The Doctor Who Forum | FishComBobulated | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/fishcombobulated/activity/ Activity feed for FishComBobulated. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:22:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 dc213edf5c8d54bda3ba4073d734c193 FishComBobulated replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/#post-30028 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 07:01:58 +0000 American media does not recall or recognize the villain from “The Girl in the Fireplace,” and, given the lack of Capaldi quotations in a dozen articles, they also do not understand his accent well enough.

I had no expectations for American media on it, though, because… well. Need I say more? This made the “instant reviews” (more like knee-jerk…[Read more]

]]> 2afd6c53f0161bbf1485fc37df203f1b FishComBobulated replied to the topic Website comments in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/website-comments/page/12/#post-18322 Sat, 12 Oct 2013 09:00:50 +0000 @Craig –

 

Thanks for adding it, and I understand both minds to which you referred. I’m slightly trepidatious adding the first post, but there’s such a wealth to discuss about it that it will be spoiler free (after breakfast and tea).

]]> f19c7181928bc5f19f1287c19d6f46ec FishComBobulated replied to the topic Doctor Who News (2) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/doctor-who-news-2/page/7/#post-18248 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:04:42 +0000 @PhaseShift – But because the BBC has certain clever rights to this footage, they stand to make a more than substantial amount of money by slowly releasing the lost eps on DVD and digital downloads. This will create a relatively huge influx of money for them (which sadly won’t be in part funneled to some degree back into the nudget for new Who…[Read more]

]]> 020afdf36c87ab6138d20911e3b61af1 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Rose & Crown in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-rose-and-crown/page/6/#post-18247 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:55:03 +0000 @IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan – They needed to be remastered (and what a fine job), but I imagine that SM et al got to see them these past several months if not years in some cases. And the influence from them on the direction of writing and casting has been quite palpable.

@Bluesqueakpip – Given what Gatiss said, and the journalistic work done by…[Read more]

]]> 6cb5e10b0d38a2fd7e93501f8d3e8879 FishComBobulated replied to the topic Website comments in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/website-comments/page/12/#post-18234 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:17:01 +0000 @Craig – Loving the redesign. Worlds better. Gray is the new grey. Could you please add “Web of Fear” to the BG episodes section now that it is released? I imagine I’m not the only old goat giddy to discuss it. Thanks.

]]> 1243ae51efa53d720623f6a0e1aa6d01 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Rose & Crown in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-rose-and-crown/page/6/#post-18233 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:09:55 +0000 @ScaryB –

The same thought passed throuh my mind as I watched the first two episodes tonight. Which thought then transmuted: How long has SM known about and been watching these lost episodes? And how much have they informed his choices on many levels, from the inclusion of The Great Intelligence in his writing to the casting of Peter Capaldi…[Read more]

]]> aadbe5f9902631272f1077ba88d8ad39 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/17/#post-15494 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:57:04 +0000 @shazzbot @nickthefish @Nick

That all said, I think it would be creepy for Clara and Capaldi’s incarnation to have a romantic angle. Her introduction has been a definite BG transition back to Platonic. I was […]

]]> fe0621758fabcbc3bd8ad2528524afe1 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/17/#post-15492 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:24:50 +0000 @scaryb – Let’s be honest about the fan”girls”, especially some of the American ones, who made some rather “ugly” social media responses to Capaldi’s selection: if they think that not having late 20-something to […]

]]> 9e9a0379e55aa19e9c41f7ba8848b4a7 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/17/#post-15490 Mon, 05 Aug 2013 18:16:00 +0000 @shazzbot et. al. – After the deflating celebrity hype of the live special and a day to consider the new Doctor, I have come to realize this:

Celebrity is being incredibly overblown. Not just on the special. […]

]]> 2af2c7c347c1b6f738706a0050e488e5 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/16/#post-15319 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:57:39 +0000 @JuniperFish – I’m a huge fan of Bryan Fuller (“Wonderfalls” and “Pushing Daisies”), but I couldn’t gather enough interest to slog through the gore at 10 p.m. on a week night.

