Sorry all, here is were the original comment was: http://www.cnet.com/news/steven-moffat-final-season-of-doctor-who-showrunner-in-2017/

The link I included above in my earlier post was the one the commentator listed.

I’m not up on British politics, only because I spend my time focusing on my own country that has been digressing into a plutocracy (bordering on totalitarianism) police state for a few decades now.  I saw this post from a comment on a news article, please help me to understand how much of this could be true?

“He did not quit. His contract was…[Read more]

@missy I agree, the thought of Capaldi leaving is too much.  Can’t even fully process the thought.  Maybe he is enough of a true and deep fan to hold on through the new writer?  Maybe he will have pity on us and soldier through it?  Fingers crossed.

@ichabod Well said as usual: “After that, maybe it’s time to turn and please the much less risky, less exciting, less rewarding (for me and people like me, in this at any rate) viewers who want something more solid and consistent, particularly those who’ve stuck with the show through the wilder ride we’ve had with CapDoc.  Hardly anybody can *l…[Read more]

Thanks @ob-wan @ichabod and @puroandson.   I must admit I did enjoy the banter, mostly because it was banter between intellectuals. 🙂

Here is a good article on the oncoming Chibnall.  http://www.cnet.com/news/steven-moffat-final-season-of-doctor-who-showrunner-in-2017/    It’s good to hear he is a true fan, understands it’s a family show and…[Read more]

I know, let’s talk about Doctor Who news!  🙂

I thought I was tiresome going on about the future of Doctor Who being one of predictability, trite drama and bombastic yawn moments under Chibnall, but honestly the trivial discussions over your DEM and the use of “reboot” is far worse.  I will stop beating myself up now for the most eye rolling portions of this thread, the honour is clearly not…[Read more]

Thank you for a positive spin @jimthefish

After some sleep and reading all the people who have confidence in Chibnall’s ability I feel a little better.  Maybe this is just the acceptance stage.

My nagging fear is I AM judging HIS work, and ’42’ and that movie they called Doctor Who have always stood out to me as beneath Doctor Who, I know he…[Read more]

No, I refuse to accept any of this.  How can the BBC replace Moffat, who is brilliant, with a writer who wrote for that ridiculous second rate spinoff?  The only episode I know of that he produced was the only episode I have ever listed on this forum as not worth watching.  It can’t be just me, ’42’ was an embarrassment and the only episode I sa…[Read more]

Yikes, I meant Moriarty, not Mycroft.  Goodness I stay up too late.   My thought was that Moriarty left a very insidious computer virus that goes off and threatens to destroy the entire world by releasing nuclear war after he died.

@puroandson Hello!  Hope you and your son are doing well…in my prayers daily.  🙂     Yes, Moffat somehow managed to create nothing but masterpieces this year.

Just a thought…. Mycroft left a very insidious computer virus that goes off and threatens to destroy the entire world by releasing nuclear war.

This is from an old post long before we knew River was coming back, and the original back and forth on this topic can be found in the Silence in the Library thread.  I still feel the exactly the same, and so why rewrite?  🙂  @tardigrade and others wondering how River will find a way to project from the Library, well, I think we see it with Ta…[Read more]

@frostfair “Welcome!  Most welcome!  Be happy here. ” 🙂   Agree

Agree with you all!  It was wonderful!  So smart, funny and hit hard in the feels. What a season!  All around, from start to finish, the best Doctor Who series ever!

Doctor Who Christmas Specials are always fantastic.  Honestly, you don’t need to be a Doctor Who fan to enjoy “The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe” or “A Christmas Carol” since they are extremely well-done and better than even most classic Christmas movies.  The two movies have become classics even in my family where I am the only Doctor Who f…[Read more]

I am so very late to the party.  Two weeks of Nutcracker is the partial reason, the other is that I was in a state of being blown away.  Both Heaven Sent and Hell Bent were stunning achievements.  The scripts, the directing, the lighting, the acting, the costumes, and the MUSIC!  I swear I heard musical moments/a nod from old Who in both epi…[Read more]

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I’m not going to read anything on the thread yet, because I’m not yet ready to hear anything but that the episode was perfection.  Perfection from beginning to end.

So well written, designed and executed on every level.

The music!

This episode was a gallery of genius.

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@pedant  Thank you for letting me know about the Fox Inn letter from Puro.  Yes, lots of love.  I was worried.

@bobbyfat Cool theory.  I have often wondered if it truly IS a confession dial or something he knew he would need at the right moment.  Not necessarily a bomb, but something needed.