@ScaryB, that’s exactly what I had in mind. I like the idea too, but I will be the first to admit that it isn’t airtight. I really have to watch The Girl Who Waited again!

@ScaryB I think she had to have been with Tennant  because she regonizes his face and says have we done this and this. I think all of the River Song that happened with Eleven was originally planned for Tennant but he left. If anyone is confused, I’t’s kinda like in 05 when everyone knew Eccleston regenerated from McGann even though we didn’t see…[Read more]

@Barnable   @Bluesqueakpip

I have read a bit about multiverse theory, because my Family Members are both interested in physics and talk about it all the time at the dinner table. I usually just smile and nod, and look things up later. 🙂 But my understanding of multiverse theory, which is apparently the latest and greatest thing that for some p…[Read more]

Waves back. @ScaryB

A welcome to you is also in order I believe. Thanks yes we had a lovely holdiay. Been busy since returning. I “lurk” rather than comment mostly these days, partly because I have not had time to catch up on all the discussions that have taken place since Christmas and don’t want to comment on a thread that I haven’t read…[Read more]

@ScaryB   Okay, yes, I think we were actually talking about two different things.  🙂  Because I was trying to figure out why the Doctor as Nine, Ten, and most of Eleven would not be able to remember these events, based on the line about the time streams being out of sync– which as you suggest is probably just technobabble for “get out of jail…[Read more]

@ScaryB   My only problem with this is that I thought that it had been stated pretty explicitly that the Doctor will not remember. That is, Eleven remembers it happening after the place in his timeline when it occurred, but that up until that point, he has had no recollection of it. This suggests that the only way for him to now remember it w…[Read more]

@ScaryB    Except that if the doctor does remember both versions, that would imply a completely rewritten timeline, in which the doctor’s behaviour would probably be quite different than it was. But there’s nothing (in The Time of the Doctor, at least) to indicate that the doctor now has a past that differs in any significant way from his first on…[Read more]

@ScaryB  –  Thanks for Drift Away! That album was huge in our house when it first came out, and I’ve always loved that song. I just can’t not sing along.

@FatManInABox  –   I remember “The Snake”! It must have gotten a lot of airplay here at some point, because it came right back to me as I listened. However, I had to look it up to figure out…[Read more]

@Serahni @ScaryB    Yes, knowing the Doctor and his lifestyle, I’m pretty sure those boots will be broken in in no time at all!  🙂

@Whisht   So glad you like the Perotin. Being a medievalist, I am a bit of a polyphony junkie! I am indeed familiar with the Sixteen, and was lucky enough to see them live when they came here (shockingly many years ago now!). Their Renaissance Christmas recording is one of my very favourites.

And thank you, thank you, both you and @ScaryB, for t…[Read more]

Wow, everyone’s been busy on here!

@FatManInABox    I Predict a Riot, hilarious!
@Serahni  Wow, some very intense selections. Definitely some melodious storytelling going on. Thanks for sharing them! (And I smiled to hear the Maroon 5 song, which is currently on my son’s playlist, which he regularly tests me on to see if I have learned all the…[Read more]

@ScaryB – you’re back! and you brought us Monkeys vs Donkeys! Well whatever would we have done without hearing that!
Remarkably it made me think of something to share (though no one will thank me).

Ok, to set the scene – back in mid-90’s I went along to an “Arts event” in London that I knew nothing about except that Otomo Yoshihide would be…[Read more]

@ScaryB – nice to see you around again. Hope the ‘missing in action’ is due to lots and lots of lovely paying work. 😀

@Whisht  @ScaryB    Ha!  😆

Well done on the Kinks link, I have a fondness for that song. Now you will laugh, because of the song that I had in mind to post last week (before I was sidelined by a completely uncalled for cold). For some reason, I have always associated this with David Tennant’s doctor, probably because he always seemed so mela…[Read more]

@Barnable     Nicely complex theorizing. I had to re-read a couple of times as the brain is only just back online after a week’s worth of nasty cold. I’m not sure it entirely works for me, but a great place for people to bounce new ideas from!

I like @FatManInABox‘s suggestion that the sentient part of the Moment might exist separately from the…[Read more]

😉 @scaryB – I think the words “Marvin Gaye”, “Let’s Get it On” and “lie down” are probably often in the same sentence…

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@ScaryB

What perfect timing! You have provided the coherent thoughts (to the same end I was hinting at) that I was lacking. I can now concentrate on the mulled wine front and centre!

@ScaryB @FatManInABox

Many thanks for the kind words re the blog!!

Interesting thoughts on the Daleks. Despite their place in the history of the show they have always been one of the enemies that I never really cared for! Give me the Cybermen any day of the week.

However I’ve recently decided to have another look at the Daleks and intend to…[Read more]

@ScaryB    Like @ConfusedPolarity, I definitely found Matt Smith too young to “crush” on, but for myself, I don’t need to find the doctor attractive in that way, and I loved his quirky alien approach to the part. I am, however, delighted that the doctor will once again be older than I am, although only just!  🙂

Regarding the prospect of a les…[Read more]

@ConfusedPolarity  While for the most part, I had no problem with the silliness, I love this sentence:  He was more Approaching Light Shower than Oncoming Storm.

Fully agree with your second point regarding alien rudeness (“brusqueness” is a good word as well). The ninth was also good at that, although due to the way his relationship with Rose w…[Read more]