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Are any of those scenarios worse?

Well I don’t know. But the fact that you are not holding this ep up in comparison to say, Blink, or Genesis, or The Daemons speaks volumes.  I’d love this reboot to work, I really would

After the thin gruel from Chibnall, its tempting to assume anything is better. Clearly not. And I day that as…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

Ask yourself this: if Saward or Chibnall had written this, would your view be any different?

DW has always ripped stuff off and given it its own twist. And that’s OK. But to say that ep didn’t rework its own ideas is just incorrect. It’s a wholesale rip off of Amy’s story, down to the TARDIS body scan. Maybe it will play out…[Read more]

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Horses for courses and all that, and I’m glad you liked it.

I thought, genuinely, it was one of the worst DW eps I’ve seen.

No plot, no structure, exposition heavy dialogue, no tension, with some in your face social commentary thrown over the top. And that’s before we get to the premise, the creepy…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u @devilishrobby Whooo. This is all way over my head. 🙂 Yes I know I asked for it.

I read it all with interest but I have to admit, the concentration required to properly comprehend it is absent at the moment. I was aware that there were some inconsistencies in Who chronology but, I assumed, nothing too ruinous – then Chibz…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u you’re are indeed right that the 12 regeneration rule was created as cannon in the Deadly Assassin but that particular bit of cannon was partially broken by the 5 Doctors special episode when it was hinted/stated that Timelords from the ancient times like Rassilon were potentially immortal obviously implying that sone Timelords could h…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u I get a bit hazy on Doctor history. Was it Chibs who screwed around with the backstory or did someone in oldWho suggest that there had been a Doctor(s) before One?

@ps1l0v3y0u Did Clara’s Tardis have a stuck chameleon circuit too? I know that last sight we had of it, was as the diner, but that may have been just director’s shorthand to make it clear to us which Tardis it was (or, in-universe, because it hadn’t landed somewhere else yet so the chameleon circuit hadn’t operated to reconfigure itself).…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u Umm yes, I thought the lighthouse was going to turn out to be Ruth’s Tardis. Can a Tardis disguise itself inside as well? I guess the writers wanted to have something to dig up. But an American Diner would have been too big to easily bury. But then, continuity-wise, an American Diner would have been just as ‘wrong’ as a police box.

@ps1l0v3y0u Oh, and you mentioned the Lady Doctor. I have no problems with a lady doctor, or a black one, it’s perfectly explained by regeneration. My practical problem is that I just can’t see any trace of Doctor-ishness in Whittaker’s portrayal. Also, “fam”. And “I’m the Doctor. Sorting out fair play throughout the universe.”…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u Well I skipped Woman who Fell to Earth this time round. I get uncomfortable when the interior of the Tardis goes up in flames for no apparent reason (as it did when Eleven arrived, also). But that was just a minor point. And cobbling up a Sonic Screwdriver with gas welding gear in a garage – seriously? The fact it looks like…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @ps1l0v3y0u The only thing I really remember about Skyfall is that one of the main characters had the same name as my mister which made me very happy. I was so happy every time they said his name, my own little Doctor Who connection. Maybe I should rewatch, there must have been more happening.

Stay safe

@ps1l0v3y0u Well I remember Spyfall as being, on the whole, one of the better episodes of the series (not that the standard was very high). BUT I seem to remember cringing when Noor Inayat Khan was brought into it, I get uneasy when real people** are represented (and inevitably misrepresented) in fiction. And the other thing I disliked was…[Read more]

@janetteb @ps1l0v3y0u I too missed the Baker years (both Bakers!) so I really can’t comment on them. (I’m very slowly nudging back into oldWho territory from the back end, so to speak, i.e. Seven’s last season.) Colin Baker does (from what little I’ve seen) appear to be an abrasive character, though he was okay in the Five-ish Doctors.…[Read more]

@winston. glad to hear you are recovering. Do take it easy and make the most of the rest. It is a wonderful opportunity to read and watch things. (and eat pizza 🙂 even listen to some podcasts.

& @dentarthurdent and @ps1l0v3y0u (see if I get it right this time..) and @dwnerdfrommars

I had stopped watching Dr Who by the Baker2 years and feel…[Read more]

@dwnerdfrommars Thank you for the well wishes. I am doing Ok although I don’t like sitting or lying around all the time. I feel like Jabba the Hut lying around waiting for someone to come feed me. Maybe they will bring me a pizza with pineapple on it. (I love it)

I do agree with you and @ps1l0v3y0u about the 6th Doctor. The silly costume didn’t…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u Oh the music of the 70s, the ridiculous and the sublime.  I think if you can’t be traditionally good then you better be strange or interesting.

My younger sister loved the Bay City Rollers as only a 12 year could and her bedroom here in Canada had more tartan than a Highland Games.

Mind you I can’t say anything because at 12 I was…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u If you listen to the stacked vocal harmonies, overdubbed by Karen and Richard and sung perfectly in tune, that’s a result of Richard’s vocal arrangements. It was as characteristic of their sound as Karen’s solo voice. And, because I have hearing loss that started in childhood, I think those vocal harmonies were part of their appeal to…[Read more]

@nerys  @ps1l0v3y0u @dwnerdfrommars

When I was growing up in the 70s I listened to the Carpenters and I think Karen had a beautiful mellow voice and could sing anything and everything. They were not popular with my Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Alice Cooper loving friends because they were far too cool for “silly love songs” but they didn’t know…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u That ‘browser history’ has been a running joke ever since The Eleventh Hour, when the Doc advised the helpful Jeff to delete his Internet history. I have to say, I know the feeling.

Twice Upon a Time was a big lightening-up from The Doctor Falls. In fact, as the Doctor said, “It isn’t an evil plan. I don’t know what to do…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u From memory, I think Twelve rather hastily cut in before Bill could, err, bring One up to date with the 21st century…

Actually, checking the transcript, I was wrong, that was some time before Bill appeared. But there were several moments where I thought Bill was going to read the riot act to One. Evidently One’s travels…[Read more]