The Doctor Who Forum | Silverman | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/silverman/activity/ Activity feed for Silverman. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:26:48 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 5b06d10049798fb24bc6e80d4a516b6f Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/6/#post-31068 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:24:36 +0000 @seranhi – ooh, good point! I’ve only watched Deep Breath once, and had completely forgotten about both of those! The coat thing wasn’t very nice, and I was shocked by the ‘there’s no point in him catching us both’, but it was such un-Doctor like behaviour that I’m assuming that it’s something that will be explained later in the series – like his…[Read more]

]]> 8148b8b0610501d0ebc18ee81f94116f Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/6/#post-31066 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:19:28 +0000 @seranhi – This incarnation of the Doctor must appear very different to the Clara knew – apologies if I got the wrong end of the stick with what you were saying. I would argue one thing though – I haven’t detected a streak of self-preservation in this Doctor. People who know the series of old may disagree, but I’ve always thought of the Doctor…[Read more]

]]> e128c42174a92ffb7f9440fe99741897 Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/5/#post-31023 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:07:34 +0000 @midnyt – ah, I see – you were referring to Clara merely being a plot-point who saves the Doctor, instead of a rounded person? I get your point about the slap showing her as a real person, albeit one with flaws. I know we all have them, but – bearing in mind the ‘look’ on  @thommck ‘s kids’ faces – there’s an issue somewhere here about role…[Read more]

]]> b955333acfbf8ad6633684f44db9a3eb Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/5/#post-31013 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:31:09 +0000 @midnyt – thanks for putting the text for the ‘slap’ argument down, as it helps put it into context. I can see now that feeling in very real danger of dying, and the Doctor almost loving it, because he was ‘proved right’ about Daleks, would be enough to push anyone to anger – especially as this incarnation is so much more ‘alien’ to her that…[Read more]

]]> d1caf441a005e6216dc176ce422c7bf4 Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/5/#post-30967 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 17:39:50 +0000 @pedant – you’re probably correct! I need to watch it again to be sure, although I don’t really disagree that the exchange ‘pre-slap’ was more than just a disagreement (bad phrasing on my part in the original post.) – I suppose I’m just disliking resorting to a physical response to solve a big argument.

I really liked Oswin, but wouldn’t have…[Read more]

]]> a3524a28a0ba0bc3eb00ee86d232cf5e Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/5/#post-30965 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:35:52 +0000 @pedant – mmm, I’m possibly out-of-my-depth arguing this point as I’ve only seen the ep once, so you probably have a point about the level of offence, although I’ve always thought of Clara as being intelligent enough to effectively berate or scold someone, rather than resorting to slapping.

However, on the point about the her having ‘been the…[Read more]

]]> c906432c539af3b77c866e078baa8796 Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/4/#post-30960 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:45:11 +0000 @phaseshift – nice ‘list of top slaps’. I’ve missed much of ‘slapgate’ on here, but when I was reading everyone’s comments, Jackie slapping Ecclestone’s Doc was the one that I was going to mention (mostly because I’ve just done an all-nighter and worked my way through series 1 and 2, so have seen it recently…). As slaps in Doctor Who go it…[Read more]

]]> 47588a8de9cb7da677d39e2c0ccdf01a Silverman's profile was updated https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/34676/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:53:59 +0000 0 9db6cdaf134ff71fee663330e25ea03e Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/3/#post-30871 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:48:01 +0000 @arbutus – thanks for listing the other Doctors’ characteristics. So do you see this incarnation as some sort of mixture of the previous 11/12? I’d heard comparisons with 7, but interesting to see the others. I’m leaning at the moment to this being an incarnation all of it’s own, just a reaction in some way to the life he’s lead in the 11…[Read more]

]]> 3dfda102e36b9932b07a660d6ebfb44d Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/3/#post-30856 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:09:25 +0000 @fonsini – as you will no doubt have gauged by now, no-one on here is going to agree with you. It’s pointless for you to continue trying to turn us to your paranoid musings, just as it’s painful for us.

]]> 9ae18938e535185d7d70b32874a5374e Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/3/#post-30855 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 22:07:12 +0000 Wow. Was slack-jawed while reading Mr Fonsini’s diatribe, and – considering I should be working – was steeling myself for having to write back and correct some incredibly warped and paranoid ramblings – so thanks to @cathannabel and @bluesqueakpip for dealing with it so much better than I ever could.

