@doctorbaker Frank Skinner got a free pass on the ‘celebrity casting’ moans on the grounds that he’s well known to be a keen fan who’s been begging for any role whatsoever. For ages.

I think the feeling was that he’d earned that one, on the grounds of long and patient pleading. Personally, I was just pleased that – when he finally got his part -…[Read more]

@DoctorBaker I have to admit you’ve made me laugh. Cheers. And I do admire the effort. Honestly. Not being sarcastic.

I hope you’ll post on our Doctor Who memories thread, and maybe on the companions thread. Also just say hello on the Sofa. I would really like to hear where you’re coming from.

@Marconi @DoctorBaker

It is not about negative thoughts — you will see plenty if you can resist the urge to be blind – but registering to post them in such a crushingly unoriginal, one-dimensional manner (as if the fatuous “soap opera” complaint is somehow more than lazy sloganising about probably the hardest discipline on TV). It is…[Read more]

@DoctorBaker @Marconi I think you will find a lot of criticism here, and constructive criticism is always welcome. We’re here to debate the good and the bad. If you care to check out past episodes you will see there have been many episodes that a lot of us have thought could have been better.

But a negative attitude or approach is not very…[Read more]

@DoctorBaker Nice of you to take the time and effort to sign up just to tell us how bad you thought it was. Nice avatar too, which I see you’ve revised already since you joined to make the “Worst” bolder and add “idiot” on the forehead.

Negativity always interests me, especially the energy it seems to give some people. If I see something I love I…[Read more]