@Juniperfish

triumphantly pulling out the packet of ginger nut biscuits from the back of the closet which she was looking for all along.

Any Doctor who liked ginger nuts would have my unqualified approval from the off!

@juniperfish To the defence of the makers of BBC nature documentaries (whom I adore), I am sure various shows have included footage of some snails having a good time, which would technically be bisexual hermaphrodites or somesuch. (What a weird start to my second post on these boards!)

@jim4 Until a century or so ago, blue was actually a feminine…[Read more]

I think @juniperfish speculated that 1 and 12 will combat the Valeyard ( in the Christmas special)

Now The Master stated that the Valeyard was a distillation of darker bits of the Doctor……

Hence his knowledge of the Doctor

The Master very very occasionally fibs

Who else knows the Doctor so intimately and is somewhat dark?

Answers via a…[Read more]

I think many on here are doing well in engaging with the one-post wonders, who will no doubt slink back off to the Daily Heil after they’ve had their little rants. But just a reminder to them that while they’re here, they might like to take note of the site etiquette. Particularly the clause on personal abuse of members. (Yes, I’m looking at you @j…[Read more]

@juniperfish i’m over the Moon & filled with joy you bothered to engage with a one-off sign-up, who joined to froth about the Doctor regenerating in a female body, i can’t thank you enough for taking the time to leave a comment.

Whooo, remarkable and that’s some long drawn out reply, which shows your life long devotion to the program. When it co…[Read more]

@Juniperfish @lordwindowlicker

I came across a new term a few weeks ago – “Broflake”

It’s American (I think – in response to the right calling everyone who takes offence at their racism, sexism etc. ‘snowflakes’). It basically means a man who’s all for freedom of speech for himself, but when women or other minorities get a voice he loses it…[Read more]

@juniperfish
Sorry that I didn’t notice your response to me until now.  It’s been an odd day.
It’s disappointing how people bemoan changes like this when they A: perfectly fit into the story canon and more importantly B: As you said, don’t really take any role models away from men.   There has been a male dominance across the board,  it di…[Read more]

@MissRori Me too! @Juniperfish could give them some style tips – she made a great female Doctor when I met her the first time!

To be more serious, I think it does raise some interesting dramatic questions, which I’m sure will make for great TV. As @optimall noted on the spoilers thread, walking into a situation can be more difficult for a woman…[Read more]

@Juniperfish As the first Time Lady (in CosPlay) I’ve had the pleasure of knowing, have a like! I’m overjoyed too. 🙂

@tardigrade  We did get the answer to the question “Missy, would it kill you to be kind for once?”. That answer appears to be yes :). It wasn’t only Bill who was unwilling to live if she couldn’t be herself. It seems the Master felt the same and didn’t want to become what Missy was becoming.

Indeed!  All that “things end because they have to” is…[Read more]

@juniperfish

It’s never to late 🙂

Unfortunately, I dont think we’ll see a Valeyard story (unless the idea appeals to CC). I would see the desire not to regenerate as a step along the path to becoming the Valeyard.

I don’t know if you’ve had the chance to see the Moff interview in the after show. Moff makes his ethos on making Who very clear.…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

“Missy’s weepy remorse scene is an act – pul-ea-ase. Is the Doctor actually falling for it, though?”

I’m interested to see where this Missy stuff is going, (obviously!), especially since I can’t shake this feeling that the Doctor’s promise to “guard this body for 1000 years” was somehow a reference to himself.  I did wonder if he m…[Read more]

@mersey @jimthefish @juniperfish @mudlark @bluesqueakpip

Just as a contribution on the tricky question of clues and our interpretation of them, my own particular take on them is this:

A lot of what we talk about is invariably a construct we propose and then test. The one thing I’ve always liked about this forum and the group of people who p…[Read more]

@jimthefish @juniperfish
But how much more satisfying it would be if all those clues were relevant, pieces of a bigger picture? There was no meaning in Tarot’s card (were there any cards in the series or it was only a concept from the forum?) and because of that now you sound disappointed and skeptical. Do paintings hold any meaning? I don’t know,…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

Strictly speaking, the Doctor and Bill are not going back to the Victorian era. At the time of the frost fair of 1814 George III was still technically king, though in a somewhat precarious state of health – hence the Regency, his grand daughter Princess Charlotte, at that time second in line to the throne, was still alive and V…[Read more]

@thane15  I am *so* glad to hear that your mum is doing better — have never forgotten her comment here that she’d be, er, tits up in a matter of months, so the doctors said, yet here she is still!  That’s great news.

And in one sense I’m in a similar situation to hers — I’ve bought S10 through iTunes, downloaded it today, and got — only the s…[Read more]

@phaseshift, @kharis, @juniperfish et al — and of course Bill and Heather is a nice little tribute to (the) Hartnell(s)

After a second viewing I reiterate my love for this.

Thinking about it, there are a couple of vibes I picked up on this (I think @juniperfish called one with the Rose and chips vibes).

The main ones in terms of AG years came from series 5 and 6. During early series 6 we (and I’m sure @juniperfish will remember this) expended a lot of pixels on t…[Read more]

@juniperfish Your insights into this episode are incredible.  Honestly for now I am just going to agree with you completely; headcanon accepted.  (:

This was a wonderful intro to season 10.  Adore Bill, but how could a person not adore Bill?  She’s original and absolutely endearing.  Agree with @jimthefish and @nerys that this has a wonderful introduction to a companion and I enjoy the sense of whimsy, humor and wonder infused back into the show.

@winston @MissRori, @mudlark @juniperfish @phas…[Read more]