• WhoHar commented on the post, Troughton: The Paternal Magician

    @HTPBDET

    Another thought provoking, and touching post.

    And this:

    as the days shortened and the darkness seemed internal and external, Troughton shone the light.

    is really lovely writing. The whole piece […]

  • PhaseShift replied to the topic On the sofa

    Yes – best wishes to @HTPBDET and thanks to mini-HTPBDET(S) for the post.

    It must be hugely frustrating for him not to have seen the episode yet, but we’ll be around for his thoughts. I’m saving his latest […]

  • ScaryB commented on the post, Troughton: The Paternal Magician

    That’s just beautiful; so vivid. And brought back great memories of some of those amazing storiies. Thank you for sharing something so personal. (I may well take your advice @HTPBDET – will let you know how I get on 😉 )

  • Craig replied to the topic On the sofa

    @HTPBDET ‘s new blog post is now up:

    Troughton: The Paternal Magician

  • Tournikate replied to the topic The Faces of the Doctor

    @HTPBDET Wow – thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us!!  I discovered Who eight months ago*** and then promptly and completely immersed myself in all things Who. lol Although I am all NuWho, […]

  • Craig replied to the topic On the sofa

    @ Everyone. As you may know @HTPBDET had to, in his words, “go into a bit of confinement” on Saturday. Well his nephew got in touch with me to tell me that he is still in confinement, so still hasn’t seen […]

  • @Tournikate – further to which old Whos to watch – have a look at @WhoHar‘s very recent post on Faces of the Doctor thread. He’s posted a link to suggestions by our Who lore expert @HTPBDET‘s post on the very […]

  • @Tournikate A warm welcome to you, the only Who fan in the village! 🙂

    No, Trenzalore is a Moffat invention, there is no continuity with Old Who.

    Our resident Old Who lore expert @HTPBDET is not with us at […]

  • Can’t wait to hear @HTPBDET‘s thoughts (whether i agree or disagree I enjoy hearing them)

    Hope you get here soon (health is more important than anything, but we have health to enjoy stuff, so hope you’re able […]

  • Whisht replied to the topic Website comments

    Hi @HTPBDET – just wanted to echo the feelings from everyone here; hope everything goes as well as it can, and that you can get back to good health. Like everyone else, I’ve really enjoyed your posts – they’re […]

  • Craig replied to the topic Website comments

    Oh, and one more thing. Let’s all send @HTPBDET some good vibes. I’m not a big believer in anything spiritual, but you never know. If we can believe the Doctor can be remembered out of nowhere, we can certainly […]

  • @HTPBDET @JimTheFish @PhaseShift

    I think two issues have been underplayed a bit here.

    The least important is the manner in which genre fans generally, and Who fans especially, have a sense of ownership of […]

  • overunder commented on the post, All just stories in the end

    I agree very much with @HTPBDET here.

    When watching BG episodes I am very aware that there is a metanarrative in my head that simply would not have been present for an 10yr old viewing at the time, however I […]

  • ardaraith replied to the topic Website comments

    @HTPBDET – Best  wishes!  and speedy return.

  • ScaryB replied to the topic Website comments

    @HTPBDET Seriously going to miss your posts in next few days. Sending lots of positive nanobots in your direction (don’t know what good they’ll do, but they were the most portable virtual things to hand 😉 ). […]

  • janetteB replied to the topic Website comments

    @HTPBDET I hope all goes well.

    Cheers

    Janette

  • Bluesqueakpip replied to the topic Website comments

    @HTPBDET – hope all goes well.

  • WhoHar commented on the post, All just stories in the end

    @HTPBDET

    “Yes and No.

    For me, Doctor Who gave me a special gift – the gift to always be a child when watching it.”

    I think when you are a child, experiences are seared into your brain like at no other […]

  • @HTPBDET, @OsakaHatter, @JimTheFish

    I thought about the cloning issue a few years ago. I always imagined it as one of those “moral” issues the Doctor was confronted with. Imagine an isolated human colony that […]

  • Craig commented on the post, All just stories in the end

    @HTPBDET

    I could see no reason why, if someone wanted to go to the effort, that you could not tell a marvellous, engaging and languid story over thirteen episodes: it would need to be a cracking story, but it […]

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