@winston I like your bonkers theory too. That would be a good way to introduce an as yet to be cast Doctor. I hear via the rumour mill of kids following on line rumour mills that RTD is desperately trying to get financing for another series. He might well be using Billie Piper as leverage, though in what capacity probably doesn’t matter so much. …[Read more]

Love the bonkerising. Sadly I fear the reality will be far more mundane. I would settle for BP guesting for a Christmas Special then handing over after next year. I suspect that N.G left with little warning leaving the need for a hurried regen’ and BP offered to do the honours. I just hope that the writers are reading this thread for ideas of how…[Read more]

@whohar  well said. I think you are correct. Also bringing back B.P. has made headlines, and all publicity is good publicity as the old adage goes. so maybe RTD is endeavouring to pull off another Dr Who rescue. He says he has scripts written for another series. He is determined, I think, to make that happen with or without disney. cynical, yes.…[Read more]

Continuing to be in ‘catch up” mode we watched this episode last night and as with so many episodes this series, it was better than expected.We were catapulted from a kind of Pratchett world into a version of The Handmaid’s Tale. Only RTD could pull that off.

I liked the use of colour and the depiction of the right wing, idealisation of the…[Read more]

I have just seen the news. Oh boy was not expecting that. Like @cathannabel I was not ready to say farewell to Ncuti Gatwa. He needed another season at least. but as for the next Doctor, well it makes sense. I can see it. the Doctor does like to revisit old faces and BP has developed well as an actor and has the range now and the love for the…[Read more]

I echo previous posts Nice to have you back @scaryB

Have just watched this episode at last. I think I was putting it off because I expected it to be a bit cringy. for me eurovision has zero appeal and I expected the S/O would really dislike it. It was surprisingly good and even he agreed that it wasn’t in the least bit “cringy”.

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@whohar. I like your wish list there. Last night son and I were talking about future Dr Who direction. He was less than impressed with the most recent episode. I proposed that it might be time to set up a kind of Writers Room rather than leaving the creative decisions entirely with one show runner so there is someone who can say, “RTD we love your…[Read more]

@mudlark. I did not know that J.W. was discouraged from watching any previous Doctor’s. It seems Chibnell had his own vision for the show, perhaps going back to his fan club days. I do feel that J.W. was not perhaps ideal casting. To me she was the Peter Davison equivalent but like, P.D. with better stories and direction she would have been much…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u I think you sum it up well. some very good points there.

I felt that Chibnell was stomping over what little continuity there was. take Gallifrey which I know I do harp on about,,, When Moffat resurrected Gallifray he discussed it first with RTD. (is that ok mate if I do that) it wasn’t a rewrite but it was changing the direction set…[Read more]

@nerys. I am doing the same, reading spoilers. I do love spoilers. I did not watch the final chibnell series. I gave up at the destruction of Gallifrey but I think there is every possibility the Master was lying. After all I wouldn’t trust anything that he/she says, ever. they are not know for their honesty. Jo Martin doc as a bi generation doctor…[Read more]

this is probably nonsense as I am two episodes behind but on reading the review in the Guardian I wondered if Jo Martin doc is going to turn out to be the result of a bi generation that way she becomes canon while the overly complicated and “baggy” backstory is quietly forgotten? Personally I think that would be a good way of keeping what is good…[Read more]

@whohar I was just thinking that the Interstellar Song contest mirrors the Reality TV Planet at the end of RTD’s first series and it is more than time for a return of the pepper pots.  i like your theory.

@drwhonerdfrommars and @ps1l0v3y0u I suspect that RTD is just recycling the name but it would be brilliant if Belinda does turn out to be…[Read more]

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Never thought I would be grateful to Trump for anything, but like Canadians right now I am, just a little. I shall certainly sleep better tonight. Really wasn’t expecting today’s election result. Would have liked to see the Greens and Independents get more seats however.

It makes up (almost) for this very depressing article by Martin Belam

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@blenkinsopthebrave. you make a good point. When Moffat recommended keeping Jenny, the Doctor’s Daughter alive it was because the more characters, villains and locations that you have tucked up in the canon the more there is for future writers to draw upon. RTD is drawing on past stories to enrich his current writing in the latest episode for…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave Yes. Indeed. And when was Gallifrey destroyed and how does that fit with previous Who canon because we saw Gallfirey at the end of time.

cheers

Janette

@whohar Mrs Flood is the Master? Might be. she is mischievous enough and certainly ambiguous in terms of motive. He does point out that he is the last of his kind. Last time he said that he was proven wrong. RTD does seem to be repeating a lot of ideas and themes.

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We are running a week behind with viewing so watched Lux last night. I really did not expect to like it. The premise of the story annoys me, cartoon character coming to life. I also knew that the S/O wouldn’t like it because he dislikes the trickster type characters. Despite disliking the central premise I really enjoyed it. The breaking of the…[Read more]