@JanetteB

Thanks. It could have been a lot more serious that it was (fortunately).

I bought the DVD which I watched while on R&R and I thought in many ways it was superior to the film (apart from special effects), which has always been one of my favourites. Actually I am rather fonder of the film of Quatermass 2 although I haven’t watched the…[Read more]

@Craig @Jimthefish @Bluesqueakpip

Apologies all for not replying a month or so ago – I’ve had a sojourn in hospital (very boring) followed by some R&R with a op to look forward to in the next few weeks.

Hopefully I’ll get around to catching up over the next few weeks.

Thanks

Nick

@JimTheFish

Sorry if I wasn’t clear, I meant that I didn’t think the UNIT example was necessarily that valid to illustrate your point in the 1970’s. I would imagine that military planning meetings are a relatively open exchange of ideas regardless of rank present, but when the decision has been made delivery is rather hierarchical, which is what…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Hi there. Great analysis. One thing which struck me reading this though was this comment:

And we can see just how it changes things slightly by watching UNIT Who….We can also see this in the Web of Fear too. Look at the outright bolshiness of Evans or how the power in the Bunker seems to reside much more with Sgt Arnold.

My…[Read more]

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@Wolfweed

Thanks as ever you always sniff out the good stuff !

Cheers

Nick

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@demafromua

I guess  most of series 8 is written or close to being finished anyway, so its series 9, which will be written in 2014. How difficult that is I guess depends on whether Moffat has chosen to leave at the end of series 8 or not (They haven’t announced anything so far as I’m aware, but I guess the decision has been or will be taken soon…[Read more]

@Debs

Hi there. In “theory” there’s another at least another 40 years to go – (13 doctors at 3 years apiece) with the new regeneration cycle.

The real answer is unknown as it depends on the audience size and appreciation being good enough to satisfy BBC management and convince them to fund the budget. Since both remain strong right now and the…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

absolutely 🙂

Nick

@Barnable

Hi there. I think I see the difference between our point of views now:

 Both of these time lines existed at the same time, until we get to TotD.  I believe that the time line we all watched happen (the “BRB” was pressed time line) came to an end in tTotD episode.  That time line merged into a single time line after TotD episode wh…[Read more]

@purofilion

“remember what is at the entrance to this hallowed forum:  Be bonkers. Works for me. I may at times avoid common sense, but that’s OK mate: as we say down under….”

I have tremendous respect for everyone here who post their ideas let alone bonkers theories (sorry if that’s not so obvious). But as we say in the UK, the proof of the p…[Read more]

@Barnable

🙂 I think we agree on that, but probably not on how you interpret what happened as a result.

Cheers

Nick

@Barnable

Both myself and @Bluesqueakpip have written blog posts explaining how we think DotD changed the Doctor’s timeline. Bluesqueakpip’s opinion (which is generally accepted on here I think) is that is definitely a change from “Gallifrey destroyed” to “Gallifrey disappears”, which occurs during and as a result of DofD. My own view differs in…[Read more]

@purofilion @barnable

One question/observation for you both. First a proviso – since I haven’t read any fan discussion around what “Bad Wolf” has been interpreted to be, I may be about to shoot myself in the foot with this !

I may be mis-interpreting what you’ve written (it wouldn’t be my first time) but I it looks to me that you’re arguing th…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip

I probably didn’t notice the sign on the door ( 🙂 ), but I guess I have a preference for “keeping it simple (ish)” so its a matter of degree more than anything. I guess the Moment idea falls into the “more insane than what’s actually happening” end of the spectrum for me. It is an interesting concept for sure. You’re selling it…[Read more]