@craig –

No problem at all. Tis the season and all that … besides it’s damn cold out there at the moment….

@robertcaligari

It’s a contentious subject I know but can we please keep it civil? You’ve started an interesting discussion here (imo) and everyone’s entitled to agree and disagree but let’s try to do it in a friendly way? Part of the point of this site’s inception was as a refuge away from the more combative corners of the internet and we should…[Read more]

@BobbyFatv2 –

Oh, that’s interesting. I never thought of that and it’s starting to make me think of the episode in a whole different light now.

@mudlark

I was wondering if the various bits and pieces were on there as well as the full stories. Right then, I’ll check out the lone episode of The Celestial Toymaker before the weekend.

@blenkinsopthebrave –

ah, mea culpa. Hadn’t realised that it had a full episode intact. Thought it was reduced to just clips and telesnaps. I do have a copy of Lost in Time somewhere but I’m ashamed to say that I’ve still not watched it.

Wasn’t sure where to actually post this, but as the upcoming post is very much on Who, maybe this is the best place. Am about to try to revive my old substack and decided to start with a (very long) post on Who, the culture wars and its long history of controversy. (Not posting it here as it’s, as I say, very long and was starting to feel that the…[Read more]

@craig — that is indeed really great and worthwhile. Donated.

@devilishrobby

Yes, must admit I like that idea a lot. It’ll be interesting to see the Toymaker back but I do wonder if expectations might be a little high. What with the Gough original only been seen in a few isolated clips and photos I wonder if he might have been built it up in fans’ imaginations. I know he’s a character I’ve built up to epic…[Read more]

@robertcaligari—

Basically what @juniperfish said. There’s a long history of a one-way street in blind casting so it’s nice to see it going the other way (not that it’s not still unproblematic.)

However, it’s still a question of context. I’d agree if that had been a Rosa-esque episode focused solely on Newton’s life and influence then maybe the…[Read more]

Afraid I’m going to have to be the dissenting voice here and say that I didn’t love this one much. Didn’t hate it, just didn’t love it. For all the talk of this being ‘something Who has never done before’, this seemed to me to be little more than a mash-up of Listen, Flatline and Midnight (another story that I’ve never quite understood the love…[Read more]

@pufferfish — yeah, that one stuck out a mile even to me. (Tho it has to be said that there’s more than a bit of Dick Van Dyke to 10/14)….

Just a few thoughts on the above…

@juniperfish — I’m not sure we’ll see Billie P as Rose again — although I agree that RTD might have to fight hard against the temptation. If she does show up, I’d say it’d have to be on Saturday as having her in an episode that features the return of the Toymaker plus presumably includes the Tennant/Gatwa…[Read more]

@scaryb

RTD2 – love it!!

Thanks but I almost certainly can’t take credit for that. I’m sure some sharp young thing came up with it on Twitter or whatever it’s calling itself these days.

And that’s a really nice piece from Pat. And since he’s seldom known for holding back on his opinions we can safely say that it’s meant from the heart. And good t…[Read more]

You really registered just to say that? Why?

And as for ‘most woke Who ever’, all that does is suggest you really haven’t been paying attention over the past 60 years.

Well, I enjoyed that a lot. It felt like big, proper Who and convinced me that Davies hasn’t lost his touch. This could easily have fitted in to one of Davies’ later seasons and was actually a damn sight better than some of the stories from that time.
Tennant obviously looks a bit more, um, weathered since his last appearance, not that it mat…[Read more]

hello all. I can certainly have a go at putting a page up for The Daleks but if @craig has got an update in mind I wouldn’t want to interfere. (But if there’s anything I can do help, then do just give me a shout….)