@thedoctor234

Doctor Iou

I like the image! Got it three times! Not complaining. Not really understanding either… Daleks doing ‘I want to break free?’

Classic Who… what to watch? Fury from the Deep may be animated but it has the reputation of being the scariest ever. So scary that only the bits that the Australian censors excised survive…[Read more]

@thedoctor234

Doctor Iou, yes! For the first time in years, I am excited. The teasers look great.

Celestial Toymaker… intriguing choice of antagonist. What exactly is the Toymaker supposed to be?

If you don’t count the Keys of Marinus, ostensibly sci fi, this was the first DW venture into fantasy, also explored by Two in The Mind Robber. The…[Read more]

@dentarhturdent

I will get to The Pilot…

Spyfall was the point at which I started to lose a grip on Chibnall’s Who. Not a fan of Bond anyway, and horrified by the introduction and subsequent dismissal of Noor Inayat Khan. What??? I more or less had to force myself to watch the following series 15 minutes at a time, just to stop myself gri…[Read more]

Hi @dentarthurdent

Yes, history was originally my field. It was a long time ago and the economic imperatives behind Victorian locomotive design was one of my more obscure studies. I suppose I still get fed up that everyone thinks Nigel Gresley is great (and I’m not saying he wasn’t quite good) but have never heard of George Churchward.

I kee…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

Hi! I hesitated to mention Arthur. It’s just a name used to sell books about the dark ages. Many current academics will only rely on archaeology and virtually ignore mythology; they have their funding to think of and really don’t need to be associated with utter nonsense.

Having said that there are two very good candidates for…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

yes! The golden arrow! Only mind-boggling bad science can trump nerdy ‘bet you didn’t know…’ historical observation that is normally disproved a decade later.

I’m sure a C13th Robbin’ Hoodie looked just as suspicious and ubiquitous as they do today. And what better alias to invoke if you were out of favour with the state? No n…[Read more]

hi @dentarturdent

Without a doubt nothing sucks as hard as a phrase such as ‘the end of time ITSELF!’ or ‘the reality bomb!’

I wonder where the universal threat trope originates. Having a race which can manipulate time goes a long way there but, although Doctor One is very down on actually manipulating time (The Aztecs and The Time Meddler…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @janetteb @oochillyo

Is there a real claim a primacy for the ‘internal logic’ of Who or any other show? The result is always a compromise between the writer, the director, the producer, the ‘chemistry’ between the characters, production constraints (severe in the case of classic who) and the response to public or establi…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>@blenkinsopthebrave…</p>
corrupt British governments? Steady on! You’ve got Inferno to come. Suella with a eyepatch anyone?

Speaking of the generally gripping and inventive Inferno, why exactly make the Primords zombie werewolves? If they’e supposed to be adapted to heat, shouldn’t they be reptilian or arthrop…[Read more]

I didn’t realise that Season 2 is almost complete! I do need to check out the first Doctor. I don’t remember Hartnell’s ‘interpretation’, though using that term is a retcon really because as far as he was concerned he WAS the Doctor; no one had even considered regeneration. But still important in  respect to continuity.

The production values of…[Read more]

Not forgetting The Romans from season 2. Duh!

Hi @oochillyo!

the Girl Who Died as an episode was problematic though the story was fascinating. Same with Woman Who Lived but even more problematic; I really didn’t like Parsley the Lion and pals. The main attraction was the content of Me’s journals – see the post on sofa 11.

Vikings! I met an American ‘Viking’ actor at the Jorvik centre…[Read more]

Hi! The theory got a brief outing in 2015. I mention it again:

1. Because I could never really let it go.
2. To see if anyone else found the development of Who from Series 9 onward not just profoundly disappointing but rather weird…

At the time I expected the clues to develop like the River/Amy story arcs, but… nothing…

So was there nothing the…[Read more]

Permanent? The BBC do seem to have clawed everything back from the far reaches of the cable channels over the last 5 years. You would have thought there’s less chance of them letting it go again than Sky taking GoT off Sky Atlantic. But who knows?

I’ve gone for The War Games first up. Loving/Hating The War Chief vs The Security Chief: kind of Cli…[Read more]

Yeah.

I wondered if she was RTD’s PA threatening to send me a cease and desist letter. She certainly didn’t call me ‘dear’!

Yes. Monica may be a problem, I’m afraid.

Yes! This seems like a much better venue.

OK. Cut to the chase… The Timeless Child was horrific, and not in a dramatic way, but is it really enough just to put it down to Chibnall not being up to it? His skill set certainly didn’t help matters but I’m not totally down on the episodes he wrote before he was the show runner. They’re not remarka…[Read more]

Not sure if this the right place for this but…

…up until The Timeless Child I was kind of holding on by my fingertips. But that episode really did make me want to wipe my hands. So I fell off that particular cliff.

But hey Rusty’s back! Is it safe to come out now?
More importantly can we now talk about what really happened in the Chibnall era?…[Read more]