• ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic The Doctor Falls

    @dentarthurdent @janetteb

    after ps digits alternate with letters.

    Orson Pink… I think Mr Spock would say ‘insufficient data, Captain.’

    Most likely explanation is that Danny had a previous relationship, and the Tardis mined that through Clara being distracted. Except there was s female relative who was a time traveller?? Maybe th

  • janetteB replied to the topic The Doctor Falls

    @dentarthurdent. I will try that. I confess I used to have trouble with your name too, until you pointed out that it was Dent, Arthur Dent. How did not not see that at once?

    I enjoyed trying to work out an explanation for Danny?Orson. I love a narrative puzzle, the word equivalent of Mr Squiggle, a reference that probably only Australians of my…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic The Doctor Falls

    @dentarthurdent @janetteb

    Bill’s Mondassisn conversion is particularly powerful. The early cybermen, like the Ice Warriors seem at first sight ridiculous, and dismissed as classic examples of the shortcomings of early Who. Of course there were far worse designs, who never returned, but actually both Mondassian Cybermen and Ice Warriors were s…[Read more]

  • janetteB replied to the topic The Doctor Falls

    @dentarthurdent I agree that Bill’s fate was the most tragic. Clara’s fate happened as a result of her own choices, sad yes but Bill’s was as a result of trust betrayed. The Doctor should know better than to promise that he can keep his companions safe. He cannot. The scenes of Bill in the barn are heartbreaking. Nardole in his handling of the…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic Dr Who News (5)

    @dentarthurdent @dwnerdfrommars

    Azimov’s Psychohistory is kind of the final word on determinism within sociology and economics.

    He also explored it in a short story set in the C20th: a sociological experiment designed to make a small unimportant organisation grow (and then collapse when it can’t grow anymore) accidentally becomes a populist pol…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent The first time I saw Quantum of Solace in the cinema, I was so disappointed … but only because I felt it didn’t measure up to Casino Royale. However, on second and subsequent viewings, I came to love it.

    I think it’s incredible that they achieved what they did, given the fact that the writers’ strike meant they had to work with…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic Empress of Mars

    @dentarthurdent @nerys

    Well… is it genetic heritage that makes you a Timelord? Or in vitro exposure to the Time Vortex? As per River, immediately following the Roman kissogram party in volving two humans (presumably in the room with bunk beds)?

    Surely, the Mondassians specialise in human conversion because, as Dalek Sec pointed out, we get e…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic Empress of Mars

    @nerys @dentarthurdent

    Yes. Amy says something like that. The Doctor is the ‘damsel’ in ‘the husbands of…’ Donna introduces the idea… by her absence. “Things went wrong…” (The End of Time)

    The point being… I think… is that The Doctor benefits from interaction (even with Rusty?) whereas The Master, in his thirst for power, never considers it……[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic Empress of Mars

    @dentarthurdent As to why the Doctor’s doing this (‘adopting’ Bill), I’d hypothesise that he needs the companionship. Who was it who said the Doctor shouldn’t be alone, it wasn’t good for him. River?

    I seem to recall both Amy and River telling the Doctor he should never travel alone. And then in “Listen” (after the Doctor goes on a tangent abo…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic Empress of Mars

    @dentarthurdent

    I’ll leave Eaters of Light for you then.

    In hindsight the development of Bill through the series was disappointing. It got squeezed out by the Missy redemption subplot which I frankly didn’t care that much about. So more no Moira, no Penny. They were fun. But maybe that might a bit ZChib????!

    There again no further Ira…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent Yes, Silva was the one with the island and “mommy issues” with M. Bardem played him beautifully!

    I didn’t much care for the Brosnan era (though I do respect the fact that he helped to bring Bond back from the brink of extinction). As I recall, Tomorrow Never Dies is the Bond film of his I liked best.

    Before Craig, I didn’t really…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent Oh, right, thanks for the correction! Quantum of Solace is one I tend to forget. At first I was disappointed in it, then on subsequent viewings came to appreciate it. It was marred by a couple of things: the writers’ strike and disjointed editing of the chase sequences. Apparently Marc Forster was aiming to put the audience into…[Read more]

  • nerys replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent I loved No Time To Die. It’s a natural culmination of the Daniel Craig era, though I admit I was surprised that they ended it the way they did. Having watched all four of his Bond films (Casino Royale was the one that hooked me), I felt that there was a tragic trajectory. I think giving Bond a daughter, only to have him sacrifice…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic Extremis

    @dentarthurdent

    Empress of Mars!

    oh well, there I was, doing Terror of the Zygons. Not all that good actually…

    Have to watch EoM tonight I suppose. I remember it quite fondly. Let’s see.

  • winston replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent That is a very tough bird. Your recipe gave me and the mister a giggle. There are a lot of edible critters near us but I gave up eating all creatures about 30 years ago . I think they like that.

    Stay safe

  • winston replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent. I mean the poot not the poor. Stupid tablet.

    Stay safe

  • winston replied to the topic The Winchester

    @dentarthurdent I totally agree with you about living near water, I love it. The creek is surrounded by miles of wetlands that are like an animal and bird nursery. There is always some kind of life going past us. Today it was Canada Geese and a muskrat who lives in the creek bank out back. Your poor sounds cool and I will look him up next.

    Stay safe

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic Extremis

    @dentarthurdent

    caricature of Trump? Jack Robertson in Arachnids in the UK maybe? And Revolution of the Daleks… I wasn’t really paying attention by then. Or he was just a generic dodgy yank. Apologies to all yank-kind.

    But yes you did hear orange… I think its when The Sekjen mentions the president of earth and Bill doesn’t realise he means t…[Read more]

  • winston replied to the topic The Winchester

    @janetteb Blackadder is a family favourite here. My son was quoting from episodes by the time he was 10. He even named his cat Baldric. I must have a look at them again.

    We have to go about 18 hours to the east coast to find a beach or 6 days west to swim in the Pacific. Somehow a lake beach is not the same as sitting at the ocean but still nice…[Read more]

  • ps1l0v3y0u replied to the topic Extremis

    @dentarthurdent

    I thought I’d post on the Extremis thread, but I had been following your reviews of series 10 and reacted to your comment on The Winchester.

    When The Monks were first broadcast I was still smarting from the apparent unresolved elements from the previous arc, and didn’t really appreciate Moffat’s work here. I really like Bill,…[Read more]

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