@thane16

To expand on @pedant‘s comment: Our little friend lives under a bridge and has an allergy to Billy Goats: what they’ve said on this site is inconsistent and error-ridden – I’m not saying how, because they’re also pretty good at Internet research. Best to leave them to continue in their errors, as a warning flag.

They are a persona, a…[Read more]

@pedant regarding the ‘net.  Unfortunately in this case I’m Josh. “Outranked.”

@pedant ah, OK, out of tune and out of time is a Vaclav Havel prose about hope and the Velvet revolution.

I think Capaldi would’ve appreciated Havel:

The redemption of  humanity lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in meekness and human responsibility….in time there is hope; tune can be applauded but…

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@pedant I get it. I really do. But personal attacks like  “You’re pathetic” etc doesn’t help the tone. And if it changes one mind, and it allows for other posters (of some note) to read, and to realise there are people who can use measured argument and discussion then it’s not feeding, to me. One feed is all they get from me. A drip feed: it’s…[Read more]

@pedant

in what way was what I said, wrong?

-if that’s what you thought?

Puro

@clarkkent1967

I think @margaret-blaine above had some excellent points.

One of the things I found useful when joining was reading as many posts as possible -to get a sense of the site, its posters, academic or not, those who are published writers or not, involved with music as a career, or with experience in acting and script-writing.  Over…[Read more]

@mudlark I’ve enjoyed learning from our discussion and it would be nice if I could find some point of disagreement just to carry it on! But I think we see eye to eye and I just got a bit fixated on the common ancestor idea. 🙂

@pedant

Ha ha, from my perspective, Middle English is a good example of what I’m talking about because it entailed such…[Read more]

@pedant Thank you for sharing that! Lisa Morton makes a very good case for why she was not a Whovian before, but is now. I wholeheartedly agree with her five points.

@pedant

That is a great reflection by Lisa Morton.

@pedant

While Youtube embeds automatically, you have to click “More” (the down arrow) on Twitter and then use the Embed Tweet code (in the text version of the editor). Like this:

Final series averages for the whole modern show. #DoctorWho #ratings pic.twitter.com/4lu6h7qkKS— Deep and crisp and Iain (@iainjclark) December 17, 2018

@pedant

you’ve just rather elegantly illustrated the key element of scientific method

Which is how archaeologists and those engaged in the ancillary disciplines roll these days –  though there are still some whose heads appear to be a bit too elevated in the conjectural clouds or who are inclined to give rather *too* free a rein to their im…[Read more]

@pedant

Yeah, ‘demonstrate’ might have been a better choice of word, though obviously I was using ‘proof’ in the sense in which historians and archaeologists sometimes use it, not according to strict scientific or mathematical usage. I’m not totally clueless.

As an illustration of what I mean, I was once tasked with evaluating an earthwork site…[Read more]

@pedant I see what you’re saying. I think we’re probably on the same page but maybe the problem is my understanding of the word convergence.

My take is this: If you put two different groups of people together, speaking different languages, the people will want and need to communicate, as you say.
So the first generation will establish a very…[Read more]

@mudlark It’s a fascinating topic. Apologies, I misunderstood your original point about the German-ness (or not) of the Grimm tales. And thank you for your response. You have me curious about those ancient Irish tales 🙂

I take your point (and agree) that the similarities between myths can be explained in terms of the cross-fertilisation that you…[Read more]

@pedant I don’t care about the BBC and their budget which refuses to give enough funds to Doctor Who! Recently the only BBC TV programme I’ve watched is “Doctor Who”. I used to watch BBC Click as well, but that seems to have gone downhill. As far as I’m concerned the BBC is closing down on January 2, 2019.

BTW, I’ve written a brilliant script…[Read more]

@miapatrick @pedant

ooh, The Rick! Don’t you just love his hair?

Bowie: Well, I can’t comment on his talent. But I wish I had his hair.

rimshot 😀

Puro

@craig @pedant @kevinwho @nerys

I think we know exactly who we’re with, right?

Craig’s correct. Let’s not bother with the nasties who do an occasional fly-by. Talk of a character being a coward etc isn’t nice. If I were in charge of the sandpit, I’d be turning away. I think that’s a good plan. Otherwise he might need to delete whole…[Read more]

@thane16

That’s wonderful! (the purse, I mean).  I think they’re not over because (I suspect) after another 2 years they may well return to a male Doctor. 

I meant to say that the purse is the Tardis, and I have some news. It got itself noticed again this morning by a married couple -I assume they were married, but who knows nowadays. I got t…[Read more]

I think I’m with @bluesqueakpip ; “the threat isn’t to people’s lives as such. It’s to their very selves, their souls.” Good insights into how Tim Shaw affects everyone we see.

also @thane16 good insights! and this: “Mum just added this:Like ‘red- shirts’ but different and worth a closer inspection”

I’ve been loving this entire season, this…[Read more]

@thane16 @bluesqueakpip @pedant

Guys – would you try not to let the conversation get derailed? It’s what they want. It’s like you’re shouting at Fox News.

I’d hate to delete a whole load of posts again.