@ichabod

I’m up to Episode 9 of Penny Dreadful, and with a couple of concerns this has been a stellar run for the series.

It is a great turn by Danny Sapani as Sembene, and it must be nice for him to have a role that doesn’t involve the hero of the story exhort children everywhere to shout “Colonel Runaway” at him. 🙂 Poor Colonel Manton.

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@purofilion

I hope you haven’t given up on Farscape. On the “torture” issue, I think I’m correct in thinking it was @ichabod who raised it as a concern, but I didn’t get any sense of where they stopped watching. It is a feature, but I will point out that we are talking about a show which went out at the same time uncut as Buffy (6pm) on BBC2,…[Read more]

@crieshavok (@purofilion @whisht)

It’s always interesting to hear “headcanon” ideas for the Doctors formative years, and if the Enders Game analogy works for you, go with it.

My own has evolved over the years somewhat, and I actually could see an analogue in a fairly recent book (no laughing at the back) in Harry Potter and the Deathly Assassin…[Read more]

@Major33

Ah, the old “absorb the radiation into the shoe” conundrum.

It’s not a trick or power that any other Doctor has demonstrated, although a couple of them have claimed a higher tolerance to radiation than mere mortals. It’s also worth pointing out that the Third Doctor suffered radiation poisoning which led him to regenerate.

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Welcome news for River Song fans who want to see her matched up with another Doctor. Might not be the “one you were expecting” though.

Apparently Big Finish have access to Professor River Song now in an agreement over story ideas with Steven Moffat. She’ll be meeting Doctor Eight in Doom Coalition 2 (the latest story strand in their Eighth Doctor…[Read more]

@fatmaninabox

Belated congratulations from me as well. With me not being around at home for extensive periods my back garden is descending into woodland territory. I may need to consult with you as I fear I may have a stray Krynoid wandering about.

@purofilion

You know, I’ve never watched Farscape with subtitles, and I think I may have missed a trick there. The dialogue bubbles along in many places, and it is easy to miss things.

I think I can re-assure you that all the questions on your list will be answered, and in the case of bodily effluvia perhaps in a “too much information” kind…[Read more]

@purofilion

What the hell is this place John whatshisname is in? (forty frickin bucks for a season and they can’t throw in subtitles?)

I see you’ve taken the Beans option for meals then? 🙂 I did laugh when I read your comment, because I think most people would say the same thing.

It’s funny because the creators tried to make the Pilot q…[Read more]

@nick @jimthefish @lisa @purofilion

Ha! Many thanks for the kind words on the Gallifrey theory. I’m guessing this is an undercurrent of SMs arc about where Gallifrey is, and I do like the thought.

@nick – especially glad to see you about. Hope you have resolved the medical issues.

@JimtheFish – Oh, I agree an explanation isn’t really…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Some interesting thoughts on Daredevil. I think, ultimately, that if it all falls over in series 2, then Series 1 would be enough for me to want to own as a standalone project. It’s interesting that I think it was written that way, in case it didn’t prove to be popular. The birthstory of two characters told in a new way but drawing on…[Read more]

In tribute to Christopher Lee, I think everyone has concentrated on his film work, which is fair enough really. I thought it was delightful that he maintained an active interest in some TV projects for the sheer hell of it though. It’s interesting that he characterised the work of Hammer as being more “gothic dark fairytale” than horror (he was p…[Read more]

@whisht has already posted a musical tribute to Ron Moody on the General Music thread, and mentioned that one of his regrets was that he turned down the role of the Third Doctor.

A decade later than that decision, Ron Moody went on to appear in a TV Show called Into the Labyrinth which @wolfweed mentioned way back at the start of the first part…[Read more]

I suppose congratulations are in order to Steven Moffat who has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. RTD won it in recognition of services to Doctor Who Drama in 2008. SM has won it for the same reasons. Brenda, eh? What a fan girl!

@purofilion

Yep – straight back for Mr Harness with a double parter. I think Harness wrote a lar…[Read more]

@Whisht

I think you’ve selected one of the greats for Ron, and liked the Ornette Coleman track as well.

I can imagine you not wanting to delve into Lee’s Metal works as you aren’t a fan of the style.

Instead, on this Friday night, let’s all select a refreshing beverage to toast all three. Name your poison! (This is the first time I hea…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

I’ve been following the announcements of writers for episodes and based on official BBC statements it looks like the series is a 12 episode run, followed by a break and then Christmas.

It may be they are making a thing of 12 episodes for Doctor 12, and do what they did last year, with one episode being double length (as Deep…[Read more]

One of the wonderful things about the Universe of Doctor Who is that it comes up with a concept as bonkers as “the moon is an egg”, you get the story, and then it leaves it open for interpretation.

While some people obviously see this as an unforgivable flaw, I can say that, as a long standing Science Fiction fan and practising scientist (I’…[Read more]

@Ichabod

As you may guess from my final “is it valid” comments I’m Pro-choice as well. When I considered all the “Pro-life” critiques on the episode during a rewatch I came away with the thought that the writer, Harness, wanted to provoke that reaction because it is an easy trap for us to fall into, I think. We are Pro-Choice, and not Pro-Death…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip

Hope you have a good time at the event. I’m afraid that I’m not going to be able to play. 🙁

I think that must be a clear signal that the run is going to start on August Bank Holiday weekend like last year. Saturday 29th August. A twelve week run puts you at the convention on the day of the finale. I wonder if the last two parter…[Read more]

@SpaceAgeClockwork

(since all my other friends think I am mad).

Ah well, as the Seventh and Eleventh both said:

“Anybody remotely interesting is mad in some way or another.”

Welcome to the site. You don’t have to be mad to post here, but it can certainly make you more interesting!

@JimTheFish

I wrote the original post not having seen the resolution of Penny Dreadful, but I came away from the resolution a bit happier. I’ve watched the first ep of the second series, and it is interesting and hopefully some of the issues which I thought were a bit ropy may have been addressed. It’s well worth a look.

@Ichabod

Just to echo @J…[Read more]