@Phaseshift and @Craig – One thing I noticed with the Retrospectives was that participation dropped noticeably when we took the individual episodes off the front page and made them ‘portmanteau’ items.

I don’t know if that was coincidence, but I wonder if we should try putting the current week’s episode on the front page in future. Move them…[Read more]

Greetings! Dammit – I seem to have missed all the fun. Again 😉 But it looks like mega-thanks due to @Wolfweed, @Shazzbot, @Craig for being vigilant in keeping the main threads clear of spoilers.  We spoilerphobes really appreciate it. (drinks of whatever’s your poison await you in the Rose & Crown)

Loved @Craig‘s comment –

What I find sadly…[Read more]

@PhaseShift Just checked my copy in the Revisitations 3 box set and, yes, you’re right. It is on there. Can’t imagine why I never got round to watching it before.

In fact, I think I’m going to watch the whole of Disc 2 now, as it seems I never have. It also has a cast and crew doc about the making, a history of the Cybermen (looking forward to…[Read more]

@whisht Cheers, and no worries, I’ll get better at it. And if I don’t I’ll just give @PhaseShift a shout. He’s well good at it!

@Wolfweed Don’t worry about it at all. You did absolutely nothing wrong. I’m beginning to think being offended is a new form of trolling. “If I don’t get a reaction from my posts I’m going to pretend to be offended then…[Read more]

Thanks, @Craig.

@PhaseShift – Well, you learn something new every day!

So we now know what the Zygons will be doing in TDOTD…….

Can somebody with Time Lord powers (eg @Craig, @PhaseShift, @JimTheFish, @Shazzbot) please move post #19873 from the Day of the Doctor thread by d123456 into the spoilers thread. Also explain to d123456 about spoilers policy & the fact that ‘Shapeshiters’ was not a word (until now).

Cheers.

Agree with everything that has been said. I was also rather aprehensive about such a young actor playing the role but listening to Moffat talk about the reasons for his selection I was hoping that we would all see what he saw once Smith stepped out of the Tardis, and boy did we see it. That mad smile won me over immediately. He “bounced” off…[Read more]

@Phaseshift – yes, I was watching on 3rd January 2009. Then I spent the next year saying: ‘Matt Smith’s gonna be fine. Don’t worry about it.’
🙂 You’re quite right, though – there were an awful lot of people who thought Steven Moffat had gone stark raving mad.

Mind you, I was in the ‘who the !@*K is Matt Smith?’ category; I hadn’t watched…[Read more]

@Phaseshift

Thanks for the radio 4 broadcast news (and your recent fascinating blog about the Target books). I used to have Doctor Who and the Daleks (now lost in the mists of time, after many house moves). It was the only one I owned (got a few more out the library) but I read it cover to cover till it disintegrated. Came across a copy for sale…[Read more]

@Phaseshift– absolutely, and that is what made this forum, from the start, absolutely not the gaggle of Moffat/Smith fans stamping their feet and shutting down any debate that it has, on occasion, been represented as on the Dan Martin blog by (one presumes) non members on a troll.

@HTPBDET‘s posts were always interesting, articulate and thought…[Read more]

Hello Everyone,

What sad news. I’ve not spent as much time on here as I would have liked, but it’s been wonderful to watch how this site has grown out of a little  thing I do. And very inspiring the community that has arisen – how rare that such affection and genuine grief would come out of a forum.

@blenkinsopthebrave yes, as @PhaseShift…[Read more]

And as a liitle follow up to @PhaseShift ‘s posts. Just posted today:

@Wolfweed @Shazzbot @PhaseShift @JimtheFish @Craig @Bluesqueakpip @Juniperfish @JanetteB @Timeloop @Blenkinsopthebrave and anyone else –

Re TARDIS set tour – I managed to prise off a tiny bit of info about who’s been in filming recently. It may be known already and I missed it, but it may be very slightly spoilery so I’m not posting it on here.…[Read more]

I had forgotten this was where all this got started. @Craig provided one of my best Christmas presents ever!

I agree with @PhaseShift– this episode followed the conventions of a Christmas episode: Lonely doctor, a story that makes sense on its own. The Paternoster Gang may not have been brand new, but no prior knowledge was really required.…[Read more]

@PhaseShift We are so off topic but who cares? Kit Curran was almost a religion in my house during its short run. If I remember rightly Lawson had just been shot to fame by Local Hero (also starring one Peter Capaldi). Such a shame it was so short lived. Watching those clips brought it all back. Thanks.

@PhaseShift – Only 10 months since we weighed anchor – How far we’ve come – It seems like a lifetime ago…