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@winston Your navigational skills are still needed. Google Maps and GPS don’t always get you there … as we discovered when trying to locate my cousin’s home in the mountains of New Mexico. My husband, whose navigational skills are vastly better than mine, could tell we were going in the wrong direction, and so he turned around. But even after…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent Wow, what an experience! You described everything so clearly. I’m glad that you were mostly uninjured, and also that once the rental agency knew where the car ended up, you were rebooked and on your way in fairly short order. Kudos also to the concierge at the swanky hotel who, on second try, found you a cheaper room. That must…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent OK, you buried your lede. You must tell us the story of the Opel’s predecessor! I hope that you came out of that one unscratched … even if the car didn’t.

Nothing to report, other than that husband and I recently returned from a nearly two-week trip to Minnesota and New Mexico to see cousins of mine and take in a bit of vacation. The American Southwest is a beautiful place to visit … but I wouldn’t want to live there. Too arid and hot. (I was amazed at how happy I was to see fall colors and bodies…[Read more]

@winston It was fun to have Jeff and his shady dealings remain a mystery to us, while being such a source of frustration for Sarah. Though, in the end, Jeff’s illegal weaponry did help to save the day.

That’s part of what made this such a fun episode (fun, yet the threat felt real). The humor and whimsy are not forced, a rarity in the Chibnall…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent The Weeping Angels episode was the best, I agree. That’s what made me think we were headed toward something special. And then … splat.

I liked Dan, but I also felt that he was shoehorned in. I never quite warmed up to him because he, like the other companions, felt more like caricatures than fleshed-out characters. It was…[Read more]

@winston My recollection with this season is that I thought they were heading in the right direction … and then blew it with the ham-fisted finale. Maybe I’m due for a rewatch!

@dentarthurdent I do love Last Christmas – sarcastic dwarves. Santa pointing out how unlikely he is. Dreams within dreams. Unlike you I absolutely loved Hell Bent, particularly the diner scene where you’re not sure which of them actually knows, until the last moment – Moffat does those multi-layer scenes so well.

It’s not that I don’t like…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u the challenge are to find the best episodes NOT written by Moffat.

Ah, OK, thanks for clarifying! Often I am slow on the uptake.

That really is a challenge for me, because obviously those Moffat episodes are my favorites. The only ones I can think of are:

“Smith and Jones” – March 2007 season opener introducing the Doctor’s new c…[Read more]

I feel like this series of posts may have been somehow redirected from The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances thread?

@dentarthurdent Season 4 – I’d say, Midnight, very narrowly edging out Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. (I think this is the ONLY season where the best ep was not by Moff).

Season 7 – Asylum of the Daleks (Moff again…

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Looks like we have finally reached a North American release date for the 60th anniversary DVDs and Blu-rays: July 30th. Hooray! I will keep a lookout at my library, where they have been regularly updating the Doctor Who collection.

Surely the new season will be soon to follow … I hope!

@winston Somehow when I watch Doctor Who I miss loads of stuff and that is why I like it here. This is where I find out what I missed from the more attentive Whovians and wonder how I didn’t “get it “.

I am exactly the same. As I noted a long time ago in this thread, these two episodes are among my all-time favorites, and I think they reall…[Read more]

@craig Just a heads-up: Looks like a couple of spammy posts in The Winchester.

@winston @dentarthurdent Thank you for your kind replies. Yes, my in-laws appear to be safe from this wildfire, which thankfully did not spread in their direction and is still 25 kilometres away from them. It is now classified as “being held” (meaning that given the current resources and anticipated weather, the wildfire is not expected to grow…[Read more]

Re: the wildfires in Canada, I’m heartbroken to read the latest news about Jasper, Alberta. My husband and I vacationed there in 2002 and loved it. But it looks like the town suffered devastating fire damage, and the beautiful national park may be a charred ruin, as well. As @winston noted, the threat to wildlife is awful to think about. One can…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent A quote in a BBC News story captures the contrast between Harris and Trump about as clearly as it can be stated: “US Vice-President Kamala Harris has gone on the offensive against Donald Trump in the first rally of her White House campaign, portraying November’s election as a choice between a former prosecutor and a convicted f…[Read more]

@janetteb Thanks for asking. We’re fine here. I’m in eastern Canada. We haven’t had a recurrence of last summer’s wildfire, thank goodness. The worst fires are out west, which is how it seems to be every summer … and getting worse.

Anonymous, I think you missed the point. No one is “forbidden” from discussing what they want. Simply choose an existing thread that pertains to your topic and then post your thoughts. I believe you were looking for K9 sound files. There are plenty of existing threads in which to do that, and you did. There was no censorship.

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@janetteb I second that. I have always been impressed with how well managed this forum is. The rules encourage members to be respectful and stay on-topic. Many other forum administrators would do well to take a page from @craig‘s book.