Interesting comments by @PhaseShift and @janetteB. I have fond memories of watching The Poseidon Adventure on TV years ago, it used to come up with great regularity and for some reason, I could never resist watching these doomed people fighting their way through the nightmare setting that the ship had become. So I guess that that is part of the…[Read more]

@PhaseShift thank you! and yes. Started feeling a little repetitive with the constant TMA result announcements, so decided to reserve it for module results. (@Bluesqueakpip has been incredibly helpful.)

It was a long time ago, but I remember thinking that the film seemed a really bad rendition of a great idea. I will admit, I love the avengers…[Read more]

@PhaseShift I’ve been watching and enjoying,  though I have missed the odd episode without minding (certain shows I’d have a meltdown).  I only saw the league of extraordinary gentlemen, because I thought the idea sounded great, but found it very disappointing. I’m not surprised the original is better. Penny Dreadful is better too- I think the n…[Read more]

I managed to miss this (and the Runaway Bride) first time round (no iplayer catch-up way back then and Dr Who fans are waaay in the minority in my family ie there’s just me!)

I liked a lot of it, a lot. But definitely with @phaseshift on the heavenly ascension bit – tho they do manage to switch it to a Superman 1 hand extended flying pose to cra…[Read more]

Great fun, and has has been said, sharply written and directed, with great performances from the leads. And Paris looks great. Well worth the money!

Duggan’s like a big puppy, and I agree, he would’ve been so much better than Adric (I might not have missed so many of Davison’s episodes 😉 ). Though I think his wee brain has had about all the…[Read more]

@PhaseShift‘s excellent breakdown helped me understand why this is the one Christmas special which I never rewatch. Appart from featuring Kylie, who is as much a national embarrassment as Nicole, Mel and Tony, (well no that isn’t fair. The last two are in a class all their own) it is inspired by a genre of film which I really dislike.

Oh and…[Read more]

I note that in @PhaseShift‘s episode list both writer and director for 10 are TBC. I wonder if it is Peter Jackson.

As for the ring, I am afraid that the “blue boringers” theory is the most likely but I trust Moffat to make it very “unboring” indeed. I suspect that the identity confusion, memory loss and darkness will wear off within the first…[Read more]

So – Last call for Votes, and looking at first choices, the scores on the doors are currently:
VOTE DAVISON – VOTE FOR AN EPISODE FOR THE FIFTH!

Story (Episodes)
Notes

Kinda (4)
@TheKrynoidMan @whisht

The Visitation (4)
@bluesqueakpip @Phaseshift

Earthshock (4)
Null points

The Arc of Infinity (4)
Null points

Enlightenment (4)
Null p…[Read more]

Trailer’s looking good.

Much as I like the idea of post regeneration amnesia continuing for a bit, it could just as easily be packed into the pre-credits sequence. But I love @Bluesqueakpip‘s idea of a memory ring, that can be dipped into as required. Might need some sort of quick access bypass tho – there wouldn’t be much time to  check the…[Read more]

@PhaseShift

Thanks for posting that interview with Verity Lambert and RTD. I had not seen it before. I think she was spot on in her assessments of Eccleston and Tennant (as she was in other interviews on the BG post-Hartnell Doctors).

Fascinating idea about Peter Cook. I assume she was thinking of his ability to be simultaneously funny and…[Read more]

@Phaseshift – if it’s effectively a double parter, which they’ve decided to show as one episode, then it should be 90 minutes.

Interesting that they’ve got a new set of directors – that does hint at a real change in style for the new Doctor.

@Phaseshift

Awakening/Black Orchid as 1st choice, Kinda for 2nd

And hi to @fosterferris aka TheCrackInTheWall and @ABXY

23 Aug

Wooohoooooooo

@Blenkinsopthebrave @Phaseshift – I apologise for mis-tagging the idea for Top 10 of individual Doctors – still a great idea tho (and I still second the nomination of Blenkinsop for the Hartnell one (or any other one he feels inspired to do – have more inspiration as required – 2 glasses is never enough!))

My final thought (for now) on…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Thanks for that clip of the end of Dark Star. What a brilliant film.

And, of course, the inspired idea for a blog on the 10 best moments in each Doctor wasn’t my idea, it was @PhaseShift‘s. As are most of the inspired ideas.

Okay, I fell for the marketing and bought SFX. I don’t know if this will calm you down or enrage you further, but here goes…

@JimTheFish Gort came in at 92, Statue of Liberty was 29, Maria was 136.

@FatManInABox Buffy singing was 22, Wickerman was 167, Gandalf’s death comes in at 16 and his arrival at Helm’s Deep is 26, but it doesn’t seem…[Read more]

http://www.combom.co.uk/2014/06/no-doctor-who-panel-for-sdcc-2014.html

@blenkinsopthebrave  @PhaseShift  @Whisht  @JimTheFish @FatManInABox  @ScaryB  et all

I’ve just realised that I could make a list of 10 reasons why I shouldn’t make lists.

Choosing favorites was fun but as soon as I posted I realised I needed another 6 months to seri…[Read more]

@PhaseShift I’ve got it really bad but if it’s just a snake dance then I should be fine. I could handle a similar scene in the Bond film Live and Let Die with not much of a problem. The only kind of snake I can’t bear looking at is a Cobra but I doubt they would use one in this situation.

Just back from the pub with Mrs Blenkinsop, and since I felt my favourite moments (above) were a bit Hartnell-oriented, we thought about what would be (besides @JimTheFish‘s “fish fingers and custard” moment) the most memorable 11th Doctor moment. And we both agreed on the point when the Doctor tells Vincent that he (Vincent) has seen so much more…[Read more]

@Phaseshift – Soundgarden, long time no hear.
I remember the track but not the video (which seems true of most music from the 80’s, 90’s heck even noughties yet its not like I’ve been living in a video free cave.. don’t really know why it should be but most videos bring back Top of the Pops!

anyway, brilliant description of that Soundgarden track…[Read more]

@Phaseshift
Re Leonardo’s reputation for not finishing work (the original Mona Lisa wasn’t delivered to the man who commissioned it, Leonardo had it for decades saying it wasn’t quite finished)…
well no wonder – he was busy producing 6 new copies of his masterpiece!!

Agree with the above comments (and on previous episodes) – the acting of the…[Read more]