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@purofilion   This is exactly how I feel about it. There is lots to enjoy there, but for various reasons, it is low down the list for me. To be sure, since I felt that most of Series 8 was absolutely fabulous, that is not that big a strike, really!  🙂

@nerys @lisa   I’m glad that others were able to find these things convincing, and love the…[Read more]

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@lisa   I’m not sure what the connection would have been. They are also trying to put a pipeline through there, called Northern Gateway, for the oil sands product, which might have been part of what you were reading. They’ve had much less joy with the pipeline, as most people here are against it and there’s very little in it for the BC g…[Read more]

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@ichabod @mudlark @janetteB @purofilion

Moved into the pub for ease of ranting. As we currently have a (very lengthy) federal election going on at the moment, I may be ranting a bit more than usual!  😡

Mudlark’s comment      it is difficult not to feel that we are governed by people who are intent on jettisoning pretty much everything this nat…[Read more]

Just watched this again. I’d forgotten how really good and scary and moving this episode was. Definitely a future classic. I’d also forgotten how massively irritated I was with Clara at the beginning. She just seemed so dense! So insensitive! So… Doctor-like.

@TheConsultingDoctor    Yes. Watching the scene with Clara and Orson, I remember…[Read more]

@ichabod    To some extent I agree with your opinion of Mieville’s novels – a little too convoluted and baroque in style, although I don’t necessarily find such qualities, or indeed the length of a book, to be a barrier to enjoyment provided that the work draws me in and engages my full attention. So maybe the problem for me is that I am not entir…[Read more]

@lisa

They just seem less bothered by anything unconventional probably because in their young lives they’ve been bombarded with so much more then previous generations

That is a very good point.  A lot of things which children today take for granted would have seemed almost as fantastical as the Tardis to those of my generation – although as an avi…[Read more]

@Phaseshift. I really like that ideal Clara becoming teacher to the Time Lords who are much in need of some “humanitarian” lessons. Having just re watched Death in Heaven and the Christmas special I see you point re’ the depressing tone. I was having some eye difficulty throughout. Every companion departure in AGWho with the exception of Martha’s…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip @lisa @blenkinsopthebrave @supernumerary @janetteb @purofilion

I’m really interested to see how the Clara thing plays out as well. I honestly would like something a bit more than death this time though. I want optimism after all those bittersweet departures we’ve had to date.

I was thinking about the return of Gallifrey and how…[Read more]

@Lisa. No worries. I’ve moved it. 🙂

@purofilion     Wow, congratulations. A Silver Wedding so that would be… Cybermen?   🙂

I purchase my AG Who through iTunes, and new episode downloads become available at midnight on the night of broadcast. So I am usually able to see each new episode sometime on Sunday, usually in the early afternoon when Mr. Arbutus is napping and Arbut…[Read more]

@Puro The Pres” of the Dr Who fan club confirmed that it will be screened on the 20th.  Oh and congrats on the Wedding anniversary.

@Lisa wow those cakes really put my pathetic efforts to shame. These days I cheat and use Playmobil and any other suitably scaled models for cake decorations. Saves a lot of time and calories. I do have to be…[Read more]

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@lisa  And the “crazy look” — yaaaahhhHHH!  Like that, yep.   One of my younger sisters has impatience too, and I have seen that crazy look in other places than just in the mirror.  Funniest is how annoyed I get when I recognized impatience in other people — like,”yeah, in that big a hurry, are you, and how about paying attention to right NOW…[Read more]

@purofilion  @lisa   Tea, yes!  Otherwise, I’ve found a couple of ameliorating strategies, over the years: one is, meditation of the “pay attention to your immediate surroundings and internal goings-on” variety.  The other is catching myself in the middle of an impatience fit (happens a lot while driving, of course) and tell myself “Ahah, got…[Read more]