@ScaryB Re the new copyright line, I don’t know if you suggested it or not, but it’s been in my mind and something which I’ve been meaning to add for a while.

@Bluesqueakpip It’s no whiter than the white background was before. But there is a bit more white than before because of the removal of the grey sides. I’ll have a think. And look into…[Read more]

@Shazzbot and @ScaryB Thanks.

@PhaseShift I’m glad you didn’t finish that quote! I wasn’t keen on Key Master, and wanted something Doctor related for Mods as well. At first I plumped for Master and Doctor, but Doctor didn’t look right under your pic, so Time Lord and Lord President it is, unless you have a better idea?

@ScaryB

A curmudgeon (yes I checked the definition) is what I try to avoid being (sorry can’t help it – this form of ARSE seems to have crept up on me with age), but it isn’t how I see D10 at all. I thought this

The Tennant Doctor’s path was one of starting out thinking that the Time War was over, finished with, done. He could get on with his…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip @ScaryB @Shazzbot

Excellent analysis, which rings very true for me. However, for me there is a different question at work here.

but at one point both Freema Agyeman and David Tennant said that the Doctor didn’t realise. Because if he had, his behaviour in The Shakespeare Code would have been very, very cruel.

I have little…[Read more]

@ScaryB, @BlueSqueakPip, @JimTheFish, @PhaseShift, @MiaPatrick
Loving all the sci-fi/fantasy on TV at the moment!

Agents of SHIELD is fairly amusing family viewing but it hasn’t really enamoured itself too me yet. Seems a bit too “American” if you know what I mean. All glossy hair-styles and cheesey dialogue. I’m hoping it rises above itself and…[Read more]

@Miapatrick and @ScaryB – yes, I’m still happy to watch Agents of Shield develop. I think a lot of people are expecting Buffy, and are surprised that they’ve got Toy Story instead.

He’s already had two members of his rep company on board; Clark Gregg was in his Much Ado About Nothing as Leonatus and J August Richards was playing Mike in Pilot.…[Read more]

@Shazzbot @ScaryB @craig

Trouble with the east end is it starts to require multiple travel changes for those not already in east London (even more of a pain when trying to get home).

How about the Admiral Horniman at Hay’s Galleria (near HMS Belfast) – bit, but you can spill outside into a covered area, and river frontage. On Thameslink and the…[Read more]

hey – thanks @scaryb, its rather nice to know my monster raised a smile! or frown…

and I’ve been remiss with the music (so many others doing the good work over there!).

btw another ‘outdoor’ pub in Southwark (ie near London Bridge and therefore Jubilee line) is The George Inn. On Fridays its packed (as are all the pubs in that area with after…[Read more]

@ScaryB – the snack bars are generally okay, but yeah – the usual recommendation if you’re a stranger to the area is to get on the DLR and head elsewhere. It’s not that there aren’t great places to eat cheaply; it’s just that it’s very easy for a tourist to find themselves in parts of Canning Town and Custom House which are a tiny bit too…[Read more]

@ScaryB – everything will be pretty busy around the Excel on a Friday night due to the office workers on Canary Wharf.

The Anchor is walking distance from Waterloo, Southwark or London Bridge on the Jubilee, is fairly easy to spot and is also in a sort of huddle of various restaurants. I eat at the nearby Nando’s quite a lot. 🙂

Then there’s…[Read more]

@ScaryB Thanks but it wasn’t quite there yet.

@Shazzbot @Bluesqueakpip Can you try your posts again with the same copying and pasting? I’ve applied another couple of parameters to my fix.

@Shazzbot @Bluesqueakpip @ScaryB

Well, I tried many possible fixes last night for the pasting issue and none of them worked. Then I woke up this morning with a moment of inspiration, and the solution was incredibly simple.

I think the pasting problem is now fixed. Phew!

Let me know if you find that it isn’t.

@ScaryB – I think the idea that Clara is in fact the Doctor’s daughter – via River – is a good one. Let’s add ‘the Doctor’s daughter, adopted for her own safety by his granddaughter Susan’. That’s both nicely bonkers and explains a lot about Clara and her Mum.

It would also make Clara her own Great-Aunt-by-adoption; not quite as good as ‘I’m my…[Read more]

@DanMartinUK , and also @Shazzbot @ScaryB @Blenkinsopthebrave et al

I’m quite happy for the forum to feature on Buzzfeed (although slightly wary of the strain it may place on the server if we get a lot of visits 😕 )

As far as I’m concerned each member is the owner/copyright holder of their own posts and the site has no rights in them at all. So…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip @ScaryB @JimTheFish

It’s interesting that more footage has been filmed for the trailer. No real spoilers here (because I have no details) other than there are prequel bits supposedly being filmed which they probably did when the gang got back together for the Christmas special filming.

I guess they wanted a narrative framing for…[Read more]

@ScaryB – yeah, it’s normal to put the trailer together from existing footage. However, if they’re really super-keen to keep details hidden, they might film a ‘prequel’ trailer. It would be considerably easier to film that during the filming of the 50th, so I’d guess that they did the post production for the 50th first, then started working on the…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Yup. Numberless times on the DVD commentaries, there is a succession of Doctor Who producers complaining bitterly about the BBC trailers. @FatManInABox may be right that programme producers can say what they don’t want in – the constant complaints suggest that the Marketing Dept (or whatever they’re called this month – I think it’s…[Read more]

thanks @scaryb

@ScaryB

That’s weird, that’s my development site where I’m working on a new version of the site. Could you PM me one of the emails please?

Many thanks.

@ScaryB @Bluesqueakpip

I didn’t know Day of the Daleks was one of SMs favourites, but I can understand why. For a show based on time travel, there are relatively few stories that delve into that territory in […]