@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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Janette

@whohar I was hoping that Gatwa would do at least three seasons. I guess it all comes down to the funding. Relying on streaming brings problems too. There are now so many competing services and most people can only afford one at a time. Most friends cycle between services now. Also unfortunately, those first two episodes will have lost viewers. We…[Read more]

@whohar maybe flying low in the Disney radar is a good thing, just as long as they don’t drop it altogether. They probably view it as a minor production and that means less high end interference.

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Janette

@craig Just saying,, this forum is the best managed of any I have ever been a member of and is still going strong after ten years which is remarkable so the rules hold up well.

Thanks Craig for your amazing work

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Janette

Best Wishes. I have fingers crossed for the outcome for you all in the U.K. The world currently needs some good news.

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Janette