I think it’s the historical justice that Poland joined the UE. Poland was heavily affected by the WWII. We had the treatises with France and Britain in 1939 and it didn’t help us much. We fought for freedom together with GB against Germany and we ended up on the other side of the Iron Curtain. We didn’t deserve that. And if some English people…[Read more]

@arbutus @puroandson @ichabod @pedant

Sorry, this is the short version

http://deyoung.famsf.org/files/whynogreatwomenartists_4.pdf

@arbutus @puroandson @ichabod @pedant

http://www.writing.upenn.edu/library/Nochlin-Linda_Why-Have-There-Been-No-Great-Women-Artists.pdf

For those who are interested in art history and feminism here’s one of the crucial texts on the matter by Linda Nochlin ‘Why have there been no great woman artists?’. Short but very accurate.

@puroandson @missy

But we have to remember that it’s still entertainment for the masses with really big history and not someone’s manifesto. Maybe we should celebrate both sexes but not by switching them but by creating new strong female characters of their own (The Journey of River Song, the woman whose husband is the Doctor (not the woman who…[Read more]

@puroandson

I think you answered your own question.

I wrote that because I want to be objective. But as I fancy Doctor I’ve never fancied Xena. I like her because of her woman’ s power.

@ichabod

Hercules was never such a success as Xena. I read somewhere that Sorbo was envious of Xena’s success and accused the script witers that they made his…[Read more]

@puroandson @missy

Maybe I shouldn’t said that I’m mocking the idea of changing sex in DW but instead that the idea that they can do that just like that, smoothly, without any further questions.

@puroandson

Hello Son of Puro, I’m reall glad that you have such conversations at school. My country was taken last year by the politicians who believe that if you are not a white, heterosexual catholic (and a man) you deserve to be punished so I don’t think teachers in my country want to have such conversations with their students. I’m afraid…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip I guess you are completely right but as discussing Doctor Who is a pure pleasure for me you have to be prepared that I will challenge you for discussion’s sake 😉

@missy I’m afraid language is full of sexism, racism and other -isms but I was only mocking the idea of changing sex in DW.

@bluesqueakpip

Moffat created the society in which everyone can be a man or a woman. He made sort of a statement. But I don’t think this is the real equality. As every man can change into a woman it’s rather convenient to treat woman equally (no man wants to ‘suffer’ from being a woman). But as Moffat said categorical no to female Doctor (there’s…[Read more]

If every Time Lord and Time Lady can change his and her sex and the only Time Lord who will never change his sex is the Doctor it appears that this show is really really sexist.

It’s worth noting that Doctor lived all his 12 lives and was never a woman. That’s very sexist of him.

I don’t want Doctor to be a woman and I think they went too far…[Read more]

Misery, loss and death are always good entertaintment. As long as they don’t concern you. But maybe I shouldn’t express my opinion as now I’m probably not a ‘model spectator’ in Umberto Eco’s words.

@puroandson

Oh, I’m sorry, I forgot to mention that, I don’t count Clara because he loved her enormously like no other  Doctor before loved any other companion. But as I said he’s very chaotic in his emotions.  Two and a half season and I don’t know what kind of Doctor he is. Don’t get me wrong. I adore Peter Capaldi. He has such positives v…[Read more]

@ichabod

Please, reveal me the secret, when exactly 12th was a) sympathetic, b) empathic 🙂 Besides, his focus on a task and lack of emotional response is not a problem for me. 4th was not very emotional, and rather absent but watching him you were sure that he had the best interest of everyone (except villains) at his heart. The same 9th. And…[Read more]

“What, are you gardeners? I hate gardening! What sort of a person has a power complex about flowers? It’s dictatorship for inadequates. Or to put it another way, it’s dictatorship”.

So many dicators here? Monty Don, you are so ruthless!

I don’t have my own garden, but I cultivate cacti (the only plants that can stand my poor care. I have big spe…[Read more]

@ichabod

It seems that we have completely different expectations. That’s completely understandable.

For me there’s nothing wrong in another standard comic-book superhero — save ’em, lose ’em, all in a day’s work, and all forgotten by next week’s issue or episode (nicely said). I think that has been the story of the Doctor for the last 50…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip this is a very serious lecture. Thanks for the link. I will read it very carefully.

@ichabod That’s my chief argument against 12. You can expect that 2000 years old man will be more stoic in the face of death and loss. If you deal with people you have to be prepared for them passing. I thought he figured it out. But it seems that he’s less mature than some of his human companions. Maybe he should take a lesson from Adelaide…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

I said once that Paul McGann was the worst Doctor ever (I feel really guilty about that). I was wrong. It wasn’t his fault that this movie was so terrible. He was terrific in the Big Finish productions. With no doubt he was the most sensitive Doctor.

I’ve been thinking how 10 and 11 could be so traumatized after the Day of the…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip @TheConsultingDoctor so Christopher Eccleston is 10, David Tennant 11, Matt Smith 12, Peter Capaldi 13? No way 🙂 It’s the price of the return of the Time Lords.

Moffat considered 9 as the one to blew up Gallifrey but he new that Ecclestone would say NO! I don’t know why he didn’t pick 8 but I guess 8 was almost a complete…[Read more]

I love Peter Capaldi and that how he enjoys playing/being the Doctor (it’s obvious that he has much fun) but I would like to see more of this positive energy in the Doctor. I want to see the Doctor who enjoys being himself. He speaks a lot that he saves people but he failed to save major characters like Clara, Danny, Osgood, Ashildr.