@bluesqueakpip – Ha! Monastery/cloister – love it! Ah crap though? Is it really such a bad thing?

@Juniperfish – the last line of the full version of oranges and lemons is “the last man is dead”. Go figure …

Ah. Crap.

@HaveYouFedTheFish and @Juniperfish, I think you may be right. Where was the Doctor when the Bells of St John started ringing?
In a monastery. Otherwise known as a cloister.

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Clara could be a manifestation of River. But I never saw River looking after those children as incongruous; in her new environment she looked around for anyone who needed rescuing. The people who […]

@juniperfish – good call on the cloister bell! So the thing the doctor is most afraid of … is himself?

And the cloister bell rings because of imminent disaster and it in fact literally “tolls for (because […]

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Neat parlaying of my foot-stamping into an advert for this forum, btw 😀

Hi @Juniperfish – phew, thanks for not taking offence(!). Must admit i was trying to think of another post to elaborate but couldn’t think of anything – obviously far more discerning people where I don’t have to […]

[urrkggh!]

@juniperfish – love you as I do (and honestly I hate to disagree with you!), mere mention of ‘that woman’ causes me to splutter and chill!

there are many, many female actresses and comedians who […]

@Juniperfish– I loved the dancing. I’m not as a rule over-fond of physical comedy, but Matt Smith always plays it just right, with enough self consciousness to make it seem creditable.

Having sobered up and […]

@juniperfish “squick-wise”???

Agree re Amy’s Choice. They also referenced it in The Bells so you’ve got set up of Clara with creepy robot on the stairs and apparently also-creepy mad monk on the doorstep (who […]

@juniperfish Yes, Matt’s physical stuff is great. In fact I’ve been so busy being bowled over by Celia Imrie that I forgot to mention how impressive I thought Matt was throughout – from apparently gormless, to […]

@juniperfish – number 4’s scarf (or one very like it) is draped over the mirror to the right of Clara’s front door. (oh and the bow tie Matt found in a box is number 2’s )

Re “reading ahead”: I do think Amy has […]

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Did anybody see any eggs?

Damn! Am out of practice :-p  I did see a very carefully selected blue bow tie tho! (talk about rubbing our noses in a bow tie – look, look, this is a blue one!)

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I agree, Jenna Louise is remarkable. I find it astonishing she looks a lot younger in this than she appeared in “The Snowmen”.

I’m tempted to think the GI may be a mask for something/someone […]

<waves @juniperfish, coffee, yes, fresh pot always brewing in here. Who’s got the jammy dodgers? 😀 >

Very excited! No more sleeps. iplayer teasingly says it’s got Bells of St John downloaded in HD… anyone […]

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Hope you’ve been successful in reducing your workload for the new run?

@JimTheFish

Yes, it seemed a little thin as an argument. Interesting though that the Cultbox list featured Jane Goldman. […]

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Many thanks – nice to receive confirmation!

it had, I might add, about three followers

THAT MANY?!

ah @JimtheFish and @Juniperfish – both of you trying to to tell us about the same unlikely story….

I smell something fishy!

[I’ll get my coat!]

actually @juniperfish – I did kinda think about RTD and that storyline but only afterwards (it was a weird train of thought that got me to “I am the Doctor”!).

I actually hated that whole ‘resurrection of the […]

he he! thanks @juniperfish – though I’m more ‘flingin-ideas-at-a-wall-and-hoping-one-will-stick’ than anything else!

Though Spartacus is more an Easter theme – so maybe the 50th is closer to my next bonkers […]

@Juniperfish & @bluesqueakpip

Yes, it’s very tempting. I had the opportunity to book tickets for the BBC convention last year in Cardiff, ummed and arred for a couple of hours, went to book and was too late. […]