Just on the Baker vote, when I was going over all the old posts to summarise the suggestions, I also came across a suggestion by @wolfweed that I’d thought I’d bring up again.

If, as it looks, we go for City of Death, would anyone be interested in a communal watch of Douglas Adams best known work – Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (a bit like ou…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Good to see his cutting back on his wine consumption too.

I know – after episode 1 I found myself wondering what colour his kidneys were. 😀

Some of those little illustrations in the early Target Books were great for scene setting. I guess they thought it would make the range look a bit more grown up without them, but when y…[Read more]

I think it was @janetteB who said the pre-expectations or familiarity with comedy performers can have a detrimental effect on your enjoyment of them in Who, and I’d agree. I approached this originally with some trepidation based on her own sketch show (some of which was good, some of which made my ears bleed).

At first we seemed to be in full “…[Read more]

In many ways, I think Episode 3 sets out to do a little too much and, while its nice to see the pace surge forward, I think that’s why elements like the chase on the trike come over as a little contrived (as @scaryb and @bluesqueakpip say). The Target novelisation (because it could afford the visuals) made it all sound a little more exciting w…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Just to follow that up. Eleanor in full flow at the Amnesty gigs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcTNWehOn5I

And a hearty recommend for her pregnancy. (it’s a balloon, Penelope)

@rob

Good luck with the walk Rob, and you’re a hero for attempting it to be honest.

Shortly after I was born my mother was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (late 30s) and then combined (as it was called) with osteo, and it’s so easy to disregard the words “arthritis” with someone much older. The pain she suffered was incredible, and I can b…[Read more]

The G has featured a couple of stories on Vikings recently, and I thought I’d mention it because we talked about depictions of them in Time Meddler.

As some of you may have witnessed in my inane ramblings with @Juniperfish, I have a love of Norse mythology, so I watched this, and my experience was similar to Orphan Black. A bit bemused at the s…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Purely by coincidence, I’ve watched the original Pete ‘n’ Dud version of Bedazzled recently, and Eleanor’s appearance in a couple of the Amnesty gigs and I am very well disposed to her.

In fact, I think when it comes to Colin Baker I am going to re-open nominations, because she was in Revelation of the Daleks as Kara, and a…[Read more]

@dispositionmatrix

Hi, and welcome from the UK. As to the question you posted on another thread:

New to the forums. Is there a general Doctor How Speculation/Wishlist not specific to Series 8?

What do you wish to speculate on?

Thank you all for nominations received so far.

@Craig – for someone who is busy, you had a surprisingly adept catalogue of stories nominated. 😉 Glad to hear the light at the end of the tunnel is approaching.

@janetteB – Absolutely vote for a choice. Last month, @JimTheFish asked the same thing, as Pertwee isn’t his favourite. But, you never…[Read more]

As much as a reminder to myself for this weekend, we’ll be looking at the penultimate episode of Day of the Daleks, so I’ll ask you to think about the Tom Baker episode of choice.

Like Pertwee, we had a lot of nomination, which I’ll try to compile. They all had about one person nominating though, and it was an even wider field (as you’d probably…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

Sorry about that @bluesqueakpip. I thought the original post may be about “unspecified rumours” that BBC America will be showing new episodes before the UK. It seems to have become “a thing” with rumours abounding before the start of series 7a, 7b and the Day of the Doctor showings.

How nice of the UK weather to join in the spirit of World Goth Day with thunder and lightning. Very appropriate.

Ah @whisht – I know what you mean, but I can’t explain how fun that scene actually was to be inside in the late eighties. How we used to laugh (while not showing anyone, obviously).

Anyway – Rain.…[Read more]

@max-nash247 @bluesqueakpip

Predictions? SD Comic-Con will have exclusive trailers that will introduce Capaldi to the worlds press who gather there, and this will enrage fandom like last year.

The series will debut on the Bank Holiday Weekend at the end of August (23rd) in the UK with later showing in the US that night.

Until it’s made w…[Read more]

While there are some elections going on in the UK today, a much more important thing is World Goth Day. Yes – wear a gloomy smile today. 😀

I covered The Sisters of Mercy upthread, so here are another couple of grand-daddies. Now I’ve got the important stuff done, I can get my shit together to go and exercise my right to choose the set of l…[Read more]

Hi @scaryB

Is life a little less hectic at the moment?

I really enjoyed ReGenesis. It was a Canadian show with about 4 seasons. The first two are excellent, the last two slightly less so because the support cast got buggered about a bit forcing some last minute changes. It’s quite like a modern Doomwatch in certain regards, really well produced.…[Read more]

@whisht

I’m a big fan of Battlestar as well. For me, there was a slight sag in the middle of season 3, but I thought the last series played its cards well. The ending seems to divide people but, to be frank, the themes it plays with are there from the start.

Just on that note for anyone watching Orphan Black (the clone drama) I couldn’t help…[Read more]

@confusedpolarity

I hope that’s true about David Bamber making an appearance. I’m probably one of the few people who actually enjoyed Chalk, which was one of SMs first series. Bamber was brilliantly nightmareish as the Deputy Head Eric Slatt.

I still love his musings on Geography teachers.

“What happens to them? Do they have a secret society?…[Read more]

So – goodbye to both Series 2 and Rose (for now). An odd series 2, in that it had some massive highs (Impossible Planet, Girl in the Fireplace) and some of (for me) the most misjudged episodes (Love and Monsters, Fear Her).

As finales go though I think this is what was needed for the series. Army of Ghosts sets up the story well and the entry p…[Read more]

@nick

By the way, (off the point) do any of you think modern UNIT works well ?

I’m always a little ambivalent about UNIT to be honest. I love some of the characters like the Brig and Benton and I can understand the desire to reference them in the modern show. At certain points it can be helpful if there is an organisation who knows what and w…[Read more]