@jimthefish I am a HUGE! blues fan too. There is a local blues radio show around
here called ‘Mick Martins Blues Party’ every Saturday afternoon on our local public radio:

http://www.capradio.org/programs/mick-martins-blues-party

4 powerful hours of blues every Saturday and a lot of it is very RARE recordings!
you can access all of it on…[Read more]

Thanks @jimthefish – didn’t know of that B&S project though heard he was making a film).

And, well @purofilion , you really scraped a few barrels there!!

;¬)

(and yes that first one ends with a link to woolworths.com.au so maybe an ad you had over there..?)
and I suppose its ok to be 3 hours early… well, as long as its a good song! 😉

I’ll…[Read more]

Well, obviously @JimTheFish has already snuck in with a cracker. Nice work!
(and a great Moody one from @Lisa )
I’ll have to admit my library was rather mean in terms of Tuesday songs so I actually had to do some research(!)

I searched (and found stuff) far and wide, mulled over a few and then I came across two gold-plated wonders.
There are…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Many thanks for the info. I was not aware of the Amazon Studios option.

Last I checked, Writersroom were yet to announce the drama window, but it likely late summer, early autumn.

Radio is really interesting and I have written scripts in the past. Quite a lot of work in adapting an existing TV script but, you are right, it is more…[Read more]

@Jimthefish – thanks but its not Tuesday yet!!

Sheesh, you just see rules as things to break!
Won’t catch me doing that..

[ahem]

😉

So – know any good Monday songs…? 🙂

@jimthefish  & @bluesqueakpip – the Ulysses / Odysseus comparison is a nice one.  Ulysses often used tricks – the wooden horse, hiding his men among the sheep to fool the Cyclops – rather than brute strength and fighting skills.  Perhaps the sadness of The Doctor is that he doesn’t have a Penelope waiting for him at home.

@ichabod

Actually, the Chinese have the Monkey King as a trickster hero. I’m not familiar with his stories, but he is definitely their guy.

I agree that while there are definitely trickster elements in the Doctor, it’s not the whole story. I like @bluesqueakpip‘s Odysseus notion, and someone awhile back mentioned Robin Hood. @JimTheFish added…[Read more]

@johnathan As @JimTheFish points out, this is a site for discussion. If someone states something and other people disagree then that is an interesting point for us to consider and ruminate on, not one to run away from and wail about being attacked. Or delete an account.

My personal opinion is that the whole religious argument is ridiculous, but I…[Read more]

This is not a Forum it is an attack site, being used by many small people to attack  others… What a shame.

@purofilion, @ichabod, @JimTheFish @DroneX1 and others:
Like any good Dalek, perhaps DroneX1 is still around, you should be careful. Attacking him behind his back could lead to trouble.

Perhaps the poster known as DroneX1 was trying to…[Read more]

@jimthefish

Always felt there was something slightly Brer Rabbit about the fourth Doc.

It’s the grin.  A very Brer Rabbity grin.

@JimTheFish @Bluesqueakpip

I don’t think this has been posted yet. A tongue-in-cheek list of the worst Doctor Who stories ever.

I love “The Girl in the Fireplace”, in which “The 10th Doctor Who uses a magic fireplace to groom a child.”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/usvsth3m/it-is-a-childrens-show-5269489

@JimTheFish

But enough of that, Jim, what do you really think? 😀

It’s a perfectly sensible top ten, actually, though I’d agree that The Eleventh Hour ought to be in there.

You’ve got:

• The first regeneration of the modern era
• The story where the companions of the modern era are all reunited together with some of the cast from the spin off…

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Off topic question but i have to ask.

Which Doctor is your favourite?

@ichabod, @purofilion, @lisa, @JimTheFish.

@JimTheFish thank you for understanding

@IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan

So:
You aren’t as rare as you think you are;

Unless you are me, I highly doubt that. I believe everyone is “rare”.

Like when you rock up in a new place and conduct yourself with the grace of an elk with indigestion

Sure…

You do not need to be fluent in any language to avoid u…[Read more]

@JimTheFish I never came in here to start up a fight, because I’m not that kind of person and that’s what bothers me when you said it. Let me say one or two last things, explain myself and then I will leave you all alone. 1)You don’t know me, you’ve never met me and the conclusion you’ve made up about me were based on two paragraphs/posts. That’s…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Not much happens in episode one, of course. It’s a five-parter so it’s taking its time with the set up and we get lots of nice character work

The advantage of this of course is that we we are invested in the secondary characters, so we care what happens to them. One advantage of the slower pacing of the BG show, a disadvantage bei…[Read more]

@JimTheFish The Who stories drawing upon Britain’s pagan past are some of my favourites. I would like AG Who to re-vist some of that territory. There is so much to draw upon. This story also reminds me of another favourite TV series from the late 70 or early 80s which you might recall as it was made by BBC Scotland; The Omega Factor. It starred…[Read more]

@jimthefish

the BBC types are a great piece of mild self-satire

Yes indeed, I meant to mention this;   and the presenter (whose name I didn’t catch) did a particularly good voice impression of Richard Dimbleby!

@JimtheFish

Agree with you 110% re William McIlvanney. Can’t believe his books were out of print at all, never mind for as long as they were. Docherty in particular is a classic. Great wee documentary, and me too re a bit teary. The chat with Ian Rankine in particular is just lovely.

For anyone who wants to check it out, it’s still on iplayer f…[Read more]