@craig

Thanks Craig. Also, remember to put a shilling in the meter between Xmas and New Year 😉

@clarkkent1967

The thing with the internet is that it doesn’t always take you where you want to go. But if you let it, it will take you where you need to go.

As I stated in my original post have been a fan for 38 years

And the majority of posters here have been fans for far longer. Your point?

I was and am looking for a discussion over plot…

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@thane16

Respect to Vaclav. He would be a great character for the Doctor to meet.

@thane16

Being familiar with the context really helps. It is very much Donna who makes that scene complete. Not a single word. Just there. A lesser writer wouldn’t have done that.

@thane16

Out of choon, you say?

This strikes me as unlikely.

@thane16

Here

@thane16

:sigh:

@clarkkent1967

Hello. My name is pedant and I will be your bad cop today.

Two things:

1. What @margaret-blaine and @thane16 said;

2. Be very careful using phrases like:

There is zero love for the fan base on the current staff.

Have they even watched the old series or just wing it?

They make you look silly and entitled, since about 30 seconds…[Read more]

@kevinwho @nerys

Can we not feed the troll please.

@thane16 @idiotsavon @mudlark @ichabod

On a slightly more constructive direction that trying to get Twitter to work, this is a very interesting insight from a self-confessed newbie.:

Five reasons Doctor Who is the most interesting speculative series on television in 2018

Final ratings

( @craig – I cannot for the life of me work out how to get this to embed. Is there some secret -lace to get embed code that actually works?)

@mudlark

Well, you’ve just rather elegantly illustrated the key element of scientific method (form hypothesis >> test (prove) hypothesis), so that’s not really the issue.

It was more a point about how slippery language can be, even when talking about language – a slip I made with a different word, even while trying to make the point.

@idiotsavon

For two languages to converge in any meaningful sense, surely their syntax and grammar would have to dovetail somehow – which is impossible.

English has its roots in as High Germanic, but the influence of French on it is such that it is impossible to miss and modern English would not exist as it does without a big ‘ole dash of old F…[Read more]

@idiotsavon

I think it’s just linguistic borrowing for the sake of economy,

Yes, that’s one of the many mechanisms of convergence.

Put two groups of people together and their languages will converge, either through creolisation or one being dominant but borrowing heavily from the other. It is even true of accents (witness the way native H…[Read more]

@translatorcircuit

I don’t care about the BBC and their budget

Unfortunately, the BBC doesn’t have this luxury.

PS “Brilliant” does not mean what you think it means. See “Dimensions in Time” for reference.

@translatorcircuit

I‘ve now heard that the BBC says that there will be no Doctor Who series 12 until 2020! I don‘t know how they dare to even suggest this!

Budget. Check around the forum. This has been discussed and explained at length. Check especially BBC Approved Spoilers.

@kevinwho @nerys

But I think we can all be with @craig…

@mudlark @idiotsavon

The idea that the interwoven threads in traditional stories have their origin in a prehistory common to all speakers of Indo-European languages is an enticing hypothesis. The problem, as you are clearly aware, is proving it.

Not really. It’s just convergent evolution with the admixture of complex language (the specific…[Read more]

@swordwhale

There is a difference between ending the suffering of an individual and a death sentence…

Not if you are trying to legitimise a death sentence by claiming that it is ending the suffering of an individual.