@oochillyo    Well, the ship is actually named after Madame de Pompadour.   So the droids, having cannibalised the ship’s crew for parts (so, it seems their cousin droids in Deep Breath weren’t actually doing anything new), just wanted ‘one remaining part’ – Reinette.   I don’t think they were operating with a deep knowledge of neurop…[Read more]

@oochillyo    Actually the identity of the ship was addressed specifically in the episode.   There was a piece of control panel (or something) labelled “SS Marie Antoinette     Sister ship of SS Madame de Pompadour”.    (Actually, I thought the second part of that was kind of excessive, normally the Moff gives us credit for joining up the dots ou…[Read more]

@oochillyo   That is a good episode and fine with me but give me a few more days because my house is full of company and time is limited. I will watch it next weekend probably and then we can discuss it. Such fun!

Stay safe.

@oochillyo  What episode did you have in mind? I am in Canada so we might not be able to watch at the same time but I could watch and we could discuss it later. Let me know, I have all AG Who so any episode is fine with me.

Stay safe.

Wow a couple of days of not checking and there is soo much to catch up on. 🙂 I had to make notes.

to start with I am references posts from prior to my last post. I think I was either rushed or tired then. so, to my notes,

@Dentarthurdent I fondly remember watching the old Sherlock series. I think Green Screen was either pioneered by the Star…[Read more]

@oochillyo   It’s unfortunate your friend got attached to Billy Shipton.   Doctor Who has a knack (and particularly RTD and the Moff) of inventing secondary characters who are much more sympathetic and engaging than just-another-extra-to-support-the-plot.   And generally they’re well cast.  So you do care about them enough to be interested in wha…[Read more]

@oochillyo

I was busy so this is the answer to your earlier Post:

To be honest, I have never watched the spinoff shows. Are they worth my time? I have never tried them because I can’t think of watching doctor who without the Doctor. Sounds stupid but the doctor was like was one of the thinks that makes this show so great to watch and follow, b…[Read more]

Hey  Declan  @oochillyo     Of course you wouldn’t be intrusive!    I can only speak for myself, but the more comments in this forum the better.   Gives us something to chew over, maybe reply to and anyone not interested can just skip over them.

(At least, that’s what I tell myself when I wonder if I’m talking too much  🙂

@oochillyo

I rewatched The Day of the Doctor. 11Doc laughs at bit at Tennant’s “I don’ wanna go” which prompts the tongue in cheek comment,  “he says that a lot.” 😁

@dentarthurdent

Yes, rewatched The Only Water in The Forest Is The River arc & recognised it wasn’t ‘backwards’ but that River & the Doc met out of sync? Hence syncing diaries &a…[Read more]

@Oochillyo

Declan, I can’t claim credit for creating it, of course. I only found it on the web. But I thought it was pretty cool.

@oochillyo The 50th special – The Day of the Doctor? – that was a great episode. And yes, the Doctor did save Gallifrey.

(Someone correct me if I get this bit wrong, and I’ll try and avoid too many spoilers:)
But time is long, and Time Lord gratitude not quite so long. There was a prophecy that a creature known as the Hybrid would one day stand…[Read more]

@oochillyo

Hi Declan

I’m pleased (for you) that you like this episode a little bit better.   Good when that happens.   It’s not one of my favourites, but I do like it better than the previous Master one, Last of the Time Lords.    The Master was a much more interesting person when he wasn’t all-powerful and 100% evil  (and it turned out Rassilo…[Read more]

@oochillyo

Umm, yeah.   I did wonder about the Doctor crashing straight through that glass dome and splatting on the floor without so much as a cracked rib – was it ever canon that he was extra springy?

The End of Time – that certainly did have the look of Fate bringing all sorts of disparate threads together (the Master, the Time Lords and d…[Read more]

@oochillyo @janetteb

Fate piling up on characters – it depends how it’s done. I found Wilf in The End of Time, quite annoying. I didn’t mind his character before, but he *would* go and get stuck in the cubicle with a deadly dose of radiation building up, wouldn’t he?
On the other hand, Clara’s death in Face The Raven was just as much a case of…[Read more]

@oochillyo Welcome back.

As to whether fate as a narrative device annoys me, it depends on how good the writing is. If it is too obvious that the writer is designing the story to get to the desired outcome, ie the death of a character and ignoring possibilities that might change that outcome, then yes it is annoying. If the script is well enough…[Read more]

Hi Declan @oochillyo   World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls

Well I’m pleased you liked those eps. It’s about six months since I watched them but I can still remember them pretty well. So all this is from memory.

Right at the start I thought it was going to be a really fun episode, with Missy at her best – right up to the moment Bill got a h…[Read more]

@oochillyo   Nothing secret about it, it’s not a matter of what I’m ‘allowed’ to say, and you can certainly ask.

If you look at Kaylee402’s only post, she is advertising and linking to a site where nursing students can pay to get someone else to write their assignments for them.   I believe this is considered cheating (by the students).   But a…[Read more]

@oochillyo

Okay, provisionally.   (I have to say ‘provisionally’ because our young nephew is staying with us, he might want to go to the beach – insanely, the water is *still* beautifully warm, latest in the season I’ve ever known before it drops off towards winter.   Or Mrs D might want me to drive them somewhere.   However, I should be able…[Read more]

@oochillyo   I’m sorry, I think I missed that.   Was that your 8-37am or pm?   (12.17 pm here)

@oochillyo Hi, just reading your reply to my post cheers for reading:). My favourite series of new who so far has to be series 4 the specials if that counts as a series which I’m pretty sure it does hbu.  In regards to your opinion (obviously each to their own) I just really didn’t enjoy Capaldi that much I mean I prefer him over Whittaker 100%…[Read more]