Ah, but the secret of good Bonkers Theorising(TM) is that it is bold in sweep and recognises that the redness or blueness of bow ties (or surnames) is much more important than the genetic relationships.

Without that it is mere theorising, and who wants that? 🙂

I think we may be letting Moff’s economical writing style suck us into plot-obsession-as-compulsive-itch-scratching.

Two men, both once frightened and lonely children, reflected in each other through the eyes of a kind, but strong and decisive, teacher.

No tricksy or bizarre relationships – just good story showing, though the medium of “find the lady”.

@janetteB

 Why an orphange? Seems rather Dickensian

Most of Action for Children (formerly Nation Children’s Homes) are now closed, but it wasn’t really until well into the 90s that the full shift to smaller scale residential care was done, so it is just about credible.

Here ya go

@Bluesqueakpip

So if ‘Orson’ is a descendent, why did the Doctor have him enter the restaurant sealed inside a spacesuit? Or is it merely a Moffaty nod to the ‘Grandparent Paradox’

Because he is a bit better informed than he is letting on?

Also, I suspect the suit gave Orson tunnel vision to it reduced the odds of him clocking Danny.

Edit: oops.

Lindalee (or Lindaee) speaks! Best review ever, watch right to the end.

@JimTheFish

No, I sorry Jim – that’s disgraceful. If you call a man a liar for saying that the question was not answered when it wasn’t – and also whip up a mob to boot! –  it should be trivial to find him answering the question when it was asked.

@ScaryB described the answer as detailed and reasoned – it was neither of those, and nor was it an…[Read more]

@JimTheFish – it’s that or simple a string of ad hominems on the journalist (one for whom I have very little respect, btw) to mask the fact that Salmond didn’t answer the question he was asked.

Now, about that time stamp…

@JimTheFish

. But it’s all by the by anyway. It doesn’t really matter how and why the union came into being. (And for people to bang on about Darien still is a bit like a husband facing divorce after 30 years of marriage complaining about having paid for the couple’s first holiday together before they got hitched. It just sounds a bit peevi…

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@purofilion

I should hope not!

This story reminds me of a beautiful Fritz Leiber novella called A Case of Conscience – everything that happens could have a natural or a supernatural explanation, and the author remains agnostic.

@purofilion

whilst the Dr is possibly mad -for if he wrote “Listen”, then why didn’t he remember it?

I think you are forgetting the Moffat Parsimony Principle. If you are very lucky you will get 4 words of explanation and if you miss them, then that will teach you not to Tweet during the show ;).

“Have you met you?”

It doesn’t even remot…[Read more]

@Craig

. England has never really got on with Europe….Our Scottish princesses spoke french and married French princes.

And England’s spoke German and Flemish and married Dutch and Bavarian – while the entire English Royal line is descended from the Angevins (which is why the true symbol of England is the three lions, not the cross of Geo…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

 Darling is being a wee bit historically inaccurate when he says Scotland voluntarily chose to enter the union. Rather it was a cadre of skint noblemen who sold their country down the river in order to line their own pockets.

And also, this is pure nationalist historical revisionism.

Almost everybody in Scotland with any sort of d…[Read more]

(On an oddly related note, I trust you have all been enjoying Outlander)

@Craig

Of course it would, but not if the rest of the UK has no control over Scotland.

I’m not talking about what would happen after independence, I am talking about what would happens between a yes vote and legal independence (whenever that is – the much touted 18 months has no basis in law).

Control the money and you control everything. Every…[Read more]

Devo Max is a complete distraction (although I favour it for the English regions as well – I am a long-standing federalist).

The success, or otherwise, of a country is in its finances. Salmond and others have said, perfectly correctly, that Scotland can use the pound. It could use the Israeli Shilling if it wanted to. But without control of your…[Read more]

Gosh. People attacking the media in the run up to a crucial vote.

I, for one, am shocked.

@ScaryB

He was asked why people should trust him rather than economic players.

He launched a string of ad homs at the BBC, the Treasury and Nick Robinson in a truly scattergun manner (it is defensive variant of the Gish Gallop). Speaking for 7 mins is not the same as answering, and was, in fact, classic politician’s bluster and a credit to hi…[Read more]

@Smeglennon

You’re not very good at concise, are you?

and our beloved BBC is being more biased than it was

This is the sort of paranoid nonsense that has been the mark of the first serious miss-steps by the Yes campaign, all of which have come since the YouGov poll.

Orson

Of course, they missed a trick by not calling the bedspread monster Mork…

Actually…, given a Moff trope…