PuroSolo @puroandson this: I was only asking about whether Capaldi was referred to like that or introduced like this? In the States? You then say “PLEASE, please don’t put my name anywhere near [some part of] a sentence”

PuroSolo, you are correct.  The “Pete” phrase appears in @ob-wan  post #50590 as follows:  Believe me, Pete’s agent is on the p…[Read more]

@ob-wan @puroandson Capaldi isn’t any less popular than Smith really and with Smith the show finally took off in a huge way globally, admittedly after the BBC finally pumped the kind of money into it that they needed to to make just such in roads. I’ve seen people suggest that the ratings are an indication of him being unpopular and, well, it…[Read more]

@puroandson

@ob-wan I don’t believe that ‘Pete’ Capaldi (has he been introduced as such?) is…

Please, Please, PLEASE…

…do not put my name anywhere near a comment like that.

I already have enough people trying to read INTO what I write instead of reading what I ACTUALLY write.

LOL.

I said that he hadn’t been “well-received unive…[Read more]

@allonsy @OB-Wan Please see above re Hulu. Looks like it’s just going to be the BBC Store.

@OB-Wan— Capaldi’s contract will be based on x amount of episodes, not on him being contracted for any specific period of time. We already know that he’s been contracted for s10. When they’re broadcast is probably beside the point.

All the current reports have filming starting in early March (slightly later than usual, which is what led to much…[Read more]

@ob-wan

Have just read your post re: Lawyers etc. Obviously it works for Americans, but seems unnecessarily complicated to me.

As far as I know, we have Barristers (as you say taken from “The Bar”) who fight in court – silks – all of whom have different preferences. Some murder, some tax invasion etcetera. Solicitors are who one goes to…[Read more]

@OB-Wan

AG Who  =   after gap  versus BG   before gap.

The gap years were when there were no episodes  from the BBC

@Allonsy

Daily motion has all the Who episodes from all the Doctors  although there might be a few

holes.   Just type in Doctor Who and the episode in the search bar.  You might probably have to do

some navigating around and …[Read more]

@OB-Wan

AG is just an abbreviation for after gap.

I’ve had Hulu before. The selection is good. The only reason I cancelled it is because I have cable and could watch all the shows when they aired. If I wasn’t cursed with Comcast, which has a data cap on their Internet, I would drop the cable and just use Hulu.

@ob-wan

I thought so, how very confusing. In the old days – according to Dickens – ‘lawyer’ was used instead of Barrister.

It was possibly changed to Barrister and Soliciter to avoid confusion. Unfortunately I never know which is which in American programmes.

Cheers,

Missy

@ob-wan It now makes even less sense than I thought it might. Why make money out of a growing fan-base when you can just shut the whole thing down and nobody makes a penny?

I fear there is a lot going on behind the scenes of the BBC and the UK government, and there are many vested interests, perhaps SKY or US corporations such as FOX.

I’m kinda…[Read more]

@ob-wan

Quoting Amelia Pond, “Oh, get a grip Obi-Wan Kenobi”! Have you registered on this forum only to tell people that they are wrong?!

@puroandson

Give my regards to your mum. I’m listening Prokofiev Piano Concert no 2 and think about her.

I don’t really know if I want Capaldi to stay. 12 has such a strong personality and he tells a lot…[Read more]

@Ob-wan Okay, I figured it out.  Thanks Charles for the hints on how to work it.  (:  These are just four I picked out of her face.  There are a ton of ballet photos on her Facebook.

My pick for Romana.  Her, or Sara Lamb of the Royal Ballet.

@OB-Wan— I’m shutting this conversation down now because it’s getting childishly personal, unpleasant and utterly pointless. For my part in that I apologise to the forum at large.

You are NOT the boss of me and I am not interested in tailoring my posts to please you. I will continue to use caps when I feel it’s appropriate to emphasize my p…

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@OB-wan  Romana is my favorite companion!  Well, if I have a favorite, I actually like them all.  Glad to see another fan!  All of my avatars have had Romana in the photo, except one.  The change is in honor of the BBC’s decision to make us wait a year without even a special.  Why not make a stand alone episode with Paul Mcgann while he is still…[Read more]

@OB-Wan — FFS. No, the point is that the use of the word is correct — both mine, and Moffat’s and RTDs. And yes, it is a rationalisation because reason was used — i.e. arguments with evidence. I offered definitions and reasons — you on the other hand just choose to ignore them and basically dig your heels in: ‘I don’t accept this definition so…[Read more]

@OB-Wan—

On reboots and language in general.

And it will never be correct no matter how much you may rationalize it to yourself.  The definition of words aren’t going to change to suit your musings.

Not my musings, no, but with the musings of enough people then they do. Words change their meanings and even their spellings all the time and th…[Read more]

@ob-wan

Good point.

Missy

Thanks @ob-wan @ichabod and @puroandson.   I must admit I did enjoy the banter, mostly because it was banter between intellectuals. 🙂

Here is a good article on the oncoming Chibnall.  http://www.cnet.com/news/steven-moffat-final-season-of-doctor-who-showrunner-in-2017/    It’s good to hear he is a true fan, understands it’s a family show and…[Read more]

@puroandson

Straw man = misrepresentation of another’s argument in order to make it easier to attack.

@OB-wan

You do not that reboot actually means restart, don’t you?  It is imported from computing and is what happens when you shut off a computer and then restart it. Nothing is jettisoned, although it can be a good way of clearing cruft out of…[Read more]

@OB-wan and @JimTheFish

The definition of words aren’t going to change to suit your musings.

I think ‘reboot’ as a film and TV term really only dates back slightly over a decade. I seem to remember the new Battlestar Galactica being described as a ‘reboot’, and then Batman Begins picked it up. But what they were doing was nicking a computer t…[Read more]