@Whisht @Mudlark

I watched Unleashed too, and I felt for the crew! Midges are really the worst, evil wee critturs.

Are there any songs about them?

Of course there are!! A bit on the cheesy side but here you go:

Scottish legend Kenneth McKellar (“the midges, the midges, I’m no gonny kidyes, with teeth like piranhas, they’ll drive ye…[Read more]

@mudlark

Re: midges, Mrs Blenkinsop reminded me of this love poem which she used to teach back in the day, by Anthony Hecht.

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@pufferfish @devilishrobby @mudlark
Yet more American interference in British institutions! First it was Trump and Musk, now it’s The Onion. How dare they!
(OK, to be serious for a moment, I got a good laugh out of it. Well done Onion.)

Actually, I think the full text of The Onion’s incvestigative journalism is worthy of reproduction…[Read more]

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Thanks to @Mudlark and @Juniperfish for spots and explanations about Blodeuwedd. Which fits with this season’s theme of myths, fairy tales, and the power of stories. In fact all of Ncuti’s/RTD2’s run.

And to @geoffers for clarifying my muddled thinking. Of course the Rani timetravelled from 1865 to 2025. Similarly, we (and the world’s…[Read more]

Thanks @mudlark

two thoughts on baby jonas – quick google suggests derived from Jonah and meaning dove, so lots to ponder there.

but also jonas as a variant of John … Smith, the kidnap of the baby by the rani calling back to the TC story? Is the baby in fact the Dr?

@mudlark @dentarthurdent @janetteb

The theory that a Ladydoc shouldn’t in anyway ape a ‘blokedoc’ is not necessarily unsound. You might say it was an act of faith by both actor and writer.

But then the Faye Marsay resemblance is down to either:

1. er… ’kookdoc’ – which is a bit insulting isn’t it? On many levels. I wouldn’t put it past Moffat.…[Read more]

@Mudlark That’s roughly what I do if I’m embarking on a long post. Well, actually I compose my message in a text editor, then copy the finished message into the Who webpage editor.
Also good insurance against hitting ‘Submit’ by mistake halfway through, or when I have afterthoughts.

For the rest, I agree with all of your comments.

@janetteb I…[Read more]

@mudlark. I did not know that J.W. was discouraged from watching any previous Doctor’s. It seems Chibnell had his own vision for the show, perhaps going back to his fan club days. I do feel that J.W. was not perhaps ideal casting. To me she was the Peter Davison equivalent but like, P.D. with better stories and direction she would have been much…[Read more]

Wow, I’m very late to the party and have clearly missed some excellent bonkerising!

@Mudlark I love the catch about the Rani turning the 7th son of a 7th son of a 7th son’s Mum into flowers and his Dad into an owl, a la Blodeuwedd. That’s another duality (like the bigeneration) as Blodeuwedd has the dual form of owls/ flowers. Hers is also a very…[Read more]

@mudlark:

Maybe this is a how the fate of the earth will be determined and the Rani and Omega foiled; by the persistence of an underlying reality, reinforced by Poppy and the army of the disabled and homeless who had no part in Conrad’s feeble Utopia and could therefore see through the illusion.

Except Poppy and the army can’t do anything if th…[Read more]

@janetteb @geoffers @mudlark

Yes! Let’s all have a good rant down the pub.

Hey! I just posted a major essay into the ether. Tsk probably a good thing.

The quintessence:

Ruth is fine but the continuity is weird. It probably needs a bit of retro conversion.

The Division is reminiscent of The Obsidian Order/ Tal Shiar/Section 31. But it and t…[Read more]

@mudlark and @scaryb

i think the giant skellingtons stalking all around london are nothing more than an offshoot of the “bone palace,” the rani’s headquarters. purely aesthetic, and a nod to fairy tales, but perhaps also a built-in “test” of how well the wish world is holding together? if everyone is content to accept them as reality, then the…[Read more]

Welcome back @pufferfish I love your thinking!

@Mudlark The whole point of the false world is that it can be destroyed by doubt… And the Doctor’s breakthrough doubt is powerful enough to break into the underverse where Omega is supposedly trapped.  So Conrad was employed as a flawed world maker. Set up to fail… poor Conrad!

Random thoughts -…[Read more]

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But ‘poppy’ is also echoed in the Hellions and their ruined planet. Poppy Honey.

Space Babies and Rogue are emerging from the murk.

Paradise Towers is worth a look… just started. Pity about Mel…

There’s something somewhere about a young actress who played a Red Kang and crops up later. Can’t remember…

I shall deploy the sonic trowel!!

@mudlark Oh, right, Tecteun actually did show up later on. Like I said, the Flux denouement was pretty underwhelming for me, so I have forgotten a lot. Thanks for the synopsis of how that “tangled mess” (aptly put) went down.

@janetteb I have paid attention to the observations about Ruth Doc’s Tardis and how, if she preceded Hartnell Doc, the…[Read more]

I am cheerfully reading all the spoilers here, even though I must wait for my library to get Ncuti Gatwa’s first season. I feel optimistic that I’m of an age where, by the time the DVDs finally arrive, I will have forgotten most of what I have read. But this comment from @mudlark got me thinking:

The problem with trying to fit Ruth Doc into the…

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I’ve missed this section! (And all the other bits on the forum!). I like working away, takes me to lovely places, but it doesn’t always fit in with Who schedules 😛

@Mudlark – LOVE your Lesley Gore pick for Robot Revolution – just perfect (tho I admit to bias as it’s one of my all time faves). Thank you.

Thanks also to @Whisht – always spot…[Read more]