@elbalk-kev  As already said I think others here have already summed it up. I basically don’t agree with most of what you say, but you do make some good points and I myself have rolled my eyes countless times at the bad science in Doctor Who. In particularly recently Kill The Moon and Forest Of The Night which just pushed things over the top over…[Read more]

@arbutus   The Master as Wile E Coyote  –  absolutely spot on! Brilliant 🙂

@elbalk-kev   There is not much I can add to what has already been said in response to your post; I pretty much endorse the views expressed by @JimThe Fish, @arbutus and @pedant.  The only authority I can bring to bear on the subject is that of someone who was (at least…[Read more]

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What are these dream crabs? Where did they come from

Explained here for the benefit of plot obsessives.

Well, I’m here to say that some of us are paying attention.

But not you, apparently.

 It stood the test of time because the internal logic was respected

You have clearly watched very little Who. The amount of contradictory cruft bui…[Read more]

@elbalk-kev       While you aren’t the only viewer who would like to see a different approach to the science in Doctor Who, I don’t think it’s fair to simply reduce that criticism to a generic one of “bad writing”. I think that the underlying themes of AG Who have always skewed toward the metaphysical and emotional; RTD brought in the character-d…[Read more]

@elbalk-kev — I suspect @pedant will be along in a moment for a proper word, but in the meantime, I’ll have a nibble on this tasty bait.

 The original concept of the show was to be a children’s’ science show

It really wasn’t. Historical educational definitely, but the scientific content has always been more or less total drivel.

As it matu…

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