The Doctor Who Forum | tommo | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/tommo/activity/ Activity feed for tommo. Sun, 26 Jul 2026 14:22:49 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 fdf7c0044ae9bde8a7a0628f7738ba76 tommo replied to the topic Jodie Whittaker announced as the new, 13th Doctor in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/jodie-whittaker-is-the-new-thirteenth-doctor-on-doctor-who/page/4/#post-60924 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:53:17 +0000 @serahni great post. #60884

]]> b82464e7da68d8604f9a88935904afd4 tommo replied to the topic World Enough and Time in the forum The Twelfth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/world-enough-and-time/page/6/#post-60399 Wed, 05 Jul 2017 15:10:47 +0000 this episode was one of the best horror shorts i’ve ever seen. what atmosphere!

]]> 1c86925ffee6f78676c77800c6aa07df tommo replied to the topic World Enough and Time in the forum The Twelfth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/world-enough-and-time/page/6/#post-60314 Mon, 03 Jul 2017 21:25:28 +0000 @thane15Β  – hello mate. better late than never, right?

]]> 608858ddf4520eb5592d3f6dfd27c7a1 tommo replied to the topic The Doctor Falls in the forum The Twelfth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-doctor-falls/#post-60135 Sat, 01 Jul 2017 19:58:12 +0000 So, after carefully putting back my exploded mind i thought i’d leave a comment on my favourite Who forum.

Loved the whole Cyber-Bill narrative and the wonderful way human emotional sub-plots are inter-woven in a way only Who can do.

No.1 returns. The Crimbo episode is going to be ‘2 doctors’ scenario then it seems. What a way to send/welcome…[Read more]

]]> be229de1b4a6032e2005bf8e8d19373e tommo replied to the topic The Pilot in the forum The Twelfth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-pilot/#post-56258 Sun, 16 Apr 2017 09:47:18 +0000 A triumphant return indeed.

I was feeling echoes of Tennants/Davies finest hours in ‘Midnight’ & ‘Waters….’, respectively , in the episodes antagonist.

The repeating, then absorption of a person plus the endless streaming of water made for a tidy little nod-back to almost a decade ago, (jeez). really, a decade already.

Great, rapid yet…[Read more]

]]> 2bf7dafb93b176f3a46f45d57da179fe tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/page/14/#post-49557 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 12:43:36 +0000 @arbutus

I have been thinking for awhile that in the new year, I want to attempt a rewatch of the entire series from Rose onward, partly to revisit old episodes that I enjoyed and partly to get a look at the older in relation to the newer, and see what I think about it all and how it has changed.

funny you should say this as i also decided to do…[Read more]

]]> 27390d1aebbe206585055db51acb357e tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/page/9/#post-49246 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:56:15 +0000 very interesting discussions indeed. it would certainly put missy’s final words in episode 2 into some context.

]]> 192cbdbba66afc8aea1bcfde36bda344 tommo replied to the topic The End of Time in the forum The Tenth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-end-of-time/#post-49178 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:28:23 +0000 @cybrdragon – i’m totally with you there mate.

]]> f3eb50d5429c4c5140eb72a7db0dd012 tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/page/9/#post-49177 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 22:20:27 +0000 @notime – i second that entirely. welcome also.

]]> 799daef2c9742a094e3bf8463875f15f tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/page/8/#post-49166 Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:31:12 +0000 how cool would it have been if the man who initially ‘looked after’ the doctor in the desert was Canton Delaware 3rd or maybe the 4th….? πŸ˜‰
it would have been a further, secure tie up with that whole impossible astronaut diner setting. speaking of which, @blenkinsopthebrave – invisibility does indeed work with a broken chameleon circuit as that…[Read more]

]]> f71f8c21e08a279c322f31fe4ff23681 tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/page/5/#post-48973 Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:23:04 +0000 @rorysmith – you’re bang on with the Ashildr/doctor theorising scene. i totally imagine moffatt reading this very forum in prep for a scene like that. i think all those theories they bandied were posited on here at some point. it reminded me of that scene in Sherlock (series3) when he’s discussing how he escaped his jump from the hospital roof…[Read more]

]]> 0194d1f629f8ea63029b364a07d6b5fb tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/page/2/#post-48805 Sun, 06 Dec 2015 11:09:43 +0000 the ‘run you clever boy, and remember me’ line has that much more poignancy now doesn’t it?

also, i was loving the sheer amount of whoniverse referencing occuring in this episode. another one i have just recalled is the ‘knock 4 times’ motif from the 10th’s tenure. “they always knock four times” – excellent.

