Where is everyone? I know that the government has been taken over by something worse than alien invaders, but…

Perhaps the contrast between last week’s episode caused me to be a bit harsh in my comments yesterday evening, but I certainly didn’t think it was as bad as Orphan 55 and, as I said, it held my attention. After a second viewing, now that perhaps I am in a more tolerant mood, I feel less inclined to be critical, but I still have the…[Read more]

My own mind still defaults “brothers” or “school mates”, whereas if either of them had been a woman, I would probably have gone straight to “former partner”, based on Jake’s reaction to the news story.

As someone who looks most unlike her brother, I can assure you that it works the other way round as well. That is, if you have two peop…[Read more]

I liked the lack of an overt villain in this one. While i…[Read more]

I know the Doctor scans RuthDoc she says they are the ‘same person’ but then not that long before this the sonic scan was reading her as human. Although the veil has dropped, perhaps there is still another veil there that we don’t know about?

That idea of a double bluff, a chameleon arch within the chameleon arch, is very appealing, even…[Read more]

I think Fugitive of the Judoon, while not explaining the mind-wipe as such, may explain why the producers needed to include a mind-wipe somewhere.

@Mudlark and @Miapatrick – Perhaps it was a combo of nuclear and environmental catastrophe, as you say. The nuclear element might better explain the genetic mutation of humans into Dregs, which did, you’re right, somewhat resemble the Alien (also an apex…[Read more]

How could he take a bunch of humans calling themselves a master race seriously?

I found Whittaker’s performance here brilliant. When the Master makes her kneel. When she asks “what do you want?” Chills. Her pacing was superlative & the direction of both parts was beautifully done though a few edit…[Read more]

@craig and @mudlark – dammit, now I fancy a G n T too!

Well, Spyfall was a romp I grant you, and I wish I didn’t feel this way, but it left me kind of cold, sadly.

I felt Chibnall chucked the kitchen sink at it, from cameo Stephen Fry, to new Master, but that I couldn’t find the emotional beats, the pulse o…[Read more]

i also loved that Clara’s ending was re-closed so to speak;

this time it was the doctor who was the victim of the companion. that…[Read more]

@phaseshift  I’ve been wondering about these counter-messages about hybridization, if that’s what they are.  Yes, we are all hybrids in all sorts of ways, and…[Read more]

It’s as well to remind people on the spoiler front as we approach the end of the series, and I’ll apologise myself for using the title of tonights episode late last night. I’ve given myself a stern talking to.

I’d had a few beers on my night out. 🙂

Apologies, I posted before I saw that you hadn’t seen the names of the episodes. I suppose any discussion based on the names should stay under the BBC Approved Spoilers forum?

I know what you mean, though I prefer to think of it as growing more thoughtful about things (and a little less impatient and dismissive), and possibly a little kinder.  I hope.

the internet pr…[Read more]

Yes, it’s a feeling very familiar to pet owners.  Most of us give…[Read more]

Your trip to Pompeii sounds brilliant.

@ichabod

Now go lie down and enjoy your jet-lag while you’ve still got it . . . !

Jet-lag? From Italy to the UK? Back in my working days when the Qantas Club Lounge was a second home (halcyon days…) I used to travel regularly from Australia to the UK and back. Now we are talking real jet-lag!

@Rob…[Read more]

Gawd, yes!  Creepy and a half.

The line that didn’t fit at all for me (and didn’t in the trailer either) was ‘I want to kiss it to death’.

It made sense at the time, but now I’m thinking — kiss *what* to death, exactly?  …[Read more]

@spider  I think it also warrants a mention that a lot of the Clara that people seem to reference is Smith’s Clara.  Last series, we saw her thrust into a lot of situations, often entirely intentional on the part of the Doctor, and at one point she actually loses it with him entirely for…[Read more]

Thank you for the warm welcome @ScaryB @Spider @Arbutus, I’m happy to be back too. Sorry I couldn’t answer sooner – I also felt like nothing I could say would bring anything new to the discussion.

