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21 April 2017 at 10:47 #56519
@bluesqueakpip: And the word *Doona* here for Duvet.
@jimthefish: Ah, well I haven’t seen the *after show* so thank you for that. I do mind though, so funny.
@mudlark: It’s definitely made my vision more sharp, but unfortunately, although the left eye was done in February, I still feel as if there is sleep in it and I need to wear dark glasses as things are too bight.
@nerys: You too? As you say the recovery is not nice at all. My only problem was that when watching TV, the background was fuzzy, now it isn’t.
I had a suspicion that the bird was a reminder of the BIRD in Heaven sent who wore away the diamond mountain until it crumbled. Has this been asked? Any idea what the gold spiral stuff in the glass dome is? Could it be Huon particles? Nanogenes? Or a sample of * scar tissue* from The name of the Doctor?
Missy
20 April 2017 at 06:44 #56497@nikmlnkr: Thank you for that.
Confirmed. If you watch the video, PC is in the Christmas special.
Missy
20 April 2017 at 06:31 #56496@thane15: Someone else posted the same thing as your good self.(not on here) I know one should never believe all one reads, BUT unless it was done to deliberately deceive, why are is there a photograph on Kris Marshall half in and half out of the Tardis? Oh well, we’ll find out eventually, and please let it be Kris Marshall, he’s perfect for the part.
Janette: If you watched the Whovians thingy after DW (thought them a bit silly) PC apparently told Graham Norton that he will be in the Christmas special. Also, according to them, you don’t lie to Graham Norton – so who knows?
@mudlark: with a little luck, my viewing of ‘Easter eggs’ will come with my box set.
Missy
20 April 2017 at 06:08 #56495@pedant: Ta muchly, I could not work out what Bill actually said.
@theconsultingdoctor: Tick all those comments.
Does anyone mind that they cut down the Dalek scene? Or is it only me?
Missy
20 April 2017 at 05:53 #56494Another one who has had cataract surgery mayhap? Not much fun for a while is it. You are quite right, of course it’s a 78. *puts more drops in eyes*
Missy
20 April 2017 at 05:35 #5649320 April 2017 at 05:31 #56492@talkativetraveller:*Waves*
Hello there, welcome to the forum. Delighted that you could join the rest of us Doctor Who addicts!
Missy
18 April 2017 at 09:08 #56410I think that Mr Huffle high tech lie detector, is in the Vault. Well, it’s not more bonkers than Eurus Holmes. 🙂
It seems that all of us enjoyed this episode.
Missy
Apologies, I could have sworn that her name was spelled Bil – not Bill.
18 April 2017 at 05:17 #5640618 April 2017 at 02:24 #56400Late again! Before I read all your posts (can’t wait) I’ve made a list of my likes and dislikes.
After I’d watched The Pilot, my reaction was that it was missing – what I called – Moffat Magic. However, having watched it again my mind has changed.
Likes: Little touches such as: Reference to chips, reminding me of Rose. PC breathing on a record (LP.) Bil’s comment about running like a penguin with its arse on fire. The banter scene between Bil and the Doctor at the Vault, with Nardole encouraging them. Photos of Susan and River on the desk. Clara’s theme, when CP is about to erase Bil’s memory, and Susan, River and the Tardis protesting – or at least he thinks they are. Finally, for now at least, the photo of the Doctor caught in a mirror taking photos of Bil’s mum.
Dislikes: The cutting of the Dalek scene, when it was one of the funniest scenes in the episode – WHY? Not quite explaining what the alien craft that captured Heather actually was? That might be me of course and I missed something.
Mystery: Is the Vault relevant or a red herring, if not what could be in it?(One can’t trust Moffat) And what promises did the Doctor make? Must dash, shall be back soon to read all your posts.
Missy
16 April 2017 at 05:39 #56245ALL: Whoops! That should read the THIRTEENTH Doctor. *rolls eyes and tells self to calm down*
Missy
16 April 2017 at 05:34 #56244@kharis: I don’t know what you mean? Did you like it or hate it? If the latter, watch it again. My OH did, and got it.
Missy
16 April 2017 at 05:30 #56243With luck, the Pilot will be on the series 10 Box Set.
Did any of you remember that Peter Capaldi turned 59 on the 14th? Shame on us! I didn’t remember until this morning.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY PETER.
