There is a non-spoilery interview (it features one image from the trailer broadcast from the various trailers) with Neil Gaiman. It covers his memories of the Cybermen, some ideas he had in earlier drafts, and […]

Excellent links @Chickenelly. For anyone who is interested, the general themes of preservation and display were pretty well covered by “History Cold Case”. For those who haven’t seen it a great little BBC factual […]

@timeloop & @shazzbot

“How exactly does the steam help Clara and the Doctor??”

I think that may have been a joke about some Victorian attitudes to health. During that period a bath/health spa culture was […]

@shazzbot

Yes – the makeup job had to be difficult. I don’t know if you ever watched “Farscape” but Virginia Hey, who played a character called Zhaan, had to be written out because her body developed an […]

Just rewatching and have to say Rachel Stirling is fantastic as Ada. Part of me wants her back with her travelling with her “beautiful monster” for a while. That would really be a challenge for scriptwriters – […]

@OsakaHatter

The secret desire to move North must still exist today, because all over the South, the road signs all have directions to The North.

Absolutely loved that explanation of the North-South divide! […]

Thanks @Craig – I’ll finalise my notes and send them over. I was thinking a couple of Screen shots might be helpful for describing how to embeb video, etc. I’ll sort them out and forward tomorrow.

Glad to have you back!

@BadWulf (Welcome)

Recently I’ve observed that fandom doesn’t seem to fond of the character, or the crowded TARDIS of that era – but to me it will always be the way the TARDIS “originally” looked!

Yes – I […]

Hi @ScaryB

I’ve been working on something for this (not forgotten) by working though threads to try to pick up issues. I think it could be useful, but didn’t want to disturb @craig as he was busy. When […]

@Timeloop

What is a mouthy Australian?

I was laughing so much I actually misquoted. His line was:

“I once spent a hell of a long time trying to get a gobby Australian to Heathrow airport,”

It’s a callback to a […]

@Pufferfish

A GALLIFREY VOWEL

Loving that – although a slight re-arrange gives AW …. GALLIFREY LOVE which will keep the “Shippers” (as I think @pedant termed them) happy.

@bobbyfat

Loved the sepia tinged flashback

Oh – wasn’t that good? I loved that look for the flashback. Worked perfectly I thought. Mind – i was still chuckling from The Doc sweeping Jenny off her feet for a snog. 😀

Setting it in Bradford was a masterstroke for this episode. The Victorian values of “remaking society better.”

In Bradford, Titus Salt established “Saltaire” for his workers at his mill, taking them out of […]

@Juniperfish – I’m sharing the love for Jenny, with a big dose of love for Vastra and Strax. I really hope that if Moffs “I’m nearer the end than the beginning” is true, he thinks for a while and the BBC decided […]

I can’t believe Dan linked to our site in his main text. I can give up my marketing badge!

I thought it pretty convenient that the kids had discovered all this information on Clara, but it occurs that if the […]

I actually laughed myself hoarse during that. Just fantastic. All those diabolical fiends that Diana Rigg used to fight as “Emma Peel” – well, she must have taken it all in, because that performance tops them all. […]

Welcome back @Craig. I guessed you may have been stranded without BBC America, but at least you get the double dose of Who goodness today.

@shazzbot

I assure you, no one on these boards will hold it against you if the old series is not to your taste. I think when you grew up with it and had your imagination seized, it is much easier to forgive the […]

@HTPBDET – On the internet, you can meet people who have a low opinion of EVERYTHING and ANYTHING. It’s a remarkable gift to the world. 🙂

Just to add – Peter Davison has a CV well worth a look if you are into weirdness. Both @JimTheFish and I will defend “A Very Peculiar Practice” to the Death. As we have touched on Hitchhikers on these blogs, here […]