@ps1l0v3y0u I must admit that my memory of the episodes from Chibnall’s reign are a little hazy, having only watched them once so far. I think Spyfall struck me at the time as an improvement on previous eps, but I wouldn’t want to put it stronger than that without rewatching. I can understand your reservations about Noor Inayat Khan (or any other…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u    Well I’m a Southern Railway fan primarily (I grew up in LSWR territory) but I think Gresley certainly had the best-looking of all modern locomotives. (It’s great to see that a P2 is being built btw). I acknowledge Churchard’s lead in e.g long-travel valves but (IMO) Churchward having made great advances, his successors were reluctan…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u I deduce that you’re some sort of historian or history fan. 🙂 I’m not really, except in a few specific areas.

Take any subject, like, say, sailing ships, or the English Civil War, and what the average member of the public (including me) ‘knows’ probably amounts to about half a paragraph. Usually it boils down to just a few anecdotes.…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u Well the classic mythical figure has to be King Arthur, I guess. Based on (presumably) some ancient chieftain. But the most mythologised-about has to be Cleopatra whose existence is very throughly documented. It’s fun to play with historical figures, but ideally it should dovetail in to known history and not do violence to it. So for…[Read more]

<span class=”useratname”>@ps1l0v3y0u</span>   Hi,  I can’t really comment on most of that since I’m essentially a nuWho fan.   I have watched the last few of Seven and Ace’s episodes on DVD, and I know all the old Doctors, but that’s about it.

I’m okay with such concepts as travelling to ‘the end of Time’, but I just find that – dramatically – th…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u   I agree with most of what you say. And specifically re Kill the Moon/Forest of the Night. Robot of Sherwood had big problems with the golden arrow (as far as I’m concerned) but it was light-hearted enough I could overlook that.

However I think any show has to be internally self-consistent, and that has to come from the showrunner a…[Read more]