Also – and thank the gods – Kris Marshall is taking on the role of the Eleventh Doctor, all is confirmed. Somewhere on this forum, I mentioned that this actor would be great as the Doctor – him or Ben Miller. My gawd, I can pick them. *big, big grin*
Looking forward to tonight.
Missy
16 April 2017 at 05:22 #5624215 April 2017 at 09:29 #56179@ichabod: I suppose that they were hard times, but you were used to it. Reading your description of your flat I suddenly got a flashback of Lucy’s place in Doctor Mysterio. The fire escape, the steps up to the front door. We had the top flat in a two storey house over a fishmongers By the time I was sent out to buy coke or coal, we’d been bombed out and rebuilt. I can remember “the Rag and Bone man” coming round. A chap who sharpened knives, the milk man and the coal man. Poor evil had to lug a CWT of coal up the stairs and empty the load into a big cupboard on the landing. Those were the day – NOT! Oh, and by the way, it was coke only that I went to collect in the pram, usually because we’d run out of coal.
Missy
15 April 2017 at 09:13 #56178I agree. All of the actors brought something different to the role and I liked all of them – some more than others.Paul McGann the 8th Doctor however – in my opinion – was awful. I’ve never cared for the McGann tribe, unlike the Foxes. Personal preference.
Missy
15 April 2017 at 09:01 #56176Thank you for that, it’s very true. Unfortunately as you say, I too slip on occasions.
@janetteb: I do wish Capaldi was staying on for at least one more series after this one.
So do I. Half of me is looking forward to tomorrow, and half is dreading it. It looks as though he regenerates in the final episode, instead of a Christmas special? Damn and blast!
@missrori: Having survived bullying at Secondary school, I know how it feels. One girl in particular had it in for me because she didn’t like the way my mother made me dress. Life was a living hell until one day I slapped her face and that was that. Of course, times have changed, now she would probably threaten me with a knife. Sometimes turning the other cheek doesn’t work.
Missy
15 April 2017 at 08:34 #56175@thane15; Puro, the mother here. Haha! Don’t be so *hard* on yourself.
Thank you for that vote of confidence *smiles and nods* but it is a good thing to be hard on oneself every now and then. The temptation to become “full of it” needs to be curbed sometimes.
I think what Thane was getting at was that all History -that’s around us -affects and effects us all. I was proud he could use the words ‘effect’ and ‘affect’ correctly.
You should be, they often defeat me.
Missy
14 April 2017 at 06:33 #56146@thane15:
Thank you for that information. Now they can’t stop advertising it.
Tell your mum, that I much prefer Holiday, and Flat for apartment. *very big grin*
Missy
14 April 2017 at 06:09 #56145@thane15 for starters, no-one is 100 % Aussie. You said it yourself
Now who’s being picky? She is 100% COUNTRY Australian – meaning she wasn’t born in the city.
I must be a bit thick, because I still cannot see what ANCIENT China has to do with this country. Recent Chinese influence, I take your point. However, you are an Australian (not 100% of course *grins*) and I am not. We learned about the commonwealth of course and how they were formed, but most was about British history over the last 1,000 years and how we branched out.
No apologies required by the way.
Missy
14 April 2017 at 05:54 #56144I have been so entertained reading your stories. Here is one of mind.
We were lucky, not only did we have hot/cold running water, we also had a bathroom and toilet inside the flat. In the winter, I would come home from school, open the front door – key on a string around my neck – and read instructions left by my mother.
Every day I would peel some potatoes, scrape carrots wash and cut up cabbage (if we were having it that night) before cleaning out the grate, and scrunching up newspaper and putting kindling on top followed by some coal (if we were lucky) sometimes I’d even light it.
About once a fortnight, off I’d trundle pushing an old pram and make for the coal yard, where I’d ask for a CWT (google it) sack of coke (google that too.) The ground would be covered in snow, slush and black ice and my feet were covered in chilblains. Mum said I did a good job, especially as I was only eleven years old.
Missy
10 April 2017 at 10:36 #56061Now that was funny and very, very clever. My OH used to love watching this every week.
I thought that he was an Australian and have since discovered that he was a New Zealander. At least he died doing what he loved.
Missy
10 April 2017 at 10:29 #56060Very odd. Last night we watched a programme I’d recorded on the ABC (channel two) and to my surprise they showed clips from series 10 I hadn’t seen before. The odd thing was that they ended with these words: ‘
Sunday 16th on ABC and iveiw at 7.40pm?
