Still too much “You say your line, I’ll say mine” in the talky bits – which is down to the directors and editors –  but otherwise a bold, clever, thoughtful episode which, as @juniperfish says is wholly appropriate for today, of all days.

Also much foaming Gammon and frothing Angry Virgins on Twitter (and much piss-taking of the same). It’s…[Read more]

@juniperfish  We can’t wait for the Doctor, or anyone else, to fix earth’s problems. We have to do it ourselves. A rather sombre message, for sombre times.

And much needed — and heeded, to some degree, as noted about the mid-term elections here in the US.  This part of what CC is doing I do like: the scaling back of the earlier Docto…[Read more]

so, here’s something for @juniperfish ‘s and others’ thoughts on WhitDoc’s character being related to Light.

I can’t believe I haven’t linked to this before but not sure.
If you know the track below then this is an interesting Live version.

But here’s the original album version

So, couple of things.
Firstly, @pedant – thanks for the hint to try using Search on the Forum (I don’t think I’ve ever done that before!!).
@juniperfish – thank Pedant for this link to that mention of Radio Times and red and blue by Phaseshift

@troygorsline – [ahem] “theories more insane than what’s actually happening”.

I think bonkerising will…[Read more]

@troygorsline

Pfft. This is the home of bonkers theorising.

Get with the bonkers programme!

(Although, come to think of it, @juniperfish, you do need to reverse engineer Eccleston into the colour changing universe….)

@juniperfish aaaaauuughhhhhhhhhhh, I finally saw Deadpool and I cannot think of what relates to AvocadoPear…

I’m actually loving this series so far, perhaps it fits my taste well, adventure with a bit of humor, and great character development. (Yaz will get her day, I’m sure.) Comparing it to some critically acclaimed dramas on the BBC that…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

Oh, and to add on to that: I vaguely thought I’d heard Tsuranga before. It’s a mix – or may be a mix – of Tsur/Tzur, which is Hebrew for ‘rock’ and the Maori Tauranga, which means ‘safe haven’. The Hebrew also has the meaning of ‘safety’ – the kind of rock you hide in, use as a natural fort. So a very good name for an ambulance…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

“May the saints of all the stars and constellations bring you hope, as they guide you out of the dark and into the light, on this voyage and the next, and all the journeys still to come, for now and evermore….”

Yes, I had a feeling that the Whittaker Doctor being present at Grace’s funeral was significant. That was, as far as I kno…[Read more]

So Pting has proved spectacularly popular on Twitter. Watch out for the cuddly energy-sucking toy coming to a Christmas stocking near you.  (I was thing more a sort of Colorado Beetle in space, @juniperfish).

Not for the first time an otherwise perfectly decent yarn, with solid performances throughout has been let down by editing and direction t…[Read more]

Did my eyes deceive me, or was the Doctor’s jumper purple in this episode, and if so and not a trick of the lighting, what is the significance. Over to you, @Juniperfish .

The episode was entertaining and as visually impressive as the first four, but the overall impression after first viewing is that, although it contained plenty of good things, the tone seemed a bit uneven and I’m not sure that the component elements really meshed together to form an integrated whole.  I agree with @Juniperfish that the real…[Read more]

@Winston ! It’s good to see your picture and handle again.

@cathannabel We (i’m typing for Mum and adding in myself) echo those sentiments. Have a great time. And enjoy this time with your Dad: it should be a terrific experience and one your dad should treasure and so will you. Mum also said she spent 3 days on the Danube when she was 25 with…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip Definitely comedy horror. I adore spiders so was basically going “stupid humans don’t go in there” the whole time and howling with Halloween laughter.

Lovely that the Doctor is rooting for the spiders.

And He Who Shall Not Be Named was the truly scary thing… noo no nooo noooo nope train to nopeville we’re gonna elect someone…[Read more]

@juniperfish @swordwhale Now I’m going to get myself in even more trouble than my recent post about Brexit.

I don’t doubt that there are real trans men and women and I feel they need everyone’s support. It must be very difficult. Unfortunately, in the UK at least, there are people hijacking the trans narrative and no one challenges it because…[Read more]

I too am very angry about the attack on trans rights, because it is a nasty and deliberate attempt to break-up the power of LGBTQ+ by atomising it, and the architects of the attack know exactly what they are doing, as trans-folk have reached less critical mass support amongst the “general populace” than lesbian and gay folk (bisexuals are sti…

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@juniperfish At the end of the episode The Doctor had changed to the red-ish T-shirt. And looks to be wearing it next week, which looks like it is set in the future, or at least in space. I think your colour-coding is working so far.

@juniperfish I’m almost sure the t-shirt started off blue, was red for a bit, then back to blue.  Would have to rewatch to be sure…

Plot-wise I felt it left a bit too much dangling, as it were.  The mummy spider was dead, and the other hotel spiders were in Not Donald Trump’s panic room, but what about all the others?  There was the one that ki…[Read more]

“when you break an egg and scramble it you are doing cosmology.”

@juniperfish @pedant @anduril (Halloo! if you are a new member: welcome -yes, indeed it was around the red and blue tie/ balloon that I found this site with its super-clever bonkerising)

Red Shift:  and the Doctor’s, “let’s get a shift on!”

Is it all related?

@geoffers. I…[Read more]

@juniperfish

Many, many thanks indeed. Not for anything you said, you understand, as I seem to have found my way to Doctor Who by, well, magic…But many thanks.

So, that was my first experience of Chibnall ‘s Who and Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor. It was brilliant. As @jimthefish said, it is an instant classic.

I don’t think there was anything a…[Read more]

@juniperfish I know it probably isn’t so, but in my head-canon I like to think they’re giving a little nod to you.