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  • 13 December 2019 at 19:22 #68530
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    More casting news: https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=further-cast-series-12-doctor-who

    Anjli Mohindra and Laura Fraser.

    13 December 2019 at 11:09 #68527
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    @blenkinsopthebrave

    That’s more or less right, but that is more a function of our broken electoral system than anything else. Each seat is won only on simple majority (the most votes) – there is no requirement for an absolute majority (more votes than all others combine, as in France) and no proportionality (as in practically everywhere else). And people vote differently when proportionality is in play.

    Parties with some sort of anti-Brexit (or at least pro-2nd referendum) stance got 53% of the vote. the Cons and BXP got 47%.

    13 December 2019 at 02:56 #68518
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    This.

    11 December 2019 at 01:38 #68500
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    @thane16

    You just mention that last one to trigger me, didn’t you?

    10 December 2019 at 19:49 #68496
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    Another clip (And per @blenkinsopthebrave, @wolfweed – where are you!)

    10 December 2019 at 18:58 #68495
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    @cathannabel
    Oh shit, that’s awful. There really are no adequate words to bring solace, especially at this time of year when every pain is amplified by contrast.

    All I have is solidarity and the warmest thoughts I can muster.

    10 December 2019 at 12:53 #68493
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    Half of Roxette, Marie Frederiksson, has died – apparently after a long illness.

    9 December 2019 at 11:49 #68479
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    @thane16

    I’ll just leave this here, from 2016…

    Hmm. Something odd happening with that link – scroll down to post 50140

    6 December 2019 at 23:46 #68464
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    First clip  – called ep apparently called Spyfall

    6 December 2019 at 19:39 #68463
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    Is this the sound of the homeland calling, @thane16 Snr?

    4 December 2019 at 16:03 #68458
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    Coming soon to Comicbookland:

    A Ten/ Thirteen crossover in an iconic episode:

    Doctor Who: Blink Gets Rewritten by Time Travel in David Tennant/Jodie Whittaker Crossover in January 2020

    Which explains one bowel streak’s rants. Diddums.

    4 December 2019 at 02:47 #68450
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    @fatmaninabox

    He lives!

    Although clearly not at 100% – you accidentally misspelled pepperpots….

    Do you still have you magic wand of fixing stuff? Only we really need a new sofa…

    2 December 2019 at 15:42 #68441
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    New trailer plus kick off date:

    29 November 2019 at 13:45 #68433
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    Totally random, prompted by this twitter thread (totally worth your time)

    Led to this from me:

    In turn led to this, a song I couldn’t tell you the last time I thought about – never mind the band.:

    27 November 2019 at 16:22 #68428
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    Every version of the theme tune. Simply staggering who far ahead of her time Delia Derbyshire was.

    23 November 2019 at 23:52 #68406
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    @blenkinsopthebrave

    You did, plus what appears to be a Racnoss. The “Paris 1943” clip ties in with a rumour in the non-BBC thread. And there is clearly going to be a bit of James Bond fun.

    And Goran Visnjic as…. Tesla, maybe? (He has time travel “from” via Timeless).

    Stephen Fry, obv and Lenny Henry too. Apparently Robert Glennister has been confirmed. And something coming…

    Fun fact: if you conjugate French possessive pronouns it sounds Judoon:

    Mon Ma Mes

    Ton Ta Tes

    Son Sa Ses.

    Bet you had never notices that!

    23 November 2019 at 15:07 #68404
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    And we’re off!

    22 November 2019 at 16:51 #68400
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    21 November 2019 at 22:31 #68398
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    A tease….

    21 November 2019 at 12:00 #68397
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    @miapatrick  @thane16 @thane16

    I wonder how far I might push the concept of reader response over authorial intent…

    *Circles bait*

    *Swims away*

     

    20 November 2019 at 20:03 #68394
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    Aaaaand rest:

    18 November 2019 at 17:28 #68390
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    @thane16

    I won’t comment on the music since they took a particular approach for a particular reason. Suffice to say the choons used in the dance sequence you see a glimpse of in the trailer is …not what one might expect… but works brilliantly. I will say that there is a truly splendid West Wing parody-cum-tribute that is a joy to behold.

    And a very large bee.

