@Missy
I don’t think Dickens had television in mind, either. So? I also doubt he imagined his David as Jewish or gay, but that’s acting for you. People pretend to be someone else. 🙂 Incidentally, non white actors who’ve already appeared in Dickens adaptations include Who alumni Freema Agyeman and Sophie Okonedo.

There were probably about…[Read more]

@missy

Look in the bright side Missy. At least its not a “brown person”.

@TempusFugit

I remember hardcore fans saying they could never imagine David Tennant being replaced. Then Matt Smith ate fish fingers and custard…

@tempusfugit @missy

Will we have a Caucasian Othello next?

We have & they did: Originally Othello was played by white men.

There is also the matter of Nicholas Burt & Richard Burbage  🙂 In 1825 the first darker skinned professional arrived….& the rest is history.

Puro.

@missy @tempusfugit

mmm. Not sure why that irks me but it does.

Actually I know why.

Patel is an extraordinary actor with wins and nominations across the planet. His role in Lion was unbelievable. His work in Newsroom subtle and clever.

I’d watch him all night and all day -no matter that he’s….English, educated at Harrow, no less.

So, no,…[Read more]

@missy  It will be interesting to find out how many ‘fan girls’ drop out during the next series.

Oh, I think the droppers on that score took off when Peter Capaldi succeeded Matt Smith and David Tennant.  I’m wondering how many “fan boys” will scarper, now that we have a “girl” Doctor, after all that fuss and feathers about stomping off in a huf…[Read more]

@missy  @janetteb  @tempusfugit  It was that brusqueness of Capaldi’s that made his Doctor so authentic, to me — if I were afflicted with a strong vein of idealism and went flying through this incredibly beautiful and incredibly harsh and treacherous universe for a couple of thousand years of very bruising adventure, I imagine I’d be pretty da…[Read more]

@missy  You feel the way you feel, and you’ve plenty of company, judging by some of the comments I’ve seen elsewhere on the choice of JW to be Doctor 13.

Mind you, I think we might have been far better off with a female Jesus — only she would have been done away with a whole lot sooner, IMO.  Uppity women — faugh!  Wasn’t there a great ph…[Read more]

@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]

@Missy

I meant to add to the above how sorry I was to read about the accident and to add my commiserations, but had to break off and run when I realised I was about to be late for an appointment.

Thank goodness your OH was not too seriously hurt, but even when there are no serious injuries that kind of thing tends to leave one badly shaken up;…[Read more]

@Missy

Not your point at all, I’m afraid. My fault you misunderstood, because I realised after I had hit ‘submit’, but too late to edit, that what I had written was ambiguous and could be taken the wrong way.

By ‘cod science’ I meant the kind of specious reasoning peddled by the hirelings of oil companies and their like who have a vested…[Read more]

@missy

Sorry to hear of your troubles. Hope your OH is on the mend. Good to have you back with us.

@craig

Also sorry to hear of your employment woes. Hope it’s all going OK and that there’s new things on the horizon. I too have pretty much been having a jobless year. Needless to say, don’t worry about the site until you get yourself on an even…[Read more]

@missy I have written the letter! I’ve even included a sketch of his doctor as a gift, but I haven’t sent it yet. Work is requiring me to relocate (my new reason for not being on the blog in awhile) and I don’t want to send a letter without my new address on it. The only fan letter I have ever written was to the BBC expressing my hopes for…[Read more]

@kharis Oh, I’m still sad about Peter leaving as well, I’ve been re-watching his and Matt’s episode as well but this trailer made me so happy. This has been the easiest time between two doctors I’ve had to go through, and I only needed to wait a day to see Matt’s first episode. Jodie is already The Doctor to me, she was the moment I saw her. I…[Read more]

@thane16 @missy

More likely a fluke of the angle of impact. A 1998 car isn’t significantly heavier than a modern car and things like impact absorbance zones were in common use by then. You didn’t mention whiplash, which suggests they worked as designed.

PTSD’s a fucker. Keep an eye on that. It’s sneaky. Just when you think its gone, it bites…[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]

Welcome, @hiker & @oswald !  (:

@gamergirlavatar @thane16 @janetteb @missy @ichabod So nice to read all your posts, I also “disappeared for a while” and yes, the limelight moves at the traditional 670616629.3844 per hour for sure, for good and for ill.

I was feeling pretty lackluster after watching the new trailer, which prompted a sad rewa…[Read more]

@missy

that sounds awful! I’m so sorry that happened. At least the injuries were minimal but certainly, dealing with new vehicles, insurance, titles is all very depressing.

Some modern cars are pretty ‘light weight’ but more and more have 5 * safety ratings. After years with a 1989 Ford I finally purchased a new car 7 years ago with a terrific…[Read more]

@pedant   @missy   @janetteb

Finally got around to watching A Very English Scandal. Must see TV with lots of laugh out loud moments.

(Murray Gold did the music & Eve Myles plays someone called Gwen. Jason Watkins and Adrian Scarborough also appear.)

This documentary followed and might also be interesting to view…[Read more]

Love Tyson; tells it as it is.  And as it is, is that we damn well better pull our socks up and get serious about things liek (today’s news) the Artic ice sheets melting faster than ever, and probably not because they’re mean and want to make like difficult for everybody, or because, oh, you know, it’s *time* for that to happen.  @missy This is n…[Read more]

@missy  I think JW will be fine, though probably more limited in scope by the scripts given her; I just a fascinating documentary on PBS about working artists who are also mothers, and how their art explores areas of experience pretty much utterly ignored til now, unless seen through the eyes of male artists.  I found some of it kinda urpy, to t…[Read more]