]]> def4f7878c1ecc0c567e43e6caf90dd0 tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/#post-48739 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 23:00:42 +0000 @puroandson – one word friend. ‘spoilers.’

just stick with it and watch it through to the end. love from the uk. πŸ™‚

]]> 2e39fb777a7fa9288eaae4f49fd63d65 tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/#post-48737 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:49:32 +0000 @spider – i suspect not. capaldi has the eyes for sure. i suppose they’ve all had their angry streak but that grief-stricken, subdued, simmering rage was played perfectly by him. it’s a good question though for sure.

i also loved that Clara’s ending was re-closed so to speak;

this time it was the doctor who was the victim of the companion. that…[Read more]

]]> a3392b093ab73de01d18f23f212d0c96 tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/#post-48731 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:09:47 +0000 @pedant – yes, i caught that one too. great nod.

]]> 89f26f51ef1b782c297cf0ad3fb4d567 tommo replied to the topic Hell Bent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/hell-bent/#post-48729 Sat, 05 Dec 2015 21:40:37 +0000 so much awesome. a couple of things whilst it’s fresh in my mind.

loved the ‘bad wolf/rose’ theme echoed at one point.

the doctor finally goes full ‘time-lord victorious’

so much more but i need processing time….

well done on another superb series team.

]]> 64042dd27472bc7563590bbd08244122 tommo replied to the topic General thread – fan creativity (2) in the forum Fan creativity http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-thread-fan-creativity-2/#post-48593 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 23:03:26 +0000 @midnyt – that jacket design is awesome. nice one.

i’ve drawn Doctor 12…

]]> b2edada55332db5ab16c9d179176cebb tommo replied to the topic Heaven Sent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/heaven-sent/page/8/#post-48584 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:17:39 +0000 has it been clarified at all since the ‘the time of the doctor’ whether the time-lords granted him a full set of regenerations or just that particular one (capaldi)?

i re-watched ‘time of…’ last night and i don’t think it’s made clear in that. Smith mentions a ‘whole new regeneration cycle’ but that could be referring to that singular…[Read more]

]]> 9b2d1df9dbd4a88c88b3eeff21d188dc tommo replied to the topic Heaven Sent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/heaven-sent/page/8/#post-48528 Wed, 02 Dec 2015 17:12:16 +0000 @brewski – love that link you make from the mind palace revelations into the 4th wall breaking that has been occuring throughout the series.

i too am looking forward to watching the series in a secondary order if it turns out to be the case that there is a parallel thread concurrently running.

wow – quantum writing. (moffat rules)

]]> 40a403dd97b76fa4673ea805c8cb5ecf tommo replied to the topic Heaven Sent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/heaven-sent/page/6/#post-48423 Tue, 01 Dec 2015 13:12:40 +0000 @jphamlore – did he have his sonic sunglasses on him at all? i seem to remember a shot of him in a corridor putting them on or am i mistaken?

]]> 7da18bcb9bceeb5d2bc39622eb28e205 tommo replied to the topic Heaven Sent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/heaven-sent/page/3/#post-48185 Sun, 29 Nov 2015 11:23:11 +0000 anyone seen a recent horror movie called ‘it follows’? one of the best horrors made in the last decade for me. it’s just the opening prologue immediately conjured it up in my mind.

also, why did the crystal wall not reset like the other rooms in the prison…? did i miss an all-important sentence?

capaldi, as most have already said, was totally…[Read more]

]]> cab7a3e2177094e3fb67d5a9d697e5f4 tommo replied to the topic Heaven Sent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/heaven-sent/#post-48085 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 22:36:21 +0000 @phaseshift – good point. ME could well mean Ashildr. the plot thickens….

