@janetteb and @winston: Thanks! I admit I enjoy exploring this world of the Tenth Doctor and going on a journey into the unkonwn with him. I mean with some episodes I have been spoilered and vaguely know what happens, but seeing it is just so captivating!
I admit that these two episodes (SitL/FotD) are currently not on the top of my list (although…[Read more]

@janetteb and @vickymallard  Hello and Happy New Year!

I also envy vickymallard watching all of these fantastic episodes for the first time. It was an emotional roller coaster that I would gladly ride again. The monsters in the shadows are voracious and love fried chicken. We meet River Song for the first time and then she is gone.What? But the…[Read more]

@janetteb    Hi, I was wondering where you’d got to.   Merry (late) Christmas!

I have thousands of things to do, with the result that I never do any because there are too many other things and besides, this site and Youtube are too much of a distraction.   This is not good.

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VotD must be a top 3 Christmas special. Titanic, Poseidon, Aliens, Robots of Death, ‘Keel him!’…

Love it

I assume the Host represent parallel cyber evolution. They are really extraordinarily similar to the SVs, Vs & D’s that Taren Capel liked to inject with gigantic glowing red syringes. Or the Titanic was a time ship……[Read more]

@janetteb  I am just starting my annual Xmas Who watch so I will keep my eyes open for that line. I like Voyage of the Damned but it does have a high body count for Xmas. I wish I had one of those host angel things for a creepy tree topper to go with the Dalek ornament my daughter knit for me.

Now off to watch the 10th Doctor sleep through most…[Read more]

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remember… Mr Copper’s degree in Earthonomics came from Mrs Golightly’s Happy Travelling University and Dry Cleaners.

@janetteb what the cut to nine episodes per year means that there will be fewer stories per year! Russell T Davies said this was because it was so expensive, after being given loads of money by Disney! Of course, this is no excuse.

Star Wars films are very expensive, but the main things about Star Wars is that it’s a series of films which come…[Read more]

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maybe it originates in the home counties and London

People certainly used to, and presumably still do, speak of ‘going up to Town’ when visiting London for purposes such as shopping or meeting friends, but not ‘London Town’, which sounds distinctly odd in a modern context except, as you say, in songs and poems. Another such reference…[Read more]

@janetteb   I know just what you mean about your ‘handbag book’.   I was using Moving Pictures in similar fashion, which is why it took me so long to get through it.    In fact I’ve learned from experience that if I chauffeur Mrs D anywhere, especially if her very large family is involved, I make sure I’ve got a book handy in case of emerge…[Read more]

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I have heard the news that the ABC no longer screens Doctor Who. I hope you have access to a streaming service. It is worth it.

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@janetteb    I’ve just started (re-) reading Reaper Man  (he says, blithely ignoring the excitement going on nearby over New Episodes!)    I guessed you’ve finished it by now.    I think it’s one of Pratchett’s most entertaining books (and of course it features a favourite character, Death).   The Auditors of Reality remind me of management…[Read more]

@janetteb @mudlark Well, I’ve watched the new COLOURISED version of “The Daleks” and here’s what I thought of it.

In general, the colours used worked quite well. Some of them looked very bright and lurid, though. This might just have been because of the colour schemes the Daleks themselves actually liked. Of course, it’s an alien planet with…[Read more]

@janetteB   And now part 4 is up.

@Translatorcircuit   Am looking forward to watching the  Dalek episodes this evening. I gather they have been edited to cut out some of the padding as well being colourised (horrible word).   It will have to be on iPlayer on my computer, though, as my Tivo box is currently on the blink -probably expired of old ag…[Read more]

@janetteb   It’s probably a symptom of my disinterest that I can hardly remember what the overall plot of the Flux series was.   Or maybe it was just quite obscure at the time.   The Flux eating the universe actually reminded me of episodes in that weird series Lexx where robotic heads were eating everything and changing it into more robotic heads…[Read more]

@janetteb There’s no particular reason why you might amend your view of the Hogfather TV adaptation when you read the book, first acquaintance is a powerful influence. 🙂 Hogfather is one of his best books, by the way.

I’m up to ‘Moving Pictures’, one behind you with Reaper Man. Reaper Man is a good one, IIRC. Are you reading them in any…[Read more]

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Is there a real claim a primacy for the ‘internal logic’ of Who or any other show? The result is always a compromise between the writer, the director, the producer, the ‘chemistry’ between the characters, production constraints (severe in the case of classic who) and the response to public or establi…[Read more]

@nerys     I would say (from memory) that the TV series quite closely followed the book.   As I would expect, since Neil Gaiman was apparently closely involved in the TV production.   (I think in general it does make a difference to ones viewpoint which version one saw first, since the first-seen tends to establish itself in ones brain as the yar…[Read more]

hey everyone 🙂 how are you all 🙂

Awe thank you @Janetteb 🙂 its like a little home I’ve returned to 🙂

Take care everyone stay positive hugs 🙂

Regards – Declan Sargent

@janetteb   And oh yes, the minor characters are all well written.   There could almost be a spinoff, there.   The dramas of an alien ‘refugee’ society in modern London.   (I had a sudden flashback to Neil Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’).    Not sure quite how well I’d like it though.  I tend to prefer series that have just a couple of main characters,…[Read more]

Hi @janetteb, thanks for your kind comment.

Apparently Anah was not killed, she was being kept in stasis.   I wasn’t sure if she was injured, but, checking the transcript from Chrissie’s site, it appears not.

How much of the Street was a party to Me’s deception I don’t know, but I would think very few.   It seems from witnesses that Rigsy was…[Read more]