@carrieanne Welcome!  That is exactly why I like this forum!  If we don’t like things about the show we discuss them as opinions (which they always are) instead of facts or a call to take sides.  People here are wild and interesting, and above all most are creative or downright brilliant.   It’s fun, and enlightening, and if I’m going to bot…[Read more]

@lisa I really like your line of thought here.  Clara has the info in her head, but so does River.  River has all the same info, uploaded to the largest library in the universe.  Just sitting there like a book on a shelf.  Not a safe place to store it.

@lisa

I completely forgot the 8th Doctor’s movie was set in San Francisco.  It would be all too easy to pick up the story here.  Unfortunately, I completely blocked out the 8th Doctor’s movie, mostly because it was terrible, and I was so excited to see it.  He was brilliant in the mini-episode and the audios and that’s why I think he deserves hi…[Read more]

@purofilion Good points.  I guess what confused me was in the script the hissing sound was supposed to happen at Clara’s school and other places we didn’t see Sarf.  So what was going on in Moffat’s head, and why where some the hissing sounds not added to the actual episode?  Reading the script was fascinating.  What an awesome window into Mof…[Read more]

@pixiecutlover What is the problem with the men protecting the women?  The women also protect the men when they are in need.   I think that’s wonderful.  I’m actually getting tired of every “worthy” female characters being a take charge type.  Being a take charge person is a personality trait, not a gender trait.  Some people take the role of prot…[Read more]

The Amazing Grace explanation was beautifully written. @bluesqueakpip

I never noticed all the hissing until I read the script.  Was there actual hissing sounds in the Magician’s Apprentice?

@craig I really enjoyed reading Moffat’s raw scripts.  Excellent link!  Thank you.  🙂

@bluesqueakpip & @purofilion Thanks! Research does seem to be a good place to start.  I also looked into being a runner and it sounds like a lot of fun.  🙂   My biggest hurdle is going to be getting a work visa.  As an American I do not have a right to work in the U.K. unless I am sponsored.  My talents are not grand enough or necessary enou…[Read more]

@purofilion I will look into line producer. Thank you for the great ideas   Yes, it’s true, I am a little bored with what I do, mostly because when you are a ballet dancer you have been doing the same thing since before you could talk.  I danced professionally, taught, and now run a studio.  It’s been my whole life.  I care about my students dea…[Read more]

<span class=”useratname”>@misterhoo I think you and @lisa are definitely on to something.   Why did he say to Clara “This is Doctor Disco” and not just the Doctor.  My guess is it’s his code word for it not being the real Doctor.    </span>

@Mudlark LOL! “I found that I could enter their portals feeling full of good will towards all humanity, and emerge half an hour later feeling homicidal.”  Amen

@Mudlark couldn’t agree more.  See you at the pub and I’ll spot you a tonic.  (:

@lisa Physics was my emphasis, but I teach astronomy, oddly enough.  I am still chewing on your notice to the Doctor referencing himself TWICE.  He never calls himself Doctor anything, so this immediately stood out to me too.   Originally I dismissed it as poor chara…[Read more]

@lisa Good point about referencing himself as Dr. Funkinstein and the Disco Doctor.  This would makes sense of my feelings that Clara and the Doctor didn’t really seem like Clara and Doctor.

Come to think of it, has anyone on the Forum ever worked for a television company?  What jobs are there?  What would you recommend for someone with good ideas, a good memory, attention to detail, and overall sense of whimsy…so my students say.  (;   I teach science (astronomy, with a Whovian syllabus) during the day and I run a ballet scho…[Read more]

@Ludivine I wish!  If I ever get a ticket to London and a place to crash where people don’t mind two little Wholigans boys in tow and one overgrown boy known as my husband, then I will meet you there.  (;

Actually, my real dream is to move to Cardiff and work for the BBC, but I’ve never figured out how to make myself a desired asset to their t…[Read more]

Haven’t had a chance to read anything on this thread yet, and I just got around to watching the episode early this morning.  Halloween is a big deal where I live and I was distracted by getting my mini Dalek and mini 11th Doctor out the door for trick or treat.  (:

Appreciate the theme of the episode, but could not connect to it.

My problem is w…[Read more]

@lisa Brilliant!  Remember ME!

<span class=”useratname”>@countscarlioni  That was a heartbreaking song, and certainly could be the direction we are going.
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