@ScaryB When I made that joke about them knowing we were at the pub, I didn’t realise they were going to send @Craig press releases!

@craig – It’s a shame the Time Lord moniker for mods can’t be individual. I’d happily take up @ScaryB‘s suggestion of “Special Weapons”. 😀

@wolfweed – No point in giving it a second thought, as they’re probably selecting the next moniker to sign in as. I always enjoy the “faux offence” ones, as they storm away like a petulant teenager. They…[Read more]

@ScaryB

right place right time

There’s another Who character that does that, too.

@Shazzbot @ScaryB

This pretty much says it all (it’s not the model, it’s the implementation): http://xkcd.com/1283/

@ScaryB (and other Orphan Black watchers)

So, what did you think of the last episode? I only just noticed it was shown tonight, as this link went up on the Guardian.

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/nov/01/orphan-black-season-one-finale-recap-bbc-three

I thought it was great, with a lot of potential for the next…[Read more]

Summarising the bonkers theories for tomorrow’s rewatch.

• @Juniperfish came up with a theory that the GI may represent the ‘Dark Side’ of the Doctor’s character. That’s still a goer, I’d say, at least symbolically. The GI and Clara become the ‘bad and good angels’, so to speak, playing out the two sides of the Doctor within his…

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@ScaryB I thought a black header would be appropriate for a few days (but didn’t want to make a fuss). Also, it felt a bit like the stars had gone out. Thanks for your PM too, by the way.

@mini-HTPBDETS

Thanks for posting during this time. I have to say, as @ScaryB and @blenkinsopthebrave mentioned, there is some specific quotes in-show that work against the theory. Then again, the very title of that ep was The Name of the Doctor and that was read initially one way by most of us on here (@bluesqueakpip excepted) and then…[Read more]

Thanks, @scaryB, but the Radio 4 extra news gets better. That one is complete on the Saturday, and there is a new adventure each night that week with some full cast Big Finish stuff as well. The schedule is:

Sat 16th Nov: AudioGo “Doctor Who and the Daleks”
Sun 17th Nov: Protect and Survive. The Seventh Doctor with old companion Ace and audio com…[Read more]

@scaryB, @JimTheFish, @WhoHar, @shazzbot, @craig, @all,

The more I think about @HTPBDET‘s wonderful posts on this site, I am also reminded of his erudite and civilised contributions on the Guardian site. For that reason, I hope @DanMartinUK hears of his passing. While @HTPBDET‘s posts are easy for us to access and re-read, it would wonderful if…[Read more]

@ScaryB (got the “y” in this time, sorry)

@Wolfweed Nice screengrab – it’s really difficult to work it out, with the distortion on the globe, but it’s not Clara and it doesn’t look like SJ. And it does look a bit like CAF

But does it look like the actor who plays Susan in Adventures in Space and Time? Now that would be interesting and would p…[Read more]

@ScaryB – Yes – But did you ‘prise off’ a bit off the TARDIS?

Be thankful they didn’t abduct or retcon you when you brought up the hatstand!

Glad you had a good one.

@WhoHar –

Also if D10 alters the future then D11 wouldn’t need to go and find him (presumably) which means that D10 doesn’t then alter the future which means that D11 then does have to go and find him (presumably) etc. etc.

Then again, time isn’t a strict progression of cause and effect, is it?

Not in this show!  I think it depends on what t…[Read more]

@ScaryB – I think I’ll pop in tomorrow – I want to see if there’s any more artwork on display…

There won’t be any more secrets divulged unfortunately.

Bring us back a chunk of the TARDIS!

In fact, keep asking the guide where the hatstand is until they cave in and answer…….

@ScaryB and others in London – are we all going for the O2?

@ScaryB. re’ your comment about Dr Who appealing to all ages, last night I was talking to a ninety year old fan who clearly had very fond memories of rushing into the living room at 6.30 pm every week day with his family to watch it. That was after attending a totally unrelated meeting where yet again the discussion was hijacked by Dr Who. (I did…[Read more]

@ScaryB – No – I didn’t catch that. Sounds very interesting.

I’ve hung out in the Beano script dept. and it is the most desolate atmosphere on Earth. (The writers have probably taken a vow of silence so that they can think of new stories every week…)