@juniperfish  The fault for anyone’s death always lies with the one (or those) who dealt it.

I’d modify that: anyone (or those) who *intentionally and with malice* dealt it.  Intention, to my mind, is key.  Accidents do happen; that’s a hazard of the physical plane.

@carrieanne  If my burbling here has given you more diverting ways of looki…[Read more]

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@mersey  You’re very welcome!   How could I have resisted?  He speaks so well for himself.

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A bit about Moffat from Moffat; how can so many people hate this guy?  I just don’t get it.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2015/11/26/moffat-talks-about-his-eventual-retirement-from-doctor-who

@juniperfish  the connection between the soul and the body, and the nature of the soul under Moffat are not clearly explicated (nor will it be, I am sure – why be definitive when you can play with such a deep mystery) 

Good reminder that this is also *play* — without which undertone, I think it could congeal into a turgid mess.  As for “sou…[Read more]

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@puroandson  Re Game of Thrones, yes, there’s another season coming up, at least — apparently there’s a trailer on TV already.  I give it a glance sometimes, but  it’s not appointment TV for me — too ugly.  I was hoping for a lot more fantasy and less brutality, because otherwise I’d rather read (or watch programs about) real history.  Or watc…[Read more]

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@arbutus   I think that Rigsy’s concern came from the fact that the Doctor had never, ever called him by name before, and to do so now would indicate that something was very wrong. He preferred the dismissive nicknames to actual concern on the Doctor’s part

Right, thanks!

@jphamlore  With “contract” we have an explicit analog to making contracts…[Read more]

@mudlark  I do not believe that becausea show aimed at a family audience tacklesthe implications of the death of a principal character in the way that Face the Raven did, it was wholly inappropriate for children. Far better this approach, in my view, than the affectless killing in some action movies.

Agreed; in some families, maybe watching a…[Read more]

@puroandson  Until I watched Buffy and Doctor who I didn’t know what good TV really was. I watched Burn Notice and Merlin and cop dramas all the while thinking this was as good as it could be. I couldn’t sit still. I thought I was ill with some problem? But I just wasn’t interested enough. Now I am.

Okay, pal, that’s it — your TV watching is rui…[Read more]

@puroandson  The tone, colour, music and the whole thing which causes the feel of something evil lurking behind the door that might cause parents and religious coalitions in America (mum goes on about that all the time!) to say ‘no more’.

I agree, lion of puro: the tone of everything darkened right from S8, because I remember fussing around tryi…[Read more]

@miapatrick  I think that when Doctor Who is very scary its not because it’s violent or graphic or anything that would get age restrictions put on it, it’s when it’s creepy

I’m happy to hear that.  With little kids, creepiness (like the hand mines) is something a family can discuss easily, while the scariness of the characters’ actions and dan…[Read more]

@abutus  whether she might be changed somehow, as Danny was. She could never come back and be Clara again, so the Doctor’s loss would still stand.

That would be fine — unlikely, though, which has its good and bad sides . . .

@bendubz11  Damn it, my head is spinning OFF, and it’s your fault.

@lisa  Let’s hear it for the brilliant baby!  Only Rigsy and her mom might have a thing or two to say about that . . .

@pedant  That Moffat is such a fucking hack! Stealing from Buffy again!

You know of a better place to steal from?!

@frobisher  Now we’re talking! Trouser analysis!

Oh, that theory is rather pants.  (Did I use it correctly?)

@arbutus  The character of the Doctor was beautifully defined throughout the episode… The scene where he saw Rigsy’s daughter and seemingly fell in love: “Did you make this human?… She’s brilliant.” Rigsy’s instant understanding that…[Read more]

@Akhaten  For want of a nail, a shoe was lost . . . well, why not?

@starla Remember how there was talk (please forgive me if this is a spoiler!!) a while ago about the importance of what pants the Doctor is wearing… 

Oh, your theory is pants!

Quote P.C – “There are some specific trouser things that happen for specific reasons”…[Read more]

@arbutus   I’m pretty sure the old show wasn’t this “packed”. I think it’s designed nowadays for multiple viewings and bonkers theorizing.

Me too, since once technology made it possible to grab an episode (for a price, of course) the morning after it first airs and keep it stored on your computer and re-watch at will, the whole game changed (fo…[Read more]

@puroandson   I will have to watch each episode more than once. 🙂

Well, you don’t *have* to (all those assignments etc.); but what I like best about CapDoc’s series is that I always see new stuff, details that I missed (hear them, too, in the dialog and music) the first time around.  I don’t remember it being so packed with good bits before N…[Read more]