]]> f2345d8a53816f261c5cbd42263ab3b3 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/16/#post-15318 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:54:29 +0000 Of interest in one of the articles covering this is that Moff nearly cast PC instead of Smith as Eleven. From the writing angle, I think that has some serious implications. Initially Moff decided to start with the […]

]]> 569cd4a0a23f39579325f6ee2c976346 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/15/#post-15276 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:15:19 +0000 So excited about the the choice here. PC has a thundrously wide range and will be able to dress down hostile aliens in a singular manner.

That was an incredibly painful live show. It’s basically a drawn-out […]

]]> 754498cb25b418bd13511a8eb82000e4 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/4/#post-13664 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 04:14:38 +0000 Final thought: Walter Bishop is a direct homage to William Hartnell as the originator.

]]> 8dc1ccbc3e606f2e5240435c3f5d8ec6 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/10/#post-13663 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 04:04:24 +0000 Some have said the name John Noble, of “Fringe” fame, as a new Doctor suggestion. (In the States, the Venn Diagram of modern science television watchers consists in the circles of those who for the last five years […]

]]> fb4dce0195b5e35f9c8ca64109c8c41e FishComBobulated replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers/page/7/#post-12658 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:48:55 +0000 Has anyone else been following the reports/rumors about “the special surprise present” the BBC has planned for the anniversary?

]]> 26e7653c7f8526d2f027d46c72336742 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The 50th Anniversary Special part 2 in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-50th-anniversary-special-part-2/page/6/#post-12657 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:22:19 +0000 @Htpbdet

The impression that I received when Clara read the book and said “that’s who” was that the experience got erased due to temporal paradox. In the finale she remembered, and the Doctor remarked with some […]

]]> c5440c9bf70dca0ac19c947564c2c2d4 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/10/#post-12655 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:53:53 +0000 @htbpdet

Thanks! Perfectemundo

]]> fef493c296048a8bd256698cc4c400a2 FishComBobulated commented on the post, Crazy Captions 9 http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/caption-competitions/crazy-captions-9/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:52:47 +0000 “Hm. Doctor, you don’t need my help on this one.”

]]> f79b1f74f28a07cb4f445ca1c500d347 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/10/#post-12653 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:42:05 +0000 @htpbdet , @scaryb

I am happy to concede. My only question is what makes the people who control the content on the BBC different from other “suits”? Could you send me a link that explicates the difference in […]

]]> 15f8249ffb948db1919f0ab325c7310b FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Rose & Crown in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-rose-and-crown/page/3/#post-12649 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:26:41 +0000 @shazzbot

I remember the existential threat of “the permanent record” since kindergarten. It was my first big word: “But I gave Russell his toy back, why do I have to go on my ‘purr-muh-mint reck-ord?'” Who […]

]]> 380c82f11add8772445586ecb3ec3f50 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/10/#post-12648 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:22:17 +0000 @scaryb

I understand what you mean; however: How is it protected? What crucial difference? From everything I’ve read, the TV tax you have to pay in Britain is just that: a tax for a bureaucratic government that […]

]]> 5c6d0ea7a532da73495767b6f2f0b8aa FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Rose & Crown in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-rose-and-crown/page/3/#post-12643 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:59:19 +0000 To dip out of politics and the Orwellian nation-state that I am now forced as “a reader” (as Bill Hick put it) to spend two hours a day reading news purely to keep up with prism and the dozen other acronyms that […]

]]> 88d8738ae8f596eeeeb12e8703968a7b FishComBobulated changed their profile picture https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/12802/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:24:28 +0000 0 3ca1488a3cba31ebe273c679a4d3726e FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/9/#post-12637 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:09:56 +0000 @shazzbot , @HTPBDET

I have a good decade of working in the American film (and increasingly) video world, and the way the hierarchy and bureaucracy work, yes, unfortunately the people who call the shots, dole […]

]]> b69fb6733046b675f75a0cb6da041951 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/9/#post-12394 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:31:41 +0000 Depending on the poster’s age, or not, we do have to presume that when people say an older Doctor, they’re referring to the more recent casting trends of Smith and Tennant in the revived era.

