I have been slowly catching up and as usual the posts come in faster than I can read.

I made a few notes as I read. So many excellent posts, really enjoyed reading the discussion as much as watching the actual episode. I would like to comment on more of the posts but would mostly be to say, “well said” or “hear hear” so to move on;

Nice to hear…[Read more]

I’ve just been browsing comments on the Guardian, a good source of amusement while most people on this forum are safely tucked up in bed. I’m amazed at how many people seem surprised that Missy is back, because “she was dead”. But seriously? It never occurred to me for one instant after the end of Death in Heaven that Missy was actually dead. We…[Read more]

Thanks for the link, @JimTheFish! I was interested to read it, although I was sorry to see that they have apparently decided to disable comments, as it would have been interesting to see if any readers at least gave him credit for trying. (Although I suppose there wouldn’t have been much of that, really.) I thought that his point of view was much…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

 As for the writing style — I don’t really like the word verbose — it was partly a symptom of the time he was writing in but also partly the point.

Well, up to a point. He was often paid by the word and, more than once, it shows. None of that detracts from his importance, but it should equally not be swept under the carpet.

@miapatrick    I meant to say in response to your comment about Citizen Kane, that I’m not above a little sentiment, but I need it to be pretty well leavened with humour. I’ll take Casablanca, where we are smiling at the end, any day! As a teenager, I read Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice both within a short time of one another, and liked them b…[Read more]

@Jimthefish– Franzen is one of my favourite modern authors. I see what you mean about writers who are not afraid to be writers- one thing that always sends me reeling from writers groups is this tendency towards a common type of prose-everything has to be completely simple, you can’t leave the reader in any kind of uncertainty for a second,…[Read more]

Greetings!

Nice to see that the Beeb have relented and will release ‘The Underwater Menace’ on dvd, just 2 months after they confirmed that they definitely wouldn’t at all ever. Now you can actually (legally) complete your collections…

the-underwater-menace @bbc shop

P.S. Big shouts out to @ScaryB , @JimTheFish & @XaD4 (…. as well as…[Read more]

@miapatrick

Never having read Radcliff I cannot comment. But Gaskill is probably one of the most boring writers I’ve tried to read.
Somewhere on here, Terry Pratchett was mentioned – can’t find where. Love him and have every Disc World book -for adults.

@jimthefish Chabon and Franzen are new to me? I believe I’ve heard “The Book of Strange New…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

No, I don’t like the word verbose either, as I said, pretentious. Our English teacher pounded into us, that when writing, never use a long word, when a short word would do as well. she was right.
There are too many rules and regulations nowadays: don’t use “lly” words, don’t use “ing” words, it can stop a person writing freely – that…[Read more]

@purofilion Wow, @JimTheFish He is incredibly lucky.  I’m going to see the 3D recap and I’m over the moon.  I seriously feel like a kid, all giddy to see what Moffat has in waiting for us.

I’m guessing that @JimTheFish lives in England, which I’m also jealous of.  I tried to work at the BBC, but unless someone there applies for a work visa, a no…[Read more]

Wait, wait, wait? @JimTheFish. You SAW WHAT EPISODE?   HOW???  Jealous.  I am so jealous right now.

Aww – thanks @jimthefish and @janetteb – lovely to “see” you both, here and in the “other place”.

I’m back from summer hiatus now and looking fishily forward to TARDIS adventures with everyone!

@JimTheFish The Murdoch trolls are out in force BTL on the Graun article. I have been wearing out the mouse hitting recommend on that one. There was an excellent post from our very own @JuniperFish

thanks to the link to the Q&A too.

Cheers

Janette

@scaryb @jimthefish @xad4 @wolfweed

Glad you all enjoyed it! I look forward to any snippets you can remember (hint hint) from the Q&A when the episode airs.

Don’t look at the extra wait for part 2 as a drawback. Look at it as extra time to develop theories on how part 2 will go. 🙂

Oh, and this one is for @JimTheFish , as promised…

https://youtu.be/dq3E0iXRY7o

It was indeed a most lovely evening! 🙂

A big thanks to Mr and Mrs @JimTheFish, @Wolfweed, and above all @ScaryB for being so welcoming.

Only downside: more than three weeks to go until the re-watch! 😮

Thanks for thinking about us @JanetteB and @Bluesqueakpip

Had a great mini-forum meet with @JimtheFish, Mrs Fish, @Wolfweed and @XaD4 and a packed cinema full of Doctor Who fans.  Can’t report much from the screening of Magician’s Apprentice (very temporary escape from the stasis cube to post this) – except to say – make sure you don’t miss it…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

You know, you can really go off people! Oh well, envy is a dreadfully exhausting emotion. have fun.

cheers,

Missy

@ScaryB and @JimTheFish

The Buffy-style credits made me giggle – I haven’t seen it before. I agree that it best suits the Team TARDIS era. 😉

I will try not to be too envious of all those getting to see the first episode nearly three weeks early.