@ohboyatoytruck

That’s a bit harsh. I can agree with you that there’s too much melodrama in the two last seasons and that Death in Heaven was grim and creepy (too creepy for my taste) but you know, it’s a matter of taste. You said that for you The Day of the Doctor was brilliant. For me it was mostly rubbish 😎 and Hell bent was brilliant. I…[Read more]

@soundworld @morpho

My beloved Lem’s books are Solaris and The Star Diaries. The last one is very, very funny but also deeply political.

@bluesqueakpip @puroandson

I have played a tree in a school play. I wanted to take a part in it but I was to shy to ask for a more ambitious role so I was happy being an evergreen tree. And I was on a stage! But of course I was much younger than Son of Puro 🙂

Without unnecessary words that was the perfect ending.

@arbutus @bluesqueakpip @puroandson

Thank you for your kind and wise replies. For the last few days I’ve been thinking very intensely about the question of Doctor Who and politics. I know that every episode has its more or less correct interpretation. Thank you for pointing me out what is the correct interpretation of the Zygon Inversion. But…[Read more]

@pedant @bluesqueakpip @lisa

I don’t think the whole episode is shallow, naive or silly. I’m fully aware that it brings up a very serious and urgent problem and I partly agree with its message. I still find the Doctor’s speech very moving and for me it sounded as he was not speaking about the Time War but the Second World War. That people from…[Read more]

I liked seeing those political undertones. So maybe this is a opportunity to  reinforce that lesson.

@lisa

Personally I’m not sure about these political undertones. After “the Paris tantrum” the conclusion of the Zygon Inversion looks to me shallow, naive and silly.

@jimthefish @tardigrade

It’s definitely the lighting. The coat looks dark blue but it still has the dark red velvet glow.

@jphamlore

I made four attempts to watch Andriej Tarkowski’s Solaris and I failed every time. I can’t agree with his vision of the future.

@puroandson

I’ve moved our conversation here because I feel it’s a bit off topic.

In case of Beethoven, I don’t want to offend anyone, but for me it’s shallow to think that if something is popular it means that it’s cliché and for the mass audience (poor Handel, poor Vivaldi, poor Mozart, every genius is poor because is clichéd!) My favourite B…[Read more]

@mudlark

Your posts about how fast different materials decay are brilliant. I read your small lecture yesterday when I was going home.

@tardigrade  @puroandson

Whoever set up the Doctor’s “personal torture chamber” knew him intimately. 

Theu knew him well but not intimately. They should know that Doctor never gives up.

@puroandson

Do you remember our conversation about the 5th symphony? Do you remember what did I say and what did you say? How did you know that?! How could you guess that?! The wall! You are amazing!

Thanks for that recommendation. I’ll try to listen to that concert today and I’ll tell you if I like it or not.

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@puroandson

Thank you for that information. I actually checked the credits because I wanted to know if they listed Beethoven and Ben Foster’s name wasn’t very conspicuous. I mentioned Beethoven because it was main Doctor’s theme, it fitted perfectly and it sounded in my ears long after I finished watching. I didn’t recognised Liszt though.

Oh, and I forgot, I relisten the episode and I want to say that I love Murray Gold. There’s no Doctor Who without him but… Beethoven is Beethoven. This is one of the most beautiful episodes of the modern era. It’s both visually and musically very, very moving. I know that I’m  echoing your opinions but what else I can say.

@whisht

Oh, I dream about the day when I ‘ll be the one who’ll tell the others something new and interesting and amazing and true but I’m afraid that day has not yet come.

This painting looks like a mix of an old poster and an old carpet.

I think it can still be GMT. Doctor was teleported into his confession dial and at the time of the teleportation the dial was in London. So for the Doctor it was always the same time zone.

@mudlark

Yes, that right. At the beginning we don’t know what is wrong with the stars and we assume that there was some external interference. But in the end we find out that everything was fine with them. They changed their positions with the expansion of the universe. So every copy of the Doctor knew how the sky looked on Saturday 28 of…[Read more]