@JimTheFish

Definitely try to make time. I ended up wishing I’d watched it earlier, if only to partake in more discussions on it. After a couple of episodes of setup it really gets into its stride. Well done to @bluesqueakpip for actions on other boards. Some interesting points.

Thanks @JimTheFish

To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting a suggestion – just my clumsy way of announcing that I’ve got a ticket, too! 😀 (There’s a reason why I usually don’t write any posts… I’m just rubbish at it!)

A clever colleague of mine suggested getting a ticket for the night bus, which is probably what I will do. Only need to cover…[Read more]

@JimtheFish YAY!! Me too 🙂 🙂 🙂

Only downside is we then have to wait FOUR weeks till episode 2!!

See you on 27th Aug. (Fingers x’d for Moff for the Q&A)

Deep bow to @JimtheFish aka JumtheFosh 🙂 Thankee kindly sir!

You are spot on re it being part of the TV Fest. They did the same thing last year for Deep Breath (and I think Moffat was one of the guests then). Couldn’t make it last year but I’m definitely having a shot at getting tickets for this one. Let me know you get on.

I notice it’s a…[Read more]

Attention all DW fans in the Edinburgh area on Thurs 27 Aug.

The Filmhouse is screening the first episode of Series 9 nearly 3 weeks ahead of TV broadcast!!! (Or am I wrong in thinking DW-Day is 19 Sep..?)

Set your alarm clocks for 10am, 21 July to get your tickets. (It’s not a big cinema so repeat dial could be…[Read more]

@JimTheFish  thanks for the Sherlock Holmes page — interesting to be reminded that in Conan Doyle’s day homosexuality was a crime.  The idea that Sherlock, that rock-ribbed intellectual, would jeopardize his image (and self-image) as a staunch, brilliant, and even heroic upholder of the laws of Queen and country by allowing sexual urges to lead h…[Read more]

@purofilion   Wait, what?  You mean we’re NOT all mad?  And, yes, along those lines — we could have an episode or more of people desperately trying to figure out why the Doctor has retreated into a Silent order of Gramdillion monks, spends all his days there in prayer or weeding the rocksour beds and pinchfoot vines, and won’t come out . . . th…[Read more]

@Purofilion Ah good old Derrida. I wanted to do a masters thesis on Derrida. No-one at the Uni would agree to supervise. (For which I am now extremely grateful. I would have drunk far too much red I suspect had I followed that line of interest.)

Interesting discussion in the light of a conversation I was involved in this afternoon regarding the…[Read more]

@JimTheFish and @Mudlark

I think my favourite part in Series 3 was when we visited the Holmes family at, er, home. To discover that ‘Mycroft Holmes’ and ‘Sherlock Holmes’ were originally ‘Mike Holmes’ and ‘William Holmes’. Their parents had called them by perfectly sensible versions of their names; the boys were having none of it. 😀

@JimTheFish  @Bluesqueakpip  The surname also derives from the name of a perfectly respectable village in Cheshire, the county which was the home of my mother’s family since time out of mind, and thus not a subject for mockery 😉

My personal favourite of the parodies is Cummerbund Bandersnatch.

@JimTheFish

I think at the rate he’s accepting roles in anti-slavery films, he’s trying to change it to being synonymous with the fine tradition of opposing slavery. 😉

@JimTheFish

Cabbagepatch

Ah, Benedict Cumberbatch. The only actor where the parodies of his name aren’t as funny as his actual name. Also the only actor to play Sherlock Holmes who has a name even more stupid than ‘Sherlock Holmes’. 🙂

@purofillion

ohh questions, I like them 😉

Before I begin, let me explain something, my major is English literature, and I am doing my masters degree, my aim is to do it in

something modern and interesting, the doctor’s personality and behavior. hence why I ask too many question.

I apologies to you guys for not clarifying this earlier, and I…[Read more]

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@bluesqueakpip

@purofilion

Hi guys 🙂

I have four questions I want to ask you:

1- Is the doctor considered an atheist ?

I know that we talked about this issue, but this is the last one, I promise.

2- How long do you think Peter Capaldi will last as the doctor ?

3- Who would you like the 13th doctor to be ?

4- Do you think…[Read more]

@JimTheFish I’m referring to the Satan pit episode and the episode, in that episode, the 10th said that he is going down there as

an act of faith, and maybe the reason why he is here is to be proven wrong, or something along those lines.

In the Satan pit episode, there was a creature called the best, he claims to be the devil.  The doctor gives…[Read more]

<h2 class=”user-nicename”>@jimthefish What about the beast 10th’s “an act of faith” speech ?</h2>
<h2 class=”user-nicename”>and how the 11th’s simply explains him as being the devil, while Amy</h2>
<h2 class=”user-nicename”>didn’t seem to take it seriously, he was indeed serious.</h2>

@jimthefish @purofilion @XtremeZ

Jim, there was also the “we don’t need the Americans, they’ll only start praying” dig at Dubbya in Death in Heaven.

I do agree that it is slighly peculiar this desire to make Doctor Who a religious parable. Funny that we’ve been touching on the Norse elements that cropped up in Series 5 & 6 which we all saw as…[Read more]

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@purofilion
@Bluesqueakpip
This is what I been thinking about the issue:
The doctor travels a lot between episodes, and we don’t know how long does has it been since we last saw him
and what happened to him while he was traveling, so we can assume that during his travels he could have encountered indecent that changed his beliefs and…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

I sympathise. I’ve been in things where the other cast members are off to Prague and I’ve got Deptford Town Hall. 🙂