Thank you all for nominations received so far.

@Craig – for someone who is busy, you had a surprisingly adept catalogue of stories nominated. 😉 Glad to hear the light at the end of the tunnel is approaching.

@janetteB – Absolutely vote for a choice. Last month, @JimTheFish asked the same thing, as Pertwee isn’t his favourite. But, you never…[Read more]

@Whisht   “Floridity” is so a word! And I completely agree that I tend to prefer more intimate stories to the “skies full of Daleks” kind (although those can be fun once in a while). And I love the idea that the Doctor could spend more time helping just one person (or perhaps one group of people) rather than saving worlds and being the Oncoming…[Read more]

@MonochromeDimension – hmm, still sounds like a lot of colour.

and I mean a LOT of colour.

@ScaryB – yep, hope we’re right. I’m guessing budgets will have been scrutinised, so hopefully fewer “squillions” (great word!) and just select quality moments that are enhanced by vfx (rather than just eye candy).

One plot device I’d like is for the…[Read more]

Well, I valiantly watched the original in all its wobbly glory – then rewatched with the Special Edition.

@Phaseshift – Anat’s the leader, yeah, but I did wonder about her passing the newspaper to Shura. Was it that she wanted to keep her eyes on the Doctor, or was it that she can’t read? I can certainly imagine Daleks only allowing humans to…[Read more]

Hi @scaryB

Is life a little less hectic at the moment?

I really enjoyed ReGenesis. It was a Canadian show with about 4 seasons. The first two are excellent, the last two slightly less so because the support cast got buggered about a bit forcing some last minute changes. It’s quite like a modern Doomwatch in certain regards, really well produced.…[Read more]

@ScaryB – Thanks. And yes I like the new pic of him, I am hoping he will have some similarity to Hartnell’s Doctor. But I am trying to not get too hyped up about season 8… still got a few months to go yet.

@ScaryB

My personal bet? Yes, Philip Morris found some other episodes. But the condition was such that they’re being carefully pulled apart with tweezers and no-one knows if they’ll ever be restorable.

@ScaryB. I didn’t know there was to be a follow up to Adventure in Space and Time. I think I must have missed an announcement. I am thrilled to hear that though as I really enjoyed Part 1?

Cheers

Janette

I was determined to catch up before we launch into the last episode. I can’t really do much but echo others here though.

The Karkus is really camp as@wolfweed suggests, but I’m also sure that wolfweed would agree that does reflect a certain campness in US comics in the 60s that was in vogue (the superheroes were “swinging” along with bits of…[Read more]

@ScaryB @TheKrynoidMan   My son went through a Kinks phase about a year ago, and we listened to a lot of them while I shared trivia. When I told him the stories about the coke reference (and the Apeman thing, which I still think is just bizarre, because I certainly never heard anything wrong with that line!) what caught his attention and puzzled…[Read more]

I’ve fallen behind again, sorry! Couldn’t agree more with @ScaryB and @purofilion‘s thoughts on the amazing stuff to be found here. So lots of posts to follow.

@PhaseShift  Educated again. I was so puzzled by those Frank Skinner clips, because he talked about the ukulele but seemed to be playing a banjo! So upon looking him up, I learned about th…[Read more]

@ScaryB You’re right, in fact Ray Davies had to fly back to England in the middle of an American tour just to change that one line. The same thing happened again to the song Apeman because when he sang “a-foggin’ up my eyes” it sound like something else.

Btw, they didn’t change Coca-Cola because it was offensive, they changed it because the BBC…[Read more]

@toinfinityandbeyond @Whisht

Yes – great to see it back. I’ve seen the first episode, and it looks interesting for the second series. I’ll mention @ScaryB (in case RL is still hectic) as she was following it as well.

The G has an article with Maslany talking about playing the various clones…[Read more]

Finally grabbed half an hour to watch this, great stuff. I really love the way that the second Doctor shuttles back and forth between hand-wringing anxiety when he’s not in control of the situation, and serious gravitas when his intellect is engaged. That says a great deal about this doctor’s character, I think. He is at his most confident, ele…[Read more]

@FaeGrl  @purofilion @ScaryB

I’m pretty sure there are at least a thousand Hallelujah’s, as a couple of years ago they must have played them all on the CBC. I actually got fairly tired of the song after about a week of it. But like @ScaryB, my favourite version is kd lang’s, and my favourite version of her version is the one she did at the…[Read more]

The contents of this are really well covered above, and I’ll agree with lots of what is said. The Medusa is very effective (and presenting it as a stone being itself really imaginative).

Troughton is one top form again. I love the scene between him and Zoe as he confesses that yes, he got Jamie’s face wrong the first time. That competitive str…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Hey – I hope you’re not describing someone from Yorkshire as Southern!? 😉

Good to see you. I spent the first part of week anticipating travel with numerous “this is not your time” moments (with hilarious visits to airport), and then did a mad dash in aid of “jet-lagging fury” towards the end.

I feel like I’m in that in-between…[Read more]

As we discussed on the News thread (ta, @blenkinsopthebrave and @scaryB), we have opened a new thread for speculation on Series 8. So if you’ve got any theories on what may form the shape of the next phase in the life of the Doctor, a wishlist of thingz you’d like to see, or an unlikely theory on loose ends from Clara’s storyline, let us…[Read more]