@jimthefish

Words have meanings attached to them

jimthefish: Yes, they do but once again it’s a great deal more nuanced and complicated than that.

No, it’s not.  You just want to make it complicated so you can pretend that the way you use the words (“reboot” for instance) is correct, when it’s not.  And it will never be correct no matter how muc…[Read more]

Thank you for a positive spin @jimthefish

After some sleep and reading all the people who have confidence in Chibnall’s ability I feel a little better.  Maybe this is just the acceptance stage.

My nagging fear is I AM judging HIS work, and ’42’ and that movie they called Doctor Who have always stood out to me as beneath Doctor Who, I know he…[Read more]

@JimTheFish @Bluesqueakpip

 Silurian two-parter, it raises its head. Look at the Silurian scientist. Portrayed as a Mengele figure solely to create a good cliff-hanger and then instantly transformed into a kindly pacifist,

This is my main concern. I was unable to watch more the 10-12 episode of the Battlestar Galactica reboot (despite loving the…[Read more]

@jimthefish

(E.g. as a nuclear scientist would you take Merriam-Webster’s definition of fission as the last word on the subject. Of course you wouldn’t.)

Whoa.  Never said I was a scientist.  I worked as a technician in a plant.  But I had six months of school from 9-5 studying thermodynamics, metallurgy, nuclear physics, radiation calcul…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Quite apart from anything else we don’t want to become the Chibnall equivalents of wailing anti-SM brigade. Let’s judge him on the work.

I think this is a point that cannot be made often enough.

@OB-wan

It’s not nuclear power (and I know because I’ve worked in nuclear power).

Good. Now, imagine how you’d feel if I kept repeating the same, wrong, explanation of the way nuclear power works, using a dictionary definition, and consistently misapplying one of the technical terms.

I apologise if this is annoying you, but while you’ve wor…[Read more]

@jimthefish

…in the rebooted show.

Just a minor technical point – the show hasn’t been rebooted.  “Rebooted” implies jettisoning the past stories and starting over.

@jimthefish

An ‘opinion’ is a conclusion or stance arrived at via evidence and argument.

It seems you have leapfrogged over the posts where I detailed my evidence and argument. No problem, it’s all there, just take a moment to review it, please.

The first is that a traditional DEM tends to be consequence free.

That is an opinion.  And even if it…[Read more]

@jimthefish

And your argument is that “they mentioned the words Bad Wolf before”.  Along with a reference to the heart of the TARDIS.

If you look at the definition of DEM you will see that there is nothing in it that forbids such vague foreshadowing.

It matters not if the words are sprinkled here and there.  And merely mentioning the heart of t…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

I wouldn’t rate Parting of the Ways as ending with an actual D.E.M., but I would regard it as a joke around the concept of Rose becoming a Dea Ex Machina in the literal meaning of the phrase.

Just as the motorbike in The Bells of St John is an actual, genuine D.E.M., ridden by a pun on the literal meaning of Deus Ex Machina – the…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Of course, the real reason for the twelve month delay is that they’ve finally got Peter Jackson to agree to direct an episode of Doctor Who.

Six of the twelve months are for one episode…

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@jimthefish

Dues ex machina – a character or thing (i.e. Bad Wolf) that suddenly enters the story in a novel, play, movie, etc., and solves a problem that had previously seemed impossible to solve – Merriam-Webster

Sorry Jim, but I know the definition of DEM and I saw the episode with my own eyes.  NO amount of lawyer-ing is going to convince me t…[Read more]

@OB-wan

There’s nothing any writer can do about the stupidity of the networks (but anyway, bringing Marsters in was a condition of renewing Angel).

And also, what @JimTheFish said. What both showed had was liberal use of  the word “quantum” as general purpose handwaveium.

@jimthefish No, I believe they’re going to try and spread HDM out to at least 5 series, depending on how well it’s received. A lot will depend on how well they do coming out of the long hiatus, and then obviously if Chibnall can keep the ratings fairly decent. You could be right about them downgrading it, rather than canning it altogether, but my…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

 I doubt we’ll see a female Doctor next time either.

Well, having worked with her on Broadchurch 2, he could get Charlotte Rampling in. That’s be a safe pair of hands.

*Whistles innocently*

@JimTheFish

Have the same reservations – would much prefer Toby Whithouse – and entirely agree on Broadchurch 2. It was a masterclass in adjusting the universe to fit the story, which is bass ackwards and rather spoiled the understated humanity of the first series. But, he deserves a chance and we can also hope that Moff goes out on an even…[Read more]

@jimthefish  @arbutus @pedant   Thanks all!  I don’t have Netflix but I am going to my sons for a few days and he does. I will marathon watch a few episodes  and let you all know what I think. Years ago I saw the movie and it was ok if I remember correctly. We are very snowy and cold (-4 C) here so lots of reasons to stay inside by my fire and wat…[Read more]

@ichabod Fans have not changed so much then after all. Had they had BTL back in ACD’s days the abuse would have been akin to that dished up to Moffat etc.

@jimthefish. That was a very well written piece. Thanks for sharing it.

I too have noticed the absence of @puroandson and I hope all is well and it is just the holiday break keeping them…[Read more]

@jimthefish  What an excellent fish!  I particularly appreciate the comments on the KKK/Suffragette scene, a weird little phantasmagoria if ever there was one . . . and, that which can never be insisted upon too often, the fact that not liking a particular tv show isn’t proof that the show is bad.  It’s just a clear sign that the show in qu…[Read more]

@jimthefish

Hear, hear.

In many respects, I thought the Abominable Bride was one of the best Sherlock outings by Gatiss and Moffat, particularly in the way it has grown from the seeds it planted back 2010. To have simply recycled the (considerable) strengths of that first series would have diminished the show.

What I love about it as a show in…[Read more]