]]> d00f9c389f44eb0d6c05a0aa4404cdb1 FishComBobulated commented on the post, Crazy Captions 7 http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/caption-competitions/crazy-captions-7/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:25:30 +0000 “Oh, why, hello there. Did you know it took thirteen regenerations just to get two of these! On twelve I thought I had one but…”

]]> 3592f85bf9342caf7a3a94f96ea595ca FishComBobulated commented on the post, Crazy Captions 10 http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/caption-competitions/crazy-captions-10/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:15:26 +0000 No, dear, that outfit doesn’t make you look white.

]]> ccd4c90bd117fe2a4e63e8181cd86599 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/8/#post-12146 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:04:54 +0000 I’d certainly be fine with a female Doctor… but not by Moffatt. I’d rather for that sort of change, see a new showrunner and new Doctor simultaneously. It’s not any sort of jab at SM, but for something that […]

]]> 2ce8df57bfc1ff43095d601c33887f7c FishComBobulated replied to the topic The Next Doctor? in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-next-doctor/page/8/#post-12145 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:59:06 +0000 It has died down to a large degree.

 

Although I have written part one on my treatise concerning the forum’s theories inre “red” and “blue” Doctor and Clara, because that theory is right on the spot (pun […]

]]> 72f9c6df6d94a24093e05ebc4832eb25 FishComBobulated replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers/page/7/#post-12144 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:55:02 +0000 Nothing has changed. The book makers are still closed. The name that shut down bookies from Britain to the US and Australia is Rory Kinnear. However, it’s been two days, so I’d imagine it’d be otherwise reported. […]

]]> 91ed768e065ada4f0fe3d1e0e838818d FishComBobulated replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers/page/7/#post-12088 Sun, 09 Jun 2013 16:32:14 +0000 Casting spoiler potentially:

The bookies on the next Doctor have stopped taking bets in the last few hours, seeming to give credence to the casting rumor today. I won’t say who it is, but you can do a quick […]

]]> 3e217f0a5de54b430f922da50b89e0a2 FishComBobulated replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers/page/7/#post-11814 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:44:30 +0000 @Craig – So his new uber villain: “The Post Men.” Future ep entitled: “The Post Men Always Ring Twice.”

]]> 65594973ecb9bceeb549e01a403952f3 FishComBobulated replied to the topic Doctor Who news in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/doctor-who-news/page/11/#post-11571 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:51:42 +0000 I’m looking forward to the video, which I can only imagine must be a difficult task to make as it is really a direct message to fans by Matt Smith who has only just announced his departure. That’s […]

]]> fc2752a94b56cefd782b492d7629c40a FishComBobulated replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers/page/7/#post-11567 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:21:04 +0000 @Craig  – thanks

 

Who knew that email would be the Big Bad this summer? (The Great Intelligence…?)

]]> ce84c45172de0850d774ff803a07c46a FishComBobulated replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers/page/6/#post-11526 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:41:44 +0000 Given the ending of the finale, I wish the news broke a little sooner.

]]> 4c5c0d231fa7b49d8f3274c47b98fd2e FishComBobulated replied to the topic Spoilers in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers/page/6/#post-11524 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:35:54 +0000 Very surprising the way they’re handling it: two weeks after the season finale, months before the special, and half a year from Christmas. Who knew but Smith and Moff that those sad scenes from two weeks ago would […]

]]> c06fb08ef526e8154ac88c29adcee071 FishComBobulated replied to the topic The 50th Anniversary Special part 2 in the forum The Eleventh Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-50th-anniversary-special-part-2/#post-11052 Sun, 26 May 2013 17:42:06 +0000 Hello, all.

 

I haven’t found such a lively and intellectually stimulating  on a television program since the days of Lostpedia, and hence haven’t joined in on such a conversation. You have compelled me to […]

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