@Phaseshift and @Purofilion

I think the wedding was more thematic. Firstly, it represented Amy’s adulthood. Secondly, it allowed Moffat to say ‘Amy and Rory had sex on the TARDIS’ without actually saying that.

I remain amused by A Good Man Goes to War’s detailed discussion of River’s conception – without once using the word ‘conception’. Tone,…[Read more]

@PhaseShift

Ahh, I knew that I would miss something like that, thanks for bringing it up, if it’s so, then from which doctor (all over in time and space) are we watching?

@thommck

I don’t know what happen to the series, but I think they found some invention called Slow-Motion and starts abusing it over and over again 😀 I mean the timing…[Read more]

@Pedant Lol 🙂

@ScaryB Yes I also love the lesbian lizards. And speaking of which – I hope we get another Jenny and Vastra adventure this season. I love those two actresses – they have mischievous chemistry.

Woo and hoo to the solar storms. It’s also a lunar eclipse tomorrow morning.

I think @Phaseshift is right – because this season has been…[Read more]

@Juniperfish

And the Iron Chicken (tho don’t ask me which came first) 😉 Love the lesbian lizards. Apparently there were reports of newly discovered seismic activity on the moon (not that it happened recently but it’s new information that wasn’t known before) -…[Read more]

@phaseshift, @scaryb, @barnable, @juniperfish — thanks for the welcomes back. What can I say? I just couldn’t stay away, although I will be flitting in and out for the next few weeks as I’m once again the throes of moving house on top of other stuff….

@barnable — feel free to argue away. That’s what we’re all here for. I’d also urge you to…[Read more]

I seem to have enjoyed this a lot more than many other posters. had a WTF moment with the reveal of the moon as an egg but once you go with that there’s no problem… and it’s no more ridiculous than the whole premise of the show 😉

As @Bluesqueakpip pointed out we don’t know all the science there is to know. (And I certainly don’t, so it…[Read more]

@Phaseshift I like your thoughts on the Twelfth Doctor as a “dead Time Lord walking”. I’m still hoping the Valeyard comes into this somewhere along the way.

There’s no doubt that the Doctor behaved abominably in this episode. I’m not sure this is just about his legacy. We’ve already gone there – remember River’s speech on the top of the pyramid…[Read more]

@Apopheniac– both do work, don’t they…

@PhaseShift– I don’t know if you’ve read ‘The Neverending Story’, especially the second half, the seeming miracle o the resurrection of a world and the price that is always paid for it…

the more I think about it, the fact that Missy is at least calling her wherever the afterlife etc, and the doctor has…[Read more]

@Phaseshift

It seemed to go against the Doctor’s past philosophy (that immorality was for fruitloops, and self interested people) full stop.

Is that “immortality”?

Although immorality being for fruitloops and self interested people is also a good reading.  😉

@PhaseShift– I do agree about the lifespan. I think I’ve said before that possibly the regeneration limit was to do with the number of personalities a Time Lord mind is capable of dealing with- and yes, the kind of lifespan. 11 lived a very long time too.

@Bluesqueakpip– I wasn’t thinking of the day of the doctor, good point. I’m also remembering…[Read more]

@phaseshift   Maybe cold hands is the secret, as well as speed and handling it as little as possible, also not being heavy handed with the rolling out.  For most of the time that I was still living with my parents we had no fridge, so there was no question of chilling it that way.  On the other hand, neither did we have central heating, and all…[Read more]

@phaseshift  I saw the first part of Cameron’s Conference Rap last night on HIGNFY and laughed myself silly!  It is even better in full, and if it has not already gone viral it deserves to.

On the subject of pastry, a agree that a basic shortcrust is really all that is necessary.  My mother used to make the lightest and flakiest shortcrust I ha…[Read more]

@Phaseshift 🙂 Yes, that all, re the medical profession, resonates only too strongly, unfortunately.

Santa Muerte is very interesting – news item here from National Geographic  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130512-vatican-santa-muerte-mexico-cult-catholic-church-cultures-world/

And much more in depth info from Lucky Mojo ht…[Read more]

@PhaseShift To really admire it I’ve found it beneficial to stop a safe distance away from it. Yorkshire is perfect. I can really admire London from Yorkshire.

A good point, well made.  The view of London from Sheffield is pretty damn fine.  Mind you, the view of hills and moorland from my dining room window in Sheffield is awesome.

@PhaseShift To really admire it I’ve found it beneficial to stop a safe distance away from it. Yorkshire is perfect.

Too true! I lived in West Yorkshire for five years – and it is certainly civilised in a different way to London. Never lived in London, though – I don’t really understand the Time Lord’s constant interest in it. Just have to tra…[Read more]

Thanks for the update on Gotham @Phaseshift – sounds like it’s worth checking out

Nice thoughts on timings of the epsiodes (now thinking happy thoughts of Hallowe’en (thanks @Phaseshift and @Juniperfish (glad you’re still hanging in there))

FWIW I don’t think we’ll be losing any kids – been there, done that with River. But Danny could be fair game.

For those of us keen for an Ian Chesterton cameo – this is an interview with…[Read more]

@PhaseShift He was right, mist descending as I wound my way home, and the apple trees branches are straining. Lots of red about. It feels good to be alive!

I guess you’re not stuck on a miserable commuter train out of London in the clammy drizzle then! Autumn’s my favourite season, but London and the palaver of getting in and out is never…[Read more]

Waves at @Phaseshift :-}

Thank you for your offer – it wouldn’t go entirely amiss and is very much appreciated x

I actually went to medical school when I was a young thing and managed a year and a half before leaving because the word “empathy” had not entered the classroom. It seems it is still not a valued skill, as it’s pot luck whether your…[Read more]

Thanks to @Whisht @Arbutus and @ScaryB for the good health wishes – I really need them – so very much appreciated x

@Phaseshift How right you are x I love Halloween / Sahmain and think it’s fascinating that the dead are commemorated in so many cultures at this time of year. In Haiti the Days of the Dead are Nov 1 and 2 and the people take…[Read more]