Lot’s of good stuff to read here (@pedant, @timeloop, @wolfweed, @scaryb)

OK, Deep breath, here are my somewhat organised ramblings. I’ve tried to mention the people who sparked of my thoughts. Sorry if I missed anyone.

Numbering: @Hudsey, thanks for the info direct from Moffatt regarding the numbers. I was already getting confused before this…[Read more]

@DenValdron

Couple of things:

– I strongly resent the implication that there is something passive about my aggression. I have been on the internet way to long to have anything other than zero tolerance of trolling and fuckwittery. I’m quite happy to let everybody else be the good cop;

– Posting a tendencious view is one thing, but when you are…[Read more]

@DenValdron – it’s always difficult arguing with someone who won’t admit that they’ve made an error of fact; it’s especially difficult when you continue to make errors that show you don’t know what you’re talking about. Could we just agree that – for reasons of storytelling – Queen Elizabeth felt that burying something under a pile of expensive…[Read more]

@DenValdron

The rules of storytelling are not like the rules of physics.

Blimey. Who’da thunk it. I refer to the question I asked earlier.

Trouble is you keep using straw men. You still haven’t told us if you know what stasis* is. ‘Cos your entire snark about playing bridge vanishes once you actually listen to the dialogue.

As Will McAvoy put…[Read more]

Hey @denValdron – I don’t think anyone’s getting at you personally, I think they’re just (also) offering their perspectives.

I thought the show great on first viewing, then weaker on first remembering and have now re-watched and think it much better than when I first viewed it. As for the Moment choosing when to locate/snatch the Doctors, perhaps…[Read more]

You can always find something you don’t like when you stubbornly keep looking for it. It saddens me that so many in the interwebs feel entitled to so much ARSE. Telling them what they should have done. Moffat has packed so much in this one episode. I was afraid there would not be enough time to get through it all in time but he managed it…[Read more]

@DenValdron

Look, there’s a difference between stating a reason for purposes of plot, and having something make sense.

Granted. But, that said, there’s also a difference between something that makes sense to you, and makes sense to a character. There’s also a difference between making sensible objections and idiotic ones – how the hell could the…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

s. However, it was a baggy old, saggy old beast of a script, which rather reflects the totality of Who thus far.

There was one moment when it flagged a bit for me. Then Billie turned up and all was well.

Given more time, it would indeed have been great to consider in-depth serious peace negotiations between humans and Zygons.

No. The…[Read more]

Just throwing in my tuppenceworth.

For me the big story and theme of the episode is the moral dilemma – is it ever justifiable to kill a few for the sake of the many; and even more so when those “few” (well, a smaller no than the no who will be saved, to be more precise) are innocents, particularly children.

The answer was a resounding…[Read more]

Of course, that begs the question as to how the Doctor knows the High Council’s plans, when the War Council has no idea.

His Mum told him. 😉

If you think about it, @DenValdron, The Doctor is a former President of Gallifrey. The equivalent – a former Prime Minister – would retain their seat on the Privy Council for life, and so are generally on…[Read more]

I don’t know @pedant  I think @DenValdron ‘s criticisms are valid tbh.

I enjoyed the episode in so many ways, not least (which I haven’t mentioned yet) the cinematography. The shot which took us from planetary explosion to a coffee cup was particularly beautiful. I enjoyed most of all, the collective experience of sharing fifty years of the pro…[Read more]

@denValdron

the Doctor’s Romance with Queen Elizabeth and the Zygon invasion in Elizabethan times… That’s two subplots I suppose, but we’ll call them one for purposes of economy.

It’s one subplot, and not for purposes of economy. The Doctor is romancing Queen Elizabeth because he thinks she’s a Zygon imposter. Unfortunately, it was the horse wot…[Read more]

@DenValdron

Well, let me ask some questions about the Zygons. Are they the most lacksadaisical alien invaders ever? I mean… come on, they’ve had their invasion plot going on for two or three centuries? Jesus, talk about low impact, or low energy. They’re slackers

I recommend you listen to the dialogue. This was quite clearly explained.

Do what…

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@DenValdron – I believe the Doctor was ON the High Council.  There was a cartoon released (where was that?) that showed a member of the High Council referring to the Doctor as having gone rouge.  We do know that the war has been going on a very long time, long enough for the 9th (?? can we refer to the War Doctor as the 9th?) to know about the t…[Read more]

@denValdron – great to hear you here again!

A fantastic plot-hole question!

and how should we fill a plot-hole question??

With a bonkers theory of course!! Its what we’re here for!

🙂

Now, I haven’t an effing clue. Do you?

Oh ok, (channelling ‘bonkers’) – can there be backward echoes of future events?

The GI does enter the scar, so has…[Read more]

@DenValdron

You can watch Downtime here

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcgxuo_downtime-part1_shortfilms

Can’t find a copyof the DVD for sale online and the VHS is going for silly money:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Downtime-VHS-Nicholas-Courtney/dp/B00004CRJH/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1384948544&sr=1-1&keywords=downtime

Loving the phrase…[Read more]

Hey @Shazzbot – yep, looking forward to it!

Sorry have been a bit quiet of late – just ‘stuff’ keeping me away from the forum, but am lurking and catching up when I can!

And I now owe a few people posts but can’t find the threads, so (for one) hi @denValdron – glad you made it back! Any bonkers theories??

;¬)

@DenValdron – You might like my comic blog which has a couple of Cushing-y mentions…

btw – in terms of theories I’ve enjoyed… I didn’t want to mention posters by name, as I’d forget someone and that would be dumb.

However, perhaps its good to remember some of those who don’t seem to be around anymore, in case a mention gets an email to them that they open and want to take part.

So here’s to @MTGradwell @Bruin @CraigNixon @penny…[Read more]

Ha ha, no worries @sonicginsling – I wasn’t thinking it was keeping you up all night

🙂

But the @denvaldron posts were just funny (as well as off the wall!).

Afraid there’s no way I can summarise the […]