@JanetteB @ScaryB

Thanks for the input on the ideas front, the more the merrier. Fringe was actually a big omission, and maybe @janetteB and @JimTheFish can help me work out some decent eps for that (there are many, but I’d try to avoid really arc heavy ones). There is some Doomwatch online. Only a limited number were released commercially as…[Read more]

@purofilion

Have a good Christmas yourself (and to anybody else who is going to duck out while they await the episode being shown in their territory). Join us for virtual mince pies and cold turkey sandwiches when you have a chance to watch it.

@Juniperfish

Hello! Irrespective of whether we get a dark doppelganger in the ep, can I ask if you will be gracing us with a final comprehensive look up guide to bow tie colours for Matt Smiths run after this episode? Such vital research must be discussed!

@devilishrobby @blenkinsopthebrave @bluesqueakpip @arbutus @wheels @ScaryB

I think my post about the regenerations was more to do with the fact there are lots of things in the past that could have topped up his regenerations in one way or another that he’d not be fully aware of the consequences. He’s been exposed to numismatron (the source of the…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

Everything’s better with explosions.

This is certainly true. I think Red Dwarf demonstrated this admirably by importing a Russian Tank into Jane Austen world and blowing stuff up. I think Ms. Austen would have approved.

I like the fairytale analogy and:

Which means the Doctor’s story is one of ‘Voyage and Return’. We’ve s…

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Oh well, time for some last minute speculation/hopes for the Christmas special. Final pieces of speculation for Matt Smith! Sob.

It’s been a fun period no doubt, and lots of stuff to ponder and think about. Back on the G, in the series 6 threads, we kind of rejoiced over the curtailment of the God Doctor a bit, and some hopes for a kind of r…[Read more]

I had a bit of a revelation this morning. I was watching (by accident) a Christmas special of Saturday Kitchen, and it featured some very old footage of an old favourite.

The bow ties, the wild exuberance, the arm waving and the feeling you are watching someone who is probably completely bonkers. Was Keith Floyd the model for Doctor 11? I demand…[Read more]

@fatmaninabox

Thanks for that – I ended up watching the full episode afterwards, and I think common sense (or bonkersness) has won out, and it’s a likely candidate for the watch club. 😀

Of course – it would have helped if I’d noticed @wolfweed had got there first with Caption competition 49. He’s too quick – Off to think of an obvious joke myself.

I don’t know if anyone is in the environs of Basingstoke, but apparently you can see THE Coling Baker (billed as star of Doctor Who and I’m a celebrity…) in panto in Aladdin.

He’s the pantomime villain. Queue orderly to make the obvious jokes!

@blenkinsopthebrave

I expect a full report when you’ve cranked up the VHS!

@wolfweed @blenkinsopthebrave

Bravo on the additional choices. The long drought will fly by, I’m sure. I’ll keep on eye out for Casanova. Some of these things come and go, so it may well change.

Thanks for the Babylon 5 ideas Blenkinsop. I’d actually forgotten Coming of Shadows was released on a number of other videos (as a taster to get peopl…[Read more]

@fatmaninabox

Yay! Another ‘Scaper. Some good suggestions from the earlier series. I kept being drawn to S4 Relativity/Kansas when talking about Time concepts, but it’s not a good intro to the series.

Half of me does want to go bonkers with the choice. Won’t get fooled again was the episode that made me re-evaluate it (I didn’t have a clue wh…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

You might enjoy the episode of Dwarf I’m thinking of as it features Clare Grogan and Mark Williams (well before he was Rory’s dad obviously).

Thanks for the suggestions. Flip Side of Dominic Hyde is a really good call. The Stone Tape seems to be back up as well.

I was struggling to think about what episodes from the Whedonverse I’d…[Read more]

@wolfweed

Hitchhikers is a good one. Be very interesting to cover it with one of the stories he did for Who, either as writer or Script Editor (because his influence always showed).

Just because I remember from the TV thread you watched Farscape, I was wondering about an episode from that, but struggled to think of an episode or 2 parter that…[Read more]

Morning all

As you start to wind down for the Christmas season, with all that spare time on your hands (excluding such trivial concerns as family, dinner, presents, having the kids under your feet, travel chaos, etc), when you find yourself at a loss, can I ask you to have a think about what TV you’d nominate for a wider “watch club” for the s…[Read more]

@Arbutus

In your own time really on any contributions. I’d never analyse on first listening as well, as that robs something from the experience. I usually need a bit of distance before certain things start sinking in.

@nonameface

As @TheKrynoidman said, it’s Angels Take Manhatten. I do hope we’re not giving you an unfair advantage in any competition. 😉

@MartyB

No pressure on the blog front. As you say, it was just to point out there is another option if anybody wants to have a go.

Most people have something they want to enthuse about and it can be good to air your thoughts. Ironically, with blogs, the more people do it, the less work it seems to become, and it can add significantly to the…[Read more]