@bluesqueakpip @scaryb @whoisthedoctor and…[Read more]

]]> 4916d9778be5c0f53cfa9063f7e2ce32 Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/2/#post-30765 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:18:02 +0000 @ubik – not only you, I was wondering that too, although as Jenna Coleman isn’t leaving yet I wasn’t seriously expecting it. Wonder if there’s a connection though – can’t help but think about the emphasis of her wincing as she received each ‘shock’ as she turned the lights on…

@confused polarity

Personally I think Ten would – but not without e…

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]]> 0c45a9f4228da05d0bc83277d6190dcc Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/page/2/#post-30750 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:05:26 +0000 @purofilion – the only film this reminded me of – mostly just in concept – was ‘Inner Space’…

]]> 04f4d5ac137ff2769859d3b0ffbab013 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/12/#post-30722 Sun, 31 Aug 2014 02:19:25 +0000 @purofilion – yes, as you and barnable have mentioned Amy had done quite a bit! Not being quite as familar with series 6 & 7 I’d forgotten what she’d done, but I really like series 5 and now that you’ve mentioned it – and I’ve remembered – it’s strange to think I’d forgotten in the first place!

]]> fe56c70718ccc29b66b8357199df03b5 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/12/#post-30718 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 23:45:14 +0000 @barnable – no offence taken – I didn’t think you were being harsh! As for the questions after nearly ten years after the restart, and a certain familiarity with the adventures of 9,10 & 11 I keep remembering questions I’ve always wanted answering, and this forum is pretty much the first place I’ve found where you can seriously ask, or at least…[Read more]

]]> 443a242b34de079c5209640a29a72c72 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/12/#post-30715 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:56:35 +0000 @barnable – forgot to say that imagining Spock reading that explanation made me laugh out loud – well played.

]]> eb521a0f51ebb2335665ebb0012550ca Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/#post-30714 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:54:58 +0000 @pedant @bluesqueakpip – all this talk of duplicates and replicants concerning Danny Pink is interesting. It would be truly disturbing if they fell for each other, and then one of those Dalek-conversion eye-stalks appears… *shudders*

On another note: as that Dalek exterminated all the Daleks on that ship, but was then going to join the other…[Read more]

]]> 630e25c8b571efd792ce71c98416e2c8 Silverman replied to the topic Into the Dalek in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/into-the-dalek/#post-30713 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:46:45 +0000 Only two episodes in and I think Capaldi’s Doctor is – to borrow 9’s word-of-choice ‘fantastic’. I know we haven’t seen much of him – and I have nothing against Matt Smith’s portrayal – but I thought the whole episode was thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. I like this new, grumpier, colder Doctor – as many have said I’m not used to the…[Read more]

]]> 7c01984a4dc00a5a6dde3a17a08b3563 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/12/#post-30706 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 22:01:05 +0000 @barnable – fair point re: Amy – I stand corrected! I knew there was something but couldn’t remember as I was typing. I’ve watched News series 1-4 quite a few times (helps to put them on in the background while I’m working in the dead of night), and series 5 a few as well, but series 6 & 7 only once or twice – so I’m not as familiar with some of…[Read more]

]]> fc7775b2bcc555efe9677b7123c8cea8 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/12/#post-30652 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:28:16 +0000 On another note, I’ve always been puzzled why absorbing the power of the Time Vortex proved fatal for 9, even though he had it in him for a short time, but Rose was fine after having it in her for much longer – can anyone shed any light on it for me?

]]> fc8f0dad5f5e7cc6403a34ac7ef70a1b Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/12/#post-30651 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 14:26:07 +0000 @bivium6 – I’d forgotten about Martha and her ‘quest’.

So with Rose absorbing the power of the Time Vortex, Martha trapsing all over the world, Donna becoming the Doctor-Donna, and Amy… – actually can’t think of anything that Amy did – and Clara flinging herself into the Doctor’s timestream, all the ‘modern’ companions have been ‘special’…[Read more]

]]> 1fa7f629d38731c96ebcb64efd00a643 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/12/#post-30645 Sat, 30 Aug 2014 11:22:29 +0000 @purofilion – no worries, and definitely no offence taken! I was just confused as I was sure I hadn’t mentioned anything about ‘excuses’. Sadly, I even resorted to highlighting the word ‘excuses’ on screen to double-check I hadn’t missed something in one of my comments!

@serahni @arbutus @midnyt and many, many others…

Great theorising on…[Read more]

]]> 1fa08de0fda3c52810e09f0f93760564 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30575 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 16:41:48 +0000 @bivium6

Nice link about paradoxes – I’d forgotten that line about ‘never crossing your own timeline, except for cheap tricks’. As many have pointed out, the Doctor lies, and most of the rules have come from him.

