Fried egg sandwich, uh oh!   I’m not all that fussy, and some day, if I live long enough, perhaps the Doctor on regenerating will develop a craving for something I actually find palatable 🙁

Well, so far so good, and Jodi Whittaker certainly seems to have what it takes. Whether or not she turns out to be among my favourite Doctors, there is no doubt that she is the Doctor.  In this episode she reminded me a little of Tennant and a little of Matt Smith, but it is a bit early to judge.

The story was perhaps a bit lightweight, some of…[Read more]

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@pedant

Your father’s situation was indeed grim, both for him and all of you who had to witness it and I sympathise.

it is an anti-coagulant so for those at risk it is, if not a wonder-drug, at least a pretty damned cost-effective supplement.

Exactly so; and in my case the aspirin is supplementary to hydroxycarbamide, which acts directly on the…[Read more]

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@thane16

In my case it wasn’t stomach aches that were the problem. For as long as I was on statins – and my GP tried me on two different ones – I had persistent pains in my left side and muscular pains and weakness in my legs, which sometimes felt about as supportive as boiled spaghetti, and I know others who experienced similar side effects. …[Read more]

@Bambi70006

Hello and welcome.  In some ways I envy you having so much to look forward to as you catch up in your viewing.

It is difficult if not impossible to imagine that anyone who watches and enjoys Doctor Who and who understands what the Doctor stands for could ever have voted for Trump, so I think we would have taken that for granted even…[Read more]

@thane16

Yes, it’s always a good idea to read the information sheet, or at least the instructions and list of ingredients on the label 🙂

Given the pharmaceutical cocktail I’m expected to ingest on a daily basis, it is fortunate that I seem to tolerate almost all medication pretty well, the only exception so far being statins which had some…[Read more]

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@missy

As @whisht and @pedant have already noted, you appear to derive most of your opinions on scientific matters and your distrust of scientists from the inconsistencies in newspaper headlines and articles compiled by sub editors and non-specialist reporters who have at best a limited grasp of the scientific matters on which they are…[Read more]

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@Bluesqueakpip

Well, bugger that.

Seconded

@thane16

Moving the conversation to the pub where it more properly belongs.

I was teasing, really, because the story isn’t all that riveting and others are invited to skip over this post. But since you asked:-

A group of us had tickets en bloc for both productions on successive days, purchased on our…[Read more]

@Missy  @thane16 @Bluesqueakpip

It isn’t all that long ago, and well within my lifetime, that it was still more usual for white actors to be cast in the role of Othello. In Edinburgh in 1965 I saw the acclaimed National Theatre production of Othello with Olivier in the title role and Frank Finlay as Iago*.  Olivier was blacked up – face, arms a…[Read more]

@pedant

Sorry to hear about the diabetes. Life, as the years accumulate, tends to be increasingly unfair when it comes to matters of health so, although that particular condition isn’t one of my problems, you have my sympathy and good wishes.

@pedant

Yup! nit-picking grammatical pedantry go hang. I must consign my largely unused 3rd edition of Fowler to a charity shop  and hie me to the nearest book shop forthwith to purchase the 4th edition.

When it comes down to it, all that matters is that grammatical structure, syntax and punctuation should convey the intended meaning in clearly…[Read more]

@Whisht  @Bluesqueakpip

De gustibus non est disputandum . ‘Nuff said.

But whether you prefer builders’ tea or a delicate infusion, sugar is undoubtedly optional. I gave it up at age ten, once I realised that tea tasted better without, and if someone now mistakenly gave me sugared tea, that is the one circumstance in which I might refuse to…[Read more]

Ouch! gown, not grown.

@stman

The Tardis is a space ship as well as a time machine, remember – Time And Relative Dimensions In Space. So yes, all of the Doctors have had adventures in space.

@wolfweed

The lack of a pressure suit in that scene is a bit worrying, though maybe the 5th Doctor is within the Tardis field – whether or not the writers had yet invented the…[Read more]

@thane16

there was one explaining how you arrived in a very cold house with your parents after moving into a different are & neighbours came to the rescue with warm water etc.

That would be in February 1947, a famously cold, snowy and prolonged winter, when I was four years old and we moved from West Yorkshire to Norfolk. We came down by train and…[Read more]