    17 November 2019 at 22:48 #68388
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    @winston

    Alas, in the clip they didn’t include the supercut that aired of every time she mentioned Doctor Who in her interview and how great she thinks Jodie Whittaker is. Which was a lot.

    Representation matters. Who knew?

    16 November 2019 at 16:13 #68383
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    @thane16

    Aha! I forgot your penchant for diving onto thread before watching (smiley winky thing)…

    16 November 2019 at 12:12 #68379
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    @thane16

    I’ve missed something. Resolution

    You commented on the episode thread, Dear…

     

     

    16 November 2019 at 01:18 #68372
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    @devilishrobby

    Also, Whittaker will be on Norton 6 Dec – and that is sure to be Who related.

    15 November 2019 at 23:24 #68371
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    @thane16

    I don’t think anyone would argue that a persons male- or female- (or fluid)-ness doesn’t matter, just that whatever they choose to do is not defined by gender. And (as we discussed some time ago, re voice timbre ATCs) there are times when qualities women bring to a task are quite specific. But that example is germane: it is not, in any way, stereotypical or confining – quite the opposite, it is one of the most high pressure jobs in aviation. Research made the insight, not several centuries of treating women as chattels or whores.

    You really need to watch Dickinson…

    15 November 2019 at 21:30 #68369
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    The Children In Need drop in – literally (side note: JW will be guesting on Graham Norton of 6 Dec)

    15 November 2019 at 11:58 #68368
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    I’ll just leave this here…

    13 November 2019 at 22:11 #68356
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    @redihfraggle

    One hit and you’re hooked.

    13 November 2019 at 12:33 #68352
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    @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!:

    13 November 2019 at 12:13 #68350
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    @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.

    13 November 2019 at 00:27 #68347
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    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>

    12 November 2019 at 16:54 #68346
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    @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 black.

    9 November 2019 at 12:29 #68332
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    @janetteb

    You may find this of interest. 

     

    8 November 2019 at 21:40 #68329
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    @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.”

    8 November 2019 at 17:10 #68325
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    @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.

     

    7 November 2019 at 17:11 #68315
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    @thane16

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

    7 November 2019 at 17:10 #68314
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    @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 chair”. No clumsy constructions needed. But ‘moderator’, ‘convenor’ or ‘principal’ are all perfectly sound non-gendered terms for the same to role.

    Just as “fireman” became “fire fighters”, dumping what gender they are, preferring what they do.

    It really isn’t hard to be considerate, and to demand consideration while offering none, as does @missy, is canonical hypocrisy.

    7 November 2019 at 11:56 #68310
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    @missy

    To quote Princess Anne;

    Bert Lance, actually.

    Fact checking – it makes you look less ignorant.

    7 November 2019 at 11:52 #68309
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    @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 shit here, especially behind a blind link.

    5 November 2019 at 23:15 #68300
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    @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.

     

    5 November 2019 at 12:42 #68298
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    @janetteb

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

    3 November 2019 at 15:48 #68292
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    @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!

    2 November 2019 at 23:29 #68285
    IAmNotAFishIAmAFreeMan @replies

    PS @craig – we really need a new sofa.

    2 November 2019 at 23:26 #68284
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    @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:

    2 November 2019 at 13:19 #68276
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    @winston @thane16 @janetteb

    And Shaun Dooley’s little surprise :

    And Phoebe Waller-Bridge and sister help out Prisoner Zero

    2 November 2019 at 11:56 #68275
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    @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 identity is not what she achieves (acting, waiting-on, governing) but that she has a vagina.

    This is also true of Doctors.

    1 November 2019 at 17:50 #68269
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    @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 abilities (as well as their awe and delight at getting to work at Abbey Road).

    But Whittaker quietly steals it with her from-the-heart breakdown when recording her vocals with her late nephew’s parents present.

    Side note: Adrian Lester’s entirely beatboxed version of Stevie Wonder’s I Wish is quite extraordinary. 28 tracks all done by him. In one day.

    The album is now available, at least in the UK, on iTunes and presumably other sources.

     

    ( @thane16 – I think Tennant and the entire cast and crew did 500 Miles)

    1 November 2019 at 17:19 #68268
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    @craig @jimthefish

    Spammer in the house  – jonnysimpkin123

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