@purofilion    Congrats on Queensland’s great election result. @ichabod   You Are Not Alone. Canada is of course still sitting in the anti-progressive waste bin, here’s hoping we can finally do something about it later in the year.

@ScaryB  I wish I could believe that the internet actually gets more people properly informed, but I suspect t…[Read more]

@craig – thanks for the link – always interested to watch anything written by Phillip K Dick

@ScaryB – Broadchurch hasn’t been aired on BBCAmerica yet- I think its still a while off

@ScaryB — I have one in the, er, pipeline. I’ll try and get to it once all the vampage is done and dusted (arf)….

@scaryb — I think I’ve said this before but my top 3 consoles are:

1. Smith v1

2. McGann

3. Hartnell

@ScaryB

12′s addition of books and blackboards adds a warmth and more lived-in feel, compared to when it was 11′s

Agreed. It always felt like the Smith Doctor actually lived in the pit beneath the console. I think they added a desk in a cubbyhole at one point.

But the books, blackboard and leather reading chair make it very clear that the Cap…[Read more]

@ScaryB — Well, everybody who’s worked with Peter Capaldi and commented about it where I could find their comment uses some form of the phrase “a sweet, kind, gentlemanly guy”, so I don’t think he ever really had much of a chance as a Punk Rocker.  Luckily for us, he made the right career choice . . . !

Thanks @ScaryB I know the song well 🙂 Seems so sweet and innocent doesn’t it – just right for me 🙂 xx

@ScaryB Brother Juniper – “Renowned jester of the Lord”? I love it!

Thanks for the spit roasting (oh no wait – that came out wrong) and the flagons of divine nectar!

Brother Juniper looks rather like Friar Tuck in the cartoon. I’ve always had a soft spot for Friar Tuck. And he would have approved heartily of roast pig and grog.

Our good…[Read more]

@ScaryB   You have made my day — this is so ridiculously charming — !

@ScaryB

Yes, I was using the list as a guide.

@purofilion

Although a change of editor rendered some of Iain M Bank’s later works borderline unreadable, you should definitely explore his early Culture novels Consider Phoebus,  A Player of Games, (Look To Windward is shockingly prophetic when you note the publication date and its dedication). L…[Read more]

When I’m away from home and try to sign in I get a message informing me that my account/this site has been net bot attacked and I should try again in a while.

Is this because on site my signal is slooooow (struggles for 3g) or another reason?

Or was it @ScaryB that actually broke the site …… hehehe

Anyway home for two whole days yippee…[Read more]

@ScaryB

I’m beginning to pine for lack of Dr Who on TV!

BBC3 on Fridays. This week it’s Into the Dalek at 7.15pm. Deep Breath should be on iPlayer.

Clearly BBC3 doesn’t think it’s too soon to do a Capaldi rewatch…

😈

@ScaryB

You’re just a curmudgeon  )

Guilty as charged, but in this case it really is just a personal preference thing.

Which Doctor Are You?

Hartnell. Who else?

@Phaseshift Otis Lee reinforces my notion that any country music lyric can be made much improved 🙂
@ScaryB I actually love lots of music – and don’t love lots of music – rock-jazz- blues -love
Chopin’s nocturnes and Vivaldi 4 seasons to led Zep to Koko Taylor, Ronettes Norah Jones Moby
Janis Joplin Astrid Giberto Tom Waits Sarah…[Read more]

A wonderful episode for a rewatch. I think it was @janetteB who suggested it, so good call her.

It’s actually a reminder that in Doctor Who, a bit of desperation could be the mother of invention. Last year we rewatched Mind Robber and City of Death, both which I think benefited from sparks of invention necessitated by production problems and l…[Read more]

Sorry for not posting earlier. My SO chose yesterday to upgrade my senescent laptop. I passed the time watching Edge of Destruction on another Laptop which currently has no internet access. (It is awaiting an upgrade.)

Like @Bluesqueakpip I was rather more interested in learning to crawl when this was originally shown. (also my parents had no TV…[Read more]

@scaryB and @Purofilion – the subtitles definitely say “I can’t take you back, Susan.”

Theorise away!

@All, and especially for their nominations @Bluesqueakpip @ScaryB @JanetteB @BarbaraLefty @Blenkinsopthebrave and others I may have missed.

Everything is still up in the air as to what to discuss over the coming weeks, and I haven’t had time to give it much thought – hopefully can now. Think I will now have more time on here, back into a routine,…[Read more]