@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]

@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]

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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.

@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

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

Stay safe

@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

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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]

@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]

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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]

Hi @dentarthurdent. Your swimming sounds lovely. We are a long drive from any good beaches. Mostly to the west of us is mangroves though I believe there are some ok ones heading up the coast a bit. Nothing compared to the magistic wonder of Piha beach however. I loved the beaches we visited on Eyre Peninsula last winter. Too cold for swimming but…[Read more]

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saw/anticipated your post on The Monks and decided to revisit them myself… I remembered it as impressive and a bit flawed.

So, my considered opinion on the The Monk’s Trilogy…

In many ways it’s a four parter, ‘Oxygen’ being the basis of The Doctor’s blindness, the chink whereby The Monks conquer earth, having run their pesky V…[Read more]

@janetteb I am sorry to see the fires burning in parts of your country. I hope you are all well. The world seems to be burning except for where it is flooding. We already have fires burning in Canada and it is still winter but such a dry season I think it will be very bad here this summer.

Otherwise I hope that all is going well with…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>@dentarthurdent @vickymallard</p>
if you are to venture into Classic Who, Phillip Hinchcliff/Roberts Holmes tenure is by far the best… 1975-1977. From ‘ark in space’ to ‘talons of weng chiang.’ Mostly gold. It fell foul of the ‘is this a kids’ show or what?’ controversy.

There are classics from all eras… ‘terror o…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent Yes, finally 😉 Thanks for the explanation about the Nestene Consciousness and the link – although I think for now I will be fine without additional background. But I absolutely love that it’s there – and that Doctor Who is a show that appreciates its fanbase’s enthusiastic attention to detail (probably because a lot of the people…[Read more]

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Plastic Mickey. Man eating bins… ‘leave it to me, I’m  a gymnast!’ (in so many words) and yes lots of planets have a north.

Rose the story was lightweight in a good way. Light touch. We all know Who can do Preposterous and Pompous. But a nod to Spearhead from Space/Terror of the Autons, nothing too alarming…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent. Jackie and Mickey definitely deserve credit for elevating every episode they were in. (Sadly Noel Clarke has somewhat soured things by his behaviour off screen so I am talking of Mickey the character.) Camille Coduri was excellent bringing warmth and humour to the role of Jackie. RTD did so  well with the family background for…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent   Thanks for the help. I have seen so many people lose stuff on lost or broken phones and computers that I have always kept paper, disc and copies on external drives. I haven’t decided what kind of PC I’ll get but I am shopping on Monday. Wish me luck. I miss it a lot especially a normal keyboard and my mouse and of course my n…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent and @janetteb  The PC nightmare continues and I am still using my tiny tablet. I ordered and got a new tower but after I set it up it flatlined! It has been sent back already and I have a headache. First order from Amazon and it was a lemon. They did take it back so I was happy about that.

There was nothing of importance on it as…[Read more]

Our youngest member of ‘cult Tv Club, (9yrs old) is currently watching through AGWho essentially for the first time and was awed by Blink. I think she was both terrified and loving it. We did a podcast on what we all watched last year and she talked about Dr Who which was great, it it wasn’t me for a change. It was generally agreed that Moffat’s…[Read more]

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cheers. I need to look at that!

Blink territory? Absolutely! I stress ‘almost!’ Blink is the gold standard, from the casting of Cary Mulligan to the gorgeous subplot with the detective, and the scene in the backroom of the video shop.

A shame the Angel’s mystique then became a bit tarnished.

Those Moffat stories from NuWho…[Read more]