@Rob Don’t worry, I didn’t think you were implying he was a troll. I’m still smarting a bit from the reaction some members took to him, which is why I mentioned it. I was really replying to everyone, not just you. I do completely agree with you.

We’ve had an interesting couple of weeks as Mods, and my personal life has been a bit difficult…[Read more]

Would anyone be interested in reading a fanfiction cross over of dr who and Buffy where one of the characters of Buffy turns out to be a future version of the doctor and can’t remember because of the chameleon arch.

also which character should it be? And why? I have one in mind but would love love love it if I had some opinions especially @Time…[Read more]

@ScaryB

There are some advantages to having grown up with the show in the 60s – it’s easier to overlook the occasional mis-step in monster design when the sub-text and characterisation was so strong.

How true! And to be fair, Mr. Sweet was certainly better executed than a number of famous missteps from Who History. As @Bluesqueakpip pointed o…[Read more]

@FatManInaBox

Happy birthday whippersnapper 🙂

@ScaryB

Coffee,  coffee did someone say coffee,  strong, loads of moo juice please

And now for something completely different

A serious point regarding moderation. These are my opinions and not necessarily correct 🙂

Long theories should be posted in a blog, not on the boards as a wall of text i…[Read more]

@Whisht @MartyB @Purofilion @Timeloop @gctv @ScaryB
I thought this would be a better place to respond as we have definitely gone off topic! I hope that I have tagged everyone who has been part of this discussion.
@MartyB
Your “cuckoo in the nest” idea is interesting, I hadn’t looked at those episodes in that light. For me, my problems with “Let’s…[Read more]

@Timeloop I had no idea the River Arc was disliked I loved it. Was that why they seemed to close her storyline off so soon? I might be wrong but I seem to remember it just fizzling out and their entire love affair was condensed across a few scenes by the end. Did he ever give her that old screwdriver and notebook? It was fun trying to figure out…[Read more]

@MartyB Hopefully I am doing you a favor with this: Log out now and get to work! I promise we will still be here after the deadline. ò.ó

Please don’t take this the wrong way. ó.ò

@ScaryB @Arbutus

It is indeed a bit addictive AND swallows big chunks of time. This is the only place for me to discuss Doctor Who at all because it has no history wha…[Read more]

@ScaryB You are now a free woman again!

@MartyB  @ScaryB

Indeed. The Family Members have no more interest in Doctor Who than I have in listening to them talk about arduinos and “if” statements and other techie talk; we are different kinds of geek! They are vaguely aware that I follow the show, but that’s about it.

“Highly addictive”, no kidding. It was bad enough when I was only…[Read more]

@ScaryB

No, I made sure I watched “Night of the Doctor” and “The Last Day”, and they were excellent set-ups for the show.

I now have “An Adventure in Space and Time” with me, but I really am waiting for Mrs Blenkinsop to get home before watching that one. As I have said on this board–before I went missing in a pocket universe waiting for the…[Read more]

@ScaryB you raise some really good points there. I just watched Night of the Doctor again since my first viewing was on my phone at work (dont tell anyone!) and I like the tragedy that he is about to whisk Cas away in his big blue box only for her to fear him and rather die than run off with him.

I really like a lot of the discussion going on in…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Aw, shucks! <blenkinsop goes pink from embarrassment>

Well, I did not manage to escape every spoiler, but enough to be surprised and delighted when I watched it.

Will wait for Mrs Blenkinsop to come home from work to watch it again….Oh, well…maybe not.

@purofilion and @ScaryB – it was something that occurred to me when news of John Hurt’s casting leaked. Acting’s a notoriously superstitious profession, largely because it’s so chancy. Whether Hurt was an emergency fill-in for Eccleston or not, they may have used it to sidestep the whole ‘Thirteenth Doctor’ problem.

Because: the thirteenth actor…[Read more]

@ScaryB That was down to me. I was supposed to do it last weekend but ended up being rather busy.

Have rectified it now with @Wolfweed ‘s pic.

@ScaryB the TV movie has always been canon.

@ScaryB

I had never even heard of Grace Jones before this, I personally prefer rock 🙂 Of course, it’s good to broaden one’s horizon! That cover of La Vie en Rose is actually quite good, though I still prefer Édith Piaf’s original 🙂

@Whisht

It’s good if you like it, however, I get entirely confused when listening to either Bells 2 or that…[Read more]

entirely wrong for this time of night, but would hate for anyone to think that Springheel Jack just did ‘horrible’ music like Bells 2.

they also did this:

Hope you weren’t heading off to bed!

😉

oh and thanks @ScaryB – yes that pic was something I did a long long time ago in another life.…[Read more]

@ScaryB – [gasp]

never heard that version before! Trust Grace Jones to add the funk!!

brilliant! but darn – I’m now much too awake to go to bed!

🙂

@Timeloop Do it!

And that unofficial theme song really does fit, quite amazing 🙂

@ScaryB

… I’m at a loss of words, when I got up this morning I had no knowledge of the song Warm Leatherette, much less that there was something called leatherette (look how clever I’m becoming! ) and now I know 2 versions, I’m amazed!

What will be next? 🙂

@JimTheFish @ScaryB @all

I’ll leave nomination open on episodes as we aren’t in an immediate rush. If people can mention stuff on the Sofa it would be useful. I read everything, and note down stuff as we go, but I do sometimes miss the odd one (so apologies if I’ve not mentioned one you’ve mentioned before).

Time Meddler is available, but a run…[Read more]