@scaryB

I’ve just released one, and deleted the duplicate. Is this still happening to you a lot?

How opportune. Candidates for the Moderator 101 course are invited to examine exhibit A above, dated 1 December 2013 at 09:13, which will form part of the exam.

@Arkleseizure

Ahhh … TimeFlight. I actually looked at the novelisation of it when I was doing the blog on Target. My mind seemed to self edit what I was reading so it went:

“Tegan, Nyssa …. I just can’t go back on my own Timeline”, protested the Doctor, as he did his happy dance.

I always thought that the SM way of having the fact that the…[Read more]

Many thanks for the endorsements. Just to pick up on a couple of points @JimTheFish raised though, and provide an explanation of something.

this site could sometimes be seen as a bit cliquey and unwelcoming to new members

Kind of intimidated is what I’m guessing.

I think we agree here. I think “we” who entered the site in its first days are o…[Read more]

@curvedspace

I think it’s a popular complaint about Moffat that his tenure has seen a decline in overall deaths. It’s not something I really mind, as I’ve seen the show lurch in the other direction too often, with seasons of “everyone dies” and that gets even duller.

I think @Juniperfish has made some good points, but I’m less kind about the…[Read more]

Doctor Who and the Wrath of Mod
Following on from some unpleasantness last week, I want to touch on a couple of things. I would appreciate it if you would take the time to read, and consider the points.

This site is moderated, and pretty tightly moderated, by request of its users who wanted a place that was a bit different to other internet…[Read more]

@rob

Heh, I just took one look at your new avatar, and my immediate thought was “Release the Gimp!”.

@jamesunderscore

I think that interpretation was my favourite when we were speculating about the identity of Doctor Hurt. I think the visualisation of the “Time Track” was really fragmented, showing gaps that both couldn’t access because they were locked and/or rewritten. I think it was in the Stolen Earth that Doc 10 said that all the event…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

Just to go off on a tangent, I caught the request by @shazzbot about more episode retrospectives, and I think I agree with the general consensus that early next year may be good. Your previous suggestion of Day of the Daleks is now a must for Pertwee I think. I actually think anyone who hasn’t seen it before will find it i…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip

No problem with you quoting me in other places at all (subject to you correcting my usual appalling typos to make me look more intelligent 🙂 ) I’m looking forward to the blog with diagrams.

These arcs about time he’s done in the three series have been fascinating, all in their own ways. Some story elements of 7B really do pla…[Read more]

@Juniperfish @ScaryB

I think the duality has to be the key here. The Doctors time line has been cocked up in a way that pleases me a great deal.

I think we anticipate the Trenzilore end point will be lost at Christmas, and become something that will no longer happen. Perhaps the key to that (and therefore a fresh perspective on this episode is…[Read more]

For anyone who didn’t catch it around the celebrations, the Doctors Revisited looks at the Matt Smith period.

The Doctors Revisited – The Eleventh Doctor by Yggdraeniel

@all

Thanks for your ideas on the posts idea. I’ll give it some thought today, and get in touch with you tomorrow @denvaldron, if you don’t mind. We are interested in ideas like this, but it’s a case of giving them the right exposure.

What’s I find remarkable about the characterisation of the First Doctor here is how well it fits in with the notion of the Time Lords when you eventually see more of their society in Deadly Assassin. I’d obviously seen that first as a kid, and then saw this just before the 20th Anniversary in a rare “Five Faces of the Doctor” retrospective showing…[Read more]

@pedant

Message understood?

I believe so. You’re a drama queen who has declined my offer to talk about this via PMs (something I believe you’ve advocated in the past), and instead want it public and messy.

No more warnings then. Continue as you see fit, and I’ll respond accordingly.

Or don’t forget to close your account as you leave for…[Read more]

@pedant

Shouldn’t this be in the fanwank fan creativity section? Or is that place reserved for slash (I wouldn’t know – it is the one bit of board I never look)?

Tell me @pedant – back on the Guardian, what would your summation be of someone who dismissed something with contempt, while confessing that they hadn’t really had a look?

There is a…[Read more]

@DanMartinUK has posted his “official” recap of the episode for the Guardian, if anyone is interested.

It’s here:

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/nov/25/the-day-of-the-doctor-doctor-who-recap

On the one hand, you have to pity Steve Moffat for being in the position he’s in, because there are inevitably people who will be disappointed. And let’s be frank here, Who fandom has some unstable elements.

Personally, I thought this was great, much better than I think we had a hope for. I’ve been thinking about how to mitigate the angst of th…[Read more]

@wolfweed

The BBC Youtube sites seem to be uploading loads of content from around the world at the moment. Unfortunately my own internet download speed seems to be as sluggish as me today, so I’m not trawling the content. I did see this one for Strax though, very short with advice for users of social media about “the movie”. Not sure if this is…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

Yes – I managed the cocktails for Doctors 5 – 11 in the end, I was nursing “11” during the movie and did feel a bit whoozy. I was convinced I had broken this part of the internet when trying to set up this topic on the homepage. I’ve been informed that it was nothing to do with me, and our countdown timer acted up when it reached…[Read more]