@JimTheFish

If EastEnders ever made it to 50 years, I guarantee it will be a different story. It’ll be on every day of the anniversary year. People will be asked to vote for their favourite ‘doof-doofs’ which […]

@jmetsr – See, I just don’t buy this line. I saw this comment a lot over at “the other place” when the episode aired, and it’s clearly nonsense – the flesh Amy is being controlled by Amy herself, without her […]

@Jimthefish – enjoying the fanfic very much! Is that Derren Brown you’ve cast as the Doctor? hehe

Sad to see the back of Chang – it was a brilliant turn by the actor, and I fear without his rather more restrained presence, the villainy of the piece may be about to descend into cackling silliness. Mr Sin is […]

@ScaryB – I’m not sure if they’ve confirmed the time. It might go out at 5:15 – that’s the time the first episode aired, but then again that’s hardly a primetime spot!

@MadScientist72 – I think if they were going to have an older eighth doctor, then they probably would have hired Paul McGann to play the part himself – he is, after all, nearly 20 years older now than when he last […]

@wolfweed – Thanks for sharing that.

Y’know, every time anyone mentions Michael Grade, I am instantly reminded of Chris Morris’s assessment of his character as subliminally inserted into an episode of Brass […]

@JimTheFish – It may be padding, but my word what marvelous padding it is! Like a silk stuffed duvet!

I really enjoyed the way this episode meandered between it’s very few plot points – the dialogue was […]

@Whisht – thanks for posting that, it was a lovely read.

@PhaseShift – Even now I find Bertie Bassett horrifying. Something about the idea of finding a familiar person suddenly replaced by something almost […]

Aha, I’ve been waiting a while for this!

So, Sylvester McCoy. My Doctor.

There’s nothing I can say about his performance really, he *is* the doctor, the one against whom I compare all other incarnations so […]

This is the first time I’ve seen this – I enjoyed it although, (and I suspect that this is intentional) the word that is sitting foremost in my mind right now is hokum – it’s a sort of glorious pastiche of exactly […]

Last time I saw Rory Kinnear in something, he was buggering a pig in an episode of Black Mirror. I’m not sure I’d ever be able to get that image out of my head if he was the new Doc’.

Oooh – what about Lee Ingleby?

He’s been brilliant in just about everything I’ve ever seen him in, right back from when he was playing a really menacing chav in an episode of Spaced.

@Craig – I’m really loving the unhinged comments on the Radio Times articles:

” BBC would do the mistake of its life by changing The Doctor’s sex. Don’t know about more recent viewers, some are like part of […]

Such bittersweet news.  Sad because I think Matt has been my favorite doctor, but exciting because now we’ll get to see him doing other things, which is always good, and we get a new doctor, and SIX MONTHS of […]

@ScaryB – I briefly considered Idris Elba, but I don’t think his kind of hulking menace would be right for the Doctor really.  I’d love to see him on the show in a supporting role though, he’s mezmerising.

I’ve already said in the 50th thread that I think Sheridan Smith would make an excellent female doctor – she’s a staggeringly versatile actor and could really make the role her own.

If we’re going with blokes […]

@Bluesqueakpip – Agree totally that if they announced a female Doctor early, the press would go bananas, and more than that, can you imagine how the fandom would react? Oy!

Personally, I think the best way to […]