@nerys

I agree with you that there’s a lot the resonates with this episode, especially on a second viewing. Everything about it is about being fake, nothing is what it seems. Even the Doctor (at the start). Even Bill’s memory of her mother isn’t what it seems. It’s her fantasy of her mum (albeit enabled by the photos the Doctor took). Much like…[Read more]

@Wolfweed –

“Funny to think that a being which looks like a big green Theresa May is now an asylum seeker”

and

“My bonkers theory is that the Doctor is pregnant with Missy’s baby…”

Now I’ve got wine spluttered all over my screen! 😯  🙂

On the last one – there’s definitely that sort of a look in the photo. (Love the steampunky look of the D…[Read more]

For info – anyone in Edinburgh this August might want to check out this show (14-26 Aug) – a 3 hander, written by Minister of Chance writer Dan Freeman, with performers including SYLVESTER McCOY!!

https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/joke

(Not a joke… well it is, as in A Joke is the title! 😛  )

I enjoyed that much more than I was expecting to, a fun one, and well realised I thought. I liked it. Lots of little digs at colonialism (eg Empress of Mars v Victoria’s title of Empress of India, Bill’s LOOK on hearing the ice warrior called Man Friday and realising he was in such a subserviant position (much like the dalek in V for Victory (also…[Read more]

@Fatmaninabox

“The scare room”

LOL – sounds like my kinda place (and also sounds very familiar (come and do mine too if you like 😉 ))

@Wolfweed You are the king of memes and interweb pics!! 🙂

Great posts (as always), Thanks @Whisht, @toinfinityandbepond, @phaseshift, @Craig, @Wolfweed and all. @Pedant – you have great taste! Thea Gilmore is fab.

Bit hard to get away from politics in the UK this week, but I don’t really need an excuse for The The, haha. Love this –

I can completely forgive the Monks their flaws for enabling the internet to come up with this (thanks to Twitter) –

“Thanks to our friends, the Monks, I can now form a strong and stable government!”

@Thane15 – Aw, that’s so lovely, thank you. And I completely second your thoughts to @FatManinabox.

@FatManInAbox – Heehee, still some glitter there, huh? No IDEA where that could’ve come from 😉

@Wolfweed – LOVE the Weclome mat, and a picture of a squishy MEEEE (and my Doctor)! Thank you.

@Pedant (you have no idea how much that made me…[Read more]

12’s coming up a lot this series.

12 Monks

Section 12 (Oxygen) (and at least 1 more that I’ve forgotten).

The go to “random” number for this series, an in-house wee joke, or something else?

Some quick thoughts, as it’s late! Overall I liked lots of it a lot, but not as much as the previous 2,  particularly Extremis (which I really liked). My problem with it was much as @JimtheFish (and others) have pointed out – that the Monks were just a bit vague in what they wanted, after their set up as near omniscient beings, with their…[Read more]

*Waves to @Blenkinsopthebrave and @JanetteB *

Thanks for the welcome. Good to see you too. (And relieved to hear @fatmaninabox manged to drag his head out from the innards of the sofa before I sat down! (I’ve been more under the sofa than behind it for most of this series)).

Done a little bit of dipping in to threads – the theories are as…[Read more]

Thanks as ever to @Wolfweed for all the brilliant spots and research. Ringtone, eh? I completely missed that. And how sad about Moffat’s mum. As @Blenkinsopthebrave mentioned, it’s later that it hits.

I liked this episode, while recognising its weaknesses, especially the frankly rather pathetic attempts at taking on the pyramid with a plane and a…[Read more]

Wow!

This place is looking very spruce 🙂

I’ve missed you all – been stuck in a big alternative universe of RL for far too long! Mega thanks to @Craig, @JimtheFish, @Wolfweed and @Pedant in particular for dragging me back!

Absolutely loving this series, Capaldi’s knocking it out the park (hope you’re more convinced now, @Bluesqueakpip (but…[Read more]

Happy timey wimey New Year everyone (in the past now for Australian fans, very close for us in UK, and future for Canadians and US peeps)

And happy birthday to The Doctor Who Forum – we are 3!! We started on 31-12-12 with about 30 members – now look at the state of us! Thanks as ever to the mighty @Craig for setting it up and to everyone for…[Read more]

Hurray!

Only came across these episodes by accident- and now there’s a board to comment on as well 🙂

Agree with @Bluesqueakpip (love the Christmas party avatar btw 🙂 ) – it’s fun. And interesting in light of some of the criticisms levelled at AG Who – the Doctor needing companions (and one with a story), the Doctor arriving on a random…[Read more]

Some lovely posts, still working through all of them!

Agree with @Winston that River doesn’t really notice that the Doctor has a different face – she sees under that. Likewise the Doctor doesn’t particularly notice superficial changes in his companions – he vaguely notices River’s done something with her hair, and comments about Clara’s…[Read more]

Happy Christmas everyone

Waves, especially @Blenkinsopthebrave, @JanetteB (Technical glitches, rips in the space time continuum, being kidnapped by space gremlins… you know how it goes! Usual everyday timey wimey stuff!)

@XAD4 Thanks so much for the Dr Puppet Silent Night – rather great