@janetteb @redihfraggle

No, that was a Challenger – a full-on battle tank, rather than the light tank.

Pyramids/EotW is a decent shout, but from memory they were regular troops with regular camo, rather than UNIT black.

Any excuse – the greatest Doctor entrance ever. Anachronisms!:

@redihfraggle

OK – it that case, either Dark Water/ Death (S8) in Heaven or the Zygon Invasion/Inversion (s9) two parters.

Both have “UNIT going into action” sequences.

A bit late for remembrance weekend, but Jona Lewie was very vexed that this got treated as a Christmas song.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>When you go home, tell them of us and say,
For your tomorrow, we gave our today</p>

@redihfraggle

There was a similar (but not the same) vehicle used in Resolution, the last NY special (clip below) and I think it likely, but can’t recall) that similar would be have been used in S4 eps with UNIT in them (Sontaran Stratagem?). Others with better memories than me might chip in…

In modern Who, UNIT vehicles tend to be…[Read more]

@janetteb

You may find this of interest. 

@janetteb @mudlark

My mum had a simpler answer when I phoned to ask how long to cook whatever new thing had taken my fancy:

“Until it’s done.”

@toinfinityandbepond

As I said almost exactly a year ago about the same twat.

There are legit questions about how the show is going, and the answers are far from simple. But none of those fuckers add anything but noise, so boot them hard and move on.

@thane16

There used to be a book call How To Boil An Egg, which taught basic survival skills to students…

@janetteB

 It is easier than saying “cameraperson”

Try ‘camera operator’, which has the virtue not implying that there is a cyborg gathering the pictures (or cinematographer – for stills there is no gendered way to say “photographer”).

Similar to the old canard of “chairman” – a perfectly proper change is to “chair” as the short form of “in the c…[Read more]

@missy

To quote Princess Anne;

Bert Lance, actually.

Fact checking – it makes you look less ignorant.

@missy

It’s bowel streak, a vile misogynistic little shitweasel and noted Angry Virgin. and we are more than familiar with his vile spewings – and you would be too if you ever paid any attention to what people actually said, rather than just getting stampy-footed when people pointed out how gratuitously offensive you are being.

Don’t post that…[Read more]

@all and any

If any of you are toying with kicking the tyres of Apple TV+, then do it if only so see the wonderful Dickinson, with Hailee Stienfield. Worth the subscription for that alone.

@janetteB

There will be no dissing if A Muppet’s Christmas Carol!

@thane16

To be fair, Sunni and Shia did bring us I Got You Babe….

Well done Spawn – you are now legally responsible for everything you do!

PS @craig – we really need a new sofa.

@toinfinityandbepond

You might want to scroll upthread 😉 (also, you’re link is broken)

@thane16

I think Tennant (with Davison) was in Comic Relief – Time Crash, the rather touching meeting of two Doctors.

This, if not region locked:

@winston @thane16 @janetteb

And Shaun Dooley’s little surprise :

And Phoebe Waller-Bridge and sister help out Prisoner Zero

@missy

Some people prefer not to be defined by their relationship to others, but in their own right. Not a hard concept to grasp.

Actor, waiter and mayor (one who acts, one who waits-on and one who leads city government) are all gender neutral terms. They only became something else when people feel the need to point out that a woman’s primary…[Read more]

@winston @thane16 @janetteb

Unlikely that the full “Making of…” will be available outside the UK, but worth checking local BBC sources just in case. It’s 90 mins and I got round to watching it last night. Fascinating to see who great actors like Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham-Carter, as well as all those noted above, are so insecure about their…[Read more]

@craig @jimthefish

Spammer in the house  – jonnysimpkin123