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@nerys

Having a smaller budget than with Disney+ has nothing to do with the Tenth Doctor story Midnight. It’s obvious to me that the BBC had overspent with stories produced earlier that year, so then they decided to produce the story Midnight. To sum up, I think this story is totally crap, taking place mainly inside some kind of bus…[Read more]

@nerys

Yes, I’ve seen a couple of YouTube videos on this very subject. RTD’s statement is pretty equivocal, but I am expecting Who to be offscreen for at least two years.

Interestingly RTD also posted somewhere about all the speculation around Billie Piper’s role, mentioning several of the theories found on this very board, so maybe he is…[Read more]

@janetteb     You are so right. RTD could get so many great story ideas from us. I love Rose, she is the first companion in the first Who I ever watched and I was gutted when she left although happy that she got her own Doctor. Billie Piper could be anyone and I would be pleased.

I just felt that she seemed so happy and saying hello to who? It…[Read more]

@nerys  So  we will have a 16th Doctor who looks like Rose and the 14th Doctor who looks like the 10th around at the same time? The possibilities for bonkers theories are endless.

Maybe we need these two to be together to face the Boss, whoever that is.  Maybe the Boss is someone from 10 and Rose’s time together and that is why the Doctor ch…[Read more]

@nerys
That was more a comment on Chibnall’s previous Who tendencies. I did try Broadchurch. Was mainly watching Scandinoir at the time, itself pretty flawed. So, on the one hand my comment was a cheap shot, imagining what Chibnall might have done with Who (depending on The Corp). But I can’t really say what I saw convinced me that Chi…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @nerys

the behaviour of Byron and his associates was slanted

There was a part where Byron hid in fear behind one of the other, female(?), characters and it really jarred with me. IRL Byron (Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know, per the famous quote) saw some military service in the Greek war of independence from the Ottoman Empire, so…[Read more]

@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]

@nerys

Chibnall had it in him to write a good episode. Exhibit A: “Eve of the Daleks”

Yes. Eve, along with Diodati and Fugitive are, for me at least, the best three of the Chibnall run. Interestingly, two of those were co-written which tells its own tale.

@nerys

I think the appearance of the Tardis with the Jo Martin Doctor was simply an egregious mistake on the part of Chibbers. One of many.

Will hold off on a more detailed response, as the annual marathon in my town that starts and concludes about a block from where I live is coming to its conclusion, and the ones coming in last are the ones…[Read more]

@nerys

Yes, the story of the Doctor’s origins as the Timeless Child was first related to her by the Master, as was the first mention of the Division by name, and if that were all, it might be possible to dismiss the whole thing as a lie; an invention on his part to get back at her and justify his genocidal actions. The problem is that everything…[Read more]

@nerys. I am doing the same, reading spoilers. I do love spoilers. I did not watch the final chibnell series. I gave up at the destruction of Gallifrey but I think there is every possibility the Master was lying. After all I wouldn’t trust anything that he/she says, ever. they are not know for their honesty. Jo Martin doc as a bi generation doctor…[Read more]

@nerys  @ps1l0v3y0u      It also threatens the New Zealand movie industry,  depending on the details of exactly what is going to be sanctioned, er, tariffed.    Probably tRump has no idea how he’s going to implement it.   Typical tRump, misses the target but causes the maximum collateral damage all over the place.

Short term it will harm the fi…[Read more]

@nerys

The best all-American movie I have seen recently is the wonderfully funny (and strangely prophetic) “Idiocracy” (2006).

Highly reccomended.

@nerys

Surely, according to his logic, we should be penalising Hollywood?

Perhaps the elect have had enough of efficient well trained British thesps what with their manageable egos, professional timekeeping and mysterious accents. The villains need to be less sympathetic.
Time for Broadway hoofers to wipe off the lipstick, grab the black hat,…[Read more]

@Nerys Hi back, lovely to “see” you.

Not checked out Wolf Hall yet, but I’ve heard great things

@blenkinsopthebrave   @nerys  @dentarthurdent   @janetteb     Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. Yesterday was a sad one and I guess I had a wobble or a wibble? We went to our town and were shocked all over again by the damage we saw. So depressing if you are a tree lover. Many of the trees we lost were planted by me, some up…[Read more]

Hi all @nerys @janetteb @blenkinsopthebrave and @thane16
Just de-lurking from Rarotonga where I’ve been for 4 days; another 3 weeks to go. (Weather’s been OK, typical Raro which is to say unpredictable but generally warm. Lagoon’s great for swimming and snorkling and bothering the fish, not that they seem to be very bothered.) I’m watching a DVD…[Read more]

@nerys @janetteB @Blenkinsopthebrave lol. Yes, there are so many differing docos & series/movies on Henry & Wives, it’s flooded. But, yes, WH is quite lovely. The medieval wind & brass are a nice touch.

To all, Severance on Apple+ is terrific- a lot of the visuals are perfectly executed; office styles from a photographic book* inspired the dir…[Read more]

@thane16 and @nerys. I have yet to watch season 2 of Wolf Hall but have read all the books so am really looking forward to it. It is a well worn story, as Nerys says, but H.M. manages to make it fresh and interesting and the acting and direction is as excellent as one would hope, though no longer expect sadly. .

Only a few more days to Dr Who is…[Read more]

@nerys    “Elbows up”