@Missy

He knew that the Doctor wouldn’t shoot, so he sacrifices himself and sends Galifrey back to where it belongs.

Not so.  What caused Gallifrey and the Time Lords, including Rassilon, to return whence they came was the breaking of the link which connected them to earth – think the snapping of elastic, or of a wire under extreme tension – an…[Read more]

@missy  Hey, Missy, here are my own thoughts on the matter of the Hybrid, working from the show and all…perhaps it will help you.

We do know that the Doctor learned something about the Hybrid prophecy as a youth, in the Cloisters, but not exactly what.  It may indeed have been as he claimed — that he knew no more, in the end, about its ide…[Read more]

@Missy, @Puroandson and @Ichabod

Yes Blakes 7 really has dated, those wonderful 70s costumes, wobbly sets and even wobblier acting, and beyond series 2 it was pretty much unwatchable even at the time. Those first two series however still have some strong points.

While talking of other shows I see that Red Dwarf is soon making  welcome return to…[Read more]

@missy — “. . . unlike Babylon 5”?  I tried B7 too, some time ago, and didn’t care for it; “dated” sounds right, but I can’t remember enough about it now to recall in what ways I found that too.

I don’t recall “the Shadows” — but I tend to blank out anything about spiders.

@Missy

What say you on the Hybrid- if there really is a Hybrid – being half Human half Dalek

This wasn’t addressed to me, so apologies for butting in with my unsought opinion.   As I see it, though,  if the Daleks did succeed in using Human DNA to breed a new variety of Dalek, the results would indeed be chimeras- or hybrids if you like, but not,…[Read more]

@Missy

surely it was the Master who defeated Rassilon?

I think that you are forgetting the sequence of events.  The Doctor gate crashes – or rather, skylight crashes – the party just as the link with Galifrey is established and Rassilon and the High Council appear.  After making a brief attempt to persuade the Master of his folly, he uses Wi…[Read more]

@Missy

I did however quite enjoy Babylon  5 and then they took it off?

Erm, no – it finished. It was conceived from the beginning as a 5 season story. Alas, the seemingly inevitable machinations of US network TV meant a) a big falling out between Claudia Christian and JMS and b) the 5th season getting badly compromised (partly as a consequence of…[Read more]

@missy  I liked Bab-5 too, very much, and was sorry to see it go.  Thing about the columnist’s slightly bitter nostalgia for “original” Star Trek is that he’s objecting to increased commercialization of the show in more recent times (spin-offs, dolls (“action figures”, for boys, cuz gods forbid etc.), novelizations and books, more $ and polish i…[Read more]

@MissRori @winston @ichabod @Missy

I wrote out most of this reply to your discussion on the Husbands of River Song thread, and then realized that it really belonged here!  🙂

Sometimes people have to find themselves in particular places, circumstances, or company, in order to achieve their full potential. This has been in the front of my mind…[Read more]

@puroandson

Now, is paranoia a mental condition?

More of a symptom, or modifier to other illnesses I’d say (although WHO might disagree). For instance, a schizophrenic is not necessarily a paranoid schizophrenic. Paranoia is simply fear beyond reason.

@Missy

 I wonder if we will ever find out the truth of the matter

We have the truth of the…[Read more]

Thanks @ichabod and @missy!

@missy  I thought it was a fez but now I will have to look again , just to be sure , not because I love watching it or anything. I’ll get back to you.

@missy  Oh, don’t get me wrong — I think the episode works brilliantly in almost every respect, but I am loathe to apply the word “perfect” to pretty much anything human-made.  I’ve gone back too many times to old “perfections” and found that what was perfect in my eyes then no longer is, now.

For the moment, two niggling objections bother me.  …[Read more]

@missy   I did some wandering through some of the fan-vids on Youtube by people using pop tunes as musical scores for their clips — there are some very good ones out there, and I expect many more have been made since.  A couple of people set their vids of 12/Clara to “King and Lionheart”, by — oh damn, what’s that group called — “Trolls and T…[Read more]

<span class=”useratname”>@missy</span> The music from “Heaven Sent” might be some of the greatest from the series. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one listening to it on YouTube.

@missy

Seeing yourself being born would be disturbing on so many levels.

@thehumantimelord and @missy  I also started watching the new series with S1 E1 and Rose and the 9th Doctor are still my favourites because they drew me into their adventures. I have been hooked on Who ever since so even though I really do love all the Doctors , ChrisDoc will always be my Doctor.

Matt Smith was wonderful and I was so sad to se…[Read more]

@missy thank you! I actually didn’t see that until a minute after I posted this haha

@missy   Love the kids and the coffee, and I have a horrible suspicion that they call me “Susan” because I’ve let my hair grow lately, and it makes look Susan-ish — ?  I’ve worn it short for years, but haven’t been able recently to find someone who can give it a decent cut, so piff.  Also, I’m curious to see if it changes at all now that the ro…[Read more]

@theconsultingdoctor   Wow that is profound, how would you know?  If you find out, your mind might burn up or something. For that matter how could any of us know? Oh no……..

@missy I will admit to being selfish and sentimental so I would want to go to my own past where I could see my own lost loved ones (from a safe distance) as they were wh…[Read more]