@dentarthurdent and @devilishrobby In Dalek Invasion of Earth, which we watched just last week the “robomen” were wearing a kind of metal band over their heads which controlled them. And even though it is only a week ago, I am not entirely certain but  I think they were basically “dead”, and not “recoverable”. Back in Old Who days human life was…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent And the Doctor adjusting his bow tie when it is clear that Amy and Rory have healed the breach. It is those lovely little moments that make Moffat’s writing so brilliant and the current writing seem so lackluster.

Cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent You missed one. Rory “What colour” and when they all look at him. “There were no good questions left”. (or words to that effect.)

It is one of the “great episodes”.

Cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent We are currently the only state not in lockdown and keeping all digits crossed. The borders are so easily breached still Victoria has gone into hard lockdown which hopefully will curtail the spread quickly. I really hope so as they keep getting hit with wave after wave.

I really love the Widow and the Wardrobe. It has such a warm,…[Read more]

Hi. Hope everyone around the world is ok. There seem to be so many crisis happening at the moment, a planetary wake up call with the fires and heat waves in North America and flooding in Europe. If only those who have the power to do something about it take note.

Just noticed, over in the distance, bright against the dark storm clouds I see…[Read more]

@winston our houseguest/tenant loves otters. His girlfriend gave him a World Wildlife Fund River Otter adaption for his birthday last year. He has the certificate on display in our living area. I don’t know however if he has ever actually seen a river otter. Your home sounds heavenly but you will have seen a lot of changes over forty years. My…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent Nature is not compensating sufficiently. I saw on the news that despite the recent cold spell N.Z. is having a unnaturally warm winter.  I fear we are in for a monstrous summer.

Cheers

Janette

@missy and @dentarthurdent I have to take a contrary position on the questions of whether analysis ruins the enjoyment of viewing/reading. I love to analysis as I watch/read though too much does ruin a text/ film but my majors were English and Drama the later mostly consisting of film studies so it has become second nature for me. I really enjoy…[Read more]

@winston and @blenkinsopthebrave I saw it actually got to 49c, in Canada!! That is really scary. Hope you are all fine and not in danger from heat/fires etc. Seems you are getting a dose of our weather and that is just wrong.

I prefer the new, rule breaking Picard to the lawful Picard of Next Generation, which is certainly one of the reasons I…[Read more]

@Missy I had seen that series is in development but did not realise that Moffat was the writer. That explains the cast, which includes David Tennant, Dolly Wells and the other Dracula name which I have already forgotten. Now I am more interested.

Cheers

Janette

@dentarthurdent The Tessalecta was such an obvious “get out of goal free” card hidden in plain sight and we none of us guessed it. It was such a beautifully simple solution to the riddle of the series.

This is a classic Moffat episode, timey wimey story that challenges and amuses the viewer in equal parts.

cheers

Janette

@blekinsopthebrave. Glad to hear that your and Mrs B are holding up through the heat. Have been thinking of you when reading the news. It sounds like you are getting some of our weather.

We watched Picard last year. (and did a podcast on the first episode as a “special” as the podcast series is supposed to be dedicated to cult tv from pre 2000.)…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave. We do have a reconstructed version in our personal library. Not sure as to the quality however. We have had the collection for some time so there might well be a better version around now but it does use stills and voice over so sounds akin to what you described.

@dentarthurdent Time Heist is certainly not Listen which is one…[Read more]

We are currently watching Listen. I must have watched it at least twenty times already. It is one of those episodes that can be watched and watched and is always a pleasure. We just watched Time Heist, out of order, and that always bears up well to repeated viewings too.

Cheers

Janette

@blenkinsopthebrave We have the reconstructed stories but I have only watched a couple. Not sure if we have watched Wheel in Space or not. Will have to have a look as it sounds like it might be the Dr Who story that frightened me when  I was a child. (Not even really sure it was Dr Who)

@miapatrick. I would be very happy to help as I have some…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent You have nailed the problem with CGI. It is often taken too far to represent the impossible. That is one of the problems I have with LOTR, the overuse of CGI that breaks the viewer’s immersion in the narrative. If something defies our sense of what is physically possible then we know that we are watching a fiction, unless it is…[Read more]

I have watched Inception but do not remember it at all which indicates that it left no impression so I would mark that as a fail. There are films I have watched and dislike, for instance Goodfellows, that are very memorable. A good film just not my kind of film. Inception should have been my kind of film but was not engaging at all.

Taking of…[Read more]

@devilishrobby My youngest son recently gave me a long lecture on The Cartmell Plan. If only he was that dedicated to his study. He was researching Dr Who while I was researching the Spanish Civil War on his behalf. I got the impression from what son said that the Timeless Children concept might have evolved out of the Cartmell Plan but I was far…[Read more]

Been a busy and exhausting week, getting things prepared for our little writing festival and helping youngest son with an essay on the Spanish Civil War, a depressing subject, and so tonight, we put on The Five-ish Doctors Reboot. It is so wonderfully good, so clever, so warm hearted. We are finishing off with Steven Moffat’s first Dr Who foray,…[Read more]

@thane16 Hi. Lovely to hear from you again.  I have been worried about you too. Hope all is well with you.

I am also concerned about Craig. Hopefully he is just caught up with R.L

Cheers

Janette