When I checked the ABC programme lists for that date, it wasn’t there?
Missy
10 April 2017 at 10:17 #56059All: There are so many interesting posts on here Unfortunately not being on this forum every day they tend to pile up on me, but I shall read them.
@pedant: You do suit your name, and there’s me thinking that I was pedantic . *shakes head* I shall leave you to your incorrect assumptions.
10 April 2017 at 10:01 #56058@thane15:
No, not joking and I think you know that. *winks* It is her mother, our daughter-in-law, who was complaining about it, and she’s 100% country Aussie.
Of course the Chinese played a role in Australia’s history, but not an Ancient role. This country’s history is very recent, only just over 300 years of white settlement – to me that’s recent anyway, coming from the Northern Hemisphere. You could also say the same about the Afghans, but at my granddaughter’s school at least, they teach nothing about them. History of all countries should be touched upon, but your immediate history, your ancestors should come first.
Missy
9 April 2017 at 05:27 #56036Janette: Did you have to mention scones? *begins dribbling*
As for our Doctor -and I must investigate further – a pilot is to be shown at the cinema on the 15th? Naturally (or perhaps not) I began to panic. Surely they aren’t going to do to us what they did with Sherlock and not show series 10 on TV?
Missy
9 April 2017 at 05:14 #56035@pedant: Try reading what is said properly my dear, instead of jumping to conclusions.
“There is far too much emphasis put on Gay and Straight nowadays,” means exactly that. But just for you. It shouldn’t matter whether a person is homosexual or not, they are human beings and that is what counts. By Her Maj, I assume you mean Her Majesty?
Janette: We have found a shop, not too far from us, that sells Jammy Dodgers. *grin* I indulge myself quite often.
Missy
9 April 2017 at 04:54 #56033@thane15: Doctor Blake was awful. I cannot put my finger what it was – slow and boring comes to mind. Miss Fisher Mysteries on the other hand, were great fun. The chemistry between Jack and Phryne was electric.
Janette: One of our grandchildren has begun studying Ancient China in History. what the devil china has to so with Australian history is a mystery. She does read books however. Hogfather is fun, the film is even better.
Missy
9 April 2017 at 04:38 #56031Janette: Thank you for that. I get so angry and should not take it out on you good people. I agree about Math -s.
All. Just these few lines, and then I shall shut up and concentrate on the Doctor.
A yard is not covered in grass, and paddocks are for livestock not wheat or corn.
Puro. The peace keeper *big smile coming your way.* Being keen to a fault, I always look up pronunciations of words in The Oxford Concise Dictionary, and the word harassed is constantly mispronounced. My question is, why can’t people simply get it right? It isn’t hard.
I didn’t want to offend our American friends. They have their own way of speaking, but we don’t have to copy it. Was that offensive?
This chap Zoltan Kovacs, writes for the Weekend West, calling himself Bill Stickler of the SOP. Society of Pedants.
Over the many months, he has written about readers who write to him complaining about our language being ruined, mostly by bad grammar. So far, every word, phrase or pronunciation tally with my complaints. it’s made our children sit up and take notice, realising that “it isn’t just mum!”
Missy
6 April 2017 at 12:19 #55989All. A correction and my apologies. What I should have said was: “from the get go” instead of “from the start/beginning,” and “from here on in” instead of “from now on.”
Missy
6 April 2017 at 11:56 #55988Thank you. I should like to stress that because I make a statement it doesn’t mean I’m right. I might think I am, but I could be wrong too. There have been very, very rare occasions when I have been swayed. If a thing sounds logical to me, I’ll accept it.
I really, really don’t like gardening! *grins*
Has anyone looked at the Video posted by Garnetto?
Missy
6 April 2017 at 11:48 #55987P.s As for Bill’s sexuality, who really cares?
There is far too much emphasis put on Gay and Straight nowadays.
Live and let live say I.
Missy
6 April 2017 at 11:41 #55986@thane15
You and pedant are probably right, about Moffat and his permission.
@pedant: I repeat, the English language is going to pot. Of course it must change, of course it will evolve, but not into another country’s language.
” Stomped” instead of ‘stamped,’ ‘yard” instead of ‘garden,’ ‘get go’ instead of ‘from now on.’ As for pronunciation,
I’m sick of hearing the word ‘harassed’ pronounced ‘HArassed’ when it should be ‘harassed’ without any emphasis.
