This just might be the best day of my life: not only have I found out I got a distinction on my OU level two creative writing module, but my boyfriend has bought a tweed suit and a bow tie! which is just cool…

Had a lovely evening watching HHGTTG. Like singing along to a song I heard all the time as a child, I noticed new things, and familiar things. @Craig, the dalek entry for the guide was great, never saw it before. Especially the obvious solution to the stairs.

I think the thing that dates it the most is the digital watches. When exactly did they…[Read more]

@ScaryB thank you- and ooh, I know, I almost squealed a little at the clock. Good thing my boyfriend is away for a while, I would have dreaded a ‘what?’ at that point.

@PhaseShift thank you! and yes. Started feeling a little repetitive with the constant TMA result announcements, so decided to reserve it for module results. (@Bluesqueakpip has been incredibly helpful.)

It was a long time ago, but I remember thinking that the film seemed a really bad rendition of a great idea. I will admit, I love the avengers…[Read more]

ooh, and Hitchhikers! used to have that recorded of TV (I suppose access to it via a forum is the modern equivalent of that…)

Hello everyone, finally managed to get myself back here, very happy to see so many of the old faces, the slightly newer faces I had seen popping up via email updates, and completely new faces here. Right, looks like I have a lot of catching up to do…

@PhaseShift I’ve been watching and enjoying,  though I have missed the odd episode without minding (certain shows I’d have a meltdown).  I only saw the league of extraordinary gentlemen, because I thought the idea sounded great, but found it very disappointing. I’m not surprised the original is better. Penny Dreadful is better too- I think the n…[Read more]

@purofilion– thank you! that was a really nice mention to come across when I was checking my emails. Just been reading Psychotic  Reactions and carburettor dung again for the first time in years, really enjoying it.

@ScoutTheAiredale– hehe, my other half one ended up in hospital and lost part of his finger because he tried to give a Yorkie her medicine without the food bribe!

@ScoutTheAiredale– and mum- so sorry to hear your news (and to be so long in responding to it). I’m sure you’ve been strong for you mum- I know the only thing that can make this kind of thing remotely bearable is a warm head and a wet nose.

@juniperfish– I love Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. The film that is. Masters was great in the Torchwood episode, although, bafflingly, I like him best with bleached hair and a terrible ‘British’ accent. (Which sounded a little like Elvis Costello, so he always could claim it was meant to be transatlantic…)

Hush was a fantastic episode, which, coming to…[Read more]

@fiveroundsrapid– re Capaldi Who- given the re-set nature of the new generations, and I suppose the age of the new incumbent, it might be nice to have something of a return to the start- suppose the male Teacher who gives Clara the Doctors message in TDOTD follows her to the Tardis- he looks like he might like too- and encounters the Doctor, w…[Read more]

@ScaryB– yes, literally crashing in then crashing out. To me there was a particular chaos about this Doctor which fits well with this.

@ScaryB– good thoughts on the carer comparison, though, at the risk of being a bit twee, like the Doctors decision to stay on the planet and protect it, it can also bring positive moments, which can make it feel very worth it, and make it feel worse in the end. I’d never even thought of that parallel before you mentioned it (the daleks are atos,…[Read more]

@ScaryB– you were very wise, and delayed gratification can be all the better. Me, I pretty much got up in the middle of the night to open my Christmas present, so to speak, and was punished.

This is why it is important for us to ‘lean how to use iplayer’  (wonder if that was a comment on how the overnights don’t represent true viewing figures…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave very true. At least I’ve downloaded the doctor so I’ll have him long after she’s gone back home. (And someone gave me genesis of the daleks for Christmas!)

@Bluesqueakpip– definitely.

@Rob– It wasn’t ideal viewing conditions, but I’ve worked out how to use iplayer- and I feel a lot better since I’ve baked a passive-aggressive loaf of bread at her…

@GothamCelt– probably a coincidence. (Lem is also Mel spelt backwards.)

That said I have thought about the Tibetan Buddhism thing before- because it is similar. The ‘same’ person, with memories of previous versions, but not the same personality.

It always makes me see a regeneration as death. And Matt Smith’s sadness here- he knows the memories…[Read more]

Soo- Christmas with the mother in law staying wasn’t going too badly.

Until I put Doctor Who on, and she pipes up, a few minutes in: ‘I didn’t know the Doctor was stupid’.

(My other half, not even a real fan, felt constrained to defend him/me.)