@FaeGrl  Regarding nerdiness and the new cool: of course, the advent of the hipsters has played a part as well. But I don’t think it has trickled down into the high school age yet; at least, not at my son’s high school. He says that the “cool” boys are still the athletic ones. He has a foot in that camp due to his love of sport, but…[Read more]

@FaeGrl  It’s quite okay; as I said, I don’t think that most people agree with me here. I think the general consensus is that he loved her. It’s just not my view. I will say, though, that I see the metacrisis Doctor in quite a different light. I think that he was able to love Rose, exactly the way she wanted to be loved, precisely because he was…[Read more]

@Arbutus – Thanks for that! Not sure why the other vid was region locked, very odd.

@FaeGrl @FatManInABox – Okay…! Nothing can beat this;

The original Doctor Who theme, no other version has been better than this. Though I do like many other versions, especially the 80s themes. But this is the Doctor…[Read more]

@MonochromeDimension  I love a bit of Holst! And it’s even Who-related, being about space.  🙂  @FaeGrl  This link should work for you. There are a bunch of versions on YouTube, and I picked this one by the Chicago Symphony, because my husband, a trombone player, always used to talk about American-style vs. European-style brass sound (now is tha…[Read more]

@FaeGrl – Eep, sorry about that. 🙁

More Doctor Who music eh? Okay, lets see… I’m going to post something a bit different!

‘The Dawn of the Doctor’ by AktionMusic. Theme tune remix. I’ve got addicted to listening to this recently, its not like any other Doctor Who remix I’ve heard before.

@Arbutus @FaeGrl – Topic Dalek knows of your acknowledgment of going off-topic yourselves, and hopes it shall be rectified without her intervening … for now. Ahahahahaha!

ANYHOW! Topic Dalek will have to slightly go off-topic here herself, but as its just a brief mention, its okay.

Re: 17th Century History – Arbutus that would be awesome! I’d…[Read more]

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I responded to your post about the Doctor and Rose on the Next Doctor forum, but I realize that it probably should have been over here (don’t want the Topic Dalek after me!). But my response there led me to some further thoughts, on the ever-fascinating subject of regeneration. Ten, of course, frequently and obviously thought about Rose…[Read more]

@FaeGrl  I should say that I have always experienced DW in a bit of a vacuum. I don’t have friends or family who watch the show, and only in the last year or so have I really followed things on forums (of course, there didn’t use to be forums to follow!). So it may well be that the entirety of North American fandom took that scene one way, and me…[Read more]

@ConfusedPolarity   I love the idea of dividing the Doctor into “batches”!  One-Four, Five-Eight, Nine-Twelve (so far). I wouldn’t have thought of a division between Four and Five, but it’s true that Five’s era does have a different feel to it than most of Four’s. Okay, so my favourite “first batch” doctor is Four, my favourite from the second ba…[Read more]

@FaeGrl   I have to agree here with @purofilion, I always assumed that Mickey was meant in that little moment. It would have been the obvious thing to wonder, especially if, like the Doctor, the subtleties of human relationships elude you just a little. We know that Rose was never going back to Mickey, but would the Doctor have known…[Read more]

@FaeGrl – Because you posted that track… I have to post this track!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq-DhjidQxk

@FaeGrl @ScaryB @bluesqueakpip @monochromedimension

It’s an odd one this, because genuinely if a female turned up to a fan gathering (common, before we discovered shouting at each other on t’internet was easier) they wouldn’t be more welcome. A bit too welcome in some cases perhaps. 😉

As @monochromedimension pointed out, it wasn’t too easy to…[Read more]

@FaeGrl  – Re: Cosplay – Thank you! I keep wearing the sweater at the moment, I know its meant for my cosplay but its just too awesome to not wear normally.

Re: Nerdiness – The ‘its uncool to watch Doctor Who’ idea was in the late 80s in the UK, unfortunately when the Seventh Doctor’s run was on. I don’t think it was like that in the US however.…[Read more]

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I think the most weird judgment I’ve gotten for my love of Who is that it’s “nerdy”.

That’s certainly something that’s different between the US and the UK. Being an obsessed Whovian (who, me?) is more than a bit nerdy. But loving Doctor Who is not. Over one-fifth of the UK population watched The Day of The Doctor.

Being able to discuss…[Read more]

@FaeGrl @MonochromeDimension – “The Five Doctors” is one I have an especial soft spot for.  Being born in 1970 I was too young to appreciate the Second and Third Doctors in their own eras and that was my first introduction to them both.  They even (Troughton especially) stopped me missing the Fourth, and before broadcast I wouldn’t have thought t…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip @Purofilion @MissShannonKent @Faegrl

Interesting discussions, some of which have been touched on before.

re actors “owning” the character – much like the story told at any given time is the story the writer wants to tell (and has no duty to uphold any notions of continuity unless they want to) – each actor needs to “own” the…[Read more]

@FaeGrl – Yeah its a really cool episode, glad you liked it. Ainley is my favourite Master; I really like Delgado too, and I know most prefer him, but Ainley is the Master I know the most… kinda like… ‘my Master’? The Daleks are my favourite alien/monster from Doctor Who as well.

So now you know what all the “of Rassilon” jokes are about.

@FaeGrl – That’s okay, I’m just curious as to what your opinions are once you’ve watched a few more Seventh Doctor serials. Did you get to watch ‘The Five Doctors’?

@FaeGrl – Doctor Who soundtracks! Yay!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D-QPDGhCtM

@FaeGrl – Okay, just a warning! Best thing to remember is he’s just regenerated so is not in a proper frame of mind at the time. Just wondering; how much have you watched of the Seventh Doctor’s serials so far? Interested to know your opinions on his personality once you start watching his second season.

@missshannonkent – I actually hope Danny…[Read more]