@thane15 @missy @janetteb  Hello again!

I honestly don’t think I have what it takes to cut ties with my family yet, financially or otherwise.  The part of the Midwest I live in has taken economic malaise pretty hard — and Puro, I have seen over the years the problems with taking the risky choice firsthand.  My two younger brothers have had so…[Read more]

@missy and @janetteb If you got into Doctor Who through the new series, then I suggest the Six and Evelyn story, “Jubilee.”  When Russell T. Davies started New Who, he recruited Jubilee’s writer Robert Shearman.  Shearman changed and adapted Jubilee into the episode “Dalek.”

The premise is the same: the Doctor finds himself in the presence of a m…[Read more]

@missy times, unfortunately have changed. There were possibilities open to us when we were young that are not there now. I saved up enough money on the dole to get to London, got a job there immediately. I was never out of work for more than a day in London. When I arrived in Adelaide it took me about a month to get work. I have five dollars left…[Read more]

@missy Who would tell the Doctor about Missy’s change of heart?  Remember, it was without witness!  😉

Also, regarding the Doctor not wanting to change…it does seem rather unfair that Twelve must become Thirteen when he doesn’t want to when Bill got to be restored to a human shape, if not yet form.  If she had stayed a Cyberman yet made it wor…[Read more]

@missy Well you can get a lot of Big Finish’s early stuff for cheap.  They discontinued the CDs and only sell them as downloads.

My tip would be to sign up and get a Big Finish account (it’s free), and then get the Big Finish app and sync it to your account. Then, whatever you buy as a download, you can download it to your phone or other device…[Read more]

@conchobarre Sorry I took so long to answer but yes Canada is a very beautiful place to live and I am grateful to be here. I live in Ontario surrounded by farms and forests and lakes and right now the leaves on the trees are changing from green to red, yellow and orange and the veggie garden is finishing for the year. Because……WINTER IS…[Read more]

@missy  Oh, I’d go for it!  New universes to be conquered by . . .

Thank you and sorry to @wolfweed, @Craig, @Bluesqeekpip, @JimTheFish @Rorysmith @Bleckonstopthebrave @nerys @winston @missy and @whisit (and anyone else I missed, I did make a list) for you kind words and no responding before.

My stepson spent most of the summer having a succession of mental crises (I did, to be fair, mentally implore him to at…[Read more]

@missy  Sorry , I forgot to say that I watched all 5 seasons of Ripper Street and enjoyed all of them all. Every dark ,dreary alley way and all the colorful characters kept me entertained for the whole 5 seasons. I only wish they were making more.

@missy  I did see this a few years back before I knew Peter Capaldi but I do remember the episode. I will most definately have a rewatch when I can get it at our library.Thanks for the heads up.

@missy  I’m going with the “enough is enough” take on Twelve’s angst at the moment.  He never had a happy season finale — he always ended up alone — and on top of that, as far as he knows he lost both female companions (plus River), couldn’t redeem Missy, and only did so much for the solar farmers.  And since he never had a lot of close fr…[Read more]

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Nostalgia time 🙂   I have not only heard of Round the Horne, I recall it and its predecessor, Beyond Our Ken, with considerable fondness and I still find it funny, being old enough to get all the references. It ran 1965-1968, although I listened to it regularly only from 1966 onward when I was engaged in post grad research and …[Read more]

@missy @thane15  We will agree about some things and disagree about others, and we’re all going to have to wait and see how it all pans out!  I guess one of the biggest differences is that if I really don’t enjoy JW’s interpretation of the role (or the way it’s written), that wouldn’t confirm for me that it was wrong to have a woman doc, just t…[Read more]

@missy In referring to Social Justice Warriors I was merely using @antaus term – not one I use myself, and one that’s intended as far as I can tell to disparage those of a leftist tendency who go on about issues of equality, sexism, racism etc.  In so far as that is what it means, I have to acknowledge that I am myself of a leftist tendency and…[Read more]

@missy   I do not hate JW, she can act – although always as herself – but she isn’t in the same class as Olivia Colman, Tilda Swinton or Nicola Walker, that’s my point. 

Ha, funny — I don’t remember JW from Broadchurch, or in fact any of the other things I’ve seen her in; but I really didn’t like Olivia Coleman, and would have been grumpy if…[Read more]

@missy—

Not sure why JW being politically active should count for or against her. Quite apart from anything else, you could say the same thing for Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant for that matter.

However, perhaps they have decided to try the same thing with Doctor Who, and save some money. *she says cynically*

You surely can’t have…[Read more]

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@missy  Oh, I think it’s a safe bet that this (and lots else in TToI) goes in in politics quite a lot — people who willingly jump into a pit full of hungry tigers are rarely the best or the brightest, so shenanigans are bound to ensue.  Also hi-jinks.

@missy  Hope your birthday is a great one!

@missy—

Many happy returns!!