@nerys I haven’t seen Eve of the Daleks – I’m just about to start watching season 13, Flux.

I do agree (based on seasons 11 and 12) that Chibnall doesn’t have the right touch for the Doctor. She talks too much and it makes her look dithery, superficial and annoying – she just doesn’t have any weight (emotional heft I think you called it?). But…[Read more]

@nerys   I hope you and yours are OK after such a violent and destructive  storm. The damage to many parts  of the Atlantic provinces is terrible and sadly even the loss of some people. Let us know how you are when you get a chance and know that the rest of Canada wants to help. I am so proud of how prepared you all were and how strong you are in…[Read more]

@nerys

Loved Merlin. I have the box set.

Missy

@nerys  @winston  @blenkinsopthebrave    Midnight was one of RTD’s best-written episodes, I think.   It was actually a bottle episode  (I checked to see I’d got the terminology right and, surprise,  Wikipedia lists it as an example of that  🙂     but all the more intense for that.   Scared people turning on each other is always frightening.  …[Read more]

@nerys  @blenkinsopthebrave   Midnight is an intense episode that is like the Twilight Zone . I can almost hear the opening narration and the do-do music.We never know what exactly is happening or who is causing it and we never know why. Watching the small group of random tourists become so scared they turn into potential murderers is chilling. Tw…[Read more]

@nerys and Merlin in Merlin, though  that show was so a travesty that maybe that role is best forgotten.  I loved Belfast too. I think it was a good approach to showing the troubles, the horror is distilled through the eyes of the child. I have a friend who grew up in Belfast during that period. Having heard some of her stories, made this film e…[Read more]

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Just watched “Midnight” again (because of your post). When I first saw it years ago I didn’t really appreciate it because it didn’t feel like a Doctor Who episode,  but this time I thought it was pretty good. I still don’t think of it as a Doctor Who episode, but I do think it was a really brilliant version of a Twilight Zone episode.

To  @nerys and @blenkinsopthebrave and @arbutus and any other Canadian Whovians  I missed “Happy Canada Day”.  I hope it was a good one, you all deserve it.

The mister was watching series 7 of A Canadian comedy called Letterkenny  when during their table talk one guy says “Everyone loves Doctor Who , right?” the others all agree “Yep” ,”for sur…[Read more]

@nerys My sympathy on hearing about your mum. It was fortunate that you were able to be with her at the end, I’m sure a great comfort to her, and for you that so many of her friends were at the memorial service.

(When my mother died, decades ago, we were surprised and slightly consoled by the large number of friends she had).

I hope you can take…[Read more]

@nerys really sorry to hear about your Mum. The funeral service sounds lovely. I am glad it was of comfort and that you were able to see your mom. That is so important. Now treasure the memories and be kind to yourself.

Regards

Janette

@nerys  I am very sorry about your Mother. It was nice that you could be with her and that you had some family with you.  The service sounds lovely and the choir singing for her was a wonderful tribute for a person who loved music and singing. It truly sounds like a beautiful memorial and it will bring you comfort on the sad days.

I lost my Mom a…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave  I think that sums up the problems quite well. I wanted to like this Doctor and the companions but they never really were fully there as characters. Graeme became annoying, and the Doctor always seemed too dependent upon the companions to really fly on his/her own. There was as @nerys points out, too much “telling”, not enough…[Read more]

@devilishrobby, @nerys, An interesting thought, but I can’t really cast Chibnall as quite that Machiavellian.  As I watched the shows slowly (ever so slowly) turn up months apart I felt that there might have been a more promising three years of stories if COVID had not reared its ugly head. So, on the one hand, Chibnall was unlucky. But on the…[Read more]

@devilishrobby and @nerys and @craig

Same sentiments here too. I have not been inspired by the more recent episodes but my love of Dr Who has not diminished, (Watching The Rebel Flesh right now) and am hoping for better days ahead with the return of RTD and a huge thank you to Craig for maintaining this site.

My S.O read the message from the…[Read more]

@craig @nerys same sentiments here hopefully once RTD has retaken the reins and we see the results interest and participation will pick up again. BTW I think I’ve had the same spammer leaving me messages.and @bean-powered please  post in the right room we’re not that scary are we

@blenkinsopthebrave   @nerys   and @janetteb     Lots of new ideas for future viewing!  We really liked Picard series 1 but have not watched 2 yet. Here’s hoping we will like it. Mr likes Westworld but I give it a miss because it is just too violent for me. I am looking forward to Obi Wan as an old but sincere Star Wars fan.

I have been watching…[Read more]

@janetteB, @nerys, Here is a brief taste of “Slow Horses”

@blenkinsopthebrave. “Slow Horses” sounded interesting. I will look out for it

@nerys we have not started watching series 2 of Picard yet. Son and fiancé are currently watching it and say it is not as good as series 1 but they are still enjoying it. I really liked series one but feel that its strength was that the series was shaped around a…[Read more]

@nerys The other TV show I have been watching (on Apple) is the spy mystery “Slow Horses” with Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas. And I am really enjoying it. Gary Oldman is very good as the irascible head of a group of agents who have been demoted from MI5 for past mistakes to a grim office where they are delegated menial tasks, but who are…[Read more]

@nerys Yes, I tend to agree. I was intrigued by the beginning, and up until they arrive in 2024. But when they started to cram all the actors from the future into the past, and and invented a Picard family history, the story seemed to crowded and sort of…disingenuous. There is nothing like the episode “Nepenthe” in this series.