@Pedant – Just looking back at mentions – yes I also think it would be very funny (and not beyond the realms of possibility as we all know the Moff is a Grauniad reader) if the Blue/ Pink intermittent theme is a chain-yanking writer’s gag following on from the Red/ Blue bow ties spec last seasons. But, on the other hand we now have two time…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,

One of my fave actresses Keeley Hawes as Karabraxos and her clone – yay!

I liked the cinematographic panache of the episode and indeed I’m really enjoying the new series overall – a very different feel from the fairytale era of Smithy (praise be to it) – this season has a continual 1960s spy undercurrent, which I think is the most…[Read more]

Hi everyone, swimming in from sick bed – did the Doctor say “Dad skills” when he put young Pink to sleep with a Time Lord finger? Methinks he did. Definite Dad vibes.

I know we’re going to see the Doctor’s cot again at some point.

I like Jenna Coleman so much better with Capaldi than with Smithy – she’s stepped up her acting game and is…[Read more]

@Arbutus and @Bluesqueakpip (I’m catching up) Thanks for the kind wishes – appreciated – being sick sucks!

@Purofilion and @Serahani re the silver spoon from our friend Wikipedia (“silver spoon”):

The phrase “born with a silver spoon in his mouth” appeared in print in English as early as 1719, in Peter Anthony Motteux’s translation of the…[Read more]

Hi All, thanks for the get well wishes @JimtheFish @purofilan and @JanetteB

Still with a swimmy head – I’m just popping in briefly to note that the Doctor’s spoon and black glove were very striking.

The Doctor Who fan fiction archive “A Teaspoon and an Open Mind” is named after a quote from the 4th Doctor in The Creature from the Pit  – “Well…[Read more]

Well I am seriously late to the party – so many good posts, some much needed swift modding and here I swim in at the twelfth hour.

Thanks for your kind wishes @Phaseshift x. I’m not well yet – just finished a second course of antibiotics and still don’t think it’s sorted – freaking AWFUL sinus infection – so I’m writing with a swimmy head from…[Read more]

Hello Dear Emperor @Craig

Sorry to see that a new arrival is speaking to you so very rudely, you who have set up these wonderful boards with your own care, time and attention and created such a lovely space for us all.

If people can’t behave courteously, we really don’t need them here in my view!

Thank you for all you do – you are appreciated x

@Phaseshift Thanks very much for the get well wishes x I really need them.

I love your clarion call to twelve weeks of excitement 🙂

And you too @Purofilion – thank you.

@Cathannabel Ooh the Bleak House reference is GREAT – and is it a clue? In that novel, a woman finds a daughter she thought was dead… I’m still sold on Clara as the Doctor…[Read more]

Hi Everyone,

I’m a little fishily late to the party. I’m, alas, writing this from my sick-bed (allergic reaction to antibiotics, ended up in AandE, bit of a nightmare). Anyhoo, I’ve now seen the ep and read all your comments!

The new steam-punk opening visuals cement the writing team’s attachment to Victorian Britain, and thus (hopefully) to Jen…[Read more]

@Wolfweed Thanks for the pic – sartorially I am liking Capaldi’s Doctor very much indeed so far.

Of course <sniff> I’m still in mourning for Smithy’s bow-ties.

Have we seen his sonic yet?

Hello 🙂 @takemetomyraggedyman  – excellent so far! Did you knit the scarf?

@Bluesqueakpip  I may be in heartbroken denial, but I don’t see why River and Twelve can’t meet up.

I’d love to see Alex Kingston and Peter Capaldi acting together for one – fun and fur flying. Plus, the vagaries of time travel certainly allow for it, should the Moff so wish it.

So yes, not so sure Capaldi will be entirely disinterested in flir…[Read more]

Has anyone else seen @DanMartin is back at the Graun with a naughty (as in hopefully anticipating howls of dissent of various kinds in the comments 🙂 ] article about Capaldi, Clara and no “hanky panky” on the TARDIS ?

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/jul/28/flirting-tardis-peter-capaldi-doctor-who-interview

MILD SPOILERS FOR Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

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Just been to see it (in 3D) with an old friend and have to report that we were both deeply disappointed.  It’s true, as all the official…[Read more]

@Phaseshift 🙂 “swishy goodness” – thanks for the welcome x  It’s good to be back to this salubrious corner of the Whoniverse.

I have never seen Mark of the Rani but @Phaseshift‘s “arse gravy” and @Bluesqueakpip‘s poker option don’t fill me with tremendous confidence it must be said! Apologies to comrade @Blenkinsopthebrave .

I won’t get to wa…[Read more]

@Craig – Ah yes, Tunnock’s would be great 🙂

But no brand names on the Beeb (apart from the Liberty wall paper highly evident on Sherlock etc. ahem).

Perhaps a bag of sweets?

Not jelly babies obviously. Aniseed balls?

He could sort of muffle the “aniseed” in his diction and give cross-over universe fans everywhere a thrill as the new Do…[Read more]

Holy chameleon circuits <the J-fish catches up after life in the slow lane>

I didn’t realise video cuts as well as scripts had been leaked.

Half the fun is watching, not just with Auntie Beeb, but along with all the other fans – why would you want to time travel this one?

Tsk tsk – avaunt spoilers, avaunt!

@ScaryB  – yes, hurrah – happy to be back 🙂

The question is – what sort of biscuit-crumbs should I be sprinkling on the sofa now?

Which kind will Capaldi-Doctor prefer? He seems like a garibaldi kind of Time Lord to me – “Would you like a squashed fly biscuit?” <snarky eyeroll at villain of the week>

But, if he is in fact the Valeyard, then…[Read more]