one more (off topic) general idea: i think the fugitive doctor’s tardis being in the guise of the police box has been overthought. and beyond. from the showmaking/storytelling angle, it was to confirm to the audience that, yes, this person is the same doctor as the main one. from the in-story angle, why would the tardis NOT appear in that shape,…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

the oddness of 8 is probably due to it being the version from 13’s “inner mind struggle” episode? russell is certainly picking and choosing from chibnall’s run, perhaps trying to squeeze/finesse some of the lesser liked aspects of his stories back into “proper” nuwho perspective? as one who doesn’t have as much of an ax to grind…[Read more]

@mudlark and @scaryb

i think the giant skellingtons stalking all around london are nothing more than an offshoot of the “bone palace,” the rani’s headquarters. purely aesthetic, and a nod to fairy tales, but perhaps also a built-in “test” of how well the wish world is holding together? if everyone is content to accept them as reality, then the…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @johnnybear

anytime you get something like that, send a message to craig (here, or in a pm). he’ll block them from using the site. (potentially, if left unblocked, they could cause havoc with another user, or even the site itself, so it’s best to get rid of them. there’s a fairly normal stream of them infecting the…[Read more]

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@craig

i have a new spammer for you, fresh for the holidays! user name is:

manssa

(although, in the message, the name is maasai. so, either, or both. thanks!)

@blenkinsopthebrave

for some, yes. might want to @craig about it?

not for me, facebook already opened that bag, and that omnisexual space-cat is definitely out of the bag! 😀

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@bluesqueakpip

“It’s possible that the storyline is heading in a direction where the Doctor is losing all her ‘props’ – Gallifrey, Time Lord and now the Police Box – in a way that symbolises the past she now knows she’s lost. But if that’s the direction I’d expect it to end with the Police Box back as she gets her sense of self and identity (w…[Read more]

i believe this to be a steaming pile of horse manure, but it IS an eye-catching title (aka, clickbait)…

Doctor Who Will No Longer Use A Police Box For The TARDIS

news, at last…

https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=doctor-who-series-thirteen-begins-filming#_

seems likely that there’ll only be 8 episodes for series 13, but i’m ok with that, if they keep the 8 best scripts. it could make for a tighter, more exciting series? be still my beating hearts…

@jimthefish

thanks for that, this is the first i’ve seen it. the flapping of the arms was a nice touch. if only they’d put a bit of a regeneration glow in there, for the viewing audience, after she hit the floor. but maybe he hadn’t thought all this through when first writing the ep…

but we all know, by now, chibbers is much more tell than…[Read more]

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@thane16 & puro

even with those clues, i’m afraid my brain has been wrung completely out of ideas. i’ve gone through every band i can think of, aussie or otherwise – inxs, midnight oil, men at work, ac-dc, tears for fears, the fixx, the cure, duran duran, a flock of seagulls!  (lol, and i’ve gotten sidetracked a few times, by old songs that i…[Read more]

@whisht – i’m glad you enjoyed the caravan palace! they have new music coming sometime this year, and i’ll be making whatever effort is needed to see them in concert, if they tour the states, again. from what i’ve seen on youchube, they put on quite an energetic show… hopefully i can keep up!

as for zappa, i bought ‘jazz from hell’ on cassette…[Read more]

@pedant

it would get me out of the store pretty quickly!

oh, youchube… another hearty chuckle!

oof… i chuckled mightily at this! some here might get the jokes, as well? i hope…

@pedant

i’ve heard many strange tunes at my grocery store, but i shop there mostly after midnight, so maybe the store radio is controlled more by the employees then? lol

even this!

and speaking of discovering new things via youtube, this electro swing band is what i’ve been obsessing over for a couple of days, now. the video conjures up memories of that time a giant cyberman menaced london! (but sorta in reverse!) 😀