@bluesqueakpip I have “spammed” them. I’ve “spammed” four new members today. Once again, not much I can do as they are real people, not bots. Sorry about the emails – does seem a busy day for them. The schools are back today – is that a factor? Who knows?
For your convenience, here are all 3 parts of the Steven Moffat interview done by the Fan Show, the last of which was published today (not sure why it took them 7 months between part 2 and 3, but there you go).
Once again, I have to apologise for my absence. I really hope to be back again now and will be posting more episodes soon.
I’ve been a little distracted. If you don’t know (not sure if I mentioned it), my department got closed down so my colleagues and I all lost our jobs. Then I got another job, and got fired from that after a month. But I was kinda glad to get fired as I hated it. So back to being jobless. But now I know there’s worse fates than being jobless.
Thought I’d tell you a little story about what helped prompt me back.
I popped down to the shops last Sunday. There was a couple outside the supermarket trying the door. But it shuts at 5pm on a Sunday.
Me being a helpful person, as I was passing I said “If you want a supermarket there’s a Sainsbury’s Local round the corner, about 2 minutes away, that stays open until 10pm.
They said “Thanks, we’re just looking for a couple of spices but Sainsbury’s could be the best bet”. But there are also a couple of Middle Eastern shops near the supermarket so I said they could always try there first.
And then I looked at the guy as I was chatting to him – he was wearing a white baseball cap pulled down but I thought I recognised him.
It was only Matt Smith. Not a joke.
I said “Are you Matt?” and he said yes so I said “Pleasure to meet you”. He said “You too, boss.” We shook hands and then I left them to it (Not one for celebrity selfies, me! Or mentioning I run a Doctor Who forum!)
Was cool though. I gave Doctor Who some directions regarding space and time. 🙂
Sorry I’ve not been around – real life got in the way a bit again.
Thought you might like this though – Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat talking about their new book adaptations of “Rose” and “The Day of the Doctor”.
Jodie Whittaker is getting a lot of good reviews for her role in Journeyman. She looks great and Paddy Considine looks like he’s done a fantastic job as actor, writer and director. I’ll be checking it out.
@pedant (and just to include @jimthefish ) Many thanks. Have dealt with the one that posted the spam. I also noticed a few other dodgy ones but am reluctant to jump to conclusions. I mean, slickhotness and fdsa may be very dedicated Doctor Who fans. I’m not counting on it, but innocent until proven guilty.
P.S. Sorry for the late post. Also, I’m afraid I’m going away for around 10 days or so you’ll have to wait on tenterhooks for a bit longer than normal for the final episode.
After that, we should get back to a more regular service.
Hello everyone, I’ve been unemployed now for just over a week and loving every moment of it so far.
Having taken some time to celebrate, relax my mind and consider what I’m going to do next, one of my priorities is to get this site going again. So starting tomorrow we will, as @bluesqueakpip suggested up thread, start a female Time Lord retrospective.
And, although it could be argued that Susan doesn’t really count or we’ve seen a lot of her already, as I went a bit AWOL when we were supposed to be doing The Aztecs, as a treat to @blenkinsopthebrave I think we’ll start with that.
@janetteb I’m not sure I can do an episode a day this month (lots to do), but we could certainly do that for one of the stories further down the line.
Unfortunately the login issue is something I have no control over – I get locked out by it too.
It’s a security issue, as WordPress sites have been under attack since December when there was a massive databreach of 1.4 billion usernames and passwords.
So I’m afraid you will sometimes be locked out. The good thing is it protects the site when it’s under attack, and it doesn’t usually last too long. And hopefully it will decrease as a problem as time goes by.
It’s really good. Not even just really good, but really, really good. Even really, really, really good.
I was totally wrapped up in it, fully engaged, I laughed, I was moved, I cried a little, and the plot constantly had me out-foxed. It’s brilliantly done.
Frances McDormand and and Sam Rockwell truly deserve their Golden Globes for their acting, the film deserves its Best Film award, and it should probably win everything really.
Gets a big thumbs up from me – one of the best of the year. I have no doubt about it.
It even has what I personally call a ‘Kubrick’ ending – which is a very good thing in my book – all films should have them (although then they wouldn’t be special, I guess).
