On Sherlock, it seems they will go on to a Fourth series, which is nice

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jan/09/sherlock-back-fourth-series-steven-moffat

@bluesqueakpip

A vote for common sense! It’s great isn’t it?

You’re absolutely right about Quatermass II being intact. Don’t know what I was thinking about because I purchased the box set of everything remaining a few years ago. Quatermass II is a lower quality (iffy indeed), and there are only 2 episodes of Quatermass Experiment which are sli…[Read more]

I’m appealing (no – really)

Have a scintilla of artistic merit? Know how to use a graphic manipulation package? Anytbody? We’ve had a request to change the front page image periodically and, as we are about to launch new retrospectives it may be fun to ask people to contribute images based on the stories we’re going to show. So to give people…[Read more]

@theprettyreckless @MeadowRose @ConfusedPolarity

Welcome (and to anyone else who has signed in recently I’ve not mentioned – been away for a few days so still catching up). Plenty of room on the Sofa @ConfusedPolarity. We can always knock a wall through if required.

@monochromedimension

There are quite a few Hartnell stories I really enjoy for…[Read more]

Sorry, forgot to mention @JimTheFish, I’ve been struggling to remember anything that would fit the bill on McCallum being menaced by a hand, but I’m coming up blank. I’ve seem the version of Frankenstein before, but I don’t remember a scene like that (although that could be time playing tricks).

If you find out, let me know. If McCallum can…[Read more]

Probably a bit of an echo, but I enjoyed The Sign of Three (potential spoilers to follow) as well.

I think as others have said on the Gs board, just what would be the point of remounting the tales of ACD once again, and I can’t fault the production team of Sherlock for taking a very different path (I’m just going to acknowledge here, I’m findi…[Read more]

@TardisBlue

Well, I hope you enjoy the bit on Sapphire and Steel. @MiaPatrick asked for it to be included on the rewatch list as well.

Just on Quatermass, I’d love to include something, but I’ve been grappling with how to do it. You can’t really overestimate it’s resonance and impact (not just in the UK – both Stephen King and John Carpenter…[Read more]

Oh well, best laid plans and all that. I was supposed to be in transit for the majority of this week, but had a look at the later end of my journey up to West Cumbria and blanched at the site of the number of “bus replacement services” for trains. I bravely decided to chicken out of adding another bunch of hours to what is already a long eno…[Read more]

@whisht @bluesqueakpip

I’ve just taken down mine, and have the sudden nagging feeling that the room is “missing” something that I get every year. Weird how something that you only use for a couple of weeks a year can have that effect.

@Whisht , on New Years resolutions, I made my last one on New Year 1987, which was “no more New Years resolut…[Read more]

@fatmaninabox

Ah, I had quite a few of those myself (as did @whisht if I remember). I sold mine for beer tokens before disappearing to university. Alas any toy that remains unplayed with though.

@JimTheFish

Yeah, when I first bought my house my parents emptied their attic and filled mine, and I found it a few years later. Still works, which…[Read more]

@thommck

Yes, I’m not sure I could define what a casual viewer is any more. I think the BBC probably judge it right relying on a combination of vieweship and Audience appreciation index, and both are OK.

Increasingly though, it’s an international market. With the commercial arm divvying up money as well, they know what sells in what ter…[Read more]

@Whisht

Hehheh. I’m sure you’ll be happy to know my “Woody” is in pristine condition, and was actually the Buzz Lightyear of 1979, Rom – SpaceKnight!

Someone in Forbidden Planet once got really excited when I told them I still had it and it worked and asks me the question you inevitably get asked:

< …[Read more]

@Whisht

Don’t worry – I’m not a completist on stuff like that, but I have a couple of big Tea Chests in the attic that are full of countless passing enthusiasms as I grew up. The Doctor Who chest is very big and stuffed with goodies (Phaseshift definition)/a load of junk (MrsPhaseshift definition).

@wolfweed

Genuinely that is the first…[Read more]

Talking of other TV, the Freeview channel “DRAMA” has the first Sally Lockhart drama The Ruby in the Smoke on at 10pm tonight, with Billie Piper and her companion Matt Smith. Worth a look.

And we have a new James May Toy Stories, in which they try to make a working motorcycle out of Meccano. I enjoyed the series they did, so I think I’m sorted…[Read more]

@JimTheFish @Blenkinsopthebrave @Whisht

I think it’s a bit sad. There has always been that streak of comment fodder on the Guardian, but lately they just seem to focus on what’s trending at the moment and launch half a dozen articles on whatever it is. And then criticise focusing on a handful of the population? 😉

@juniperfish

I think the butt of the joke in Sherlock with regard to the “I’m not gay line” is Watson, who is consistently shown from A Study in Pink onwards to be the most sensitive one when the subject of sexuality crops up. Sherlock appears to treat it as an irrelevance, or just to enjoy Watson’s discomfort, and Mrs. Hudson is progres…[Read more]

Afternoon all. Tis’ the weekend! Welcome to all the new signups.

@FiveRoundsRapid

Liked the link and idea on collections. I remember those Typhoo cards, along with the Weetabix ones that @Whisht mentioned on the Memories thread. I still have a few of each, but not complete sets.

@GothamCelt @Whisht @Bluesqueakpip @JimTheFish

The thing of using Hitler is surely that “what if you went back in time and killed Hitler” is a genre cliché? TV Tropes entry on Hitler’s Time Travel Exemption Act is not even comprehensive of its use, but covers a lot of the issues. There’s even a subset of the Grandfather Paradox called the Hitl…[Read more]

@Arkleseizure

I know! A lot of that had me laughing my head off. Especially the “Slash Fiction” interlude between Sherlock and Moriarty. Brilliant fun, and very knowing about the internet speculation surrounding the final. Has the truth actually been revealed though?

@Blenkinsopthebrave

Ah – apologies for that. I’d forgotten what gets on…[Read more]

@ScaryB (nice New Year avatar btw)

I agree, when you look at the potential for stories to arise from this is seems like a new blank canvas. I quite like the idea of a substantially weakened Gallifrey who have to deal with an outside Universe on a more equal footing. Malong treaties and allies, and perhaps still having a lot of conflicting issues…[Read more]