]]> 062ef266f391740619cfb2132687537e tommo replied to the topic Heaven Sent in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/heaven-sent/#post-48062 Sat, 28 Nov 2015 21:54:21 +0000 so the time lords spend 2 billion years trying to torture information re. the hybrid out of the doctor, he breaks out and apparently confesses almost immediately – ha. i love this show so much. capaldi is the epitomy of the ‘cool doctor’.

one question though; why did the crystal wall not reset like all the other rooms..?

roll on saturday πŸ™‚

]]> 449d45e72a58690df291fd5e9f2530df tommo replied to the topic Face The Raven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/face-the-raven/page/6/#post-47862 Wed, 25 Nov 2015 19:59:37 +0000 @arbutus – ashildr herself may fit this criteria no….?

It might be fun to see some distrust, some uncertainty.

 

]]> 0d2ba4e45eee5fc4d2eb77673020d078 tommo replied to the topic Face The Raven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/face-the-raven/page/3/#post-47621 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:11:49 +0000 just remembered that the phrase cards made a little appearance again. loved that.

]]> abb9536c7d244418cab05dd04eebc7a2 tommo replied to the topic Face The Raven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/face-the-raven/page/3/#post-47563 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 23:34:55 +0000 @geoffers totally concur with your point about Clara’s departure being exclusive in the fact that she is the only companion so far (AG) to have actually died in the viewers true sense. or so we are being led to believe….

]]> c93a3e85271be967e09579945c9c3649 tommo replied to the topic Face The Raven in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/face-the-raven/page/2/#post-47528 Sun, 22 Nov 2015 17:27:31 +0000 first off – phenomenal episode, as usual.

in a previous thread, possibly ‘sleep no more’, one of the wonderful minds on here, (sorry i forget who it was), made a post re. the arc for this series having a solid thread of prejudice/refugee/acceptance, or lack of, of others despite differences etc. running through it. this episode, in my mind, was…[Read more]

]]> 412f229a9843028e0bd2746d87aa879d tommo replied to the topic Sleep No More in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/sleep-no-more/page/5/#post-47426 Sat, 21 Nov 2015 18:00:35 +0000 @kharis – is River still ‘psychically linked’ to Clara? (name of the doctor)

re. the sandmen being blind. how do we explain the Rasmussen sandman? he had fully functioning eyesight as far as we know. i suppose if he was the ‘5 year sleeper’, he may have gained the ability of full human reconstruction…? i suppose it ties into that ‘the whole…[Read more]

]]> 70669f56217a27e96202eb70ca8c8c32 tommo replied to the topic Sleep No More in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/sleep-no-more/page/4/#post-47251 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:11:30 +0000 all this talk of dreams and dream-worlds reminds me of the episode ‘amy’s choice’ in series 5 featuring the dream doctor, brilliantly played by Toby Jones. i loved that episode.

there’s no obvious links to ‘sleep no more’ but i just fancied mentioning it. maybe the dust is a load of psychic pollen floating around….hehe.

]]> 7aa7ed75e1cafe36f0c967a52178a29f tommo replied to the topic Sleep No More in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/sleep-no-more/page/2/#post-47003 Sun, 15 Nov 2015 17:04:21 +0000 i noticed Clara refer to the cables that ‘pulled her in’ to the Morpheus machine as snake-like. did anyone immediately link that to the first 2 episodes? Colony Sarf and his cable mimic…? hmmm

maybe some dalek foreshadowing…?

i liked the episode. Capaldi on top-form as usual. Shearsmith never fails to impress me either.

]]> cac861328b329789d93f1b70dee7075b tommo replied to the topic The Zygon Inversion in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-zygon-inversion/page/4/#post-46735 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:38:32 +0000

on the subject of memory-wipes; was anyone else feeling echoes of the series 6 episode β€˜the beast below’?

sorry my bad – the episode i was referring to was in series 5, not 6.

]]> e7ca9464bba4c0d6c2fdcea76f2c9c58 tommo replied to the topic The Zygon Inversion in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-zygon-inversion/page/4/#post-46728 Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:47:46 +0000 @jphamlore great analysis re. the human ignorance toward ET life followed by some great replies. i forget, how is it that the whole RTD era of humanity becoming aware of alien life has been somewhat expunged? was it Smitty’s crack or bang maybe? i realise Amy’s memory was affected due to the crack in her bedroom but was the whole planet…[Read more]

]]> fc21f011e872a256a0d42fd20c1cdcd5 tommo replied to the topic General thread - fan creativity in the forum Fan creativity http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-thread-fan-creativity/#post-46284 Tue, 03 Nov 2015 22:10:31 +0000 @Missy – thanks so much.

i have a capaldi to go up shortly.

