blimey – sorry, not been around much and lots to catch up on!

@Phaseshift – well I must absolutely shake you by the metaphorical hand for some great tracks!
Aside from sharing the Siouxie track The Last Beat of My Heart – didn’t know of it so thank you – I also loved the great acoustic version of This Town Ain’t Big enough… which made me hear…[Read more]

This thread is a  joy that constantly surprises. Thanks everyone for great postings, inc Sparks (I’d forgotten how downright creepy they were 🙂 ), Tom Lehrer, Alice Cooper and AC/DC… (@Phaseshift – nothing like a bit of HM to get you rho the days of teenage angst 🙂 )

@Purofilion Hope you’re feeling better again  (poor you).

@Wolfweed – g…[Read more]

I am not sure what I can add having just read through the above posts. @PhaseShift and @Bluesqueakpip have both covered much of what I wanted to say, (and a whole lot more), about this episode.  I too really liked the concept of an episode featuring the Doctor’s fans. The concept and depiction of LINDA had a lot of potential. I suspect this…[Read more]

That was great fun, love these rewatches (tho a bit behind).  And thanks everyone for the background infos and comments.  It’s been one of my favourites since I watched it 1st time round, so great to hear everyone’s very positive reactions (esp @Bluesqueakpip ).

And a nice chuckle re @Phaseshift and @ConfusedPolarity‘s suggestion about the r…[Read more]

@wolfweed Many thanks, I was just thinking about doing something myself. It’s great and now proudly graces the Home page.

And yes, Moffat’s minisodes seem to have been completely defined by the first scene with The Doctor in this episode.

I’ll post the interview with Moffat where he discusses this story and the influence it had on him once we…[Read more]

@Craig / @PhaseShift  – I knocked up a quick image for the home page if you want to use it.

@Arbutus, @PhaseShift

The Seventies. Definitely my period as well. Not sure if you know “Detectives on the Verge of A Nervous Breakdown” from The Comic Strip Presents; about a group of 70s TV detectives brought back to solve a crime, but it is brilliant. The music number start at about 1 minute 30 in…

Coming late to the party, but I wanted to make this post before jumping into this week’s offerings.

Great scene with the fictional battle. It reminded me of the game we used to play as kids, where you took turns telling a story, and it would completely turn on a dime as the next narrator took over and rewrote reality. As others have said, I also…[Read more]

@PhaseShift    And that is just one more reason why Carl Sagan was the Greatest.  🙂

While I was never really a metalhead myself, The Seventies was my era and as such receives great love from me. Under My Wheels is great, and the guitar playing in that AC DC track is pretty sweet.

Hi to @Leondevernier

Great post. There are quite a few on here who are big fans of the Target novels. @Phaseshift wrote a blog about it, which you might find an interesting read.

@Phaseshift – love your idea of the Doctor doing that eccentric uncle thing of quoting from TV programmes/comics/holo-vids we’ve never heard of. Who would be a comic book superhero to a Timelord? Something like the Shakri perhaps… or maybe he’s more of a Viz man… which would probably end up with the Slitheen, so let’s not go there 😉

And…[Read more]

@PhaseShift Sorry my mistake, Love and Monsters is next.

@PhaseShift   That clip is brilliant. I love the absolutely unyielding expression of the songerwriter’s philosphy. Interesting, as it comes up frequently with performers of classical music, that the composer writes with no concern for the human mechanics of the performance! (Bach was often guilty of this: Breathe? Who needs to breathe? 🙂 ) And…[Read more]

@PhaseShift
I believe the Cyberman 2 parter comes next.

@PhaseShift
I don’t see the problem either. He wasn’t using the word in a derogatory manner, he was singing a well known nursery rhyme. He didn’t even say it he mumbled it. Secondly, the footage wasn’t even broadcast so it’s not breaking any broadcasting rules. Thirdy, like you and @Bluesqueakpip said, he’s putting on a character. Why do people…[Read more]

@PhaseShift

Happy with any of them. (oh, well, maybe The Daemons) But then, Inferno…what a great story! with an evil version of…oops, spoilers!

No, any of them are great.

@PhaseShift – I thought everyone understood it was a performance? But seemingly not.

@PhaseShift – I think I’ll make Day of the Daleks a definite, simply because I can happily witter on about time loops and alternate time-lines…

… which may make everyone want to change their votes, of course. To The Daemons. 🙂

@PhaseShift I vote for Inferno.

I’ve fallen behind again, sorry! Couldn’t agree more with @ScaryB and @purofilion‘s thoughts on the amazing stuff to be found here. So lots of posts to follow.

@PhaseShift  Educated again. I was so puzzled by those Frank Skinner clips, because he talked about the ukulele but seemed to be playing a banjo! So upon looking him up, I learned about th…[Read more]