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Janette

Thanks for that. It is certainly going to be a young cast.

As your link doesn’t work, I’m just adding it:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/nov/18/millie-gibson-revealed-as-doctor-whos-new-sidekick

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Janette

I think the real question, though, is who will be the new show runner. It has to be someone who can write humour effortlessly, someone who can write action as well as drama, and someone who can do puzzles.…[Read more]

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Janette

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Janette

Yeah, saw that. Very sad news. Dan was genuinely enthusiastic and as the article says deeply passionate in his writing. And this forum definitely owes him a debt.

At 41! I popped in to share the link myself, after I put a short comment about his encouragement over the years.

Hope everyone else is fine. Sorry I haven’t been around but .. it’s a long story.

Best regards.

Many thanks @toinfinityandbepond and @blenkinsopthebrave

I’ve marked them as spammers.

As I’ve said before, I can’t stop this happening once in a while, unfortunately. It’s not automated. There’s a human behind it who has to set up an account, maybe upload a picture (as they did here), then send the message.

Just watching the election results. It would seem that Saxon has indeed won. All very jolly when it is fictional, but….

…over appreciating old and new Who as works created by, and reflecting, and being reflected by, the contexts in which the episodes are made? …

Oh good Lord! The intertextualposttextual-analysis would age me. But I can imagine a dalek-y ‘voice’

you are not pro-gress-ing inter-textually speak-ing & so exter-min-a-tion is the final…[Read more]

As I said almost exactly a year ago about the same twat.

There are legit questions about how the show is going, and the answers are far from simple. But none of those fuckers add anything but noise, so boot them hard and move on.

thank you. Yes I recall this, now. Tennant was very good at this -if that’s the right word

Also @Jimthefish @craig when I click on a user’s name or on the discussion thread I notice we go right back to page 1? From 2017. Do we need a new place?

Syzygy.

You might want to scroll upthread 😉 (also, you’re link is broken)

@thane16

I think Tennant (with Davison) was in Comic Relief – Time Crash, the rather touching meeting of two Doctors.

This, if not region locked:

Lee at his finest – never once raising his voice.

@roger429

Did you or did you not ask what the phrase means?

No.

A thought experiment: every time you find yourself thinking the term “political correctness” might be appropriate in a sentence substitute in “being considerate” (because that is what the abusive term is…[Read more]

Hmm, yes, unless she’s looking for a personal doctor -a person all to herself 🙂

Also, good to see both of you back!

I’m old Puro with Thane16 who decided to change our name. Again 😉

Good point 🙂

Both the ER and UNIT, I’d guess. Maybe, in her confused state, the TARDIS as well.

The Seventh Doctor regenerated into the Eighth when an ER doctor called Grace presumed his double heart beat was fibrillation.

I also took it as a ‘we’re not going near UNIT this series’ quip. Whether she’s also ‘not going…[Read more]

bumbags will never be cool. And if they become so, I may have to retire to a pocket universe…

@Lisa, it was a great twist on that story. I didn’t quite like the emotional blackmail element of the film, or the idea of putting this greater value on his life. Theoretically, would someone less special just be left to jump?

In this episode there was an element of Turn Right, what if One…[Read more]

Actually for me that flick was always about putting aside your dreams which is why he considered

suicide.   I never liked the preachy message and I never agreed with it .   “A Wonderful Life” has

always been a twisted movie to me.   Just saying…………

I also  think she’s channeling Mork from   Mork and Mindy.

Another space alien that I admired.  🙂

I was thinking more Rod, Jane and Freddy myself.

I like it. It’s certainly very 70s and definitely points to a less sombre direction. If Smith was channeling Troughton and Capaldi Hartnell/Pertwee then Whittaker looks like she’s going for T Baker/Davison

The hilarious confusion would ensue when the middle-aged white male tried to take charge. I know some people didn’t like Broadchurch, but part of the dynamic between the two detectives was that the woman had just had the man promoted over her head.

It wouldn’t surprise me if Chris Chibnall decided to play with that from the…[Read more]

@toinfinityandbepond – great song – I’ve not heard of Dar Williams before.
I liked this version I found (prodded by you) as I somehow heard the last verse better – maybe as i wasn’t distracted by the images. thanks!!

@Wolfweed – I’ll admit to not being a massive ELO fan but I AM a fan of Silent Running!…[Read more]

Wonder where The Doctor stands in the list of BBC talent salarys?

I just posted a link on the news thread…

Bit hard to get away from politics in the UK this week, but I don’t really need an excuse for The The, haha. Love this –

I’ve been going through my music and though lots popped up, when listening to them, there isn’t that sense of “ah – that sums up the episode!”.

So, I have one I posted before which is… interesting and always a great tune so doing it again…[Read more]

I would certainly be prepared to stump up a good deal more than that for the license fee.  The problem is that if a household owns a TV set or sets the license fee has to be paid, whatever their financial circumstances and whether or not anyone in the household watches BBC programmes, and there are a good many vociferous pe…[Read more]

What? There is a Sherlock thread among other things, but it isn’t a prime mover – so to speak.

@alexwho:

Good for you, I’m comforted by my many box sets, especially Peter Capaldi. Roll on April.
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Well, it’s been a pretty lean time for new Doctor Who to discuss over the last few months, so when some new writing by Moffat and Gatiss comes along…

And there has probably been more discussion of the US election on the Maldovarium thread than there has been of Sherlock. I see the Forum as a broad church that includes…[Read more]

Thanks for the link to the Pearl Mackie interview. It still seems like an eternity to the new episodes, and one gratefully grabs at whatever crumbs drop from the table. So, did we find out anything about the character of Bill? Apparently,

She’s funny and geeky and vulnerable. There’s a goofiness to her and a big heart. She…

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Cheers

Janette

Interesting, thank you.

I also had to smile at the 10 things Americans like about we British. In particular the way we take the micky out of ourselves.

Cheers,

Missy

Well deserved! Thank you.

Cheers,

Missy

@toinfinityandbepond       I watched the first episode and it seems pretty good. Love the long coat and time machine.

Where he plays a “Time Master” in a stolen time machine, wearing a very long coat.

Spot on.  Although I missed the detail that the time machine was stolen.

You see, I’m familiar with the character – Rip Hunter, Time Master – from the old 60’s comics.  But I can’t claim to remember much about it, except that I enjoyed the s…[Read more]

River asks how did he get another regeneration, and The Doctor says “a thing happened”
Question, does he remember?

I didn’t think there was a suggestion he’d forgotten- only that it would be complex to explain (and of no benefit in moving the story forward for him to do so).

@tardigrade

It occurred to me…

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Watched the first couple of eps (not had time for more). Lovin’ the proper grasp of Noir.

My recollection was that it was her superior computer skills that her allowed her to hack the Daleks so that they would forget the Doctor, rather than her mental strength. Of course, it’s been a while since I saw “Asylum of the Daleks”.