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Oh my. If you did a search for that costume, then…

Well, as you say, maybe we should move on!

Though honestly,  since its it’s The Master I think instead of Matrix it would be Dominatrix.

@idiotsavon

That’s inspired, I love it 🙂 Have you had any thoughts about the costume?

Hmmm… Good question!

I imagine he would wind up asking the wrong person for advice when he told them he was The Master.

I’m thinking of something in black leather.

Or possibly rubber…

@idiotsavon – Thanks for the kind words. Nice to know someone enjoys the posts.

I’ve been thinking about the Doctor’s ‘grey area’ regarding the future, and trying to work out the metaphysics of time travel (according to Kill the Moon).

As far as I can tell, the Doctor never had a ‘grey area’ about post-2049 history before. I think the grey area…[Read more]

@idiotsavon @pedant – had never heard of the rule of cool before today. I love it!

I’m not sure if it was coined there, but it is one of the many joys to be found on the TVTropes website: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage

They even have a Doctor Who page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/DoctorWho

@purofilion    The Doctor and the River of Forgetfulness– lovely.

@PhileasF   According to my husband, the earth history nerd, there is more than one theory regarding the origins of the moon. Definitely one theory (although admittedly not the most popular one) is that the moon is an asteroid that got sucked into our orbit at some point. So this c…[Read more]

@BadWulf   Yes, yes, me! I know it’s supposed to immerse you in the action, but for me it has the opposite effect, of reminding me continually that I’m reading a book. I struggled with the otherwise excellent Wolf Hall for exactly that reason. I love a well done historical novel, and it was great in so many ways, but I couldn’t stay engaged…[Read more]

ah – sorry to hear you’re not well at the moment @purofilion – hope you feel better soon.

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both River and Amy turned to writing is also a nice touch. I would like it if that turned out to be a plot point. One of their books providing a vital clue or something.)

you mean like when Clara read the History of the Time War and said…[Read more]

@spider  @ idiotsavon  Re Missy’s ‘heaven’, I have, coincidentally just read a short story by Ian McDonald which featured a virtual heaven (‘Farside’), hugely elaborate and realistic, into which the ultra-rich could upload themselves. They had to die as part of the process, but once uploaded could continue to interact with the real w…[Read more]

hi @idiotsavon (have I said hello before? Can’t remember, but really enjoy your posts/thinking/humour!)

as per your post #32895 I’m completely with you in that of course we could Google it, but that would kill all the pondering and where’s the fun and learning in that?

😉

I’ve no knowledge of drama except as an audience member, but all I can…[Read more]

@Mudlark   You’re probably quite right about the way the originators would have viewed the program in the sixties.

I think we are coming at the question/definition from two different directions. There is the original, broader definition that you are talking about. There is also a more recent definition used mostly by film and TV, in which “dr…[Read more]

@arbutus @idiotsavon   I am pretty sure that the original creators of Doctor Who thought of it as drama; initially as drama with an educational purpose.   Sydney Newman who came up with the idea in the first place and played a large part in developing it was, at any rate, Head of Drama at the BBC at the time.

Comedy has always been regarded as a…[Read more]

@idiotsavon    Hm. I’d say he will still lie when it suits him, to accomplish something or keep someone out of danger. But he clearly doesn’t lie purely out of kindness.

@DrBen     That does sound a blast! For the record, I stand firmly in the wishy-wash on Wagner. A lot of it is great, including big chunks of the Ring, and my husband the trombo…[Read more]

@idiotsavon  @handles   As I understand it the term drama covers any work designed to be performed to an audience by actors, whether on stage or via the broadcast media, and includes tragedy, comedy and whatever lies in between.  The term itself derives from a Greek word, as do the terms comedy and tragedy ( @purofilion referred to classic…[Read more]

@idiotsavon My old youth theatre director defined drama as

The extraordinary happening to the ordinary

Anything else is a documentary 😉

@idiotsavon    Oh, I like the call on captives and slaves, there’s definitely a theme there, I think. Well spotted.

@CathAnnabel  Thanks for the link, I enjoyed it. I’m not sure I agree with some it. I think mythologists would have something to say about the notion that the role of self-sacrificing hero is inspired by Christian belief specifi…[Read more]

@idiotsavon – i tried to find some significance in the positions of the chess pieces, but had no luck. in the first scene, when the kids are playing football on the board, the white king has the black king and queen on either side, but logically, that can’t happen (or wouldn’t?) in a real game of chess. whether it’s a “clue” of some sort remains…[Read more]

Thanks for the reassurance @fatmaninabox @bluesqueakpip & @idiotsavon.

I’m pleased to say that he did decide to join us back on the sofa for this weeks viewing and luckily it was to his liking 🙂

I have a feeling it may be due to new Action Man Danny

@idiotsavon – thank you for the screen grab. i wonder if that’s an actual poster used in schools in britain, as part of an anti-bullying campaign? i would wager that there’s some similar federal effort here in the states… 🙂

I re-watched again this morning and between clearing out and packing the car for hols tomorrow have been reading through the night, and morning shifts contributions.

Firstly on rewatch I paid particular attention to Clara’s reflection in the window. We first the “dark Clara” reflection when Danny asks why she goes off with the Doctor and then…[Read more]

@CathAnnabel     with hindsight and without the distraction of his considerable charms     This made me laugh out loud. Well put.

@Oblique      I’d say the title “The Caretaker” was a callout to “The Lodger”!

@idiotsavon     I like your comparison of Danny’s behaviour in the TARDIS to a recalcitrant student, very apt. And your Pride and Prej…[Read more]