@ScaryB – ah, thank you for the link. i agree with that assessment. i also believe that the trenzalore affair is now a “closed timeloop” sort of situation, in the same way that most of the events in ‘journey to the centre of the tardis’ happened, then were un-happened (i feel so sorry for any non-native english speakers who might be trying to…[Read more]

@Whisht    Missy is the SS Madame de Pompadour.   Score! This is brilliant.

@wolfweed    It started with a phone call. It ended with a phone call…   That is rather lovely.

I read your links regarding “the kiss” with interesting, particularly some of the embedded tweets. This one gave me a good laugh (not that it reflects my view of the episode…[Read more]

Wow, that took a while to catch up on messages since my last post!

First of all, thanks to @pedant for helping me understand why Clara found the Doctor’s new look so hard to take

Clara isn’t a Claricle, she is Clara

Secondly, I half re-watched the episode again while reading through the email alerts from this forum and I made sure I listened r…[Read more]

@Serahni – holy crap! your clara theory fits, especially if we consider that she‘s been chameleon arched, to protect her identity (by her mother and/or father)! perhaps someone else has thought of that, too, i don’t remember? but, gallifrey coming back through the clock tower on trenzalore, or clara learning of her timelord heritage via big ben……[Read more]

I think the ‘face thing’ is probably about saving/ not saving people (sounds reasonable).

Perhaps Missy will force him to do something dark (eg allow Clara to die) in order to do the right thing.

ie allowing ‘Clara’ to save him (as the Claricles have saved previous Doctors).
(ah @ScaryB – glad you’re feeling better and I hadn’t thought that the…[Read more]

@ScaryB    Yes, that is the question regarding Torchwood. I wondered about that as well. Obviously, Torchwood exists in the Whoniverse. But I imagine that Moffat and Co. would be wary of too much specific referencing of a show that not all Who-watchers have seen. We all know Captain Jack, so if he shows up in an episode with some of his To…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip I would hate if they would take the easy way out. What a letdown that would be. And it is supposed to be the only thing that remained from the TARDIS exploding. Moffat can do better than this.

I AM getting positively EXCITED though! FINALLY new input in the Whoniverse. And hopefully the explanation how Capaldi could have played…[Read more]

@JimTheFish

@ScaryB is hopefully being very busy at the Edinburgh Festival, which is running until the 25th August.

@Arbutus

Ha! PC? Blenkinsop? As I said to (the future) Mrs Blenkinsop: “Expect the unexpected!”

@ScaryB

You did see what I was doing up there, didn’t you?

PS. Love the new Sil avatar!

@ScaryB  – yes, hurrah – happy to be back 🙂

The question is – what sort of biscuit-crumbs should I be sprinkling on the sofa now?

Which kind will Capaldi-Doctor prefer? He seems like a garibaldi kind of Time Lord to me – “Would you like a squashed fly biscuit?” <snarky eyeroll at villain of the week>

But, if he is in fact the Valeyard, then…[Read more]

@whisht

If you, or anyone with twitter, wouldn’t mind seeking his opinion, it may be useful. It’s the one “with more him” (Varos) in it, or one of the other ones, if that’s any help for the character count on twitter.

@arbutus

Noted, and you have broken the deadlock at this point. I owe you a beer.

@Bluesqueakpip

An anti-vote is noted, bu…[Read more]

Gosh – so far it’s a draw on the Colin Baker Episode. So I’m going to ask very kindly for anyone who hasn’t voted to throw an opinion in to avoid the inevitable tie break situation.

I haven’t cast a vote yet, and I’m afraid that if I do it will, sadly, involve me selecting the story I least object to watching. This is not a good position to be…[Read more]

Well done @ScaryB. I hope that @Craig receives his well earned tickets.

I really hope there is not a screening in Adelaide. I don’t want to have to make a choice between treking to the city to the cinema or enjoying the comforts of home viewing.

Cheers

Janette

We’ve got this week for anyone interested to vote for a Story to get up close and personal with Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor. We’ll close it on Saturday.

A recap of votes, so far:

Story (Episodes)
Votes

Vengeance on Varos (2x50minute)
@JimTheFish, @Bluesqueakpip, @FatManInaBox, @ScaryB

Mark of the Rani (2x50minute)
@Blenkinsopthebrave,…[Read more]

@ScaryB demonstrates her aggressive reporting skills to @Craig

@blenkinsopthebrave @JimTheFish @Bluesqueakpip @Whisht @purofilion @janetteB

Thanks to all. The wonderful @ScaryB put on her promoter’s hat and called the BFI Press Department. They pass all press requests on to the BBC, and press are only told if their request has been successful a week before the screening. So we shall wait and see. Fingers crossed.

@ScaryB and @Craig – I’ve already entered the ballot, but I agree entirely that our Emperor should have played the ‘don’t you know who I AM?’ card. 🙂

I applied for two tickets – and will need a +1 if I get lucky.

@Craig

I second @Juniperfish and @ScaryB wholeheartedly. Crikey, in a perfect world, they should be inviting you to the screening.

Of course, we are a polite forum, that believes in tolerance, diversity, civility and protection against spoilers, but, well, if they do not respond, then, in the words of Arnold Rimmer:

Call it extreme if you like,…

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@ScaryB I’ve already entered the ballot. I considered phoning them up and saying “I run The Doctor Who Forum”, @Juniperfish said I should do more of that sort of thing, but chickened out and just filled out the form.

Are we big enough for me to do that yet? I don’t know.

Anyway, if I get tickets I’ll need a +1, and if anyone else gets tickets…[Read more]

@fatmaninabox

I hadn’t noticed those repeats, but I have the DVDs so that’s OK. Just to echo you though, with Pick being on Freeview, it’s an excellent chance to sample Farscape (although to be fair – people may be as confused as hell jumping in at this point).

Is this really going to be your first taste of Six? We really have to get this on…[Read more]