@dentarthurdent. Gosh how the year has flown. It seems like a couple of years since Star Beast. I barely remember it. Must be due for a re watch. Reading your review i do recall disliking the burning fissures in the street, very silly, and the pacing was hectic but otherwise this episode was fun. I always liked Donna and felt that her loosing…[Read more]

@winston. I just typed out a long reply and got logged out when posting. grrr.

You did well to rescue the Doctor from the DC merch. I have never found any Dr Who merch at charity shops, (called opp shops in oz) I did find two Terry Pratchett books yesterday amid boxes of books and dvds that were donated to the librayr/youth centre so that was a…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent. Pizza with the lot is a good description, and by the lot they mean everything, pineapple, olives, capsicum, every kind of meat ever thrown at a pizza, any kind of pizza.

I did watch it but it is just a tangled mess. Was there a story in there, I could not locate it.  I would have been nice to see some of those old faces if they…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave I do like Wallace and Gromit. The original three films have a lot of happy associations for me, good times at work, (few and far between) old friends and of course the boys when they were young. Our eldest was given a Wallace soft toy for his second birthday and he loved that toy so much.  Still have it of course. It was later…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent You have convinced me to watch the episode. I confused it with the previous Dalek New Year’s Special which wasn’t bad and so thought I had seen this one until I reread Craig’s intro.

Cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent I did not think it would be but some people are very sensitive when it comes to spoilers. The question of what is or isn’t a spoiler has led to many a heated family argument in our household.

A Christmas Special written by Moffat is really more of a present than a spoiler.

As to meaning the opposite of what one says, we are…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent I should remember that because I have watched Survival but it was a long time ago.

Yes Moffat is doing the Christmas Special. (I hope that doesn’t count as a Spoiler.)

Cheers

Janette

@whohar I did not know that. They worked so well together and shared a birthday along with their favourite enemy. (Was the Master in the McCoy series? I have only watched the later ones.)  A now belated Happy Birthday to Sylvester and Sophie.

I know that several Doctors have birthdays in April but that is due to personal bias. My S/O shares a…[Read more]

@winston we watch the Christmas episodes every Christmas too in order. We usually start in early December but never seem to get through them all so our Christmas sounds a lot like yours only in our case it is usually hitting 40c and we are worrying about whether the garden will make it through another blasting summer and hoping there will not be…[Read more]

@winston I liked the cat people in Gridlock too. And kittens!! and Father Dougal though when I first watched Gridlock I had only seen him in My Hero. Not a great comedy series but the boys liked it when they were young.

Oxygen is depressing but very good.

cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent. The only specials I am not keen on were those at the end of Tennant’s first run. Perhaps I should re watch the End of Time. It might be deserving of a second chance.

I am a fan of all the Christmas Specials though I didn’t mention them as they are mostly Moffat’s and I love Dickens so the Dickensian elements are fine with me.…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent. I looked back to see what I said previously about this episode and found that I did not. That is not a reflection of my view of the episode. I often fail to comment partly because I get overwhelmed by the discussion and feel I have nothing to add. I have only watched this episode once so going from memory, Really liked Ruth/doc.…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent I like The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe. Trees that grow baubles, Manny, and likeable kids, especially the Doctor. Matt Smith worked well with children. He played well to the childish side of the Doctor.

I would have voted Love and Monsters as RTD’s worst (avoiding rockets) however I think the first two episodes of this most…[Read more]

I do like making lists. Had to refresh my memory of every series and make notes. So series by series,

Series 1 Dalek with an honourary mention for Bad Wolf.

Series 2 School Reunion because Sarah Jane Smith. This is in my view one of the worst series. There just were no other decent episodes except the obvious. (Girl in the Fireplace)

Series 3…[Read more]

I just read @ps1l0v3y0u ‘s comment in the Website thread and now I get it. Innuendo. Yes. It goes with Captain Jack really. Captain Jack, talks in double entendre. (Most of which probably goes whooshing over my head too.)

Doctor Dances/Empty Child are classics. I think they are now old enough to have acquired that status. Nearly twenty years…[Read more]

@winston.

maybe they are watching the Olympics.

Not us. We have just finished re watching the first Matt Smith series and are now onto the second series, The Doctor’s Wife tonight. I always miss things on first watch too.

cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent Sacha Dhawan came to my attention first in An Adventure in Space and Time playing Waris Hussien and then again in Dracula episode 2. He also has a major role in The Great.

Cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent Another interesting review. I always enjoy your episodes reviews, sometimes more than the episode covered. This may be one of those. I have only watched this episode once and recall that it was engaging enough at the time but left very little impression afterwards. It had enjoyable moments though, as I probably mentioned above, I…[Read more]

@devilishrobby Have not been keeping up with discussion but just saw your mention of B.5. Me too. In fact I am currently editing a podcast about B.5. We tried convincing the younger members of the podcast group of its brilliance but I am afraid we failed to impress them.

I agree that there is something quintessentially British about DR Who. The…[Read more]

I hope that all our Canadian members are safe from the fires.

cheers

Janette