@juniperfish

I’m sure timelord dna is practically perfect in every way; consanguinity being the main issue for us apes.
But of course ‘it’s a kids show!’

Anyway, they were woven on a loom according to 10.

@juniperfish

The child of The Loon? ‘I knew him (the Doctor) when he was a little girl…’

Or grandchild. I have wondered if that was Bill Potts… at some point. The pictures on Capdoc’s desk. Bill’s mum previously appeared (briefly) as a Timelady.

And why plant the Missy’s vault in the basement of THAT university?

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@juniperfish. I think there was a hint during the Capdoc era that the master had once had a child, and it seemed then to imply that might have also been the Doctor’s so you might be “one the money” with that theory.

@mudlark. Weather conditions are one of the hardest things I find to research though old papers are full of references to the…[Read more]

@Craig a bottle episode, indeed, and this is something I have noticed in the new RTD Who. Bigger budgets, but yet, I don’t think it’s affected the contents. And this is a big example of it, it could easily have just been filmed in the BBC sci-fi quarry without making any real difference. And this I think is a good thing – the effects budget is…[Read more]

@Juniperfish – Thanks for all the links, and insights (as always). The Owl and The Pussycat – a fave of mine too – and no, I didn’t realise its subtext either.  Re The Skye Boat Song – that’s also a call back to the Troughton era (the Yeti in London (recently rediscovered and revitalised)) – Troughton plays it on his flute. So there’s also a wee r…[Read more]

Cor, it’s lovely to read everyone’s wonderful ideas and memories of past episodes: the doctor’s ditty “the moon and the President’s wife.” I KNEW I recognised it from time past….

thank you to @juniperfish and to @scaryB @blenkinsopthebrave @mudlark and @craig

So much to read and ponder on and respond to! whee-hay!!
Puro.

@juniperfish

Thanks for the reminder of that poem. It has a particular resonance …

 Ruby is pulling snow, ephemeral beautiful snow, through time and space and memory.

If only RTD has the delicacy of touch to realise this emerging theme1

@juniperfish Thanks for the information and the reflections. You put up a strong case for the possibility that we may find out far more about the Doctor’s past. Indeed, we (or at least, I) have assumed that it was Ruby’s past that we would discover as the season went on, but it may well be that we discover more of both their pasts. Inter-linked…[Read more]

@juniperfish <waves back>

Thanks for the in-depth response. Very interesting and good points raised.

I do tend to agree that t’internet “borks” (i am stealing that btw) views and reviews for just the reasons you say. It’s a broader problem in most media online these days – sadly we are losing the ability to apply any sort of nuance. Another…[Read more]

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@Juniperfish – thanks so much for sharing the Attitude article. Really worth a read (great pics as well!). Intelligent and insightful. If Ncuti brings even a fraction of that insight to his role as the Doctor, he’s going to be one of the best ever. And we’re really going to miss him when he goes (which I fear is likely to be sooner than later, he…[Read more]

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@juniperfish

The costume anachronism is a very minor point and can easily be explained away by the fact that for Ruby 1963 is as far in the past as 1902 was for me in 1963. Faced with the Tardis’s vast wardrobe she would just have picked the style everyone tends to associate with the 60s. Or, more prosaically, that’s how the costume designers…[Read more]

@juniperfish

or… SLC = Salt Lake City. Closest urban centre to Henry Van Statten’s vault. Says someone on tinternet.

Kind of place where an American Diner might rock up if you ask me.

@juniperfish — that’s really interesting about the Xena episode. I never knew about that at all. Must check it out. I think @mudlark is spot on that OMWF (and presumably the Xena episode) have their songs deeply integrated into the narrative. Not sure The Devil’s Chord manages that — The Twist at the End number could and really should have…[Read more]

As so often, I’m late to the party, but for what it’s worth I thought this episode an improvement on the Space Babies and on the whole I enjoyed it. The basic concept had a lot of potential, but it was as if RTD, having seized on a good idea, never developed it so far as to explore all the implications. As @cookgroom   @miapatrick and @juniperfish…[Read more]

@juniperfish Good to know that wistful scene did occur!

I went looking for 1925 events myself after I posted and discovered it was also the year that saw the publication of Mein Kampf.

I think it indeed likely that 1925 will be referenced again as the season goes on.

@juniperfish @mudlark

re guff powered spaceships, I still maintain the issue is the initial burn, otherwise you’ll just spin gently. Once you’re there, it’s parabola (oops missed) or ellipse (orbit). A new burn may be required but by then more methane fuel will have been ‘manufactured’.

The problem at DuPlushie World or wherever might be the ex…[Read more]

And good point, @juniperfish and @scaryb —

I’d say Daleks are almost certainly NB. Ditto Cybermen. Not to mention Sontarans, Time Lords, Alpha Centauri and so on. I think it’s safe to say that the Whoniverse is and always was pretty genderfluid in its outlook.

And as to the young uns being confused by a ‘man in a dress’ … I suspect centuries…[Read more]