@bluesqueakpip

Hi – I’m sure I heard you bouncing all the way up here. 😉

I still haven’t caught up on a lot of threads for the past 5 weeks, so I may have missed the RTD part 1 discussion. Is it On the Sofa? No objections to it. It won’t really cover much 11 obviously, but it would take in a lot of episodes we haven’t discussed in depth so…[Read more]

A new TV show to avoid: Intelligence.

I was recommended it by a friend, and can’t help but feel she was being mischievous, as the only alternative explanation can be that she has had most of her brain removed in some sort of freak accident. I’ve watched about three episodes of it with increasing incredulity.

It’s a shlocky action fest which…[Read more]

Congratulations on the spot @JimTheFish. I must admit I didn’t even notice he was the TV cameraman. Foiled again by @bluesqueakpip.

Loads of good stuff in this penultimate episode. I’m not sure if the “Wild Hunt” scenes would have been more effective if longer @bluesqueakpip. I think at this point they make a virtue out of the technical limitations they had. The images are disjointed, somewhat confused and for that reason, quite unsettling as @JimTheFish said.

Qua…[Read more]

@tresnips

Are you worried about an etiquette faux pas? Worry not. It would seem Smith likes a bit of variety in cosplayers, and had been known to organise impromptu photo shoots at SDCC, like this one with KG in 2011.

The big question is whether your ten look beats the bloke in this picture. That’s bloody scary.

@whisht

Have a good holiday. If you do get an opportunity to take a picture of a sun-kissed beach, then by all means send it via @Craig who I’m sure will be happy to load it in a “wish you were here” virtual postcard to make the rest of us as sick as pigs.

The Doctor Who Forum – Happy to help.

@JimtheFish

Actually I can’t take credit for this one (but I was in favour). Looking at my notes it was suggested we cover Quatermass by @TardisBlue and @bluesqueakpip initially, so I hope this mention will bring the series to @TardisBlue s attention.

That was an excellent summary of the special effects techniques by @Bluesqueakpip, and aren’t they effective? The rippling ground effect in particular is very unsettling.

@ScaryB

Absolute belter – even viewing it from a 21st century perspective where the ideas of sentient/organic spacecraft and human genetic manipulation by aliens are well e…

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These are really comments on Episodes 2 and 3, because I’m catching up and others including @bluesqueakpip are covering other points so well. I’d wholeheartedly agree with the comment on Episodes 2 blog about this being very effective horror. Stephen King, also agreed, co-opting elements in his novel The Tommyknockers. Eps 2 and 3 really do a lot…[Read more]

@whisht

Belated Birthday wishes from me as well. I caught the end of the first Austin Powers film in a hotel a few days ago, and it made me resolve to look up something I hadn’t listened to for a while when I came back, so here it is.

I find it pretty funny and also well put together, mixing the Ting-Tings “That’s not my name” with the Austin…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

Cheers! Have you settled fully back into the rhythm of being back in Scotland? I think things were a bit chaotic last time I was around.

Yes, I’d like to apologise to Sontarans everywhere for that comparison. It’s really below the belt.

Great call to cover this. I’ve written before that I grew up with tales of Quatermass and its impact from my Father. It was officially a “big thing” in the village he lived in. Miners who had TVs swapped shifts to watch it. One of the village pubs got sick of the empty night and bought a TV for the saloon bar (can you imagine a group of drink…[Read more]

@ScaryB @Craig @Bluesqueakpip

Many thanks for the welcome back. I’m just realising how much activity on the site I’ve got to catch up on. It’s quite disconcerting to have a five week black hole in my personal memory bank of what’s being discussed.

I’m currently trying to subdue my workgear (which has achieved a state of malevolent sentience…[Read more]

Morning all. Apologies for the absence, and to those who posted mentions I’ve missed. I’ll get round to them eventually I’m sure.

I’ve spent the missing period checking on flood damaged industrial sites and looking at long term pollution potential from the flooding in the SW. All a bit depressing and fraught to be honest.

Hope nobody got cau…[Read more]

@FiveRoundsRapid @monochromedimension

Thanks for the additional suggestions. I hope @monochromedimension was being mischievous with Trial of a TimeLord. Over 3 months of THE Colin Baker week-by-week would possibly be considered an endurance test by some, including me. 😉

If anyone wants to add to the sum of human knowledge on favourite Doctors,…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Thanks for the link. I just thought I’d mention that BBC4 are showing a Timeshift Documentary tonight at 10pm (just after the third episode finishes) looking at depictions of Holmes from Silent Movies onwards which could be interesting.

@FiveRoundsRapid

It’s something due to start again, really. Anyone can suggest a story for each Doctor on the Sofa, and I take a note of when people mention specific stories or “it would be great to see x” from around the Forums. We hope to start it next weekend (18th with Time Meddler).

We ran the first batch between the end of Name of the D…[Read more]

@Arbutus has kindly provided a Guest Blog looking at “The Light at the End” with some thoughts comparing this alterative anniversary special to TDotD.

http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/sidrat/the-light-at-the-end-big-finish/

@Chickenelly

Welcome back! Hope your connection is sorted because we have more “homework” starting next week to keep you occupied.

@monochromedimension (and newer members really)

The Doctor retrospectives we do are done in Forums basically. We take a story per Doctor and watch it episode by episode, week by week (as nature, or rather “The BBC”…[Read more]