@dentarthurdent. I too think that It Takes You Away is the best episode of the series, though it has more plot holes than a goth’s stockings. The setting and characters helped and I agree. The entire show would have been better if they had left Graham in the alternative reality with Grace.

if you ‘create’ a replica of a person, complete with all…

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Interesting (to me anyway) to see how the TV script formatting differs from movies.

Chrissie’s transcripts at Chakoteya.net.

I didn’t know about those. Thanks.very much.

@ps1l0v3y0u you’re are indeed right that the 12 regeneration rule was created as cannon in the Deadly Assassin but that particular bit of cannon was partially broken by the 5 Doctors special episode when it was hinted/stated that Timelords from the ancient times like Rassilon were potentially immortal obviously implying that sone Timelords could h…[Read more]

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if you’re bored you can say so. It’s fine.

Otherwise… in Name of the Doctor it’s obviously 1 who stole the tardis in it’s ‘death star elevator’ form but that’s Moff’s retcon.

The existence of other Timelords and tardises is introduced in The Time Meddler (season 2) and expanded on with The War Games (season 6) when Timelord, th…[Read more]

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You must be in a mellow mood indeed. There are good aspects to this episode, speaking from memory as it isn’t one I re watch. I like Yaz’ family and think it a great shame that they were recurring characters. the rest was meh, very meh and not one to appeal to Australians.  I also found the moralising not just heavy handed, Chibs…[Read more]

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Clara/Ashildr’s tardis did indeed have a duff chameleon circuit. A Type 40 problem? Like Leyland fully detachable door handles? Or it’s the same tardis and sexyidris thought all those shakes and burgers would be bad for her figure.

Last point… everyone assumes Ruth predates 1, just as everyone (now) assumes the faces we saw in Mo…[Read more]

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Could you disguise the inside of a tardis? The Diner had a back room (presumably a kitchen???!) which was the tardis proper. Clara and Ashildr may have gone anywhere (apart from The Time War and Earth circa Chicxulub) and met anyone.

In that a chameleon circuit is supposed to disguise a tardis, why bury it?

Otherwise, could the…[Read more]

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I agree with most of your summary of the episodes. I did like Demons of the Punjab in part because it reminded me of a novel which I studied in Post Colonial lit and like that novel I did not feel it needed to comment on the Raj. It was telling a different story. However it wasn’t really Dr Who. It was good but something else. It…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

Samuel Anderson is a great actor. Obviously he was part of the ‘centenary soldier’ arc. I loved it when Danny identifies the Doctor as an officer. So yes he’s abrasive; he is an antagonist. Not everyone can be warm and fluffy. Rory is in some ways more Doctor-like than the Doctor; its a tribute to Arthur Darvill’s acting that he…[Read more]

@dwnerdfrommars @dentarthurdent

George Lucas a Whovian?? I had a friend who was an (American) Professor of Anthropology, a huge sci fi fan, and he confessed he didn’t get Who at all. Denis Waterman was famously dismissive. Perhaps he wanted write the them tune/sing the theme tune ala Little Britain.

The most obvious parallel for Star Wars is D…[Read more]

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Some might say brave. Others foolish.

I remember meeting a fellow whovian late in 2018 and we eventually, reluctantly turned to the problems of the new season.

The overriding impressions were of slowness and incoherence. We identified the tiptoeing around The Lady Doctor issue (and so the unwelcome return of the crowded Tardis…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @ps1l0v3y0u The only thing I really remember about Skyfall is that one of the main characters had the same name as my mister which made me very happy. I was so happy every time they said his name, my own little Doctor Who connection. Maybe I should rewatch, there must have been more happening.

Stay safe

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Spyfall… I confess I have issues with the Bond franchise. This doesn’t help me take the story seriously.

Noor Inayat Khan… doh! I typoed her name! Sorry.

If Zchib, or Moff, want to bring on Nazis for creative reasons, so be it. Better be done well tho. If they can advance the story with recent political or historical figures…[Read more]

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I really like Love and Monsters. Even Moaning Myrtle’s (hinted) life as a paving slab. But then I happily defend doctor 6.

CB wasn’t a great actor but he was given an impossible brief; Tom in that role (to judge from the occasional shouty moments from a decade before) would have been truly terrifying. And I dou…[Read more]

@winston. glad to hear you are recovering. Do take it easy and make the most of the rest. It is a wonderful opportunity to read and watch things. (and eat pizza 🙂 even listen to some podcasts.

& @dentarthurdent and @ps1l0v3y0u (see if I get it right this time..) and @dwnerdfrommars

I had stopped watching Dr Who by the Baker2 years and feel…[Read more]

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6 (and Nichola Bryant) undoubtedly copped the worst excesses of Nathan Turner and Saward. Not that 5 didn’t also suffer: The Myrka; Turlough going crazy; Anthony Ainley going crazy; the correct way to milk a giant bat…

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@dentarthurdent @janetteb Thanks for the well wishes. Day 6 and still in bed most of the day but today I feel a bit more human. Cons- can’t move without help, missing the tulips and daffodils, can’t bath except from a bowl, mister Winston does not know where anything is, pain, boredom… more to come. Pros – I can watch old Who all I want, eat…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent and @winston I second the MP3 player suggestion. When I was in icu I had four cd’s and listened to them over and over. The music really helped but I also read a lot, all books I was familiar with starting with Pride and Prejudice which made me laugh, I think I owe my life to Mrs Bennett aka Alison Steadman, followed by Lord of the…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

Twice Upon a Time was a bit seventies sitcom. In a good way.

’sunglasses indoors?’

’What’s browser history?’

’Has someone been drinking this?’

’If I hear any more language like that young lady…’ that must be what you were thinking of. Some light relief after the horror of ‘The World Enough’ and ‘Doctor Falls’.

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@nerys @dentarthurdent @ps1l0v3y0u

The new Tardis looks great but I wouldn’t want to clean it! 😉

I could happily live in the Tardis library without the scary burnt guys of course.

Stay safe