@thedentistofdavros  @puroandson  @Pharellman

I thought this episode was pretty good and I really liked all of the different kinds of people who lived their lives on the motorway in their  space vans.  What more can I say?  Oh yes! Cat people and little baby, cat, human hybrids and  cookies made from waste, yummy.

@theconsultingdoctor though you would not suspect give my usually half garbled posts here I am also a writer. I have a growing collection on unpublished work, which I now despair of ever getting published. At the moment, however, the household are work-shopping ideas for a sci fi audio drama. So many ideas, so little time to get them all down. I…[Read more]

I really enjoyed “Crocked House”. The Signalman is also a favourite. I watched it when I was a teenager and it had that haunting quality that stayed with me. I was so glad when my S/O tracked it down a few years ago.

@thedentistofdavros I only discovered M.R. James recently courtesy of Gatiss who is a big fan. He discussed James’ work in one of…[Read more]

Hello @puroandson

I think there may have been a case of mistaken identity! Were you meaning @thedentistofdavros or @theconsultingdoctor when you replied to my post about the lack of teaching on the jobs front, if so then I’m glad to hear that your school does so much to inform it’s pupils of life after school, our school does the bare minimum…[Read more]

@thedentistofdavros

Indeed it is worth the money and AUD$18 is cheap. And – yes, Jeremy Brett did indeed play Sherlock Holmes, I’ve got the Box Set – now isn’t that a surprise. *big grin*
After Benedict Cumberbatch, he’s the next best Holmes – in my opinion.
Did you know that the role killed him? Poor man, he simply wouldn’t slow down and his…[Read more]

@thedentistofdavros

I’ve just ordered the Crooked House from Amazon. Pretty good deal only AUD$18 includidng postage.

Ttfn

Missy

@thedentistofdavros

Loved it! I shall try to buy this, thanks for letting me know it’s obtaibabl.
Thank you too, for the info on the others. I’ve made a note of Remember Me.
Have you seen a film called “Haunted” starring Jeremy Brett? Not as good as some, but not bad either.

@stitchintime

Not at all.

ttfn

Missy

@thedentistofdavros

I started to but the violence got me down. I have my limits, hence – from what I have heard – I shall never see Game of thrones.

I didn’t enjoy Happy Valley either, even after trying to watch the first episode twice, don’t know why. *scratches head*

Cheers,

Missy

@thedentistofdavros

Join the club m’dear.

cheers,

Missy

@thedentistofdavros

Perhaps I am being unfair, but what is NOT to get? Confusing? Was it?
Damned if I noticed. I think one has to be Moffatised to understand TAB? *grins*

Cheers,

Missy

@puroandson  @thedentistofdavros   I liked the herky-jerky mixed pickles of S8 a lot, myself — I felt “invited into” the headlong rush of newness and confusion that both leads were trying to get past, after him left reeling by a completely unexpected new set of regenerations instead of flat-out death, and her losing her Chin boy (after e…[Read more]

@thedentistofdavros

I find both sides of the Doctor enjoyable. there isn’t any reason why Peter can’t play it bogh ways, when/if the script calls for it.

cheers,

Missy

@TheDentistOfDavros   @Missy  @ichabod

Ah, the ghost stories of M R James – so deliciously, skin-crawlingly creepy!  I imagine that the original readings by candle light or firelight must have been the cause of many disturbed nights among the listeners.

I, too, have fond memories of the Christmas ghost stories on TV. The one I recall most viv…[Read more]

@thedentistofdavros

Superb isn’t it? Thank you for the top, I shall investigate.

I too enjoyed Charles Dicken’s The Signalman– and have it on disc.

Cheers,

Missy

@thedentistofdavros

I still think that it got retconned out, since the Daleks that we see are squids in pepperpots. Take Caan, for example:

@thedentistofdavros

Ah! I see. My classic collection is of the Classics. Dickens, ShaKespeare, Austen and Bronte.

MR James? Of course I’ve heard of him.
Provest at Kings College Cambridge, who used to read ghost stories he’d written to the boys at night. Christopher Lee (Dracula) was one of the boys.
I’ve got a CD with 6 of his stories,…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @thedentistofdavros I’ve always seen the companion as the proxy for the audience, hence them needing things explaining to them (to a degree).

I really liked her in this clip and I’m glad they seem to be knocking the romantic undertones on the head with this companion. It bugged me that they kept on falling back on that with…[Read more]

@thedentistofdavros

Anyone seen Pearl Mackie in anything else then?

I haven’t seen her, but the signs are good: Bristol Old Vic drama school (one of the top schools for training actors), a stint in a daytime soap and currently a West End role.

Definite Donna vibes – which is good; I think Capaldi’s Doctor needs a Donna. 🙂

@thedentistofdavros as a regular I meant that she doesn’t look like a girl who was born to save the Doctor. She appears to be a bit silly, happy-go-lucky person who won’t be flight the Tardis. And I got to like her from the first moment.

@thedentistofdavros

Classics a? Which ones have you got, I too have a fair few.

Perhaps on another thread though. The TV shows maybe?

Cheers,

Missy