@bluesqueakpip @Juniperfish and @purofilion

I also am in the Doctor as “space Dad” not actual DNA Dad camp. I suspect that Moffat and PC are aiming to establish a father/daughter type relationship for the Doctor and companion in the upcoming series. Acutally I think they should model the Doctor/Clara relationship on that of Hartnell and Lambert…[Read more]

@nerys    I completely agree about Midnight. It was probably my favourite episode of what was definitely my favourite AG series (until Series 8, which may be sitting on top of the pile now!). And as you say, the caring about these fictional characters is what makes the show resonate for us, and makes the messages matter.

@purofilion   Having a lo…[Read more]

@Juniperfish – I agree it’s still possible – and Missy would certainly find it incredibly funny to use the Doctor’s own daughter against him. If there is such a plotline, I’d expect Alex Kingston to be booked for a return; I don’t imagine they could explain it without her. There would probably be a perception filter on the Oswald family, so that…[Read more]

@JanetteB

I doubt she ever was thinking of leaving but even if she were it is the story that we have now that matters not what might have been.

Quite.

I suspect that she always had the option to leave at this point, just as Peter Capaldi had a one-year contract for this first year. Peter Capaldi because it was a big risk (both for him and for…[Read more]

Much more important than anything else, LindaLee has spoken:

(@Juniperfish – I know you especially like to check these out. She seems fully recovered now!)

Couple of thoughts:

@Juniperfish – the Professor is a trope – he was the lawyer from Jurassic Park or all the corporate types Loki killed in Dogma, Professor Quirrel in Potter; and every irascible or pompous supporting character who’s got their comeuppance in some way. A low cost victim.

@all – I think the point of lampshading the Alien…[Read more]

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had a happy time yesterday. Just got the Christmas special watched and read all your brilliant comments. I really enjoyed this and can’t wait for a chance to watch it again. It left me feeling altogether happy.

I loved what @Bluesqueakpip, @Miapatrick, and @pedant had to say about how the Doctor sees people. When…[Read more]

It also strikes me that this episode is the resolution to the Doctor’s story so far, the end of Twelve’s regeneration trauma. As @Juniperfish and @Bluesqueakpip (and others) have theorised many times on these boards, Eleven in Time of the Doctor is expecting to die (properly) by the slow road when he is unexpectedly, and literally, given a new…[Read more]

Haven’t got past page 1 yet!

Brilliant comments as ever everyone!

@Bluesqueakpip – post 36383 – genius summing up of how the Doctor “sees” people, and why.

@Phaseshift I agree, this episode really defined Clara/Capaldi Dr relationship.  Great chemistry (kudos to JLC’s acting skills in making it work in 2 different ways with 2 different D…[Read more]

@juniperfish

and even well-off perfume rep dreams of more from life

@juniperfish – why have the bit at the start where dancing girl tells us and her companions the Professor put his hand on her knee unwanted – unpleasant and unnecessary. And did we really need it spelled out for us in words that the dream crabs were face-hugger tributes?

i think that the inappropriate hand on the knee was to set up that it’s ok n…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

Face reality or have your brains sucked out like ice-cream seems a bit harsh for a Christmas message

Not quite the message, I think.

Yes, it was certainly ‘you can’t live in a dream-world, you’ll die.’ But it wasn’t the Mr Gradgrind version; what saves them from living in a dream-world is Santa Claus. An possibly-imaginary friend…[Read more]

@juniperfish

I’ve managed to catch up on the first three today while cooking, doing chores, playing with lego and really enjoyed them. I’m so pleased.

I think one of the problems with adapting Pratchett’s work is that the narrative jokes are often lost, and the script for this one has been sharp and adapted well to include some gems. Heap and S…[Read more]

@Fatmaninabox I heard a rumour about a phantom midnight tree pruner in Birmingham. Wondered if that was you!! (sounds like everything’s going great – well done).

@Juniperfish has just said everything (in post #36342) I wanted to say, and much more eloquently. So just to second that and raise a glass to you all. Thanks everyone for making this…[Read more]

and a big eating of festive humble pie to @juniperfish who was dead right about Marti Noxon. On this reflective rewatch, I definitely agree she’s had a rockin’ season two. Bad Eggs notwithstanding.

A happy solstice to you too @Juniperfish, and to all!

Ah, long time since I lounged on the sofa… time for a glitter refresh I think… oh and some fish scales too I see 😉 (thanks @Juniperfish)

@pedant Great video (707 episodes in 1) – my brain’s boggled – that’s a decidely bigger on the inside creation 🙂  And as folk have said it’s an interesting way to view, for general impressions of speed,…[Read more]

@juniperfish — RE. Dollhouse. As @pedant says the unaired pilot points to something slightly different but I’d agree that it just didn’t work. I’d say it was Whedon’s moment of hubris or at least something he didn’t think through properly. It was basically an idea for a movie that just was never going to work as a TV series. A concept where your…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

I would strongly recommend trying to track down the original unaired pilot of Dollhouse. It is the only way to get a sense of the show that Whedon wanted to make, rather than the one that got made after every executive at Fox had injected his two-penn’orth. Remember, these are the same people who made the opening of Tru Calling a…[Read more]

The return of LindaLee (@Juniperfish et al)