Very saddened by the news regarding @HTPBDET.

For anyone reading who doesn’t know, the site was born directly from the desire of a number of enthusiastic posters on @DanMartinUK ’s excellent Guardian blogs, which started in 2010 with Matt Smiths inaugural series. It’s a bizarre thing, and may be the first time a community has ever developed from…[Read more]

Thanks for that @craig – that actually seemed really brief in comparison with others, and I was surprised the timings were the same! I’d forgotten the cliffhanger for Stolen Earth had made it onto the news (must have been the start of silly season that one).

I think the revisited for Doctor 11 premieres in the UK first this month on Watch. I…[Read more]

Final thing from me for Tennant.

I’m sure after seeing Ecclestone being interviewed, and almost killing himself in a reasonably priced car, you’ve been waiting for this. Watch, in awe, that easy charm in action on the Top Gear sofa. But can he drive a reasonably priced car?

Ah – the BFI have added a snippet of the Tennant retrospective to their You Tube account featuring Catherine Tate talking about her confusion (to much hilarity) about the Sontarans.

It also features David Tennant in his much celbrated “greaser” look. Good job Doctor 11 isn’t around after all the grief he gave Rory in “Amy’s C…[Read more]

@fatmaninabox

That’s ironic, about the sleeping. When I first read your comment I semi convinced myself that I must have blacked out and missed it. I ended up putting the DVD back on and watching it again. 🙂

Thanks for the link to the blog about Nostalgia and Comics. It looks so clean! It was geek heaven in the late seventies and early…[Read more]

@craig

Oh – I’m glad you raised Clive. In a affront to topic sensitive people everywhere, I shall continue take your lead.

Shame, as you say, he’s been pigeon holed a bit in recent times. Does anyone remember his turn as unhinged newsreader Damian Appleby opposite Denis “Wedge Antilles” Lawson in “The Kit Curran Radio Show”? He was…[Read more]

@kelbesh

How well timed. Read the exchange here and take @bluesqueakpip s advice.

@wolfweed – you can’t help feeling that @Craig must sometimes resort to peels of maniacal laughter, shouting “It’s ALLLLLIVVVE! I’ve created a MONSTER”.

I know I would.

Great posts from @bluesqueakpip and you. The significance of the Punch and Judy show had passed me by as well, and it’s brilliant.

I think the scene where Clara starts to cry…[Read more]

Gosh – Just read that first page and weep, as we merrily sign in to set sail on the good ship thedoctorwhoforum.

It was cunning planning unleashing the site on New Years Eve. When we celebrate the sites first Birthday we already have a fantastic excuse to be well oiled. 😀

@masterguns

Taking your question at face value, while you may get something out of the special, I can’t help thinking you’re going to be a bit bemused without any working knowledge of 11, and certainly the storyline involving Clara that led to Name of the Doctor, which on the face of it, seems pretty critical to the Day of the Doctor.…[Read more]

@wolfweed

Glad you enjoyed the day – sounds interesting. I’m surprised that storyboarding isn’t more used, but then again I suppose it’s more the key scenes and set pieces that would need to be more involved.

This begs the question: Why would a future Doctor need a hatstand from his past?

Tough one. Is it the Artron energy firing one from Fronti…[Read more]

@Fatmaninabox

Hope you don’t mind me dragging your comment over from part 2. As the scene you were discussing was in this episode, I guessed you may have raced ahead a bit, and thought I’d transfer it.

Yes – there is a real echo in a few scenes with Matt Smith with this exchange with Victoria. This came immediately to my mind when I first saw…[Read more]

@shazzbot

I’m a Yorkshirewoman now – and a NORTH Yorkshirewoman to boot (the best kind)

Can I just point out, as a West Midlander who has lived more of his life in Yorkshire than any other area, two important facts:

• You’re not a Yorkshireperson unless you were born there. Michael Parkinson is more Yorkshire than I am, and he’s only had ext…

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@blenkinsopthebrave

Many thanks for that (and not just the compliment). It’s a heartfelt piece of pragmatism. .

To be honest, I think its an easy trap to fall into (especially if you have a milk monitor badge) that when the site slows down, you should do SOMETHING about it, whereas we probably have a few more regulars than we did before the e…[Read more]