@VashtaNerada

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The Home Page gives a list of some of the more current topics and it will be augmented later when Craig sets a discussion forum for the new episode.

Morning all, and Happy Who Day. I’ll echo that it’s good to see the clan gathering for a new series. I also can’t wait for the further sartorial elegance of the @chickenelly avatar.

I can’t believe I’m working tonight, in the middle of bloody nowhere. I won’t even be able to pop a small party popper at the appropriate time because I’d be in d…[Read more]

I think after the mixed Next Doctor, to be presented with this was disappointing, because it follows a similar trajectory.

There is a lot to like. The beginning as we are introduced to Lady De Souza and her intersection with the Doctor on the Bus is an interesting start (definitely “nutter on the bus” territory @wolfweed :-D). Andrew Cartmel onc…[Read more]

@janetteB

Apologies, and I perhaps should have left it to someone a bit keener than me to kick things off.

I wish I’d got the opportunity to anesthetise myself last night before watching it. 😀

@purofilion

Thanks. I find it a bit depressing, if only because it’s not an unusual story. Part of my RL work is assessing and leading remediation of “brownfield” sites. So that’s previously used industrial land that needs to be de-polluted to be used for other uses.

It can actually give you a bit of pride if you’ve worked hard on a project a…[Read more]

@craig

I think in context, “I’m a bit meh” should be considered a ringing endorsement. 😉

We rejoin the story at the introduction of, what I’m obliged to @whisht last week for describing as the Frank Spencer cliffhanger. As the Arctic Monkeys once sang – “And I’m so tense, never tenser. Could all go a bit Frank Spencer.”

Happily, or perhaps…[Read more]

What ho!

I don’t know if anyone got any rain on Friday, but Barnsley was hit by a monsoon mid afternoon as I was travelling back on Friday. As I was public transporting it, I made a diversion to pick up some supplies, and the heavens opened. Haven’t see it rain so hard for such a duration in my life.

I went back to the Interchange (which is a…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

Phaseshift – We’re not allowed to starve child actors, okay? Adult actors can and do go on crash diets to look appropriately poverty-stricken, but you can’t do that to the kids – there are Rules. You just have to do the best you can with artistically placed ‘dirt’ make-up and costume. Which probably were recycled from a stage produ…

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Welcome back @Stormaggeddon (@stormy72). I just had a look at your comment to see if anything had gone wrong, but no – it just tails off. It can be useful once you’ve formulated the comment to switch back and forth between the visual and text tabs on the top right of the comment box, to see if there are problems. Let us know if you see any more errors.

Just having had a laugh with @whisht on the B7 blog about Brian Blessed and OTT performance, and it reminded me.

If anyone wants to enjoy Brian Blessed without the SHOUTING, can I really recommend an episode of The Avengers from 1967 (the first season in colour)? It’s called The Superlative Seven and it’s fantastic. He’s without a beard and it’s…[Read more]

My least favourite Chrimble special so far. I’m probably pre-empting things by saying that the close of the Tennant era (as presented by the specials) struggled as far as I’m concerned. He hadn’t announced his departure yet, but after the “show to end all shows” of the finale in the fourth series, joking with a fake regeneration, and then anno…[Read more]

There used to be a joke that the credit sequence was the only time the Doctor smiled in CBs tenure. It’s not quite accurate, but a scowl, condescending stare or smirk was the norm.

We open in ye’ olden times, with men doing hard graft in t’pit. The one thing I will congratulate this production on is the choice of locations. It’s shot around…[Read more]

Apologies for not being around. I’ve got dreadfully busy so I won’t be joining in the fun Colin Baker watch until late Saturday night probably.

You were a bit late with your vote @thekrynoidman, you obviously missed my post above announcing the winner as Mark of the Rani, with details on how cheap it is at the BBC.

At least my late watch…[Read more]