@Phaseshift and @Bluesqueakpip and all

Yes, definitely worth a watch. Alice XZ’s art is amazing. I first came across it on Tumblr and she has now been licensed by the BBC and her art is available via their shop http://www.bbcshop.com/search?q=Alice+X.Zhang .

It is great that the Moff got out on the tour himself and saw the global fan enthusiasm…[Read more]

SPOILERS for X-Men Days of Future Past

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Marvel’s X-Men movie series has been an uneven beast. This one is enlivened by the time travel element and the young/ old Xavier and Magneto. Some stunning CG and some awful rehashing of other movies (a big rip off re Terminator f…[Read more]

Thanks @Bluesqueakpip 🙂 I’m watching it now and it’s great to see the enthusiasm in Korea! Global fandom is wonderful.

@pedant @purofilion Yes 🙂

To join up with another thread – School Reunion is actually a very Buffy episode of Who, not least because – it’s set in a school, Anthony Head is in it as a dodgy bat-creature, and it’s actually all about relationships not monsters.

I love Rose’s bitch-face in this episode, and I love that she and Sarah Jane come to…[Read more]

Apologies if someone has already posted this, but the Radio Times has a poll asking for votes for the best episode of each series of NuWho as we approach the tenth anniversary of the relaunch next year.

You can vote here: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-01-08/what-is-the-best-doctor-who-episode-of-the-modern-era

I chose the following, so it…[Read more]

Anyone else been wondering what Matt Smith has been up to since he left Who?

Well apparently the Hollywood powers that be are re-making the Terminator franchise, with Arnie still involved (why, Hollywood, why can’t you stop regurgitating things and make something new) – anyway, Smithy has a…[Read more]

Thanks @Craig – I hope you don’t remove the Personal Message option. Most people are smart enough to spot spam and not start sending their e-mail deets to people called Jennylv1 !

Some lovely musings on Santa @Phaseshift 🙂 I really like the idea that Amelia made him real.

Whilst I like the dynamic between Clara and Capaldi, I think Amelia/ Amy and Eleven’s relationship is probably my favourite of the Nu Who Doctor/ companion relationships to date, in retrospect, because of its really twisted magical quality. “He met her…[Read more]

Russell T talks Capaldi

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-01-07/russell-t-davies-why-didnt-i-think-of-casting-glorious-peter-capaldi-as-doctor-who-lead

and his new drama Cucumber, Banana, Tofu 🙂

It seems the US didn’t really work out. I’m glad to have him back.

<Arrives on the sofa for a quick fishy cuppa>

And to note that, apparently Capaldi’s Who has not been nominated in the National Television Awards

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/06/peter-capaldi-doctor-who-national-television-awards-nominations

His performance is by far the most supple and subtle of the new doctors. Bless his g…[Read more]

@JanetteB So sorry to hear about the animal shelter and kennels xx

How scary for you. Glad the fires are under control now. I hope your town all supports one another.

Take care – solidarity!

@ScaryB – thanks for the live performance – I just love the hair and clothes :=)

A very happy new year to you x

I am in bed taking a rest after dinner. Some friends of mine are here kindly washing up so I can take a cat nap. Then hopefully I will be able to get up and join them round a real fire so we can have ghost short story…[Read more]

Lovely Buchanan @ScaryB – feels very New Year-ish – great to have you in the DJ box.

I’ve forgotten how to post videos so the vid comes up – remind me?

@ScaryB

A merry almost New Year’s Eve to you comrade glitter-scatterer x

What do you wish for Who in 2015 one and all?

I wish for an Alex Kingston as River encounter with Capaldi’s Doctor, for the sheer finesse of those two acting on screen together.

@Purofilion @JimtheFish @Pedant @Rob @Barnable

Oh the multitudes of academic papers which have been written on the Bufffyverse 🙂

Giles and Buffy’s relationship is lovely – who doesn’t want a Giles.

@Craig @ScaryB @Whisht @Blenkinsopthebrave

Yes, I also received a PM – web fishing of some kind. But this fish shall not be caught! 🙂 <looks for squashed chocolate treats behind the cushions>

@Bluesqueakpip Yes, agree that emotionally Twelve treats Clara as a parent does.

I just hope there is some tie-in. I’m still remembering:

1.  Clara coming across the Doctor’s cot in Eleven’s TARDIS

2.  River’s enigmatic implication that she and Clara were linked in some way

3.  The fact that Clara “blew in on a leaf” just as River’s identity…[Read more]

@geoffers @Purofilion @pedant Thanks for all the replies on “knee fondling Prof”. I just found it distasteful. Moff always likes to poke things with a stick though and inappropriate touching has certainly been a phantom haunting the BBC.

@all I hope we are going to get a bit more of a search for Gallifrey in the next season!

It was indeed great…[Read more]