It feels a bit quiet on the site and circumstances seem to be moving fast, and more of us (of a certain age) seem to be self-isolating. Hopefully, things will pass, but it would be great if there was a place where…[Read more]

Yeah, Dracula was a rare treat. You’ve already covered many points I had in my notes, but thanks for the reference to the barmaid in the Rose & Crown. Completely missed that on first watch!

I just thought it was constructed brilliantly. I just wanted to point out that the most controversial point…[Read more]

What if the Child is effectively physically harnessed to all Time Lords  -their very ability to be TLs contingent upon the role of the Child to exist across all dimensions & eternally?

I really like that idea, not least because it is compatible with my theory and also with the idea that the Time Lords are the result of radical genetic…[Read more]

Oh good, we are discussing Moffat and Gatiss’ Dracula!

I said this on T’Other Place, after seeing Part 3:

“I think it played with the source material quite beautifully (“bloofer lady”) and found a way to incarnate the Victorian gothic themes of sublimated carnality, purity, corruption and death into the…[Read more]

Episode two- The Master! The actors had a pretty good new year period!

@pedant – additionally, I felt as though he realised that he’d always thought he could die any time…[Read more]

To be fair, I’m not sure stakes would be terribly effective against wolves and also, of course, wolves come with their own fear-lore.

Another easter egg: the ward Zoe was in was ward AD 72. Check out IMDB if not familiar.

Burned Lucy was epic and her demise a splendid nod to Buffy.

There was a bit of fluff on Twitter about the…[Read more]

could we have another On the Sofa page for Christmas…?

Good questions all. I’ll try and answer them without slipping into party politics.

The reason you are confused about proportional representation in the UK is that it does exist, but not in national elections. There was a referendum in 2011 to change to Alternative Vote System, turnout about 42%, verdict ‘No’. So there we…[Read more]

On many levels, this is very bad. I had no idea proportional representation didn’t exist. I had no clue Corbyn was  Marxist, anti-Semitic, pro IRA.

@Fatmaninabox my sympathy to you, Your story emerged from a significant personal relationship which…[Read more]

London largely went Labour, or stayed Labour. The ‘red wall’ in the heartlands is breached; one of the suggestions for the loss of seats that were Labour for generations is “It is not rocket science that calling your own voters fascist scum and trying to erase their democratic vote would not end well.”

I…[Read more]

Nice to hear from you again. ::waves::

Those Daleks do indeed look rather cool. I admit to not being a great fan of the pepperpots, but since Chibnall managed to actually do something new with them for Resolution, I’ll wait and see if the script is as cool as the redesign.

“Thank god it’s you!”

He lives!

Although clearly not at 100% – you accidentally misspelled pepperpots….

Do you still have you magic wand of fixing stuff? Only we really need a new sofa…

Cheers

Janette

Great to see you back! I really hope all is well with you? Thank you for the links. There’s been a few on this page in the past month but I hadn’t kept up. So thanks to @bluesqueakpip @blenkinsopthebrave  @geoffers @pedant @cathannabel for links & nudges.

Indeed:

 Noor Inyat Khan – I’ve been borderline obsessed with her since readi…

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@JanetteB Sorry about the cinema disaster, but sounds like you made the…[Read more]

I don’t take prisoners…

one more piece of proof the he is trying to fundamentally change how The Doctor is perceived. From Jodie Whittakers portrayal of The Doctor and the writing this season and now a new year’s episode instead of Christmas episode he has changed the series beyond salvation. I don’t believe I will watch next season in protest. I definitely am…

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In short, Doctor Who has been ‘fundamentally changing’ since it was first broadcast and I dare say it will continue to do so for as long as it continues being made.

An absolutely brilliant post where every example you used was perfect.

Good to see you again.

@miapatrick  Your day sounds perfect and I love Christmas doggies.

@kevinwho  I just watched that one and it…[Read more]

Indeed we are. But I had a moment….wherein the roast pork, left in fridge for too long, wasn’t going to crackle. To the god crattklexporokox I prayed (also called the Bosch oven handbook) and soon ……(within 10 mins) we had pork crackling with potatoes dauphin  – – @mudlark when returning would know the origin of said spuds – – and…[Read more]

I know we are at the end of a series, when contributions slow down, but it does seem that the activity on the site has slowed down considerably in comparison to what it used to be like.

