Prof. Brian Cox did a televised lecture to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who which dealt with the scientific aspects of the programme.

Current thinking is that if it were possible to travel through time, although the traveler could could go to any future time, the furthest they could travel back is the point at which…[Read more]

Another easter egg: the ward Zoe was in was ward AD 72.

Yep, I noticed that too but forgot to mention it. By the time I remembered it was too late to edit my post.

@miapatrick

Thanks for confirming what I heard even though I attributed it to the wrong character.

On Sunday nights at 9pm, Talking Pictures (freeview 81) have been showing…[Read more]

Before I comment on the series, I need to get something off my chest…

Claes Bang -yes I bloody well would be his bride.

@Pedant

Well I thought it was a hoot

Yup, but I must admit that once I realised this wasn’t going to be a faithful adaptation I spent a good few minutes huffing, puffing and shouting obscenities at the TV. I wasn’t…[Read more]

Earlier this morning, a tweet appeared on my timeline from a member of this forum. I’m not going to name, shame or tag who it was but as the topic of politics has arisen I’d like to address the issue concerned.

Oh England what have you…

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I was just browsing the BBC News site and came across this from Oct 2019 regarding the filming of an episode from the new series in Bristol.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-50152072

While the news story doesn’t mention who the new Dalek was designed by, I’m getting strong MechMaster vibes. For those who aren’t…[Read more]

@thane16 – Yes, Puro, the auto subtitles can get things hilariously wrong. Which brings me to this…

@pedant – According to the subtitles on your video “I had my mates cut in half”. I’m sure we’ve all told our friends to piss off when they’re being annoying but having them dismembered might be a tad drastic 😆

Very true, but let’s not make a change like that again! 😉

I’m outraged. Outraged, I tell you (not really). Colin Baker rocks, at least in the handful of Big Finish stories that I’ve heard he does 🙂

I’d stopped watching DW shortly after Liz Sladen left – not because of that, I’d just reached the stage in life where I had more i…[Read more]

I’m always around it’s just that sometimes I forget to deactivate my cloaking device 🙂

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and aren’t suffering the aftereffects of too many sprouts. It’s been quite windy today 😆

I’d say replacing William Hartnell with Patrick Troughton was a ‘fundamental change’. Or how about having The Doctor earth-bound and unable to operate the TARDIS. Then there’s the ‘fundamental change’ from a boyish, cricket loving Doctor to an…[Read more]

It was used in a Christmas advert a few years ago but I can’t remember the company or product they were trying to push. Ah, the power of advertising 🙂

Spam on the ‘Faces of The Doctor’ page – user name morganallen45

Forgot to say – nice fireworks pics over on the Kerblam page

Oh, Puro! I was having such a good day and you go and spoil it all by mentioning Theresa May. Grrrr 🙂

@pedant

I think they did show 1984 a few months ago but, due to my sieve-like brain, I forgot to watch it. They have a tendency to repeat films every few months so I dare say it’ll be on again soon.

True Entertainment have The…[Read more]

There’s a great channel broadcasting in the UK called Talking Pictures. It’s been broadcasting for quite a while but I’ve only recently discovered it.

They show old films and TV programmes which are mostly b&w and from the 1930s to 1960s but from time to time they broadcast programmes/films from the 70s & 80s particularly those that,…[Read more]

Bloody enjoyed this one though. The first half had a whiff of ‘The Beast Below’ about it – the delivery bots bearing a passing resemblance to the ‘Smilers’ added to that feeling.

Bubble wrap as a weapon – it can’t fail really. After all, who can resist popping…[Read more]

I was doing a bit of ‘bonkerising’ from the start which, as with most bonkerising, turned out to be wrong. I thought that the big blue space turnip may have been the TARDIS re-growing (was it the 10th Doctor that said they were grown rather…[Read more]

Firstly, I record TV to my PC using a USB thingy. I haven’t used it for a while ( since last year’s Xmas episode in fact) so earlier today I did a test run just to make sure it was still working and today of all days, it decided to record audio only – no video. Oh poo!

Thinking it…[Read more]

Unless I’m in someway special and have been singled out, some of you may have received a message from @keranuu6543 inviting you to be her friend (and has very kindly supplied me with her private email address). I’m pretty sure I don’t need to say this but do not respond.

Keran / Karen claims to work for the US Army but, given the English…[Read more]

When ‘Testimony’ is being explained, various images of people having their memories extracted appear as holograms. The last person to be shown is a woman in Victorian attire who, to me, looks a lot like Jenny…[Read more]

is there going to be an in-universe explanation of 13’s Yorkshireness?

If it hadn’t been for the accent, I’d have said that The Doctor’s recent encounter with Capt. Lethbridge-Stewart may have had an influence. In the next Doctors first, very brief moments, I found myself thinking of Kate Stewart.

I think there may be a simpler reason why Bill doesn’t know/remember what happened to Heather. Bill, or at least the version that exists within Testimony, didn’t travel with Heather. The moment that Heather touched Bill and converted her to ‘Puddle Bill’ is the moment that Bill/CyberBill died and her memories became…[Read more]

I love Russian Trolls. I’ve always been fascinated by the way they fit so neatly inside each other.

Oh wait… My mistake. That’s Russian Dolls

“Still, if an intelligent race of tentacled underwater beings winds up outmaneuvering us and taking over the planet, we can’t say there weren’t warning signs.”

http://gizmodo.com/swarms-of-octopus-are-taking-over-the-world-s-oceans-1777790453

If they start to develop metal travel machines, I’m outta here!

For those intending to watch/record tonight’s BBC4 broadcast pay close attention to the beginning of the ‘Raiders March’. There are a few ‘bum’ notes making it sound as though the orchestra…[Read more]

On Thursday 20th July at 19:30, BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting a celebration of the music of John Williams. The concert will also be televised on BBC4 on Friday 21st at 20:00 – running time approx 2…[Read more]

You never know, one day I might manage to make a proper return to the fold.

I must admit I wasn’t too happy at the prospect of a female Doctor but that smile on Jodie’s/The Doctor’s face has already won me over. Unlike a couple of posters here…[Read more]

Please don’t be a stranger to us! You are well loved, friend.

@ScaryB

And I completely second your thoughts to FatManInABox.

@Whisht

as Puro said.

Aww, luv you too

I haven’t been around as much as I’d have liked as I’m having a serious de-clutter of my flat as well as rearranging the furniture. (@ScaryB – you’ll be pleased to h…[Read more]

The music, are there themes from elsewhere which you recognise? From BG Who? Or randomly from 2006-2008 (RTD era, I think)?

There are a few ‘old’ themes that cropped up in this episode.

At 29mins, there’s a reprise of part of the 11th Doctor’s theme* and later on at 44mins we get a reworking of ‘1969’ from the Series 6 soundtrack…[Read more]

I had intended a ‘big return’ to the forum but my plans have been scuppered by a few PC problems over the last couple of days. Still, there’s plenty of time to catch up.

While I realise it’s not necessary, I’d like to take a moment to explain my absence over the past year; I’ll try and…[Read more]

Apologies to those who were finding the sofa a bit lumpy and bumpy. It’s my fault, I fell down the back of it. I’d advise you all to not go rummaging down the back of it for lost coins/episodes though – it’s not pretty down there (doesn’t smell particularly pleasant either. That’s my fault too 😉 )

Blimey, it’s…[Read more]