• Mudlark replied to the topic The Giggle

    @juniperfish @blenkinsopthebrave

    The hand with the red painted fingernails picking up the tooth is an almost exact and obviously intentional parallel to the final scene in Last of the Time Lords, where we see the Master’s funeral pyre and then a close up of his signet ring lying on the beach, and a hand with red painted fingernails reaching to…[Read more]

  • blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic The Giggle

    @juniperfish

    Oh, really like the suggestion that the red fingernail that picks up the gold tooth could imply the Rani!

  • PhaseShift replied to the topic The Giggle

    @craig

    It’s almost like RTD can never let David Tennant go

    @juniperfish

    I think you’re right @craig, that RTD can’t quite ever let Tennant go. But honestly, what’s not to love about that?

    I honestly don’t think it’s that controversial to be honest but I think it’s bound to be read by some as a lack of faith in N’Cuti. They have Tennant in rese…[Read more]

  • Mudlark replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish

    Perhaps The Celestial Toymaker is back to do battle with a member of his(her) own species…

    Ooh, like it 🙂

  • PhaseShift replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @jimthefish

    are you suggesting that there’s a link between the Fendahl and the Great Vampires — maybe relates species or sub-species? Cos I like that idea a lot.

    Yes, although I blame Steven Moffat who had Missy musing that maybe all lifeforms may hit a technological point that they think “let’s give cybermen a go! What could go wro…[Read more]

  • Whisht replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    Wow.

    Just wow.

    Not the episode. I enjoyed it, was happy to see Tennant and Tate again and sparring off each other.

    But wow – it’s great to hear/see so many people being… erudite and bonkers and engaged again.
    And that includes (newer) people saying “who the hell are you and do you mean me?”
    :¬)

    @juniperfish – there’s an entire comment of…[Read more]

  • ScaryB replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @Juniperfish

    Utterly charming and utterly neurotic, and far too many drinks in one day.

    haha, it is that, and another time (and place) altogether. Thanks for sharing

  • Mudlark replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish  @jimthefish

    I guess regeneration is plastic only within core Shobogan DNA variations.

    That’s exactly on point, I think. If Time Lords were capable of taking on on the appearance of any and every  life form they encountered they would be only a few steps removed from zygons, whose ability to morph has a very different biological b…[Read more]

  • JimTheFish replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish

    A whole other interesting concept we haven’t really discussed yet is the fact that, by human standards, Time Lords are also “race fluid”

    That is an interesting point and has loads of implications — primarily to my mind whether there’s an aspect of regeneration that uses a kind of social camouflage or ‘imprinting’, as I think has b…[Read more]

  • WhoHar replied to the topic On the Sofa 11

    @blenkinsopthebrave

    All shiny and clean too!

    Nice to be back somewhere civilised…

    My recent post on the WBY forum about Louisa Harland, got me to a-thinking about Irish Folk Tales. I’m sure there is some mileage for Who in a “Celtic season” leaning on the traditional Irish Fairy and Folk tales. There be Fairies / Fae, Giants, Ghosts, Gods and…[Read more]

  • Mudlark replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish

    Your suggestion of LeGuin’s Gethenians as a lens through which to view the Time Lords of Gallifrey is interesting and illuminating but, though the term gender fluid may apply to the people of Gallifrey, unless I have misunderstood the term I’m not sure that it describes the people of Gethen.

    As currently established, Time Lords have…[Read more]

  • JimTheFish replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    Well, if these last couple of forums have proved anything is that one of Chibs’ major failings was the ability to inspire any kind of significant speculation. Have to say I’ve missed this level of bonkerising.

    @phaseshift

    Interesting convergences you mention there. If entities in this story were proto-Eternals and the Toymaker is definitely one…[Read more]

  • Craig replied to the topic The Winchester

    @juniperfish and @jimthefish Many thanks for your contributions. Very kind. They will be put to good use.

    Cheers.

  • Robert Caligari replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish See, my concern with a show like Bridgerton is the fact that it basically exists in a utopian alternate history where racism was never a problem. I would give almost anything to live in such a world, but sadly, we don’t. On the other hand, what exactly is preventing our children and our children’s children from getting the idea in…[Read more]

  • PhaseShift replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish @miapatrick

    Did anyone else think about E-space from Tom Baker’s day, and the Great Vampires?

    Actually your musings on salt and mythology reminded me of something else from Tom’s era. If you fancy looking at it on i-player, it’s in season 15 and called ‘Image of the Fendahl‘. It shares a link with ‘State of Decay‘ in that the F…[Read more]

  • syzygy replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish I love the goblin market & recall it was referenced during Moffatian times here too.

  • syzygy replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish exactly, to all your points. And @Jimthefish and
    @robertcaligari

    I think we’ve had excellent responses covering points as to why it’s acceptable -if not necessary – to consider a non-white Newton.

    The argument, that an actual famous person shouldn’t be black or brown because he’s an actual white guy, folks, neatly summarises our pro…[Read more]

  • JimTheFish replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @robertcaligari

    Basically what @juniperfish said. There’s a long history of a one-way street in blind casting so it’s nice to see it going the other way (not that it’s not still unproblematic.)

    However, it’s still a question of context. I’d agree if that had been a Rosa-esque episode focused solely on Newton’s life and influence then maybe the…[Read more]

  • Miapatrick replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    @juniperfish yes the differences – and his awareness of them – are interesting. I mean, metacrisis Doctor was pretty much sold to Rose on the basis of his being able to say he loves her (I believe that’s what he whispered to her to make her kiss him like that). Each Doctor incarnation is a distinct personality influenced by the same (and making…[Read more]

  • WhoHar replied to the topic Wild Blue Yonder

    And agree with the mavity/gravity wording @miapatrick and the Doctor’s salt-vampire superstition concerns @juniperfish . There is something going on….

    At last! I’ve written a post without any tpyos!

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