In retrospect and on a second watching – especially with this new episode the 3 week long party for himself was fun.

@Spider…[Read more]

@spider Your theory was suitably bonkers indeed. I agree that Missy and Clara are most likely dead as is the Tardis. In order to save them the Doctor must go back, undo his mistake, abandoning Davros and thus teaching Davros that…[Read more]

Re your post http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-magicians-apprentice/page/4/#post-43154

and using the tank – I love it!

Also liking the idea (also suggested by @Bluesqueakpip) that as a result of this that the Daleks will be subtly changed to at least have the capacity for other than blind hatred. Maybe the Doctor picked…[Read more]

Hmm; but he could be lying about “recent”.

A Timelord’s idea of ‘recent’ might not be ours, but the Doctor who deserted the child Davros was the current incarnation, and I am pretty sure that once he had had time to recover his wits and think things through, he would immediately have started to feel guilty about his failure to live up to…[Read more]

the Doctor makes reference to ‘saving his friends’

@spider

(now does he say friend or friends here? – need to go rewatch)

Actually, in the final scene boy Davros says: “Are you going to save me?” and the Doctor replies: “I’m going to save my friend”.

Friend-in the singular.

Now that opens up a whole heap of possibilities. Which frien…[Read more]

Missy’s rather cruel jibe to Clara about Danny: “still dead is he?”. Why put this in? Blenkinsop’s (probably wrong) prediction: He either isn’t, or even if he is, he will return in some capacity. Missy’s line was preparing us.

Pretty sure we would have heard casting spoilers if he was. She was just being cruel, in about the m…[Read more]

Lots of comments on other posts so here goes,

@spider. I was also saddened by the dalekisation of Bors. As pointed out above  I suspect this…[Read more]

H U G.

Passed on from Strax:

Sir: I have discovered a strange alien life form. They appear to have the shape of a giant worm. Would you like me to eviscerate them?

😉

I too felt during Series 7b that I had preferred the “Claricles” (particularly Victorian Clara) to the real Clara. I didn’t mind her, but at the same time I only really warmed up to her in Day of the Doctor (post-Impossible Girl, I guess). Although I haven’t always liked her behaviour in Series 8, I actually found her arc more…[Read more]

hey,

thanks for actually taking your time to reply to me.

One of the things about doctor who that i love and hate is the change of the characters. There are some series out there, that are really awesome but that get boring after you watched them for a few years because the actions just start to repeat themselves. With the change of the…[Read more]

I have no idea how I respond to you directly just wanted to let u know that you made my day with that. Seeing my comment later with my brain not beeing blinded by stupidity I am really ashamed for what i wrote T_T.  I was just kind of mad that some of his friends feeled like they stayed far shorter at his site than others (what they…[Read more]

@ichabod   Spending time on this forum will definitely change your day. Witness the following:

@Barnable   Mostly Santa dreams he is as cool as the Doctor.  and    I can understand not wanting to think about Santa being i…[Read more]

@drben, @nerys, its consistent!

So my favorite bonkers theory is one that was alluded to briefly by @nerys and others many pages ago.  The tangerine is not only a sign that Santa is real, but that Santa in fact saved the day.  To wi…[Read more]

Thank you all, and apologies to you all (and anyone else who got a PM). I’ve deleted the offending user. It always seems to happen when I’m out! Just got home after a night out with my brother (first since we fell out over Scottish…[Read more]

I loved what @Bluesqueakpip, @Miapatrick, and @pedant had to say about how the Doctor sees people. When…[Read more]

😆

*falls off the sofa. Again*

@purofilion Hope you had a great Christmas – was Mr I home? And that 2015 brings you proper karmic balance for 2014

Cheers… hic!

😳

Cheers everyone… off for a re-watch

Probable sequence of events: the Doctor lies successfully to Clara, goes off in gloom, decides he’s going to go and sit and sulk. The best place for sulking will be the volcano he based the dream on, because then he can sit and think how Clara betrayed him and, you know, really sulk. Because…[Read more]