@JimTheFish

I really, really get how you’re feeling – it might just be that Chibnall and the Whittaker Doctor simply aren’t your cup of tea, or it might be that the change from the direction of the Moffat years is so great that it’s going to take a series to get your head round. I’m sort of coming at it from the opposite direction, of course.…[Read more]

Two full boxes of Kleenex this week. Beautifully written, performed, and shot.

@jimthefish I’ll have to respectfully disagree. This season does have a completely different feel from prior seasons, for a multitude of reasons, but Thirteen is undoubtedly the Doctor in my opinion. A bit more unsure and sentimental, perhaps (like some early E…[Read more]

@jimthefish

Thanks mate. One thing that happened was missing my “so, you’re a diabetic now” course, since I had no viable way to get there. So now I get that and my deep-retina scan all in one week.

@blenkinsopthebrave

I’ve watch a fair few dashcam vids – it is surprising how limited people’s vocabulary becomes when…[Read more]

@juniperfish aaaaauuughhhhhhhhhhh, I finally saw Deadpool and I cannot think of what relates to AvocadoPear…

I’m actually loving this series so far, perhaps it fits my taste well, adventure with a bit of humor, and great character development. (Yaz will get her day, I’m sure.) Comparing it to some critically acclaimed dramas on the BBC that…[Read more]

@jimthefish

There’s a Python gag for every occasion.

No apostrophe in the credits.

@JimTheFish Cheers. I have to admit that I never finished your book, but I got a new Kindle and it’s currently one of only two books on there so I’ll be reading it again soon. Don’t take it personally – I have many books I’ve never finished. I get easily distracted.

I have a web shop to build for a friend (more distraction), but maybe after that…[Read more]

@jimthefish then again Capaldi seems immensely Socttish, and his parents are Irish and Italian…

@jimthefish

I liked that link on the web site page. I think nekrosys would’ve benefitted too.

Certainly there’s a difference between sarcasm -the jumpy-man’s wit- and good irony, real wit, burlesque, lampooning and sharpness. I love words!

And also, music.  @blenkinsopthebrave  Absolutely, Where Eagles Dare is spectacular. We watch it every C…[Read more]

@jimthefish  and all following this topic

So I decided to do some light reading tonight about the IRA point.   🙂

I came across this piece

https://qr.ae/TUhntT

hope this pastes cause I had a bit of trouble with this one

@jimthefish I know where you are coming from re: the fans of the supercilious and slightly superior Doctors  that the young female companions looked up to (although even there I suspect we are still in @pedant‘s “angry virgins” territory). But that type of Doctor was only applicable to the ’70s with Pertwee and Tom Baker. The other Doctors not so…[Read more]

@craig @jimthefish

Fun fact: EU subsidies make up the entire profit margin of British agriculture.

Also: at any one time the UK has on hand between 4 and 7 days food.

Also (also): we do not have the customs infrastructure to deal with things (at the Tunnel there is literally nowhere to build a customs post).

So (so (so)): the only solution…[Read more]

@jimthefish

Scotland did have that independence proposition?  The bartering situation is ridiculous!

However on 1 hand I can understand how the UK would want to make the most of their fishing/

agricultural resources but I also agree they have to protect them too. My understanding about the

hard Irish border has to do with the customs u…[Read more]

@craig @jimthefish Blimey. That’s absolutely crazy.

I don’t even know where I got my wrong opinions from. Sorry.

@JimTheFish I’ll let you off, you non-Scottish person!

@jimthefish I haven’t yet read everything but I hate you already. 🙂

My family (on my mother’s side) is from Ireland and I looked into getting an Irish passport. But it was too many generations ago. You lucky beggar.

@jimthefish, @craig, @pedant, @thane16, and other long-standing participants to this forum,

Some random thoughts on why this current incarnation of the Doctor and the recent stories are attracting so much bile and toxic responses on the web generally and, unfortunately, even here; a site established as a place where we could engage in polite,…[Read more]

@pedant @jimthefish

As I said, we’re keeping an eye on it. Most of the trolls seem to be ‘one comment and they’re out’ kinds, but if it does get out of hand we will step in. You don’t have to read it. I’ve seen plenty of reviews and comments online of, for example, “Rosa” that have been extremely critical.

What I don’t want is any dissension…[Read more]

@Craig @jimthefish

:shrugs: It seems to me we all came here because we were tired of that sort of nonsense on the Guardian.

The problem with treating small-minded little Hitlers as jokes to be pointed and laughed at is, one minute you’re a joke and the next you’re president of Brazil.

@pedant @jimthefish @thane16 @janetteB

I was well aware that there would be a bunch of idiots signing up for this season just to post stupid or hateful comments about a female Doctor or too many people of colour etc. However, I am also aware that we have a great community here, and the trolls (which is what they are) are shot down quickly. And I…[Read more]

@Craig @jimthefish

You may find this of interest. I think it is what we, in the usenet days, would have called “on-topic trolling”.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/10/29/lets-talk-comments-android-police/

The (slightly buried) lede.

The second, though, is a newer one for us, and one we feel obligated to confront. On the web, a certain kind…

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