Thank you @TardisBlue

@TardisBlue Hi! Thank you for the parenthetical howdy. As anyone who has suffered through my posts will know, I do love parentheses. (Sorry.)

Couldn’t contain myself.

@TardisBlue What a lovely post 🙂

DO NOT visit the General TV Discussion Thread yet as there are definitely spoilers for Sherlock: The Empty Hearse on there. You will have to wait until after the 19th, which I believe is the US airdate.

Happy New Year!

Morning all

As you start to wind down for the Christmas season, with all that spare time on your hands (excluding such trivial concerns as family, dinner, presents, having the kids under your feet, travel chaos, etc), when you find yourself at a loss, can I ask you to have a think about what TV you’d nominate for a wider “watch club” for the s…[Read more]

Wow – excellent @arbutus – not heard of them but really enjoyed it! And @Tardisblue that’s a great track!

oooohhhh… this is spurring on so many ping-pongs…!

@purofilion – really jealous of your knowledge of how music works (have tried reading a simple kid’s ABC on music, watched wonderful programmes such as Howard Goodhall’s history of…[Read more]

@TardisBlue @purofilion

In my Ukrainian family, a kolach is a braided bread made at Christmas time, very rich with eggs and butter. My grandmother made it every year when I was growing up, and I took over for her in her later years. I still make it every year, and now my son has learned how to make it as well, so I know that the tradition will…[Read more]

@TardisBlue     Wonderful! I have very fond memories of “Light is Returning”, as it was sung every year in my son’s primary school. They sang it in a more aboriginal style, in keeping with our Pacific northwest part of the world, but I love the gospel feel of this version.

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@MartyB  @TardisBlue

my father taught English so you can imagine the pressure for ‘proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitali(s)ation’ in my childhood.  Including a lot of tedious discussion over the Oxford Comma.

Aha! I love the Oxford Comma, and I inflict it upon anyone I can. My American-born husband now knows it and loves it, and m…[Read more]

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@TheFerret

You are soooo in the coffee club, I kept wondering why my fingers kept getting scolded stirring the coffee

@purofilion

I’m Cornish “mes osta y’u koffi bagas” 😀

@Tardisblue

Even allowing for the play on words which I got in an instant (ducks way way lower) you’re in the coffee club too

@FatManInABox

You need coffee-sip for colds…[Read more]

@TardisBlue thanks for your explanation it has been a great help in understanding the significance of that scene

@TardisBlue  This ‘Who-nose’ will sniff out the answer…

I’ve just rewatched the special, and it is just so amazingly well put together, so much more to pick up on in the second viewing (I know, I took my time to get around to it).  So much to watch out for having read through this thread since it was broadcast.  I just loves it 🙂

@Arbutus (a…[Read more]

@TardisBlue Nice job in welcoming new people to discuss their ideas *high five*

@TardisBlue @Bluesqueakpip @toinfinityandbepond

I actually had another idea the other day. I think Moffat slipped that in to explain Capaldi.

“Four: I know you don’t. And in years to come you might find yourself revisiting a few. But just the old favorites, eh?”

He…[Read more]

@Tardisblue

Why would Clara not have recognised Tom Baker as the doctor?

Also, I’m sure I remember The Doctor saying He might retire one day and run a museum or something. possibly to amy but I can’t remember when that was. Anyone?

@purofilion   @TardisBlue

Thank you for your kind encouragement! I’ve always been a little shy about sharing my personal views, so I am trying to be braver here.  🙂

I too thought that Captain Jack was a great character: fun, likeable, and different. I just wasn’t convinced, as many fans were, that his relatively few appearances warranted an au…[Read more]

@TardisBlue – I’ll admit I have far far too many books/movies/stuff I haven’t seen yet. In terms of Ursula Le Guin I’m no expert as have only read two (Lathe and Left Hand of Darkness) as they were recommended by so many people.
They’re both interesting in terms of setting up a possible world, what it reflects on today’s world and pure…[Read more]

@Timeloop, @Elouise and in terms of an alarm ringtone, I use the default one on my phone. However, I went through extremes for a phone ringtone that would actually cut through my headphones. I thought this would work as its the most ‘annoying’ piece of music on my iTunes (other than the stuff i actually dislike) [the normal].But it kept ringing…[Read more]