@missy

@wolfweed posted that. Its after the next episode I think.

@Missy @Pedant I get an email every time someone posts on this thread, for obvious reasons. And I got Missy’s this morning.

I don’t know what to suggest Pedant, maybe check your junk folder or allow the site URL. It may be the case that one message with a lot of links in it activated your spam filter.

Hope you get this!

To everyone else, please…[Read more]

@missy I worked in retail for a while. Gives you a terrible view of the human race and I wasn’t exactly sociable before that.

I prefer cats.

@missy same here. I don’t think I’ve ever been so upset at a regeneration.

@ichabod  @missy  But if the Doctor stayed away from humans, he might hardly have any more heart than a Dalek.  He comes from a cold, mean race, those rotten Time Lords.  Getting to know humans and others made him the greatest of all heroes.  And if he’s sick I don’t think he wants to be cured if it meant losing all the love in his hearts.  He’…[Read more]

(Hugs). @missy I understand completely how you feel.  I love this Doctor most of all now but it breaks my heart that he will never have his own special Day of glory and joy, not from the looks of this finale…and how can there be glory and joy this Christmas if he “dies”?

Another fine episode, & especially good use of landscape.

The Doctor is quite testy by this point and not his usual self. He struck me as harsh towards the Picts (“embryos”), and acted in a way that went beyond his usual lack of social skills and indicated that he’s getting a bit fed-up dealing with the “children.” The key point I thought came…[Read more]

@Missy there are a few of us around 🙂

@missy

I think it was Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do Have ‘Em.

@cathannabel

Superb piece.

@missy  Perhaps I am easily pleased, but I do know that I have been more transported, with dleight, sadness, grief and laughter, since Capaldi took over the Doctorship.

Me too; I just haven’t been this *engaged* in DW for years — it could be partly the hark-back to Tom Baker, who was the first Doctor who really struck me as an original creature…[Read more]

@Missy I’m with you on that. And the hair is great isn’t it!

@missy And think of all he’s gone through since he had to lose his memories of Clara to make up for his mistakes — he’s effectively homeless since there’s no indication he’s returned to Gallifrey, is still hurting over having to let River Song go to her fate, stuck with the duty of watching over Missy and not being able to make off-Earth trips…[Read more]

@missy

Babylon 5 was not axed, but always conceived as a 5 series story. Doubt about whether it would get the last season, and JMS falling out with Claudia Christian, badly compromised season 5, but it was always intend to end then.

@Missy  The Dr Who Experience is in Cardiff.

experience

@thane15: I see. I get what you mean: I didn’t realise you meant selfish! Or cowardly and I must say that I cannot agree with you with regards to Clara. It upsets me I suppose: that a man, as @Missy eloquently put it (and yes you DO add to the discussion. Always!) who has saved countless lives, should not let  Clara out: I think you said that Cla…[Read more]

@mudlark @missy

I’ve been a regular attendee at Imperial College NHS trust (and its predecessors) since 1998 (due to past and current life sins I’m sure 🙂 ). My observation is that things havent got as bad as they were in 1998/99/00 (yet) and that the major investment (under Blair/Brown) is still there keeping the system safe. Since 2010, things…[Read more]

.@Blenkinsopthebrave  @thane15 (puro)  @JimTheFish  @Nick

Thanks for the good wishes.  It was a rather disconcerting attack of tachycardia – for no apparent reason my heart rate went through the roof and stayed in the stratosphere for the better part of an hour, which to say the least felt weird. After things had settled down again the med…[Read more]

@ichabod , @missy

@ichabod wrote:

And I agree with @missy that he’s been playing fast and loose with that big brain of his (talk about recklessness!).  Maybe he’ll choose to regenerate because he faces the fact that he can’t depend on his self definition any more — too many mistakes lately?

I think he is “wearing thin” and his recent exploits…[Read more]

@soundworld  he would be able to link directly into the ‘hall of records’ and access the full horror of what he went through.

Hmm, a tulku who can visit the akashic “library” — but then wouldn’t he also remember everything about Clara that he’s forgotten, neural blocker or no neural blocker?  kind of undercuts the end of HB for me.  And yes, I…[Read more]

@missy   All of which must have had an affect on him, and the fact that he looked so tired when they returned to the Tardis, is to my way of thinking something to be taken into consideration.

True; lots of stress and conflicting demands, plus some big losses and challenges with very uncertain outcomes.  That stuff could wear out even a TL; ma…[Read more]