@pedant  and @roger429      It is my opinion that the decision to make the Doctor a women was motivated not by political correctness but by the things that make it possible to produce such a show, money and audience. The better the ratings the more money to be made. They are trying to bring new people to the show, maybe even female people like…[Read more]

@pedant.         The term is sometimes used in an attempt to correct for a perceived injustice, historical or current. Your substitution doesn’t fit in the context Missy and I were using the term. So, I must disagree to the change as an accurate portrayal. Sorry for your confusion. Keep trying if your so inclined, but what’s the point?   Later

@pedant      Did you or did you not ask what the phrase means?  My response was only to give you a possible answer from those who think differently.  I was not attempting to educate you in any way. I mostly agree with your premises as stated.  And I do remember a few exceptional female leads in dramas on TV in the ’60s, but I also believe your…[Read more]

@pedant        “Political correctness” means avoidance, often considered as taken to extremes, of forms of expression or action that are perceived to exclude, marginalize, or insult groups of people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.  My guess is that in the context of Doctor Who it could suggest some believed that Doct…[Read more]

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thanks @pedant I hadn’t realised its World Suicide Day.

A massive issue and one that I won’t make light of (if anything I post has lyrics or tone that somehow jars with anyone its not intentional at all – blame my cack-handedness or tin ear).

y’know, I remember the Inspirals but (you guessed it) I didn’t listen to the lyrics.
(when they played…[Read more]

@pedant

My opinion, as you have yours.

Bye the bye, could you come up with another ‘adjective‘ I find it offensive.

Missy

@pedant

don’t know how I missed that on my daily, (hourly) check on the Guardian. Thanks again for sharing the link. I note that he shared the same birthday as Peter Capaldi which is two days before David Tennant’s birthday, which confirms what we believe in our writing group, that all the best creative people are born in April. (Only because the…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave and @winston Read many of his Who novelisations when I was younger.

@pedant thank you for posting the link. That is a lovely “item”. Something nice on Twitter!!

Cheers

Janette

@roger429

Hey! Sorry, what’s an “Emily Post ?”

Yeah, here, we do tag people because Syzygy might confuse people or they may not really want to read that again. Short story: mum and I share the tag. Mum’s sick a bit, so sometimes I type for myself, others I type for her. I’m doing that now. And when I DO type for mum, I always let people know…[Read more]

@pedant  hehe. Ma-mah  yelled up at me to answer this. So, I have the computer (the only thing in the house that’s not my phone I can get internet on as the school computer locks you off the internet on certain hours of the weekend. We’re permanently locked out of youtube which is damn annoying as there are 1st class lectures on philosophy and n…[Read more]

hmm – I wonder if it was I who led us down to this lascivious level?

Syzzers – I should have said that “tighter than a gnat’s chuff” is probably more suited to the Mess than the Captain’s table.

[ahem]

But as I think I’ve said before I never really listened to lyrics until I became part of this forum. In fact its probably @pedant who has made…[Read more]

oh ffs the pair of you.

Either get a room or rut somewhere else.

@roger429 – its really interesting that you want more CGI in the episodes. Its not something that people often say, so I think its quite an interesting take.
If you’d like (and your story about the antenna is incredible) please do add your experience to everyone else’s about how…[Read more]

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For a child so busy with assignments, he sure has a lot to say, does Syzygy. Mind you, I agree: lots of music his friends listen to is similar with pulsating back beats, over- bass 16 tracks & is wholly digital with almost nothing that I would say gives the impression of natural. Certainly if the Beatles, Bowie, ELP could do…[Read more]

@pedant

heheheh. Blast. When you’re at parties you don’t listen to the lyrics in the way you should….

Honey Lingers? “There are monsters, there are angels. “i’m nobody’s baby”  Mum would say this is really good scansion. I think, after 17 yrs, I’m learning what that is.

“There is ice and  there is fire in every single heart….”

I like how p…[Read more]

sorry @roger429

That was for @pedant basically.

Syzygy (young one of the pair).

@pedant @roger429

I have listened to that so many times and I never thought it was smutty. I mean I have been singing the lyrics and now it’s so obvious. Proves that in writing and in music you really have to PAY ATTENTION.

@pedant @roger429

Your comment makes sense @pedant. I forget that the BBC has a variety of “expectations” as the ABC does here. I think Rosa was great. And one more was awesome. But I liked quite a few. Rosa was studied in class -and is still being studied with the next round of students.

Young Syzygy.

@thane16 – syzygy – yes yes yes for Sha Na Na !!
Oooooh Mountain – not heard them before – thanks for this, my 60’s/70’s knowledge is sporadic!

@pedant – I know the song but not this performance (need to google harder)!!
It feels mellower than the one in my head – and none the worse for it!
Oh and I saw that news about the couple – that was…[Read more]