@cathannabel @thane16

Somewhere in the deepest recesses of my memory, I have the thought that the Royal Air Force did some research into the impact of different vocal styles had on the authority of air controllers. It found that female voices had a timbre to them that pilots (sometimes coming from quite stressful situations) responded to better…[Read more]

@shinymcshine

Contrapuctual

First off, falling out of the sky and crashing through the roof of a train should be dramatic

Why? Could you point to the page of the Big Red Book Of Rules For Stories that says falls must always be played straight? Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin must have regretted their entire careers when they read that.

I would…[Read more]

@miapatrick

Personally would rather refer to them as Christopher, David, Matt, Peter, Jody simply because I find these easier to spell, but it’s true, she does seem to be ‘Jody’

*circles bait*

*thinks better of it*

@cathannabel

In the Usenet days the convention (and I don’t think it was any more than that, plus a bit of micro-bandwidth manag…[Read more]

@juniperfish @ichabod

Eccleston

Tennant

Smith

Capaldi

Jodie.

There’s part of the challenge, right there.

English doesn’t really have informal vs formal address in the way that other languages do (eg: vous vs tu), but we inject it in other ways without even trying.

@mudlark @miapatrick

I’m with @bendubz11. Apart from oreos which, besides being and American affectation, do something deeply unsettling in your digestive tract if you eat a whole packet.

Not that I’m allowed any sodding biccies at the moment.

@XAD4

One aims to please 🙂

(Did you see my gif of Dinas’s fledging? Can’t recall if I tagged you or…[Read more]

@ichabod

but I had trouble with “Deep Throat” for the same reason

I really hope you meant “Deep Breath” there!

On the other hand….

@thane16

Never said stories aren’t important!

But when you have a quiet moment read up on the research into the reliability of eye witness accounts.

@craig @nearlysane

Apparently have have a 7 season arc planned.

@craig

Have binged it about 4 times now. It is simply outstanding, really rewards repeat viewing and the short-season format serves it well. Not a single filler.

Maximum Derek.

@nearlysane

Inside No 9 is great – a sort short form Black Mirror.

I knew there was something else I’d noticed but took ages to find.

“Bonuses and snaketraps”

Snakes and Ladders.

In space.

@jimthefish @geoffers et al

Oh, and where the hell did those sunglasses come from?

From dialog just before Graham complains about getting sand in his eyes:

“Oh, I forgot I put stuff in these pockets”

And then, after given the shades to Graham

“Like and old pair of mine…I say mine; can’t remember…. etc etc”

So was directly addressed in…[Read more]

@thane16

Bookmark your last post here and come back to it once you’ve read the first 50 pages or so of the book. Seriously. That’s an exercise you won’t regret.

But maybe not just now.

@cathannabel

Oh, I never doubted that – but the idea that a blue doesn’t make sense (and for a young cop to say it, at that) made me chortle.

@thane16

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Tip for future reference: only quote the bit you want explaining 😉

PSA: Public Service Announcement.

Example: See above. Being precise is also important, and anecdotes are rarely precise.

(curious feature of discourse: it is easy for a discussion about something big to get derailed by the…[Read more]

@ardaraith @miapatrick @mudlark @juniperfish

On rewatch Timeless Child definitely came over as much more significant than at first – telling her something she did not remember, and revelling in knowing a secret that it wouldn’t tell.

It occurs to me, with hindsight, that Chibbers is a much more likely candidate that Moffatt to take a crack at an…[Read more]

“only the one in town’s green. This don’t make any sense.”

That made me LOL. Twice now.

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@bluesqueakpip @mudlark

There was indeed the mention of a a medipod (or similar) for Yaz, and Graham saw Ryan regaining consciousness in something along those lines.

@Craig

Little bit puzzled by Matt Strevens comment that the new Tardis would be more analogue that before. All of the AG Tardises have been very much organic and/ or steampunk,…[Read more]

@mudgodson

Commas are your friend.

@miapatrick

Definitely heard Timeless Child, but took it to be a taunting of the Time Lord’s (…er….moving on…) base insecurity.