The word ‘issue’ could also be subject, topic or affair – not problem except in rare cases. The word ‘problem’ is exactly as it says, a problem not an issue. This was brought up in the column I spoke of.
One more and I’ll shut up. ‘Addressed /address. “This problem will be addressed.” it could actually be ‘dealt with!’
Perhaps these words make the speaker feel clever.
End of rant.
Missy
6 April 2017 at 11:21 #55984Whatever makes you smile I suppose.
Missy
2 April 2017 at 03:02 #55949No, I thought that he simply wanted to put right the problem he caused in Manhattan. but I could be mistaken.
Missy
2 April 2017 at 02:58 #55948Ah, you doubt, but you don’t know. it would be a change of tactics if he agreed to this, but then who knows.
There is a column in our Saturday paper which would interest you. @pedant
People email the columnist with complaints about bad English grammar and the misuse of words – such as Issue instead of problem. You would enjoy it I’m sure. I do, because he only says what I’ve been saying for a few years, English is going to pot.
Missy
2 April 2017 at 02:51 #559471 April 2017 at 06:36 #55937I’ve been meaning to mention this, but it kept slipping my mind. Did any of you spot the picture of William Hatnell on the door of the safe where Bonnie kept the computer?
Of course you did, just checking. *big grin*
Missy
1 April 2017 at 06:32 #55936I also thoroughly enjoyed the specials. You definitely get your money’s worth. I found it amusing when SM said that although they (he and MG) said several times that Moriarty was DEAD, no one believed them. that;s why they said it.They admitted that they play tricks on us. that to me is part of their magic.
Missy
1 April 2017 at 06:27 #55935I doubt that you are the only one of us on a count down Janette.
Thank you @ichabod. this could the series to end all series – and THIS time, I shall watch every episode, instead of waiting until I get the DVD. It almost killed me last year.
Missy
1 April 2017 at 06:21 #55934@merseyL
Like @ichabod, it makes no difference to me what people say. I love it or don’t and other peoples opinions, although sometimes interesting, do not sway me a jot.
@joshamus: I don’t suppose it was Steven Moffat’s idea to tell all. The media love to cause, what they think, is a sensation. As for what I think? It doesn’t bother me one way or the other *grins*
@pedant: As they say in police films, “Copy that.”
Missy
1 April 2017 at 06:08 #55933We haven’t heard – as yet – of any looting. One thing which has annoyed my OH and I, is that they are going ahead with the Commonwealth Games? It’s going to cost millions, which to our mind would be better served in helping ALL the flood victims. Sport can wait.
Missy
31 March 2017 at 05:29 #55915@thane15:
Oh good grief! we watched the TV news this morning, those poor people.
A friend of ours lives in Palm Springs and so far all is well, not even power cuts. She was explaining that there are many creeks and rivers in Queensland, so with the run off from the mountains it will be disaster for low lying areas those poor animals too. Thank goodness all is all right with you. How are the leaks?
Missy
30 March 2017 at 05:21 #5590630 March 2017 at 05:16 #55905Hello there, I add my welcome to the rest.
Like Thane15, I’m a big admirer of Moffat , Gatiss and Capaldi.
However, if I felt hat something didn’t gel, I would mention it.
Missy.
30 March 2017 at 05:10 #55904@thane15;
Me? I say, it’s just a house and mum says “its THE house.” 😀 Spirits up….
And she’s right!
As for Brisbane mirroring parts of London. The few times we’ve been, we would be about to turn the corner, and I’d say ” St. Pancras station is round the corner.” It was unnerving to find that it wasn’t.
Missy
28 March 2017 at 04:11 #55889I don’t think I have asked this before. did anyone see “In the Loop?”
Very course, but very funny. It brought tears to my eyes.
Missy
28 March 2017 at 04:05 #55888Ah, I thought you meant the actual actor who played the part of TGI., so point taken.
Missy
28 March 2017 at 03:59 #55887Thane and Puro.
Let us hope that Debbie will bow herself out very soon. Why lie in the bath? How in the world would that help?
We’ve been to Brisbane and the Gold coast a few times, in fact Brisbane reminded us very much of London in some areas. alas, the humidity precluded any thoughts of moving there.
Missy
28 March 2017 at 01:11 #55883We’ve been watching horrific news coverage about Cyclone Debbie and the damage being caused in Queensland.
I’m sure that all of us hope fervently that any members who live there are safe.Missy
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