But I can see how Chibnall might throw out the allusion to Lungbarrow to excite the punters.

In my eternal optimist mode, I hold out hope for the next episode

I did not know about the Doctor Who connection with Grant Imahara. Thanks for the clip.

49…that is way too young.

Really sad to hear that about Louis Mahoney. He was a great character actor in film and television over the years. And a major figure in advancing actors of colour.

He could put so much emotion into that short scene in Blink.

RIP.

It’s been pointed out to me that was Rose says is “And Captain Jack Harkness has transported to the Sontaran home world”, meaning that perhaps he went willingly, perhaps as part of a mission.

Possibly. I’m picturing it as a Jack/Strax team-up.

I too am enjoying these reviews. Always nice to have an impetus to talk about “Who” and is nice to recall past episodes. Your work on these is appreciated.

Cheers

Janette

Just wanted to say that I am really enjoying your reflections (and your son’s) on the episodes.

And the quotes..!

I’m wondering whether racial integration was really so smooth in 1929.

Not one of my historical areas, so I wouldn’t know about Central Park Hooverville specifically – but Wikipedia says that the St Louis Hooverville was well known for being completely integrated. Given that, I’d say that whether or not it’s historically true, it’s a…[Read more]

It has only just occurred to me while reading your commentary that there’s an odd disparity between what I think most fans of the reboot consider the golden age and the received wisdom about the quality of its content.

I think for a lot of people, David Tenant + Billy Piper = Who at it’s best. In terms of the dynamic between the leads,…[Read more]

@davros  Both of those episodes are great although the wolf creature still scares me and makes me jump in “Tooth and Claw”. In the next episode “School Reunion” is one of my favourite scenes of all Who,  Sarah Jane seeing the Tardis for the first time in ma…[Read more]

It’s still not clear to me why the regenerations of the Timeless Child are so different from the regenerations we have seen of the Doctor. Throughout the series, the Doctor doesn’t age to that extent. The closest I can recall is Matt Smith’s Doctor in “The Time of the Doctor”, in which he had visibly…[Read more]

Alternatively, the Tardis chose to get stuck in that shape because of the meeting between the two Doctors which the Tardis knew (time works…[Read more]

I don’t see how that’s possible. They look completely different.

Are ‘all’ of  Jacks kids human?   Couldn’t one have been Hybrid?  Maybe he had a fling  with

another  Time lord?   Anything is possible in Doctor Who.  He always did have a thing for the

Time Lords.

Ko Sharma’s staff.    How many of the Time Lords besides Rassilon  carried one of those?

I like these  mystery episodes that build…[Read more]

@davros Chibnall wrote all of Broadchurch. The man knows how to write pieces set in the modern era…

True, and it’s Season 2 of Broadchurch that’s had me concerned. The other two seasons, especially the first, were excellent and engaging. I’m not sure why Season 2 was such a mess, other than the usual “sophomore slump” suggestion. But you are c…[Read more]

“Doctors”: is this show good? It seems as though every second Doctor Who cast member has been on it.

The BBC considers it as one of its ‘rep’ training-ground soap series for baby TV actors and writers – so its quality can be a bit variable, ranging from ‘superb’ to ‘we have to broadcast this, it’s Tuesday’. But that’s why almost eve…[Read more]

why, how, could a non-inhibited cyberman slit his own children’s throats? I think that was probably a lie.

Yes, I get the feeling that something about it was a lie. It’s possible he’s not got an inhibitor because he’s a fanatic about the joys of Cyberisation, but he was certainly lying about the baby – he may have seen the baby as a f…[Read more]

All fixed now.

Since you will be covering all the post-gap Doctors but understandably don’t want to keep it as a continuous thread, Faces of the Doctor might be the most appropriate forum.

This is probably a question for our resident Time Lords, @craig, @jimthefish, @phaseshift, who manage the site. In the interim, there is always the “On the Sofa” thread, which is open to all Who-related discussion.

Darn me if I am wrong but

Well, there was Ian, Barbara and Vicky during the William Hartnell years. But that was when they had multi-episode stories and the companions did not crowd out the story-line as much as they seem to do at the moment.

Probably the main positive for me, after a period where the…[Read more]

It looks as if your memory is playing tricks on you, because it was Graham who had cancer and Grace who was his oncology nurse. That said, it did seem odd that he didn’t know the meaning of pathogen. Pathogens aren’t known to be a cause of Cancer, but even so …

Good point about the amnesia inducing effect of the chameleon arch. On the other hand there is clearly a lot more going on with Lee than there was with Martha as a companion to Tennant Doctor, and a good many indications that he is more than just Martin Doctor’s human companion.

1) He has a service medal made of chronotelluric alloy…[Read more]

Absolutely, anything is possible in this show. Let’s cross our fingers for more Gat.

@davros

While I wouldn’t want to be overly negative, I must admit I do still have quite a few reservations with s12. Here’s what I posted on Twitter after a rewatch of the ep:

Just rewatched Fugitive. Brilliant, kinetic fun but I don’t think my…

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If you do want to post that screengrab of the unblurred young Doctor, can you do it in spoilers please? It’s not something I want to see!

Thanks

That was explained in-episode. When the Doctor does his “dad skills” finger to the forehead thing with young Danny to put him to sleep he mentions to Clara that he’s done a memory wipe as well.  Tho that’s not to say that Danny doesn’t remember anything at all at a subconscious level. His becoming a soldier for example might not have…[Read more]