I am not entirely sure why this should be so, but this site has been running for a number of years, and we have had so many regular contributors who,…[Read more]

@mudlark

Now, mudders! Definitely you wrote a post describing the furious winter experience from which I took a “whoa, THAT’S a serious winter. That. Right there.” 😉

Not to worry. If it was more humorous than, “awful. This is awful” awful then…[Read more]

For thee:

Puro and T16

Thanks! Will investigate.

You made me think of hungover Sunday mornings in a Balham house-share and Channel 4’s line up of The Wonder Years, followed by a rotation of Bonanza, The Invaders or The Fugitive followed by The Waltons in full and in order (up to and including Wrong John Boy).

If TP ever shows the 1954 Peter Cushing 1984, now that’s work a…[Read more]

I think I referred to your lentils dispute (Lentil-gate) on The Sofa? But I didn’t catch up on your mention of T16s rather horrendous essay in maths class. Indeedy! Except it nudged him to a ‘B’ what won’t be a B or even a pass in the exam yesterday where he texted me with: “I had 2 on the C level correct and 3 of the D level correct.…[Read more]

I know. I let myself down on 5th Nov ‘cos I was out photographing these:

This ep also had the tightest dialogue and direction/editing so far, so I would be intrigued to know the shooting blocks.

I’m not sure about the fact that Graham has cancer.

OK. Sorry, why?

I look a million dollars and I’m half dead. No kidding. I have a paramedic watching this as I type and he’s performing a truly hideous job/procedure (these doods get paid far too little).  Yesterday I was in the garden for 4 hours. Last night I had some peeps over fo…[Read more]

I’m totally up for this, and agree with everyone who says that Jodie nailed it from the outset. Felt quite Tennant-y (not a bad thing IMHO 🙂 ) and I loved how, apart from a couple of throwaway lines, she just gets on with…[Read more]

Just to say a quick hello to all newbies & oldies as well & hoping to see @arbutus on these pages soon.

I actually loved the episode. The tremendous…[Read more]

Always, with removable drives, trying emptying the trash, or whatever the hell ‘doze calls it. Removable drives often don’t release the space unless explicitly told to.

farewell XP, you’ll be missed

You are the only person ever to type this.

Wow, you and the new episode joined together in a timeywimey way there, did you use some Sheffield steel in your repairs too 😁

Other people have said to me before that the Doctor finds you/you find the Doctor when you need him most. For me the worst was during Smithy’s era, when my mum’s memories were disintegrating rapidly (my mum who watched DW from 1963 with me, including the episodes I had to miss, and would then remember them and relate them back to me); at…[Read more]

@Craig, We have indeed been honoured. Seems like you might be needing a very big stick,, I noticed that a dodgy post was quickly disappeared recently, maybe the one in question.

Cheers
Janette

I recommend The Kraken Wakes, by John Wyndham.

Sweet dreams. 😀

It was like that with the Doctor Who 50th Prom. Very raw out of tune honking on the radio but all fixed by the TV transmission.

1 day for John Williams is a fast turn around though!

Listening out for bum notes now (They may have frantically edited the sound somehow!)

Cheers!

Thanks for the Prom dates!

Hope your domestix get sorted soon.

Cheers
Janette

“The scare room”

LOL – sounds like my kinda place (and also sounds very familiar (come and do mine too if you like 😉 ))

Also great to see you’re still around @serahni as always enjoy your thoughts.

(Apologies for missing others who I’ve forgotten – the threads are looonnng if its few days after an episode!!)

@FatManInAbox – Heehee, still some glitter there, huh? No IDEA where that could’ve come from 😉

@Wolfweed – LOVE the Weclome mat, and a picture of a squishy MEEEE (and my Doctor)! Thank you.

@Pedant (you have no idea how much that made me…[Read more]

I was beginning to worry about the two of you….

ah, it’s good to have the old family back together… sniff….

Thanks for the welcome. Good to see you too. (And relieved to hear @fatmaninabox manged to drag his head out from the innards of the sofa before I sat down! (I’ve been more under the sofa than behind it for most of this series)).

Done a little bit of dipping in to threads – the theories are as…[Read more]