@mudlark @juniperfish @janetteb @blenkinsopthebrave
@ps1l0v3y0u

would the crazy machine from Carnival of Monsters fit the bill??

I like this. Maybe Unit finds it behind an old filing cabinet buried under a pile of the 3rd Doc’s frilly shirts and capes? And next to a bi-generated Delgado Master. And Omega 🙂

I am increasingly convinced that what…[Read more]

@snocita Actually plenty of middle aged romantics love science fiction and many people watch both Bridgerton and Sci Fi.

@juniperfish I will tell the “kids”, (well into their twenties but always kids to me) that you approved of their theory. I have not seen them this excited about Dr Who for a long time and that is very pleasing.

@ps1l0v3y0u and…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

“Could RTD2’s long-term plan be to bring the Timelords back? In fact, could he have decided to accept Chibnall’s eradication of the Timelords  in order to bring them back?”

Hmmm how do we know that Gnutidoc hasn’t already done it the impression I got from the beginning of the Xmas Special was that the Doctor had already…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

“Could RTD2’s long-term plan be to bring the Timelords back? In fact, could he have decided to accept Chibnall’s eradication of the Timelords  in order to bring them back?”

Hmmm how do we know that Gnutidoc hasn’t already done it the impression I got from the beginning of the Xmas Special was that the Doctor had already…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

@juniperfish

Could RTD2’s long-term plan be to bring the Timelords back? In fact, could he have decided to accept Chibnall’s eradication of the Timelords  in order to bring them back?

@JanetteB

He promises to take Rogue to Gallifrey. Does that mean that Gallfirey still exists?

Yes I noticed that and I was happy, as I was not a fan of the re-genociding of Gallifrey by the Dhawan Master. It detracted IMHO from the fact that the War Doctor was responsible/ the 9th and 10th and 11th Doctors believed he was responsible for the…[Read more]

“Do you want GAAD HIMSELF to appear in a cloud of fart and then astral lightening the mooks? Or maybe rip their hearts out Dumb n Dumber stylee??? U bin watchin too much Marvel mate! Dat is bad fur ur brain. Eat more pulses. Chill.

Also… he has fallen in lust. Awwww! Have you only the emotional depth of a teaspoon, man?!!!”

Can I have a t…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

by Testimony do you mean the alien in Twice Upon A Time?
To be fair, I REALLY need new glasses! (Possibly a better memory…)

@ps1l0v3y0u

It was actually the Moff who originally came up with the idea for the episode and suggested it to RTD a good many years ago, but they decided at the time that the budget wouldn’t stretch to realising the necessary FX. Maybe Asimov’s stories were an influence*, but I agree with @scaryB, that what they probably had in mind was a certain…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

The Trinity seems to have been an attempt to keep both monotheists and neoplatonists on board. Otherwise it would be 2 if not 1. Add Mary (to butter up the egyptians) and you have 4… doesn’t sound good in Cantonese though.

2 brothers crop up a lot: Romulus and Remus, Hengist and Horsa, Hrothgar (Hamlet) and Helgi. It’s an indo europ…

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@janetteB

@ps1l0v3y0u

on the question of Susan Twist, everyone is focussing on the name Susan, but there is a very famous tale of an abandoned baby by Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist.

He is not abandoned in the same way as Ruby (as he is born in a workhouse, and his mother dies giving birth). But his identity (or evidence of his mother’s…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

Understand about the power of three. It’s funny that the #3 is so ingrained in humans though. Father, Son and Holy Ghost etc. and way back further I’m sure.

I wonder why?

But Omega…that’d be kinda good if done well.

The trajectory in the quality of eps is going exponential I’d say…

@ps1l0v3y0u

Omega – isn’t he still trapped in an alt Universe somewhere? Is he the One who waits?

I’d much prefer this to a Susan return tbh – I think the Susan Twist thing is a massive RTD joke.

@ps1l0v3y0u  I actually saw a fun tongue-in-cheek theory on Twitter suggesting the Doctor got banished to the Barbie universe (presumably to eternal dance-offs with the other Kens) when he broke the faerie ring and released Mad Jack (I enjoyed Barbie incidentally, to be honest a lot more than Oppenheimer – biopics are almost always too…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

Maybe Bardot’s going to rock up in the last ep as an older version of Susan (one for @janetteb there)?

Bardot was in the movie Doctor at Sea, but that’s VERY tenuous. And of course And God Created Woman. Any ideas? No? Me neither?

@dentarthurdent @janetteb @ps1l0v3y0u The 10th Doctor left the hand Doctor with Rose saying that he had his memories and thoughts and he certainly was a replica. Was he “the Doctor”?
Dentarthurdent, have a great trip! It sounds exciting.Your lemon tree makes me envious,I can’t grow them here.
Janette, good luck with your new fruit trees! Plum…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

Re the significance of Ruby’s DNA; across the entire population of the earth variations such as eye and skin colour or facial features are minor and insignificant in the human genome. As we now know, even the differences between modern humans and neanderthals were not such as to prevent successful interbreeding. (As an aside,…[Read more]

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 before Moffat was cut off at the knees

Ooh, tell me more.

@mudlark

@janetteb

@blenkinsopthebrave

@ps1l0v3y0u

On the Ruby question, I tend to agree with Mudlark on this. Otherwise, why show the scan on screen – it must be for a reason. Obviously, there is plenty of scope for jiggery-pokery with Ruby’s species from what we’ve seen…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u  @janetteB

The problem with the idea that Ruby might be a Time Lord, whether the Doctor’s mother or his sister or any other relative is, as  I noted in an earlier post, that the visual projection of the Tardis analysis registered her under ‘species’ as ‘homo sapiens’ – and I did pause the recording and look carefully.  Before I ch…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u Agree the Bechdele test would not apply to Dr Who. There have been some great companions, all those you mentioned and yes since the reboot in 05 they have all had something remarkable about them that often is heavily foreshadowed before it happens.. (I won’t talk about the “fam” either.) What makes Ruby remarkable would seem to be the…[Read more]