Hello everyone, i’m glad to be back. (Waves at you especially thane and puro)

I’ve been lurking the previous threads of this series, playing endless catch-up (I seem to be experiencing some issues with <ahem> time just now).

That was fabulous. I have to admit that in the first few minutes I was thinking ‘Zombies? Really? ‘ As it turns out, the…[Read more]

@ichabod @thane15

Kind of Blue is most definitely Miles Davis. But Cohen has plenty to offer this discussion (‘<i>Everybody knows that the dice are loaded</i>’).  Goodness, the internet has so changed music! In my mid 20s I started listening to a weekly jazz programme here, the presenter played lots of world music and world-jazz too which I just…[Read more]

@thane15

during heightened emotion and pain, everything is jangly and colourful; one’s eyes hurt either from crying or trying not to. Events either speed up or slow down; they catapult into one another until you either hide or face what’s in front of you.

Spot on, and thats the place I’ve been in and am finally moving out of, having spent seve…[Read more]

<span class=”useratname”>@thane15</span>  (and@mum – waves)

I totally agree, Heaven Sent was just phenomenal, and I’ve watched it several times as – well, its just so good. Just excellent drama and a terrific concept.

Its not a problem to prefer the darker moments – thats where humanity and the Dr shine the best!  Having been through some very d…[Read more]

Hello! A belated viewing from me, I’ve been away (2 weeks holiday in far-away sunshine and avoiding the entire darkness of UK midwinter christmas pressure!) and have just caught up.  I really enjoyed the playing with superman genre and the jokes at the ridiculousness of it all.

I enjoyed that it was less christmassy and tinselly than many…[Read more]

Hi @whisht

If you’re into that kind of vibe, I absolutely love this CD from Nigel Kennedy & his Polish Kroke  band –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjt_2As0Ac (how do you embed?)

Best Wishes to you for a happy Christmas.   I’m looking forwards to collapsing into incoherence – it doesn’t take much these days.

I went to a fab gig as part of Gl…[Read more]

@thebrainofmoffat No offense taken! No worries.  I sincerely hope you make sense of all those other goings on.

@puroandson A good teacher is just – irreplaceable.  As the Doctor could have said to Clara.  Oh…

@puroandson (son) Thank you for your words, I’m most happy to be equitable in outlook.  I aim to never put people down, and my nature is to always seek the best in whats happened – even if its ‘only’  a chance to grow and develop.  You’re developing great insight and a good way with words and I’m glad you (the hybrid) are on these bo…[Read more]

@pedant Wow!

I simply don’t have time or patience for that kind of analysis (and I mean firstly in a very practical sense). I’m an engineer – I’ve got problems to solve and solutions to create.  [Next project: a sonic screwdriver – can’t be that hard…]

Part of my skill is in being very good at simplifying and seeing a bigger picture.  The a…[Read more]

@ichabod @tardigrade
Would the neural block have worked on Clara without a pulse?  In her time-looped state she might have just reset, or it may not have had time to work – it seemed to take several seconds for the Doctor to succumb to it.  It depends on how much of Clara’s system is reset in her timeloop (she is her own personal traveling O…[Read more]

@morpho You’re most welcome.  I would start with The Futurological Congress (thats where I started!) before progressing to some of the more serious ones.  I absolutely love ‘His Master’s Voice‘ which is pretty much pure philosophy.

I think thats one of the reasons we love Who so much – the ability to take concepts and ideas from anywhere and r…[Read more]

@jphamlore

Except, Rassilon and the High Council have been exiled, near the end of time, where there’s ‘only one or two star systems left’.  In these ‘end times’ where is there left to actually exile them to?

There won’t be many races left to raise armies from, either.  I presume (uh-oh!) they’ve been exiled without access t0 time-machines (…[Read more]

@morpho

I agree wih your call on the Doctor being most likely candidate for the hybrid.  Also, he says at the end of Heaven Sent after breaking out of the dial ‘I am the hybrid’  (he can of course be lying).

Which would mean that he created the fulfillment of the prophecy himself  during his castle ordeal.  Another bootstrap?

– And, maybe he…[Read more]

@morpho @puroandson @mudlark

Re the simulation hypothesis.  You may notice that I’ve referred to Lem several times now on this board – as I feel his writing is so ‘Doctorish’ and tackles many of these issues, esp the question ‘what is reality?’

You may enjoy a read of his short stories in ‘Memoirs of a Space Traveller‘ especially the story of…[Read more]

@jphamlore Yes, but Clara didn’t have that ability (so far as we know, being a human) when she took on the similar role in Trap Street.  They both took on a dangerous ‘countdown to death’.  I’m just pointing it out as the Mummy incident was referenced in Hell Bent. (Cue joke: are you my Mummy? – Oh! Perhaps that ties into the bonkers theory a…[Read more]

@countscarlioni Indeed! And, in Hell Bent the Doctor specifically mentions he remembers there was a Mummy on the Orient Express.  The parallel perhaps being that in MOTOE the Doctor took on a similar challenge of certain death within minutes unless the puzzle was solved, as Clara went on to do.

@pedant Perhaps a little Glasnost on Gallifrey will make it a more interesting place, with fewer daft costumes. It can only be a matter of time before they enter the Eurovision Song Contest…

Thats given me a great mental image – ha!
No wonder the Doctor left rather than hang around that lot.  In the words of King Arthur on Camelot ‘It is a si…[Read more]

Well!

I’m a bit late to the party and don’t think I can add anything new to what all of you have so eloquently expressed.

I was a day late watching, by which time you were up to page 4, time has been very limited so a rewatch late last night – and now you’re on page 7!!

Its great to rewatch bearing in mind all the wonderful comments, theories…[Read more]

Hi @ceejbot Welcome out into the open!

I’m thinking that, since it took place inside a timey-wimey confession dial of TimeLordTech, the 2 billion years could easily have taken place inside … a mere second (of Eternity).