There is a little bit of controversy. I can see the point, it crossed my mind, but I think the people offended are wrong. But I can understand that, if taken on face value, there are some things that might really anger people – even make them totally furious and want to boycott the film or burn down the cinema.
That’s kinda the beauty of it – it’s not just a movie you watch then it’s over and you go for a beer or go to bed – it’s something you’ll talk about with people for a while, for days maybe. Which to me is a sign of a good movie, not a bad one or one that should be pilloried. You actually have to think about it for a while and piece it all together in your brain afterwards.
It’s been a while, but I think @jimthefish wins the “Theories even more insane than what’s actually happening” prize this week, or month, for the sonic earrings.
It seems a little legal spat has started involving Lana Del Rey and Radiohead over her song “Get Free” which, to me, does sound a lot like “Creep” by Radiohead. But then it turns out The Hollies sued Radiohead for copying them – I can hear similarities, but not as much as the Radiohead/Lana Del Rey songs.
Those with more musical ears – care to enlighten me? I’d be really interested in your thoughts, although be careful so that you don’t get dragged into a lawsuit.
@jimthefish I’m sure they’ll be churning out copycat coats in China or India by the thousand before the end of the year – will probably come with the braces and T-shirt too. I like how DW Magazine put a little pic of Tom Baker on the cover to remind you where the colours for the T-shirt come from.
I’m kinda more interested in how they deal with the earrings. Does the Doctor decide to get her ears pierced? Did she regenerate with them already pierced?
As with seeing Whittaker previously in ‘Attack the Block and ‘Adult Life Skills’, the more I see of her, the more I think I’ll like her a lot. She looks like someone I could easily have as a good friend to just hang out with, without ever having any male/female, will they/won’t they nonsense come into it. I’m hoping that will lend her universal appeal.
@pedant Cheers. I’ve just driven back from Scotland and all the way back I was thinking, damn, I haven’t renewed it yet and it runs out at the end of the day! Have done it now.
Hi @karenmarie, @scaryb is right, it’s the Profile Picture you want to do. Just upload your image, drag the corners to choose your crop, then click crop image and it should save.
It should be instant. If you have any more problems please let me know. It could be the format, but it should handle standard picture types such as .jpg .gif and .png
Interestingly, I woke up this morning to find we had a new member, with a Russian email address but a British name. They posted some abusive messages about the new, female Doctor.
I’ve spammed them. But looks like the Russians are coming for the BBC now. Wow.
And even more wow – we’re on Putin’s radar. How exciting. 🙂
Looks like my Christmas day may be an interesting one!
Please do notify me of any weird posts from new members. Many thanks in advance.
For those of you in the UK there’s a very nice Christmas treat on BBC’s iPlayer.
For the next month you can watch every regeneration story, from the eighth Doctor becoming the War Doctor – the short “The Night of the Doctor” – right through to Eleven’s regeneration into Twelve.
I’m excited that it includes the 50th special, “Day of the Doctor”, so that you can also go from War Doctor to Nine.
On the other hand, I also saw a brilliantly lovely movie this week called The Big Sick. Not that it really means anything, but it has 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. I heartily recommend it. There is talk that it will at least be up for Best Screenplay at the Oscars. It’s a heartwarming film, and definitely one for our times.
So I went to see the new Star Wars movie today – cos I hate spoilers but I’m on the internet all the time. So NO SPOILERS here.
I was underwhelmed, which is a shame because I like director Rian Johnson’s work a lot. ‘Brick’ is a fantastic movie and Looper has a lot of good ideas even if it doesn’t quite hold completely together.
This is the longest ever Star Wars movie, and yet it probably has the least plot. So it drags at times. The pacing is really off. I just feel it could’ve been so much better.
There are some good moments, in fact some really strong, exciting moments, but not enough. I’d say Rogue One was a better Star Wars movie, even though it has its flaws. At least in that movie there was a plot.
But there was no Death Star in this one. For that we can be thankful.
@whisht Supposedly the ‘computer tape’-style opening and closing title graphics were specially created for this story by graphic designer Bernard Lodge.
