That is very sad news about @ichabod. She had wonderful posts on the site. I confess to being completely unaware of her background, but will definitely search out her published work.

Vale @ichabod

Link worked beautifully.

Interesting interview – as is usually the case when Mr. M takes the stage. *grins*

I must say that the facial hair suits him.

Now to watch Mark Gatiss – lovely man. His “Goodbye darling.” when Una Stubbs died, brought tears to my eyes.

Missy

There’s a couple of other Q&A’s with the Moff, one at Oxford Union

and one with Mark Gatiss at the Cambridge Union

so I guess I now know where this evening will have gone   🙂

I figure if I can hold out for another couple of years, there might actually be something worth watching again called “Doctor Who”.  But I hear that about half the fans seem to be happy with this current stuff, so . . . who knows?  Maybe I’m just too old for this now, never mind for it a couple of years on.

If only! You are not too o…[Read more]

Which is ironic, as it didn’t stop Chibnell adding everything even if it wasn’t that relevant.
:¬D

{sigh}

@ichabod – I agree. You said it better than I and have left me smiling ;¬)
@blenkinsopthebrave – oh, do write a blog if you want, I’ll read it!
@juniperfish – agree with e…[Read more]

I do appreciate feeling slightly crazed (as above) by the kitchen-sinkyness of it all. Some of the mystery I liked, however, because the universe is mysterious, after all.

I mean yes, totally, what was The Grand Serpent’s motivation? He seems to have been a dictator on…[Read more]

Only by a year – my dear. *grins*  No, I am single minded  ( or bloody minded) about this, the next Doctor must be a male.

Always has been and should stay that way. To hell with regeneration excuses.

@dentarthurdent

From the odd glimpse I’ve had of the Tardis, I couldn’t agree more.  MS and PC had the best Tardis.

Missy

But, We have already had the best female Doctor ever! With all the aforementioned qualities you just stated.

It’s Joanna Lumley! She even had the best Sonic Screwdriver ever made by any Gallifreyan.

Meanwhile, I can’t help feeling that modern times (particularly with the Internet) are far kinder to lovers of fiction than our young days.   If I miss something the Doctor…[Read more]

@ichabod, I do agree with you about the Doctor.…[Read more]

Hello stranger. Your word ‘wreckage’ is far better than mine.

Gods, I miss #12 . . . Wit; sorrow; rage; clever quips; and joy.  I refuse to give up without seeing what the promised fresh start will bring, a couple of years (argh!) from now.  Meanwhile, I’m off doing streaming — lotsa good stuff.

Oh how I agree with you.  By the way, H…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum, the home of bonkers theories.

I like your suggestion that the reason the name of a Timelord is not normally revealed is that it can be used to gain access to secret information.  It is reminiscent of the old belief in some cultures that to know a person’s real name was to gain power over them, so that everyone…[Read more]

We all miss 12th. However, you forgot the best stuff about him: attack brows! 😉

As for the show, I like to think of it in context. When Troughton took over from Hartnell (I am 69!) my response was “that’s not right!”…[Read more]

Thank you  – ALL of you for your kindness. I shall certainly look for all the support for the both of us that I can.

We are fortunate in having three lovely children, all ready to help.

It’s the moving that’s terrifying. I won’t be able to pay the rent on a three bedroom house, once…[Read more]

I thought I was more concise 😉 but a bit of Ursula is never wasted.

(I did my Masters ta LSE and, in true LSE style, we had our own term: “Ideologically sound”, used in exactly the same way – always satirical, usually self-deprecating.)

I made an error! I think I meant another movie with ‘money’ in it? Actually, no, it’s Molly’s Game?

It looks really good! But I might catch MoneyBall too.

I am interested in some films that capture elements of American culture: I remember when I first heard Paradise by The Dashboard Light. Has so many American elements. A nation very…[Read more]

Are you’re back!! I will tell Mum that. I really wanted to see it? Dad watched it & was not that impressed? Mum loves Bill Nighy. We all do.  Right now, I should be on another thread but I was watching out for the new Sorkin film called Moneyball. Have you seen that at all? I think it is on disc by now.

T16  and happy new year to you!!

Happy new year’s to you both.  x0 x

I remember, yonks, or timey-whimeys agos, we had a Ragnarok theme during the end of the Smith era?

I’ve not watched the new ep yet. In fact, I haven’t hooked into the ABC much at all except for the occasional special from The Midwives or Foyles Wa…[Read more]

Sigh! Life just ‘aint fair.

@kevinwho

Indeed he was and is. How some people can say that he wasn’t a good writer renders me speechless.

I found it so exciting when River, in one of the above, says “MY Doctor ” and  “you know when you see and old photograph of someone you know, but they aren’t quite done yet.”And you know she means…[Read more]

On a slightly more constructive direction that trying to get Twitter to work, this is a very interesting insight from a self-confessed newbie.:

Five reasons Doctor Who is the most interesting speculative series on television in 2018

I suppose this discussion really should be over on the Films thread, but I also suppose spoilers are less of an issue when it comes to Blade Runner, as it seems unlikely than there is anyone with internet access who is not aware of the film.

For me, it will always be the original theatrical version with the voice-over. I…[Read more]

***SPOILER***

In the original theatrical release with…[Read more]

A lot of people think…[Read more]

I’d guess that the Series 12 Announcement on the BBC Doctor Who Official site has been vetted and approved by the BBC – it specifically says ‘early 2020’ in the very first paragraph.

This might translate as ‘New Year Special’ then the main series a bit later, but it definitely says ‘series 12 is on its way and will be returning to BBC…[Read more]

I think sex/gender is affecting how some people respond to theDoctor. I’ve seen her accused of ‘hectoring’ a grieving father (for telling his blind…[Read more]

G…[Read more]

I felt both the same, and the opposite — never knew, particularly in S8, which way he would jump, or how far he would go, but simultaneously there was no doubt whatever in my mind that this Doctor’s two hearts were positively molten with passion for decency, fairness, and kin…[Read more]

Actually, I know that 😉  I was referring to “the latter” as written above?  – –  @ScaryB who we haven’t seen as yet. Glad you’re still about though….

Puro

I re-read your blog Jim. It’s really interesting just how the blog, the comments e […]

Let’s play Finger The @Cumquat

No. Wait. That came out way more obscene than intended.

Or did it?

Let’s just say I won’t be taking any action against the hilarious cumquat – it’s not me either though, by the way.

Edit: As the new Doctor might say “Or is she?”

I can’t believe how quickly my reservations about this series have melted.

Hanne: from the Hebrew Channah,…[Read more]

“You could argue cracks were showing, and that he was becoming dangerous…”

I found 12 in his night-shirt quite distressing. Walking around London searching for the lost dinosaur? Bleating on the top of buildings? It was almost undignified! People complaining (and I get it, I really do) that the current Doctor…[Read more]

@ichabod

Does anyone do any moderating on YouTube at all?

No.

I am a man of constant sorrows, I’ve seen trouble all my days” (folk song; do you know it?), but more like — those blow up figures that bob around if you hit them, but have some weighty stuff (sand?) at the bottom that makes them swing back upright again after you’ve smacked them down. No sand, no effective *sense* that there’s that weig…

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Bet I’d feel differently if I had some kids here to watch it with me!

But you do. I’m here. Also, @pedants niece and other assorted kids. They may not be in front of the telly but they’re coming to the site…..

T16

@ichabod

As a 17 year old 🙂 I think “gravitas” doesn’t have to be all “old” and “parchment” and “maaaa story iz  soooo long, maaaa memories are soooo…[Read more]