You kind of know you are going into humour territory when you see Gareth Roberts name in the credits. Because it’s co-written by Steve Moffat, that can only mean one thing. HUMOUR.

Yep – it’s the lightish entry to a couple of people into the Doctors sphere of influence, and I couldn’t help but laugh at a lot of it. The dialogue fizzes, it’s so…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Hope all the small furry animals cope without you – or are they big furry animals now?!

I understand they will be well catered for, although I think it was for the best that they swapped personnel a week early. Apparently my fixed (and entirely fake) grin at the sight was becoming noticeably strained, as I missed yet another a…[Read more]

I can’t believe I’m on the Sofa. On Saturday. Waiting for a new episode of Doctor Who! To put that into context, I’ve had to work the last five, in the evenings into small hours of the morning. This, my friends, is a treat, and an unexpected one, as I understood it wouldn’t happen till next weekend.

So – I have preparations to consider. Fire up…[Read more]

Yes, the “belief” aspect is a good call @lisa.

If you wanted to get a bit meta, whether you believe an interpretation of the Doctor works, and is the hero, is an act of faith.

In Deep Breath, the Doctor questions why that face, as it’s a bit familiar. Well Caecillius and his family elevated the Doctor and Donna to be their household gods. So th…[Read more]

@Serahni

It seems to me Clara’s reaction to The Teller, and her struggle with the TARDIS last episode is continuing the business that we had in Series 7. Is Clara a “normal” human? There are plenty of indications that she’s got a little extra something.

In Asylum of the Daleks Oswin manages to resist the Dalek Conversion by forging her own men…[Read more]

@handles @JanetteB

Glad you enjoyed the collection of Rogue’s ;-).

@handles, I meant to put links to the graphic novels (if you want to know more about the comics universe, which is very engaging, try @wolfweed s excellent blog, and there are some documentaries I linked to in the Faces strand).–

Absolom Daak – Dalek killer collected.

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Rogue’s Gallery
OK, Time Heist introduced us to two new colourful rogues in augmented human Psi, and shape changing human mutant Saibra. To rob a bank. I’ve noted on other forums that the concept seems to have shocked a few people with very short memories, because the Doctor has always had an easy going relationship with a certain type of rog…[Read more]

OK – @juniperfish was quite right. I did enjoy it a lot more the second time around. It’s actually really well put together, and the idea of Doctor Who doing a heist movie is such a good idea, you wonder why no-one has really done it before.

I’ll echo the praise @JimTheFish gave to Douglas Mackinnon after last weeks Listen. His direction is gre…[Read more]

I’m really going to have to rewatch that later in the week when I’m not working. The disjointed time-narrative threw me a little on first watch.

Some good performances though. I think we have some ongoing questions about identity throughout this series (as we had in Eleven’s run). The shape-shifter commends the Doctor on being “a good man” but…[Read more]

Can I add to the post by @bluesqueakpip and ask @JimTheFish to reconsider and join again soon. An important poster and colleague with a lot to say. I offer my commiserations to him that the result of the referendum wasn’t what he wanted. I think those who have campaigned and had hopes dashed will inevitably feel a bit low at the moment.

If n…[Read more]

Well said @thommck

@handles @purofilion I’ve moved your conversation to the Rose and Crown (starts here). A time consuming business, and I have about an hour on the internet today because of work. (@arbutus @janetteB I’ve moved your responses as well)

Please show some restraint on topics. As you know – the Sofa is where newbies can say hello.…[Read more]

@nick1235 @Bluesqueakpip

@nick1235 – I’ve edited the content from your post and placed a link in place to a comment by @wolfweed on the Trailers blog. We can’t move posts between Forums and blogs because the systems are slightly different. It’s here and any discussion on the trailer/preview can be accomodated here because the discussion will be…[Read more]

@TheBrainofMoffat

Oh, well done, young sir, in infecting the whole family. It’s actually pretty unusual to find the route of infection going from young to old as it’s so often the parants who introduce the children. Nicely played. 🙂

Has anyone written one giant document trying to make sense of it yet? I’d be extremely interested in reading s…

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The Greatest Sylvester McCoy Episode Vote in the Galaxy

Many thanks for everyone who has voted so far, and particularly for giving us first and second choices. Perhaps we can avoid agonising tie break situations with an AV system? 😀

So, to date, this is how the voting is shaping up. @wolfweed introduced the wild card, Battlefield, whose…[Read more]

@whisht

Ah- not a fan of the metal stylee, are you? One more I thought of, which might be more up your street, is this surprisingly dance orientated track from Siouxsie and her Banshees.

“I get the feeling, that I’m not alone..”
“I get the feeling, it’s someone I don’t know.”

Oooh. Sofa feels about right now. Achy back.

Just to echo the concern about @blenkinsopthebrave. I understood he was investigating ways of watching Doctor Who without access to the Space channel in Canada. I can understand if he’s staying away until he’s seen the episodes, but it’s not the same without him. 🙁

@barnable

I’ll take a very modest bow for Don’t Fear the Reaper. It was ingrained into me after seeing the start of a production of Stephen King’s “The Stand” as it was playing in the background as a soldier tries to escape with his family (and spreads the plague). A haunting start to a lacklustre production.

Thanks for the track – never heard…[Read more]

@DanMartin

Oh – we can make a game of anything! Thank our resident musical host @whisht. 🙂

But surely you can’t beat the Iron Maiden track for relevance?

“Fear of the Dark..Fear of the Dark!
I have the constant fear that something’s always near!”

Fear related, Neil Gaiman related, and possibly a comfort to the little ones who were terrified…[Read more]

@whisht

So, as far as songs-for-episodes go, I actually can’t better @DanMartinUK ‘s choice in the Guardian!

I think, like @fatmaninabox, I was drawn to the FEAR aspect of the production. Fear of the Dark I really enjoy, and this live version makes it sound like a celebration of the phenomenon.

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Well met @geoffers! (possibly by moonlight, it’s waning here).

No problems with discussing the Extras for the episode on this forum. It may close down some avenues for speculation, but it’s still official BBC material, so all good. @wolfweed posts them often as videos (and has done here) and notorious spoiler-o-phobe and bonkers theorist @bluesque…[Read more]