Hey! It’s good to see you back on the Sofa or couch sprinkling all the gold & glittterrr.

Meow!!

I haven’t watched the episode as yet and neither has mum -she’s doing OK but not last night so we are hoping the new DVD player has worked and taped it otherwise we will be watching it on the ABC on a tiny screen.

@xad4 good to see you…[Read more]

Puro: not to worry. I had a ‘reading things literally’ moment and missed the smiley.

Ilion:

So they bought this “yuppie” small house on a small block with a courtyard garden and then less than a year later, Young Ilion (me!) was born.

Good for you. 😉 May you always turn up when least expected and most wanted.

And, as @TardisBl…[Read more]

and kudos to @tardisblue, the doctor has indeed played a part in the creation of a hybrid.

(boy)llion can have a drink if he orders something to eat, surely? just keep away from the finger foods…

🙂

Welcome back, Puro, and welcome to Ilion. I like @tardisblue ‘s thought that you are our first hybrid member. Quite an honour!

I’m glad you are feeling able to join us again, Puro. I look forward to reading your posts, as ever. And Ilion, I look forward to reading your thoughts too.

Surely the boy Ilion can have a shandy, at…[Read more]

I don’t LOL but I do OMG occasionally. And I definitely watch every episode twice, once to suck it in a kind of joyful haz…[Read more]

Time for THE man, THE Myth, THE Legend, THE coat….THE Colin Baker. Yes, the fervent wish of posters such as @TardisBlue, @MonochromeDimension, @marinu…[Read more]

Hey, don’t let anyone put you off your intro to Colin.

I always think it’s much fairer to let Colin put you off himself. 😉

Only joking – some people really do like him, so what the hell. I have kept a note of those people who did ask for him to be featured though, and will be mentioning them in a post later, nearer to the date…[Read more]

Actually I can’t take credit for this one (but I was in favour). Looking at my notes it was suggested we cover Quatermass by @TardisBlue and @bluesqueakpip initially, so I hope this mention will bring the series to @TardisBlue s attention.

The logic to the minisode – if Moffat had always planned to give the Doctor a new regeneration cycle in the 50th Anniversary year – is simple.

The Eleventh Doctor thought he was going to be the last Doctor. Therefore, it had to be him who took River to the Singing Towers. He couldn’t leave it to a later…[Read more]

Would have responded earlier, but have been travelling throught the polar vortex that is eastern Canada (no Ice Warriors or Yeti spotted).

Yes, I do hope there is the possibility of a return for River. Admittedly, she was written by Moffat as part of 11’s story, and so there is a logic to the minisode of Night and the Doctor, but…[Read more]

Not a boy band/male model face, our Eleven.  But a wonderful face.  Used superbly by an imaginative and inspired actor.  Ave atqua vale, Matteaus.

I love a little Latin!  🙂  Wonderful description of Matt Smith, here. I remember seeing the photos of him after he was cast, and thinking, “That is just the oddest looking man.” But you…[Read more]

I’m sure the indigenous plantlife of Trenzalore is well adapted to short days! You can practically see it growing on front of your eyes in the minutes of daylight they have. Quite a tourist attraction. Well it was before the Church of the PF sealed it off.

The citizens of Christmas also clearly have access to…[Read more]

The practical part of me was puzzled about how a basically agrarian colony, the town of Christmas and its environs, survived with such little light each day.

Ummm… they’re mushroom farmers? Alien-fungi farmers?

I can also imagine some alien variety of lichen adapting well to a brief burst of light. That would support animal life;…[Read more]

Well, I hope you enjoy the bit on Sapphire and Steel. @MiaPatrick asked for it to be included on the rewatch list as well.

Just on Quatermass, I’d love to include something, but I’ve been grappling with how to do it. You can’t really overestimate it’s resonance and impact (not just in the UK – both Stephen King and John Carpenter…[Read more]

@Bluesqueakpip – yes, I read your blog. Thanks for your amazing analysis of Tasha flying the TARDIS and the D.E.M.

@ScaryB – River does say that she was taught by the best, and the Doctor looks smug, but she then says that he wasn’t there that day. However, towards the end of ‘Let’s kill Hitler’ River…[Read more]

Happy New Year to you! I hope you had a lovely holiday.

I was seeing horrific temps for parts of Canada, especially with windchill factored in.  B-r-r-r-r-r.  Even an Ice Warrior would be frozen without power and central heating.  Hope you’ve been spared ice storms and power lines going down.

Yes, it has been nasty in much of the co…[Read more]

I should try and get some appropriate music on while I take down the xmas decorations later.

It is today they come down isn’t it? It seems too soon!!

Couldn’t contain myself.

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!

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]

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]

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]

as for who she’s imploring for help, perhaps it’s the tardis interface? and she’s trying to do the same thing…[Read more]

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]

i have a tendency to write and think at the same time and it does come out like a big mess sometimes

quite possible that there won’t be any time lords involvled but I don’t know how he gets around the regen situation

@Purofilion

ttue but I’m stuck on who else it could be

isnt it strange how it’s always Clara saving the doctor?

It would be nice to see him save himself for once XD

what do you think of my theory on the person in the trailer who Clara is talking to saving the doctor?

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]

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 @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]

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?

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]

Ah, that’ll be Arc of Infinity where Colin meets Doctor five. It’s not the best story, but there are some interesting aspects to why it isn’t the best story that we could talk about. I’ll add it to […]

I guess good mornin’ then. Welcoming new people is…[Read more]

@wolfweed, – given the memory filter, this visit to the Tower (with Zygons) could well be Clara’s second visit.

@Juniperfish – well, […]

@TardisBlue Anyone who posts Aretha Franklin gets my vote! 😀

@curvedspace Dr Who Teas – we should have had those for the day after the pub night, LOL

I wonder if Moffat stole the Tardis to jump ahead in time to get his hands on your diagrams and analysis.

Haha, nicely put.

And welcome  @purofilion  Another one from the southern colonies I see – […]

When TheMoff realises out true bonkersgenius (henceforth BGI Bonkers Genius Index, a rating that goes from 1 to 12 then up to 1  again) will be offered parts to write and star in the series after the next series after the coming series or something anyway

BGI  – b…[Read more]

Argh! Just realised this post was meant to be On the Sofa! Any mods want to move it, feel free

@TardisBlue

a section for SIDwhatever it is

SIDRAT (reverse the letters to get an easy way to remember 😉 (Check out The War Games…[Read more]

@TardisBlue Thanks v much for your summing up and suggestions – a blog for especially long posts makes a lot of sense I think. It’s what we’ve done in the past for theses/PhD posts/life’s work publications that are longer, and slightly off the current topics.

Been a funny week this…[Read more]