As for ‘Father’s Day’, I’ve remembered that the Doctor said that because there were 2 versions of him and Rose, that that point in…[Read more]

]]> 6e31ac3160ad072295fb02fabdd01c7d Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30573 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:31:34 +0000 @midnyt – good point about the ‘rising higher’ – I’ve never considered it as a criticism before, or at least not being a positive. I still think that achievement was overstated though. Either that or it’s pacing meant that the achievement of staging the rescue mission just didn’t ‘seem’ as great as the other feats 9, 10, and 11…[Read more]

]]> 6dd15c867b8f619330e48551eeb7ef74 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30572 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:23:34 +0000 @purofilion – I’m really sorry, I’m probably being massively dense, but I didn’t quite get what you meant when you wrote this (post #30550):

‘OOh Silverman; excuses we’re making? Hey, come on: myself Serahni and Arbutus have given some verifiable arguments for why Clara was able to act her pretty as* of in DB. If we’re making excuses then we too…[Read more]

]]> fda89b99d5e1216de4c5f761519adca7 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30545 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:21:34 +0000 @purofilion @serahni @arbutus and many others…

Clara has been the subject of much debate on here recently, and I thought I’d throw my two-pence-worth in about her coping with the regeneration.

Clara’s been ok as a companion, but I haven’treally warmed to her backstory, or been convinced of her as a realistic character. However, Jenna-Louise…[Read more]

]]> 487db51ed58168b103e291ef89edf794 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30544 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:18:01 +0000 @pedant @purofilion – good points about the Universe rebooting/collapsing. I love that episode anyway, so I’m glad to have reason not to have ‘fault’ with it!

There’s still the contradictions between the time-travel in ‘Father’s Day’ then the rule about not travelling back along time-lines…or have I just answered my own question? Maybe that’s…[Read more]

]]> e455bc00a973b29f2e22e0d03d078d1e Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30543 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:14:12 +0000 @purofilion – sorry, I wasn’t being very clear. Yes, there was comedy, and prat-falling in the GitF, but IMHO it doesn’t get in the way of the story.

As many people have pointed out, much like Eric Bana’s Nero in the first Star Trek film, the Robot story in ‘Deep Breath’ plays second fiddle to the main story of the regeneration aftermath – and…[Read more]

]]> 007cff912041dbbfc0badb3943736d5a Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30537 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:09:18 +0000 This may have been covered here already, but while I liked it the first episode of the new series, ‘The Girl in the Fireplace’ is still one of my favourite Doctor Who stories, and the references in ‘Deep Breath’ backfired a bit for me as it reminded me – in my humble opinion of when fantastic effects, comedy prat-falling and jokes – while great in…[Read more]

]]> 04b3a9315c15b24f5321219aa7df457b Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/10/#post-30534 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 23:59:33 +0000 @purofilion @barnable @bluesqueakpip

All good points and theories about explaining the dinosaur’s presence in ‘our’ shared history. Three days after watching the episode, and as many have pointed out, I think I’m probably best to wait and see how Moffat ties it all up. If he does explain the size and the fact that loads of Victorians witnessed a…[Read more]

]]> 48a015ea995173d6408d6751baba4691 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/8/#post-30433 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:17:29 +0000 @purofilian @thommck – I addressed your replies above but it wouldn’t ‘tag’ properly…

]]> daffdb5749cfbc9c4b6ae2bcb0695160 Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/8/#post-30431 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 01:11:47 +0000 Apologies: this is a bit long…

@purofilian

I think I prefer the historically-set episodes of Doctor Who, and like the historical facts scattered within, but agree with your point that Sci-Fi writers shouldn’t have to adopt an educational role. Perfectly happy to not have historical elements in the show – just get them factually correct when…[Read more]

]]> e15204437e5ff69a30eab5d02301e60f Silverman changed their profile picture https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/34074/ Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:59:47 +0000 0 ad94d7def45afd1a81c9da064999217f Silverman replied to the topic Deep Breath in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/deep-breath/page/7/#post-30360 Tue, 26 Aug 2014 23:58:26 +0000 Hi everyone, first post here, so apologies if it’s too long…

It’s hard to get a bead on how things will be on a Doctor’s first episode, but I liked it, and Capaldi as the Doctor. It still seems to have the same problems though, as I had no problem with Matt Smith in the role, but disliked a lot of the stories due to the style that Moffat has…[Read more]

]]> 25d4c0b2837b7d4e0c2d938e3f4567b3 Silverman became a registered member https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/25309/ Thu, 02 Jan 2014 23:14:34 +0000 0