@devilishrobby Yes I know that. The Absorbaloff was pretty naff, but – for a Doctor-lite episode – I found it quite absorbing. I mentioned it because I seem to recall it got a lot of flak as ‘worst ep.’

Actually, I have another candidate for worst ep ever, Kill the Moon. On the one side, it broke every single rule of basic physics or…[Read more]

@devilishrobby I may have expressed myself a bit unclear – I liked the new Doctor and will certainly see what future episodes bring for him. I certainly didn’t mean to criticze Ncuti’s performance as the Doctor, I’m sure he will be brilliant!
It was just this particular storyline that did not “click” with me. I didn’t really get the connection…[Read more]

@jimthefish

If what I have read is correct, I doubt we need spend time fretting about this Doctor’s costume. It will be like the British weather; if we don’t care much for what he is wearing this week, just wait a while and it will change.

On another tack, is the name Flood significant? It has reminded me that when I was aged around 11-12, way…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

Thanks for reporting back from Doctor Who Unleashed (which I do not seem to be able to access out here in the colonies). So, RTD has indicated a slow reveal of Mrs Flood? This promises more guess work on our behalf!

@ps1l0v3y0u

You are, of course, correct. It’s true, there was a lot of…shall we say Christmas cake…yesterday.

@devilishrobby – Yes, that is explained in the movie. What I was personally struck by was just how much the actual Hartnell had aged so early as a result of the smoking and drinking. But this is to focus on the sad side of his story. What the movie captures perfectly is just how much he captured the hearts of Britain’s children, and just how much…[Read more]

@Devilishrobby

The Black Guardian is another good call for a recurring BG villain.

The Key to Time was one of the earliest DW series that had a through thread I think. Maybe the earliest? There was also the 3rd Doctor’s Master series but this was rather more loosely held together. More of a theme I think, but let’s go with it.

The first…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

Try and find Shirley in that final shot of the helipad. And whose idea exactly was it to put machine guns in a wheelchair?

@devilishrobby  @phaseshift

Thanks .  Lord Voldemort’s Book of Resurrection Spells it is, then – that is, if I can find it on my double-stacked book shelves. 😉

@mudlark

@devilishrobby beat me to it, but the start of End of Time Part one has flashbacks to the scene indicating it was ‘The Cult Of Saxon’.

Time to break out that copy of Lord Voldermorts Bumper Book of Resurrection Spells again!

@devilishrobby

As I recall the most recent deployment of the HADS function prior to this was in The Magicians Apprentice, when the Tardis was fired on by Daleks. Missy, with Clara in tow, employed a different sneaky system to exit the scene

@robertcaligari

It’s a contentious subject I know but can we please keep it civil? You’ve started an interesting discussion here (imo) and everyone’s entitled to agree and disagree but let’s try to do it in a friendly way? Part of the point of this site’s inception was as a refuge away from the more combative corners of the internet and we should…[Read more]

@jimthefish Part of the reason I am attracted to the suggestion of @devilishrobby is that there is more than a few isolated clips and photos of the Gough Toymaker. The entire last episode still exists, and is available on the DVD “Lost in Time” which contains a series of Hartnell and Troughton episodes that survived the ’60s cull. The DVD is still…[Read more]

Sorry about the multiple posts, but I just wanted to add that, like @jimthefish , I very much like @devilishrobby ‘s suggestion that this and the previous episode might be part of a scenario devised by the Toymaker, thus providing a link between the three specials. I’m not entirely convinced about The Star Beast, since it was based closely on an…[Read more]

@devilishrobby

Yes, must admit I like that idea a lot. It’ll be interesting to see the Toymaker back but I do wonder if expectations might be a little high. What with the Gough original only been seen in a few isolated clips and photos I wonder if he might have been built it up in fans’ imaginations. I know he’s a character I’ve built up to epic…[Read more]

Mrs Blenkinsop and I just rewatched the final episode of the Hartnell story “The Celestial Toymaker” (the only episode to survive), and am intrigued by the suggestion above by @devilishrobby. Yes, it could, indeed, unfold that way. All three Tennant specials could all be part of a game implemented by The Toymaker, and, indeed, “London Town” could…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: center;”>@devilishrobby @dentarthurdent</p>
There’s also a steelbook of the Colourised Dalek “movie” they showed on the BBC on the 23rd November.

They are generally Blu-ray or 4k (so higher quality than a dvd), and often have extra art on the inside cover. Plus some extra content on the disks, but not always.

They do look…[Read more]

@devilishrobby     I just Googled and ‘steelbook’ is what it sounds like – simply a steel DVD case.   Personally I’m perfectly happy with the usual polythene DVD cases, less likely to get scuffed (because their labels are slip-fitted paper under a clear plastic cover).     Steelbook issues apparently typically have more ‘extras’.   But I’d be a ta…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent  @devilishrobby  I am hiding over here because I have not watched the new Who so I can’t comment. I do peek now and then but I am not too bothered by spoilers.

Midnight was an excellent episode that caused me great anxiety when I watched it. A small ship filled with random people on a sight seeing excursion, what could go wrong? E…[Read more]

@devilishrobby   Often ‘bottle shows’ are among the best, if the writer and cast are good.  I guess Moffat’s equivalent would be ‘Listen’, though it used several locations (so maybe it wasn’t quite a ‘bottle’ show) but the cast was only four people.   Again, it had two truly hair-raising scenes, one with the silent bedspread monster and the othe…[Read more]

@devilishrobby  Thanks for the heads up! I just watched and thought it was very timey wimey.

@blenkinsopthebrave  and @ janetteb  I have not watched the Star Wars Xmas thing since it first aired so many years ago.My kids were little and they liked it and that is all I remember about it. It was very unforgettable I think.

stay sane the Doctor is…[Read more]