@missy

Happy birthday! And also, you remembered mine. What an excellent memory you have.

The Tardis cake sounds wonderful. Was it a fruit cake (like one would have in a wedding, sometimes) or a cream torte?

And thank you, about the above (typically Puro-style very lengthy post). I know that younger people will claim that more advertising,…[Read more]

@missrori

“I think those theories carry some weight. From what I’ve gleaned in other, sometimes more disreputable parts of the ‘net, a lot of fans were let down by the latter….”

Exactly. Disreputable. So you may’ve your answer right there. And exactly how is the weight carried?

It’s a question of who or what type of people attend panels, eng…[Read more]

@thane16 @missrori @winston</div>

Thank you so much for your kind wishes, it’s great to be back. My OH and I are more or less back to normal, I think the worst part was the thought of what might have been. *shudder*

The one thing I did remember was Puro’s Birthday, hope she had a good one thane16.

Did Peter live up to your e…[Read more]

@missy   So sorry your summer was so stressful but thank goodness everything and everyone  is getting better. Life just has to get in the way. Anyway I am very glad you are back and I like to read your posts.

@missrori  It is good to hear from you again and I am sorry your injury has got you down.Soon you will have a new Doctor to distract you…[Read more]

@MissRori

he said that when 12’s costume was originally being developed with his input, there were complaints from BBC higher-ups that it wasn’t going to push a lot of toys,

Sadly, that seems to epitomise the changes in the Beeb since the early days of Who. The show then was made – relatively speaking – on a shoestring, but the producers, dir…[Read more]

Just spent a lazy afternoon reading this thread from start to finish.  Really enjoyed some of my favorite Forum writers’ contributions.  I’ve been missing the Doctor, especially Capaldi’s Doctor.  Thank you @wolfweed @jimthefish @drben @ichabod @missrori @mudlark @winston @missy @nerys @bluesqeakpip and I really appreciated the new voice of @gamerg…[Read more]

@missrori;

The Master – in some shape or gender – will return. He was only stabbed so he can regenerate.

He made sure Missy couldn’t.

Missy

@missrori Big mistake there. I know Mark Knopfler’s from Glasgow and the British world of music so what I meant to say was “wishes from Australia” Anyway, hope you know what I mean  🙂

From Thane.

@missrori @jimthefish

Hello there Miss Rori, Maybe this song from Australia will cheer you up?

@missrori —

Sorry, it’s been tough for you of late. And while it’s probably not what you want to hear, it’s probably a bit of a waiting game. As you know, it’s a transitional time for the show and Capaldi (and others from the Moffat era) will be in the process of starting new projects, maybe even putting a bit of distance between themselves and…[Read more]

@missrori  Weirdest theory I’ve seen about the First Doctor’s sexism as running gag — a commenter at The Mary Sue genre discussion site argued that it’s actually Moffat’s way of clandestinely expressing how much he hates women, couched as a joke.

Gods, they can be idiots over there sometimes!  Moffat doesn’t hate women, just came with the standar…[Read more]

@missrori — I think the idea that Moffat hates women is patently nonsense but it’s a drum that the Mary Sue is obviously going to refuse to give up.

Rather on rewatching I think he’s doing something rather clever with the First Doctor. I suspect he might have deliberately ramped up the sexism as a pointed comment against the old stick-in-the-mud…[Read more]

@missrori  I did appreciate that Twelve wasn’t quite so alone in the end, choosing to be alone when he regenerated notwithstanding.

Well, he’d just had a big, all-together-now group hug (“I don’t think I’m a hugging person now . . “) with people he loved but couldn’t “lose” any more because they were already dead, except as memories — they we…[Read more]

Some thoughts on second viewing–

Generally great and a fine end to both Moffat’s and Capaldi’s time on the show. As others have said, it’s definitely more of a character piece than a full-blown adventure — which I think is wise — just how often has a Christmas episode had a memorable or enduring plot? Moffat, I’d argue, has always seemed…[Read more]

Thanks for that explanation, @missrori! Makes sense to me. I was thinking a bit too literally … as usual!

Thank you for the link to that article, @missrori! So, a question I have after reading that is, was Jenna Coleman asked to return for this Christmas special, and it didn’t work out? The author indicated that Bill Potts got what is essentially Clara Oswald’s ending. I got the impression, after reading other posts, that Pearl Mackie’s casting in…[Read more]

@scaryB Oh, I agree that the show seems like a perfect way to tell younger viewers about the Christmas truce, I only wonder if they are aware, even after having seen it, that it was a real event. Hopefully, they will have parents who know of it, or it will inspire them to find out about it in a book.

@nerys Yes, I am with you on Rusty. I could…[Read more]

@missrori

I should have put ‘villain’ in inverted commas. I meant Inverted commas. Blasted Internet… 🙂

@Mersey

Jodie Whittaker’s natural accent is from Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, which is a fairly strong accent even by Yorkshire standards. Most people in the UK ‘hear’ a Yorkshire accent as friendly, honest and somewhat bloody-minded.…[Read more]

@miapatrick   Yes – this was basically the “happy suicides”   story.    So Moffat !

@missrori    The Testimony –  interesting point about the Nethersphere !   Again so Moffat !

@bluesqueakpip    I too will be looking forward to seeing how Chibnall and our new Doctor

handle these next series !!   In particular political themes  as  this l…[Read more]

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