The Doctor Who Forum | Summersmith | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/summersmith/activity/ Activity feed for Summersmith. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:22:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 514188f4a6fe52ac7e6692b29cfc67a5 Summersmith replied to the topic General Music thread 2 in the forum Music http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-music-thread-2/page/18/#post-39288 Sun, 29 Mar 2015 18:50:59 +0000 Belated birthday wishes, @craig.

Not related to days of the week, but I saw this singer song-writer busking in Guildford last weekend. I think the song’s rather nice although there’s no video. (fingers crossed the link works).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAuI9P-o-i8

]]> 46a452ead3f3215e33e2bfea07dc7683 Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/10/#post-39128 Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:59:30 +0000 @scaryb – thanks for the welcome.  I’m actually from the Home Counties (Sussex currently).  The cute Shetland trolls are my niece and nephew (well cute some of the time) who gave me the troll in my avatar.

]]> af783cd654755dabd6fd693f2c443480 Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/10/#post-39095 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:48:33 +0000 @purofilion – I should have added that if they don’t want to engage back then it’s their problem.  They’re the ones who miss out.  Take good care of yourself.

]]> fd6f3c2b7e3930f8434684d67728dacf Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/10/#post-39076 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:18:18 +0000 @purofilion – isn’t trying to engage with some one – even the bad troll kind – what a good teacher does?

On the fifth series, I’ve always seen it as a story about where stories come from, an in particular a story about the tv programme itself.  Amy meets The Doctor when she’s a kid, just as RTD and Moffat watched old Dr Who when they were kids.…[Read more]

]]> 769a708c678983437fae4a4087688f03 Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/10/#post-39075 Sun, 22 Mar 2015 10:05:44 +0000 @jimthefish  & @bluesqueakpip – the Ulysses / Odysseus comparison is a nice one.  Ulysses often used tricks – the wooden horse, hiding his men among the sheep to fool the Cyclops – rather than brute strength and fighting skills.  Perhaps the sadness of The Doctor is that he doesn’t have a Penelope waiting for him at home.

]]> 63d4dde7f786e38c1ce9aa3dc3e572cd Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/9/#post-39020 Sat, 21 Mar 2015 11:45:39 +0000 So much here…

@johnathan – this is one of the friendliest sites around, thanks to the people who post here.

@purofilion – That class teacher sounds wonderful.  I think good teaching is about the facts – the length of the Amazon, how to calculate the angle of a triangle – but great teaching is about something more – how to find comfort in the…[Read more]

]]> 82215f09efba2714457b4585aa99dcee Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/9/#post-38979 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 20:11:44 +0000 @jimthefish

Always felt there was something slightly Brer Rabbit about the fourth Doc.

It’s the grin.  A very Brer Rabbity grin.

]]> d498c8ef73be593132c27ca3c7697e73 Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/9/#post-38972 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:49:11 +0000 @purofilion – I was lucky enough to watch Buffy from the start when it was broadcast on BBC 2.  I only missed one episode – thanks to my sister getting married.  I’ll probably put some thoughts up on the blogs at some point.

]]> 8fce8c4bf70022080e0763ed1b3899c4 Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/9/#post-38971 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 13:44:50 +0000 @purofilion – over fifty years, 13 different versions – there’s a lot of different sides to his character.

Moralist might be slightly the wrong word.  I was thinking “you are a good person if you do good deeds” rather than “you are a good person if you follow this set of rules set down in the holy book.”.  Jesus vs the Pharisees (or how the P…[Read more]

]]> 56c5e43af511ab99346854bdccde455f Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/9/#post-38964 Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:30:14 +0000 @mudlark and @purofilion – thanks for the welcome.  I am a Pratchett fan (I will use the present tense goddammit) but the Summersmith name came before Wintersmith was published.  There may have been some Discworld type magic going on – I’ll ask Ponder Stibbons the next time I see him.

@ichabod – I think there’s a similarity between The Doctor a…[Read more]

]]> c77db4acfd3852502aab1b94d2a41153 Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/8/#post-38942 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 21:43:42 +0000 @barbaralefty Thank-you! The avatar is a Shetland troll (I’ve family up there).  A much better class of person than the internet troll.

]]> 6e058e3b72e2f962c96963ccb0caf9e0 Summersmith replied to the topic Doctor Who memories in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/doctor-who-memories/page/4/#post-38940 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:16:04 +0000 Earliest memory…

Commander Linx taking off his helmet in The Time Warrior.  I thought his face looked like liver.  And since liver, served up on a Saturday with overcooked cabbage, was the most disgusting meal a kid could imagine, I think it kinda traumatised me.  At least the new Sontarans look more like a tasty baked potato.

It’s funny wa…[Read more]

]]> 04babb485ca1436b2e6bd99f4c4ba596 Summersmith changed their profile picture https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/44766/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:00:09 +0000 0 6a66eca00c7a9ec99aae403a0beaaf95 Summersmith replied to the topic On The Sofa (6) in the forum General http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-6/page/8/#post-38939 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:55:44 +0000 Oh.  Um.  Hello.

[Nervously fiddles with bow-tie.  Checks notes.]

I’m Summersmith (Andrew really but Summersmith is a much cooler name).  I like Doctor Who and stuff*.  Long time lurker but since we’re about half-way out of the dark to the next series, I thought I’d say hello.

[Sits down.  Wipes perspiration from brow]

*Stuff being mainl…[Read more]

]]> ba6d9227bf6edd1d252c84d8271024dc Summersmith became a registered member https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/44763/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 16:34:12 +0000 0