@jimthefish I’m sure you would like The Flash . If you seen Arrow it will be great to watch The Flash . It’s more fun watching both the shows and you also understand everthing .

@nick @jimthefish @lisa @purofilion

Ha! Many thanks for the kind words on the Gallifrey theory. I’m guessing this is an undercurrent of SMs arc about where Gallifrey is, and I do like the thought.

@nick – especially glad to see you about. Hope you have resolved the medical issues.

@JimtheFish – Oh, I agree an explanation isn’t really…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Some interesting thoughts on Daredevil. I think, ultimately, that if it all falls over in series 2, then Series 1 would be enough for me to want to own as a standalone project. It’s interesting that I think it was written that way, in case it didn’t prove to be popular. The birthstory of two characters told in a new way but drawing on…[Read more]

In tribute to Christopher Lee, I think everyone has concentrated on his film work, which is fair enough really. I thought it was delightful that he maintained an active interest in some TV projects for the sheer hell of it though. It’s interesting that he characterised the work of Hammer as being more “gothic dark fairytale” than horror (he was p…[Read more]

I suppose congratulations are in order to Steven Moffat who has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. RTD won it in recognition of services to Doctor Who Drama in 2008. SM has won it for the same reasons. Brenda, eh? What a fan girl!

@purofilion

Yep – straight back for Mr Harness with a double parter. I think Harness wrote a lar…[Read more]

@PhaseShift

I too will look forward to your blog.

I watch this fairly recently too (first time for a very long time). I certainly thought it was one of the best ever as a 12 year old first time around, and whilst I think that the story could be improved on today with a remake, I don’t think there is that much you would actually want to change in…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

re Fantasy – the best I can do is to quote a master:

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”

[or paraphrased any person from a sufficiently advanced society is indistinguishable from a magician]

I would argue the best single “label” might be Science Fantasy in any case.

@PhaseShift  @JimTheFish  I’ve heard from others on “League”, and as an old comic book fan I’m not at all dismissive of the idea that the comic was much better.  Where would I find it if I wanted a look now?  I haven’t kept up with the comics world, so I’ve no idea of availability status.

Saw “Dreadful” last night, new series — it looks goo…[Read more]

@JimTheFish  Gonna answer over on the Capaldi re-watch thread, Crow Road thread.

@JimTheFish

I wrote the original post not having seen the resolution of Penny Dreadful, but I came away from the resolution a bit happier. I’ve watched the first ep of the second series, and it is interesting and hopefully some of the issues which I thought were a bit ropy may have been addressed. It’s well worth a look.

@Ichabod

Just to echo @J…[Read more]

Some interesting responses to my “glowing arse” (thanks @JimTheFish !) post. I just wanted to say that with respect to:

@purofilion

Then there’s Farscape as Phaseshift’s suggestion so I’ll eventually watch that too.

And @JimTheFish

Maybe Mr @Phaseshift could be prevailed upon for a blog to get us all going.

I’d be happy to lead the choir of peopl…[Read more]

@ichabod    Maybe Capaldi’s work has such conviction and focus that we just believe he’s found that through-line, so trust him enough to find our own versions of it.       It seems to me that with Capaldi’s and Moffat’s take on the character, we have returned to an older style of Doctor, where we were left with more blanks to fill in regarding hi…[Read more]

@JimtheFish Thanks for posting the Doctor Who Festival info, I just got an email alert about it, but you beat me to it 🙂

I presume tickets won’t go quite as fast as they did for the last Excel event for the 50th, but I’d suggest that anyone wanting to go shouldn’t hang around before trying to bookl!  Hopefully the phone and email lines will be…[Read more]

Belated hi back to @JimtheFish (and thanks for the making of Firefly video post) and @JanetteB (and sympathies, the earth is indeed equally benighted where you are). Proper congrats to @FatManinaBox – you clever boy you! Have a whole Medusa cascade of gold stars 😉

@Purofilion – hope you’re well on the mend now, even if it cuts into your DVD…[Read more]

@JimTheFish  It’s the character arc(s), taking regen shock (at the beginning of a partial re-set to a whole new sequence of future regenerations) seriously enough to use all of S8 to tell that story in an erratic series of very differing episodes, that’s the boldest throw of S8.  I admire the audacity, and the achievement (which I think is c…[Read more]

Cheers @purofilion @jimthefish et al, and howdy. Good to see the bonkerising continues. Glad you enjoy Sandifer @arbutus 🙂

@Ichabod and @JimTheFish

I’d agree that there’s nothing out of character about the Doctor leaving. Ichabod can find a throughline as a professional writer; I can find one as a professional actor. Frankly, Peter Capaldi is a much better actor than I am – so if I can find a through-line, he certainly can.

Looking at it from an actor’s point of…[Read more]

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@JimTheFish  — about people not falling love with Firefly until giving it a second look: in discussions elsewhere, I’ve seen quite a number of people say exactly the same thing about DW S8 — that they only start to really see its virtues on re-watch.  I guess that’s what happens when you take an established format and do unexpected things with i…[Read more]

@Phaseshift

Like @JimTheFish, I find a little space opera goes a long way. Blakes 7 I loved, Red Dwarf I could either take or leave. I made a valiant attempt to watch Star Trek: Enterprise, and Star Trek: NG, largely because I’d seen most of the original Star Trek. But Enterprise was a bit – well, pants, to be honest. And Next Generation was…[Read more]