]]> 51faa3edf6dcd0cb9c7c3deba1f300f5 tommo replied to the topic General thread - fan creativity in the forum Fan creativity http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-thread-fan-creativity/page/21/#post-46076 Sun, 01 Nov 2015 12:47:31 +0000 so i drew John Hurt’s doctor.

]]> 03dbd75b46ef3f5f23a87a0e632e3ec3 tommo replied to the topic The Woman Who Lived in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-woman-who-lived/page/5/#post-45755 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:54:12 +0000 Clara’s mother’s maiden name is Ravenwood.

Episode 10 of this series is titled; ‘face the raven’

clues…..?

some great theorising on here as usual everyone.

]]> b30121959cb891ced4cc0af01aa382b7 tommo replied to the topic The Girl Who Died in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-girl-who-died/page/6/#post-45377 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 15:04:06 +0000 <span class=”useratname”>@spacedmunkee – re. It Follows (great film)
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]]> 91731beeb1149661419a372e8e985160 tommo replied to the topic The Girl Who Died in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-girl-who-died/page/6/#post-45367 Sat, 24 Oct 2015 13:40:53 +0000 @nerys – oh right. i was referencing the moment in ‘name of..’ where she jumps into the timestream;

]]> 9465630615a20701fa50d5b464c64e6c tommo replied to the topic The Girl Who Died in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-girl-who-died/page/3/#post-45132 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:45:50 +0000 hi guys. great forum, great minds, great show.

pretty new here. nothing to really add in the way of theories that hasn’t been floated already.

however, a little niggle. Isn’t the quote from Clara; “run. run you clever boy and remember ME” ?

]]> ab450c1bc1ec2f7f2d442731ab19bea4 tommo replied to the topic Dark Water in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dark-water/page/9/#post-44715 Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:33:28 +0000 hi all. i’m pretty new here so don’t know if was mentioned earlier but the name of the founder of the 3W facility – Prof. SKAROsa – is/was a nice foretelling of the ‘magicians apprentice’ scenario i thought….

]]> 89c47c7a9a33a58b9ed68f0109c8ac54 tommo replied to the topic General thread - fan creativity in the forum Fan creativity http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-thread-fan-creativity/page/20/#post-43775 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:05:17 +0000 <span class=”useratname”>@meisiluosi</span> – thanks very much. glad you like my style. one of the reasons i adopted it is because nothing is ever really finished. i don’t like endings.

great work too btw.

]]> 7a3452b42f797a4fbfde327432bd0093 tommo replied to the topic General thread - fan creativity in the forum Fan creativity http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-thread-fan-creativity/page/20/#post-43537 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:41:53 +0000 sorry i mean no.7 (mcCoy) πŸ˜‰

]]> 59f7579dc1e2132e7d848c6607fdef5d tommo changed their profile picture https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/50319/ Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:38:39 +0000 0 e3857843b152f6ff4677740f8b515d2b tommo replied to the topic The Witch's Familiar in the forum The Twelfth Doctor http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-witchs-familiar/page/2/#post-43536 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:36:22 +0000 my obsession with this programme shows no signs of abating.

Doctor Who is the reason the BBC was created.

]]> 33122dc4426074e3d80d1d26adb4b186 tommo replied to the topic General thread - fan creativity in the forum Fan creativity http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/general-thread-fan-creativity/page/20/#post-43528 Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:33:41 +0000 Hi everyone.

i joined this forum yesterday after having been a massive ‘whovian’ since i was about 4 years old.

one of my personal favorites being no. 8 (mr. mcCoy)

i look forward to countless hours being passed on here discussing all things who with you all.

just thought i would put up a link on this here thread sharing some of MY…[Read more]

]]> c0fe9e643ac7cc97059673247d834641 tommo became a registered member https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/activity/p/50307/ Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:11:02 +0000 0