@Phaseshift     Sorry to hear you’ve had a stressful time; I’m glad your brother is getting better. I hope it’s all behind him and you now!

@purofilion   I have recently discovered that Rachel Tallalay teaches in the theatre program at the University of British Columbia, here in Vancouver. There was a story about her in the local media just…[Read more]

Just to echo to @Phaseshift that glad to hear your brother is on the mend.

@Phaseshift I love Den of Geek! They tend to do more detail, and they love Dr Who! (and lots of other stuff I like)

Sorry to hear about your brother but glad that the news is better now. Hope that continues. Been missing your ascerbic hunour 😉 (Ah, there’s one on every forum!! hahaha – there’s only one Phaseshift 😈 )

@PhaseShift Gosh – what a coup. Jacobi has dabbled in the world of the Whoniverse in audio, but it was a delight to have that reveal on TV, and see the cosy charm of Yana gave way to the hollow, bitter, megalomaniac who’d quite happily kill the lovely alien who’d been helping him. Because he didn’t like her.

The Yana Master is, for me, the one…[Read more]

@PhaseShift I saw yesterday that Children In Need will include a clip from the Christmas episode. I had planned, as suggested, to set up a new Trailer blog for the episode to keep everything under wraps for those who don’t want to know. And I’ll be in tomorrow night (night out tonight instead) so will be on the case.

And don’t worry about not…[Read more]

Thank you to @PhaseShift for the new Master blog and for giving me an idea about resurrecting Osgood
Well maybe it will be similar to how the Simm master and for that matter the Cybermen were resurrected.
With just a little DNA ? The Simm master returned and so did the cyberman so why not “pollinate’
as new Osgood? Could this even be a subtle…[Read more]

@Phaseshift

Absolutely stonking Masterspotting post! 😀 And yes please – a Master blog would be great

@DrBen – Agree with you that it should help the cyberisation process if the “delete” emotions is voluntary. Make the newly “dead” completely terrified with lies about still being attached to what their body is feeling – on top of the…[Read more]

*waves @Ozitenor* Nice intro. Look forward to hearing more of your thoughts.

@Phaseshift Nice link to the Moffat intereview at RTS. Den of Geek have a good report as well (slightly longer, with some other observations. And bigger print, haha. And more pics)

I love Moffat’s comments about filming false scenes and complaining that “no one steals…[Read more]

@fonsini — it might have escaped your notice but @PhaseShift is one of the site mods, as am I for that matter. Not really the people you want to be upsetting. Might be an idea to take your demented ravings back to the Daily Mail where there’ll at least be a receptive audience for them.

@Fonsini What exactly are you on about?

First off, @PhaseShift is more than just “one character” – he’s an important dude around here with a lot to contribute.

Secondly, your conclusions are just plain wrong.  Neither the anti-American jabs or the anti-military jabs are new to this season or to the Moffat era.  The Doctor has expressed a…[Read more]

@Phaseshift

There’s usually one character like you in every discussion forum, they reply to every post and when they see one they can’t deal with they simply attack the credibility or perceived agenda of the poster.

My point stands whether people were offended by the scene or not – the Doctor would not mock the customs or religious beliefs of…[Read more]

@Phaseshift     I really liked your thoughts about the need to have the dead choose for themselves to delete their emotions. This works really well and fits both this story and what we know about cyber conversion.

Also    No – I think this was a powerful end to a series. It’s downbeat and one I think you could only pull off if you know you have a…[Read more]

Re Cybermen “deleting emotions” – hat tips to @Apopheniac @Rob @BadWulf @PhaseShift and anyone else I missed:

There are a number of possible reasons why Missy et al wanted people to voluntarily delete their emotions before becoming Cybermen.  As @PhaseShift says, people have been known to resist Cyber conversion throughout the years.  Missy may h…[Read more]

Hello @BadWulf

I interpreted this as the Master creating an army for the Doctor using “volunteers”, as the Doctor would probably have had more difficulty taking ownership of a conscript army.

Interesting idea.  I hadn’t considered that – I went for ‘The Master is so cold-heartedly evil she laughs at making humans delete their emotions.’  OTOH,…[Read more]

@Phaseshift – There was definitely an undercurrent jab in that comment [and for my part I took absolutely
no offense in it as a ‘Yank’ girl] GW was one of our worst Presidents IMHO! Im happy to say I never
voted for him and was in fact extremely sad that he got the second term ! However, something
interesting is if you interpret the Galifrey…[Read more]

@PhaseShift — nice survey and I think I agree with your rankings entirely. Also would add I think Moffatt was very clever with the casting and hopefully headed off the ‘we want the Rani’ back brigade. We’ve now got a Master who fills both roles quite nicely. And Michelle Gomez — definitely mad as a tree — in the nicest possible way.

@fonsini — shoosh.

@PhaseShift

An excellent survey. In fact, perhaps it should be a blog of its own, so that we can share Master memories.

I love coming in here 😀

@Whisht Thanks for the Cash link “Man Comes Around”  That’s as devastating to listen to as Lou Reed’s “Hello It’s Me” which you posted earlier! 😥 (A great selection in fact)

@Phaseshift – LOL’d at your Blondie comments (and yup, kudos to @TheKrynoidMan for starting it) and then fell off the sofa at “by t’ t’, as t…[Read more]

Oh, and @Apopheniac, if you want the expert on Delgado episodes, ask @Phaseshift. But we did do a Terror of the Autons rewatch a year ago – that’s the story that introduces the…[Read more]