Sorry for delay.

I don’t know an email address, but if people are interested, it’s simply BBC RADIO 4 EXTRA

on you computer. They even have episodes of Doctor who (Tom Baker and Colin Baker) as a play, not visual.

Whatever your taste, you’ll find it there as I mentioned on a recent post – which people must a have missed or aren’t…[Read more]

We should send a request.  Please bring back Blake’s Seven – or rather re-make Blake’s Seven.

Missy

@seeoswald

Like I said, repeating myself for some reason…

You might consider not doing that.

Puro

Try some maths.

Eleven episodes of 42 minutes plus one of 60 minutes: 524 minutes to be written, shot, edited and SX put in.

Nine episodes of 50 minutes plus one of 60 minutes: 510 minutes. People are wailing and gnashing their teeth over a loss of fourteen whole minutes of Doctor Who. Why, that’s nearly half one of the older…[Read more]

It doesn’t matter how much work it is,

Let me guess: you don’t work in TV either.

Thumbs up for that, I should love to watch an updated version.

@bluffme

I had a look for this. For a start it should be 12 episodes a year. Split it up? The man is bonkers!

He should try not hogging the writing, like RTD (although he was fun to watch) and giving more writers a chance as Steven Moffat did.

I did read that he was…[Read more]

Yes I do and enjoyed it. Unfortunately I watched some on YT and found it to be rather dated.

Blake’s 7 was a favourite of mine.

Missy

It’s called clever. And I’ve been here- regularly for about 5 yrs now, so…you know….read the posts. But you won’t.

Also you’re my age (when my son isn’t me) which makes some of what you write a little ‘weird’ for one so ‘mature.’

@pedant agreed. The show was terrific to me too  @bluffme any dismay was totally understandable but…[Read more]

So it’s interesting that you say that because broadly the consensus seems to be that the series has improved in the…[Read more]

Me. too — I was happily reminded of a bunch of lurid “historical” movies of my childhood, and I found poor Robin’s uncertainty…[Read more]

You’re back. Personally, I’m SO glad that there are SO many people who are clever, who are thinkers, who are thoughtful who like this new series.

Things change honey-bunch. And that’s a good thing.

If you hate it, sweet. More for me to like. As for tweets, the people you like do it: Capaldi, Moffat …. even Whedon. I forget, you m…[Read more]

It’s nice to see you are the same trolling halfwit you were three years ago, the last time your witless trolling got you into a lather while everyone else pointed and laughed.

I think the above is a hint. *grins*

All of the intros are good, at least i think so.

Blink? One of my favourites. However, the best one for me was Heaven Sent.  Superb and imaginative writing, excellent acting – which would have been quite a challenge – sets and directing all superb. Both of course were by Steven Moffat.  Ohh, and o…[Read more]

Isnt that Karen Gillan – your avatar? I am assuming you are on the level. The reason for my doubt, is that you are actually criticising the programme?  Very unusual on this forum.

I cannot say Rubbish, because I haven’t watched any of the episodes, because I don’t like Jodie Whitaker or a female Doctor. However I had to smile because…[Read more]

Anyone wanna bet?  I do wish this Underbridge would toddle off now to eat a goat or two, because my stomach is hurting from laughing.  This “forus” has had such funny use lately that I’m sorry to have missed the fun as it rollicked along like a dumb ol’ ‘merican hayness ride…[Read more]

As for the quality of the scripts, “eye of the beholder” and all. And Eccleston? We’ll agree to disagree.

No, you listen to yourself. This is utter tripe you’re talking here.

I think I’ve got a pretty strong grasp on the Scottish culture and mindset, and, a few jokes aside, it absolutely does not manifest itself in Who. No more than RTD’s Welshness did when he was showrunner. This really is an idiotic argument. Sure, a writer’s…[Read more]

It pleases me greatly that Steven Moffatt, Peter Capaldi and Michelle Gomez hail from my part of the world but that doesn’t mean that there’s remotely any kind ‘Scottish influence’ in Who currently. Just that several key members of the crew…[Read more]

You haven’t actually watched the show, have you?

I’ve been trying to give up engaging with the trolls, but I’ll fall off the wagon just this once.

But this…

Americans are not funny and rarely clever and of course if there is anything truly good on US TV it lasts 1 or 2 seasons and gets canned because it’s to clever for the viewing public.]

Except of course Buffy, Angel, B…[Read more]

Sorry, but this is not a comment about the writing of the text ‘Doctor Who’.

As a helpful hint: you can identify the writing (if you don’t happen to have a script to hand) by listening to what the actors say (while in character) and by paying attention to the setting and action within a scene.

Anything about the cultural…[Read more]

see, the thing is just making those kind of broad, unsupported opinions just isn’t what happens here.

If you think the writing is poorer this year, then spell out, with examples, why you think so. That way, people can engage with you, offer counter arguments or perhaps even be won over to your way of thinking. You could then, for…[Read more]