@robertcaligari it’s interesting that ‘what if a white man was cast to play Martin Luther King’ is the example so often used, because it’s a really, really bad example. Unless Newton was campaigning against racist laws and politics applied against white people by people of Indian heritage.

@jimthefish plus there is the largely under explored debt…[Read more]

@juniperfish exactly, to all your points. And @Jimthefish and
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I think we’ve had excellent responses covering points as to why it’s acceptable -if not necessary – to consider a non-white Newton.

The argument, that an actual famous person shouldn’t be black or brown because he’s an actual white guy, folks, neatly summarises our pro…[Read more]

@juniperfish yes the differences – and his awareness of them – are interesting. I mean, metacrisis Doctor was pretty much sold to Rose on the basis of his being able to say he loves her (I believe that’s what he whispered to her to make her kiss him like that). Each Doctor incarnation is a distinct personality influenced by the same (and making…[Read more]

Den of Geek has a nice article identifying as many as possible of the Who aliens fashioned in Rose 2’s Toys:

Which Doctor Who Monsters Were Hidden Among Rose’s Toys and Childhood Drawings?

I think they missed one though – top left in the dark corner, The Face of Boe, right?

https://images.app.goo.gl/mKd8kgWupvp6TMm2A

@Craig I…[Read more]

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That reference to ‘London town’ is indeed weird. I confess I missed it at the time – possibly I was so engrossed that my mind filtered it and I just heard ‘London’ – but I checked the transcript and, yes, there it is. But even if the writer hadn’t been RTD, I’m not sure that it can be counted an Am…[Read more]

@mudlark. Glad you put up pt 4  and good to see you. Last few days have been very hectic here with the usual Thursday Friday stuff and family at the weekend but finally getting a bit of time and a lot to catch up on.

@ScaryB. Lovely to hear from you again. So nice to see all the “old faces” on the forum again (@craig and @jimthefish and more).…[Read more]

It’s great to see the band getting back together , old and new, to our delightfully over-analysing space!

@ScaryB <waves>

I enjoyed Pat Mills’ review of The Star Beast – many thanks for that.

@JimtheFish <likewise waves>

RTD2 is indeed a perfect moniker, and all power to the hive-mind of the interwebs for creating it. I am interested to see…[Read more]

Second viewing and liked it even more. Still not sure about undoing the previous fate of Donna, and like @jimthefish I think I would have preferred Rose to go off for an adventure with the Doctor. Am really hoping we do get to see Bernard Cribbins again and agree with @BobbyFatv2 that it surely must be significant that Rose is a toymaker.

@jimthefish Well, I see that t’other place does still have a Who forum. I am wrong again! (I would not want to spoil my track record for inaccuracies…)

@blenkinsopthebrave Seconded! Huge thanks to our mighty emperor @Craig, and Time Lords/Troll Bashers @JimTheFish and @Phaseshift (and every member who helps keep this a civilised space. Here’s to lots more congenial discussion and bonkerising.

(T’other place is still running (with lovely Martin Belam having taken over the reins from the late Dan…[Read more]

@jimthefish I was thinking about how the wonderful @craig established this site all those years ago as an alternative to t’other place, which was full of angry trolls complaining about how Moffat had ruined their childhood or some such nonsense. And we managed to build a forum of thoughtful reflection and boundless enthusiasm for everything…[Read more]

I really enjoyed that!

It does bode well going forward, especially with the (clearly on screen) bigger budgets.

I particularly liked that Rose’s trans identity was a plot point, not just a random thing. “Binary” was the word that Donna’s mind glitched on originally when 10 realised he had to mind wipe her. So its resonance in The Star Beast…[Read more]

@jimthefish I agree his comment felt more like a trolling comment meant to provok.

Whilst who has not always been socially perfect it has generally been socially aware and accusing a program of being “woke” just seems to be the latest fashion with those who want to troll something just for the sake of it.

As I previously said I really enj…[Read more]

Hi all,

Well I’ve been so very tardy (and not Tardisy)!
I really need to catch up with everyone and in fact, I haven’t even seen the last couple of episodes or the regen!

I will I will before I watch this ‘new’ Doctor!

Anyway, it would be remiss of me not to offer a song to you all, so…

I notice that there have been some colourised episodes,…[Read more]

I’d been meaning to pop in before tomorrows return, but it was the new blog by @jimthefish and the mention that finally woke me up.

Happy 60th to you all.

I’ll definitely respond to the blog in depth. To be honest I’ve struggled to organise my thoughts when approaching the Chibnall era, so maybe having your thoughts to bounce off may be helpf…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave and @jimthefish. Don’t worry, I’m still alive, just very busy, but I will be updating the site tomorrow for the big new grand opening of what I think they are now calling Season 1 (again).

Love to you all.

@Jimthefish – a forum would be good. I missed that they’d done a colourisation/new edit. Sounds like it’s worth watching (and that from an old dyed in the wool b/w fan!)

@jimthefish As a timelord, do you have the capacity to add a forum, or is it only our Emperor @craig who has that capacity?