Hope all those feeling “not quite the thing” will soon be up and bouncing again. @blenkinsopthebrave, When the cold and snow get a bit much just recall the blazing Australian sun, scorching north wind and the withered garden. You will find you love snow again.:)

I doubt that P.C. would take on the role intentionally for one year only, though  I…[Read more]

I’ve seen Episode 1 before, possibly in the States. But I’m pretty sure I didn’t see any later episodes for this story, so I don’t know any spoilers.

Yes, the history is a bit dodgy. We can forgive the production team for the horned helmets – I think it wasn’t very widely known in the 1960’s that Vikings didn’t have horned helmets. Edith…[Read more]

@Blenkinsopthebrave @JanetteB @MonochromeDimension
An Ian cameo would certainly get my vote also.
But I’m also wondering where they’re going with the Coal Hill school refs. Is it a callback to Unearthly Child days? Could we perhaps see a return to adult male and female companions plus a grandchild/grandchild substitute?? And the Doctor’s been back…[Read more]

@Phaseshift and @JimtheFish <waves> Yes, very sorry to see BBC3 go – The Fades and In the Flesh were the best new BBC sci fi I’ve seen in aeons.

@tomsscarf Capaldi would indeed have made a great Master – perhaps we will get a body swap story to allow him to Master-it-up for an episode or two 🙂

@ScaryB Oopsy – the glitter is still getting all…[Read more]

@PhaseShift – Oh I know, I was just mentioning it.

However I didn’t know Hurndall received letters like that, that’s awful. I don’t understand people sometimes. No one could replace Hartnell as the First Doctor, but Hurndall did a good job of playing him in ‘The Five Doctors’. At least the First Doctor was represented in that episode, and also…[Read more]

Blimey there’s a lot been going on here today!

@MissShannonKent: I’d rather like to see Capaldi in the role for a good while before considering his successor – at the moment I can’t think of anyone I’d rather see as The Doctor than him.

@JimTheFish; @PhaseShift: I recall Adrian Hodges saying right after the announcement that if a second series…[Read more]

@PhaseShift – Tom Baker regretted not being in the 20th anniversary special (‘The Five Doctors’) afterwards I’ve heard.

@PhaseShift – personally, I would have thought that the last reason Steven Moffat would ever engage someone as a ‘one-series Doctor’ was that he’d be stepping down himself at the same time. If Steven Moffat is planning to leave at the end of Series Eight, he’s probably asked Peter Capaldi to at least stay until the end of Series Nine – and yeah,…[Read more]

@PhaseShift – I at least want three seasons with Capaldi, I’m so happy we have an older Doctor again!

@PhaseShift – Gotta love that gif! And no, ‘Space Museum’ isn’t the first choice for the First Doctor’s serials, but its one that is very unusual and quite interesting. But I think the choice of ‘The Time Meddler’ is best for now.

@MissShannonKent and @PhaseShift

It will send me screaming from my computer screen.

Besides, it’s more than a little impolite to start talking about an actor’s replacement when the poor bugger’s barely had a chance to get three lines out. 😉

@PhaseShift – Oh, ‘The Space Museum’! Lots of people dislike it… I however think its great. Especially the first and second episodes. Its actually got a very creepy beginning and interesting ideas, it just seems to veer away from them after the first episode which is a shame. But like you said, it is the first time the Doctor intervened in time…[Read more]

@FaeGrl – I think you’ll also like the Second Doctor a lot, he’s very sweet (in my opinion). And I agree with tomsscarf, you  should check out ‘The Mind Robber’ for the Second… also would put a mention in for ‘Enemy of the World’; but its a serial that has no monsters/aliens in it, and some people get put off by that.

@tomsscarf – I would…[Read more]

Well, that was a barn burner! Fullalove’s death was the moment where I had the thought, “Wow, this has gotten really dark.” But I was absolutely flattened by Roney’s death; I did not see that coming.  😥  I thought that the conversation in the pub, where Roney helped Quatermass remember himself by reminiscing about their fishing trip, was a l…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip – Oh, what an interesting difference! First of all, I want to express that I mean no offense in throwing out the word “nerd”, as I take pride in such a title… because, lets face it, nerds have more fun than the “cool kids”. I’ve been on both sides of that in high-school… with the cool kids, it was too much wearing only “cool…[Read more]

@PhaseShift @Arbutus – I second ‘Genesis of the Daleks’ for Fourth Doctor.

Also a random suggestion, as I mentioned it elsewhere… what about a thread for discussion on the various Doctor Who monsters and villains?

Greetings all. Have been out of touch, as the result of being laid up with a broken foot, courtesy of the snowy Canadian wilderness that is rural Ontario. Well, not actually broken, but I won’t be performing the can-can anytime soon. (Good grief, what an appalling image. I should reassure you that I would never attempt to perform said dance…[Read more]

@Phaseshift Great work. Thanks for setting all that up. I’m getting close to having a bit more time on my hands, but good to know you’re there to step in.

@Rob
Welcome back from the mud. Sounds like you and @Phaseshift have been doing sterling soggy work the last few weeks

@Bluesqueakpip

And by golly, did it work. When @ScaryB and I went round the 50th Celebration, one of the very noticeable things was that the fandom was now equally split between men and women. It was no longer 90% male.

It was indeed noticeable. Suddenly it’s just about OK to “come out” as a female Who enthusiast. The young uns don’t know they’re…[Read more]