actor playing a role. He came across as someone who was pleased to have got the gig. I think, if nothing else, it helped to dispel Malcolm Tucker. He’s not a shouty, sweary guy. And let’s face it, the number of people who know him as Tucker will pale in comparison with the viewing figures he’s going to get next year.

And if you think Malcolm Tucker was a one note performance, just check this out. He’s gonna be great.

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They just said on the news that Capaldi was the only actor considered for the role. Wonder if that’s true?

I think it’s a brave choice. A brilliant choice for the programme, one that I love, but if they’re concerned about ratings an older Doctor could see a ratings drop. I really hope the grandfather effect increases the kids viewing as the teens may drop off.

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@Shazzbot Even when I had a fringe I didn’t like a fringe 😉

I know Matt and David had gravitas, but Capaldi, I hope, will take that to the next level.

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Tis funny, I was just looking at this site’s home page, and you’ve got Matt and David on one side re the 50th, and on the other you’ve got, well, something that seems to me to be much more exciting.

That will be the last fangasm post of the night, promise.

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@bluesqueakpip Thank you so much for that research. That did make me laugh.

I’m now slightly worried they’ll make him do a Tennant and put on an English accent. Please no. We need a proper, no nonsense, Scottish Doctor I think. Every planet has a Scotland…

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One thing I forgot to mention…

We have another Scottish Doctor Who

Yes, I called him Doctor Who. I don’t care.

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If “only 10 people know” how come Capaldi went from nowhere to bookies favourite last week. The BBC and the Doctor Who staff keep secrets like a sieve holds water.

In my job, I get entrusted with price sensitive information almost weekly. I’d be fired if I told anyone what our final revenue or profit for the year was and I’d be breaching insider trading rules too. But in TV land you can just place huge bets? I’m in the wrong business. 🙁

The BBC need to sort their own house out. So far this year has been a disaster for leaks.

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I actually think Moffat will now be able to write the Doctor more or less as himself. A Scot who’s a bit mysterious, not always likeable, but very smart.

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@Shazzbot Homepage updated

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Argh still no trailer…

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@Shazzbot still interviewing Capaldi

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Wooo hoooo

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@Shazzbot Just a few interviews and clips from the past so far

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Lol Doc #6

Here’s a great clip of Doc #6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1mvN6lU0oU

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@wolfweed Did I miss something? Are you actually there? If so, lucky (or unlucky depending on the quality of the show) you!

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I know 😀

Is not based on the original post, but on the text of the activity post. i.e.

Shazzbot replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General

If that text contains the word Spoilers then you get SPOILERS x3.

I may have to change that if someone does a blog post about “The effect of Spoilers in online communities” or something, but is an easy fix if that does happen.

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@Shazzbot I’ll let you off with that one 😉

Rankin’s such a twat I just don’t take anything he says with any seriousness, but I guess others could judge it as spoilery. Thanks for moving.

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And I’m back…

As @chickenelly pointed out, sort of, Rankin (the “photographer” and bit of a twat – how he gets any work mystifies me, I can do better with a compact) has tweeted

Just photographed the next Dr Who for tonight’s announcement. Let me know what you think of the photo? He’s going to be an ace Dr.

Misdirection, or Rankin just being a twat again?

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Just my usual purile attempt at humour. 😉 I think the lines about the crash are:

The Doctor: The warp engines had a phaseshift
River: Phaseshift would have to be sabotage

Something you’re not telling us?

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The Seventh Doctor revisited

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@htpbdet This could be a proper SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER…

A month or so ago I read a rumour, from a source that has so far been reasonably correct about things, that Hurt had signed on for at least 4 episodes. I dismissed it, but the more I think about it, why not? Then they could have another regeneration mid-season.

However, if everyone tunes in on Sunday and they say “The next Doctor is… (drum roll)… John Hurt” everyone will be underwhelmed. Like, duh! So who knows?

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Wow, trolling and a sense of self-awareness at the same time. I’m sort of impressed now. Not in a totally good way, but just in the way that you think there may be inate goodness in everyone, even obvious trolls. And yes, I have been drinking tonight 😕

I’m not a big fan of deleting (cos they just sign up again). I’d rather they just decided it wasn’t for them, or decided to be constructive. We can always hope the latter may one day happen.

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@jimthefish

I come back to find out I’ve missed all the fun. Can I just say (I assume it was you) that “TARDIS translation circuits kicking in” is just genius, and possibly the best anti-troll measure I have ever seen.

Sounds like I would have been less kind (I’m guessing what was said), but you’ve certainly provided the bigger laughs.