Naomi Klein was on Desert Island Discs this week in the UK, but it’s available worldwide via BBC’s radio iPlayer if you want to check it out. One of her discs was this, which I’d never heard before. It made me laugh – a lot. Especially given, y’know, who’s running the US right now. Her father was a conscientious objector. But some are just cowards.
I don’t ‘think’ this is a spoiler (apologies if you think it is). I think of it more as an exciter, if you’re following along. I recognise that control room used for this Christmas episode publicity shot. Seems this story will be very relevant. So if you’ve not already joined in, get started. This is where worlds collide. You can find part one here:
Strangely enough, on the day I was made redundant last week, the website I do, as just part of my job, was ranked 4th best corporate website in the UK, equal with BP (who probably have a massive team). One of those luscious, movie-moment coincidences.
So at least you know you’re in safe hands here.
And the first episode of The Tenth Planet is now up. It feels good to be back. Thanks for the distraction.
Thanks for giving m a kick up the butt Pip. I am being made redundant now, so am neck deep in lawyers and negotiations. But will try to get things back on track – if not today then tomorrow.
But yeah, spoilers needs fixed – I’ll do that now.
Just popping on because in a bit of a difficult time this made me laugh so much. On Halloween Dave Grohl dressed up as David Letterman (the retired version) and presented the Jimmy Kimmel Show. And Kristen Bell (from Frozen, and who is fast becoming a national treasure) dressed up as Magnum PI. And they jammed. The band were also dressed as 80s music icons.
Hi all, sorry I’ve been a bit AWOL but there’s some restructuring going on at my company. I may lose my job and be made redundant, or I may get a promotion. I had an interview today. Obviously I’d prefer the latter option.
@bluesqueakpip Y’know what major stuff just happened? A new episode of The Keys of Marinus was posted (it was, admittedly, posted on Sunday and not Saturday – life got in the way).
@missrori Sorry to hear that. I know what you mean. You may find some useful tips in this article. There’s a lot of good advice. I know I have when I’ve needed to re-adjust some times.
Also, as you’re a Doctor Who fan – I’m not suggesting you’re a geek though – you may like the work Den of Geek do. It’s very admirable. You can find a series of very good articles here (7 pages of them), some of which may help in darker times.
Also, I get most of my US news these days from watching clips of The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert on YouTube. At least they’re funny. Unfortunately we don’t have the same sort of nightly round-ups in the UK.
But mostly – we’re always here for you here, on this site.
@blenkinsopthebrave Good to have you back. As you say, after your excitement for a Hartnell retrospective I was kinda worried when we hadn’t seen you for 5 weeks. Hope all is well. The good news is that you’re back just in time for the finale next week!
Hi all, I thought it was about time I upgraded the site’s software and as it’s reasonably quiet at the moment I did it this morning. There were some minor hiccups and I panicked a little, but I think it’s all working fine now.
If something doesn’t work or looks a bit weird or out of whack, please let me know as soon as possible, either here or by email.
It’s National Poetry Day today in the UK, and they’ve just released a book of Doctor Who poems. To celebrate, the official fan show had writer James Goss and illustrator Russell T Davies (yes, he can draw too) on to have a bit of fun. Thought you’d like this.
Just as a weird addendum to my post above. I only found out recently why capital letters are “uppercase” and others are “lowercase”. It’s ridiculously simple and made me laugh, as I’ve been using the terms all my life without even thinking about it.
Supposedly, printers of old had cases (drawers) of letters and they kept the capitals in the top cases, and the other letters in the bottom cases.
@thane15 Kerning is the term printers gave to the spaces between letters. It’s a bit of an art, based on what letters are placed next to each other. I think the main problem in “SEA OF DEATH” is the slope of the A next to the T in DEATH. Both letters take up the same space. A graphic designer, these days, would reduce the space taken up by the T and move it closer to the A, as it kinda looks like “DEA TH”.
If you look at the image @wolfweed posted of VODYANOI, you’ll see the Y following the D actually encroaches into the D’s space (if it was a rectangle). That’s much better kerning/graphic design – although the letters are not all equally spaced they are balanced and look more equally spaced to the human eye.
Edit: In the same image you can see the effect in the name DAVID. The slopes of the A and the V are lined up against each other, rather than the letters occupying their own space – much more pleasing to the eye.
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