Well I just finished and wow that was awesome! Great opening and ending and middle bits.
So this is going to be a season about more unfinished business? I have to see this again
to get my head around all of it. Lots to take in. IN the end I noticed a blue light
when Missy and Clara get blasted. I don’t think that is the death ray. I think
we…[Read more]

@Juniperfish et all

She’s always been dalek fire-proof historically,

Somewhere since the reboot (possibly under Ecclestone, but not certain) it was spelt out that the Daleks know more about how to destroy Tardises than anyone bar the TimeLords themselves.

@Bluesqueakpip

Indeed. And that process was kicked off by showing that Daleks are capable o…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

speculations that Clara is the Doctor and Missy’s daughter.

Did you notice that Missy got described as ‘the Wicked Stepmother’ this week?

Space Dad and Wicked Stepmother. If they’re not Clara’s biological parents, they’re definitely being positioned in the parental role.

@juniperfish

He knows Missy was the one responsible for putting them together in the first place. And they BOTH came to find him. Plus it was Missy he entrusted his last will and testament too. there is a lot going on there

And LOL to ‘lovebombing’ the daleks. Oh that had me in stitches.

Curse you @juniperfish, now I have the Toni Basil song stuck in my head.

@Juniperfish Thank You! That would make sense!

I think I have managed to pick my jaw up off the floor – but to be honest, only to pour a great deal of wine down it.

Oh my! THAT is how you open a series. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the like!

I had suspected Davros so pleased I got that right. Knew Missy was back and Gomez as before was fabulous.

I had assumed the Doctor’s ‘will’ had gone to…[Read more]

Hurrah! Many, many, thanks to @ichabod for the iTunes suggestion. I have purchased season 9 on iTunes, and just watched the trailer (again) to prove that I actually had it. Many thanks also to @scaryB, @janetteB, @purofilion, @lisa, and @juniperfish for the suggestions and support.

Time for Mrs Blenkinsop and I to break out the jammy dodgers!

@Ania welcome. If Old High Gallifreyan sounds as beautiful as it looks when written I hope that we do get to hear some. I imagine it might sound rather like Swedish or Welsh.

DotD and the Prequel provided some hints as to the richness of Gallifryean society and there were no plastic seats in sight. (A reference to the set dressing in Invasion of…[Read more]

@janetteb — yes, I saw @juniperfish‘s post and gave it a hearty recommend. A lone voice of sanity in a wilderness of Murdochian eye-swivelling over there….

@JimTheFish The Murdoch trolls are out in force BTL on the Graun article. I have been wearing out the mouse hitting recommend on that one. There was an excellent post from our very own @JuniperFish

thanks to the link to the Q&A too.

Cheers

Janette

@jphamlore – Missy’s appearance isn’t aristocratic. It’s Victorian governess. Now, let’s see – who’s the governess/nanny/teacher around the Doctor. Oh, yeah. It’s Clara. 🙂 Personally, I’m going for ‘Space Dad’ and ‘Space Mum’ for Clara – in that Clara has two perfectly human parents; but she would never have existed if the Doctor and Missy…[Read more]

Hey, @Juniperfish! Hope all is well.

I’ve just referenced you in the Series 9 Official Spoilers blog, but didn’t do an ‘at’ in case you didn’t want to go there. I was riffing off your ‘Clara is the Doctor’s daughter/granddaughter theory’.

@juniperfish, Well said, and I couldn’t agree more.  This is one of my all-time favorite episodes and it is masterfully done.  I’m sure it has been a tool in helping understand depression and a comfort to those with depression.

Just spent far too much time in the pub for the middle of the week, but such a joy to catch up with everyone’s recent contributions. Thank you all so much; I’ve missed being in here recently, some great conversations and memories shared.  So many places and ages and experiences and yet we come together happily in this little corner of the…[Read more]

YAY!!

Glitter!!! 🙂

Thanks @juniperfish for added sparkle.

*looks round cautiously for grumpy @FatManInABox, hehe*

I think Capaldi would be great in a thriller-spy style Who story – I’d love it if they filmed one episode in black-and-white for some spurious time travel reason or another – it would look great!

Great idea, and wouldn’t he just!

@TheKrynoidMan Good to hear you like it, always interesting to know what younger fans make of the old stuff.

And agree with the various posters that #3 is the weakest episode – the downside to multi-part stories, especially the 6-parters. Mostly this rattles along nicely. Troughton is great (and thanks @Craig for @HTPBDET‘s old avatar as the ID…[Read more]

@scaryB, yes I must remember these BG episodes have been hand picked by experts for awesome! @juniperfish, I love the little Troughton I have seen, he might even be my favourite (other than 4 and 12), for his incredibly deft touch, but I especially liked Seeds of Death and he was delightfully quixotic in the Three Doctors.

@Barbaralefty BG Who was often notable for character driven stories, this particular one probably more than most.  As you say it comes partly from having multiple episodes in which to tell the story and set up side characters. The down (and up) side of the format is that because it was shown over several weeks, with no oportunity to replay the…[Read more]

@juniperfish, I seem to recall a touch of eyebrow related local politics in Deep Breath 😉 I agree and I think the approach of the story being driven away from the big issue towards the nitty gritty of interpersonal politics and human motivation like this does means you are absolved from having to fix say, climate change, in an episode so can…[Read more]