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@Shazzbot Unfortunately Bluesqueakpip may well see some of this as you @ mentioned her so she will have been emailed the first sentence or so of your comments. Slight wrap over the knuckles for you I’m afraid. Now, don’t do it again 😀

And yes, that’s another thing I should look into – having the spoilers thread send no emails (although that would affect people who do want to take part – what should I do?)

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@pedant It’s on my list. I have a dev site (basically the one on the old server) that I want to test it out on first as, yes, I’d hate to break anything. As well as WP I need to update BuddyPress and BBPress, both of which also had reasonably major upgrades. Those have happily provided greater flexibility on design, so I’m currently working on a redesign to go with the updates. It should be even more mobile friendly (I’ve been testing on my iPhone and it’s a lot easier to use) and a bit more modern looking, without changing too dramatically.

I’m working on another project at the moment – an ecommerce site for a new record label – but once that’s done I should get some time to finish the design and do the updates.

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@phaseshift It is. But there aren’t any real spoilers, more speculation. But best to keep it there for those who don’t want to know anything.

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Not being one for much bonkers theorising myself, I suddenly had one. Since Troughton, The Doctor seems to regenerate in a way that reflects what he has just been through or who he is surrounded by. I’m not going to go through them all but in AG Who 9 is dark as he has just regenerated after the Time War. After his hearts are healed by Rose he regenerates into fun loving 10, but 10 started to go dark again so we got something in between with 11, who was a bit child-like perhaps because the first person he met was young Amelia while he was “still cooking”

Given Moffat’s timey wimey stories, with the Doctor currently stuck in his own time stream etc., what if his regeneration is profoundly affected, or even caused, by a time when he mucked about with a fixed point i.e. Pompeii, where he saved Peter Capaldi and family? I think that’d be quite a story (which would explain everything away at the same time).

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@jimthefish I’ve been thinking more about it and The Next Doctor thread does just need a new picture once we know. It’ll still be a place for speculation about the new Doctor, just a lot of speculation about what he or she will be like now that we know who they are.

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@Shazzbot I’m going to a wedding in Stratford upon Avon on Saturday, staying over, but I’ll be back on Sunday before 7pm, have no fear.

If I don’t, for whatever reason, you can create a new topic yourself.

But do we need a new topic? Or just carry on on the The Next Doctor topic? I can see crossover with the News thread as well. Might get messy just when I want to relax on a Sunday night 😕

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@pedant I’ve made you an author. You should be able to just click +New in the top bar. Is WordPress so I know you know what you’re doing.

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Supposedly William Hill now have Peter Capaldi at 2/1 to be the next Doctor.

Peter Capaldi was not even in our list a few days ago but he has been the subject of a lot of betting interest recently and this gamble would suggest that if he does not have the part already, he is almost certainly on the shortlist.

Now he would be amazing, I would pay double my licence fee to see that, and Moffat does like Scots and Scottish jokes, but I’d still prefer an unknown.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/30/doctor-who-betting-peter-capaldi-thick-of-it-malcolm-tucker_n_3675158.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

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Want to meet Sophie Aldred?

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, an exhibition of recently discovered photographs of the Doctor’s much-loved companion ACE.

Sophie will be signing on Saturday, Sept 7th, 12pm – 3pm. Orbital Gallery, 8 Great Newport St. London. WC2H 7JA.

The background in this pic rewards a bit of study…

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@Rilgar Great to have you aboard and thanks for joining in.

I’ve moved your post to the Spoilers forum. Hope you don’t mind. If it’s not from the BBC or from The Radio Times, then the Spoilers forum is where it belongs. Even some of The Radio Times stuff needs to stay in the Spoilers forum (see my own post above).

Your own speculation elsewhere is fine, but suggestion that there is a source for that speculation will scare some people off from visiting the site.

We kinda have a “theories and official news are fine everywhere, but rumours belong in the spoilers forum” policy.

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There’s a little prequel to this episode here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O3b5yRqZPg

And I couldn’t find the confidential all in one place, but it’s here in bits:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

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@Shazzbot Yes, when I said “sticks up for” what I really meant was “doesn’t deride”.

It’s interesting that the 6th Doctor is basically positioned as the Maggie Thatcher Doctor.

The horror!

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And just before we get to McCoy, BBC America sticks up for Colin Baker

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@Shazzbot @scaryb @Madscientist72

I think some of those, ahem, fronts are part of the costume rather than being real or surgically enhanced. It’s quite an easy trick to pull off if the costume also has a neck band of some sort, and helps create a more realistic (or unrealistic, depending on your point of view) comic book / anime heroine look.

Now, how did we get to discussing breasts on this forum? 😕

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