The Doctor Who Forum | Vervain | Mentions https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/vervain/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Vervain. Mon, 27 Jul 2026 02:29:23 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 1ef94b82eb1f06f11481d09e08abfdfa Julianantony replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/#post-69945 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:35:10 +0000 @vervain here you go https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2020-03-02/doctor-who-timeless-child-plot/

 

]]> 2bec5f40c984f6ff783ebe68aec9e898 Bluesqueakpip replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/#post-69931 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 13:31:37 +0000 @vervain

Namely that by removing the previous Gallifreyan ruling elite (the Pythia) as precursors to the Time Lords you end up without the Sisterhood of Karn, meaning you end up with no War Doctor.

You’re confusing history and pre-history, I think. Plus you’re not allowing for the tendency of succeeding regimes to rewrite the previous history,…[Read more]

]]> e70e89fa01a5dd4afcd12afd77ea8529 Miapatrick replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/#post-69917 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 06:27:33 +0000 @vervain it would though be pretty hard to follow ‘everything you think you know is a lie’ with something that doesn’t smash up a lot of canon, though.

]]> d7c88602776236b753d83ab141825258 DrWhoOpinion replied to the topic Orphan 55 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/orphan-55/page/2/#post-69074 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 06:47:01 +0000 @peacefrog

I am actually quite glad Martin Luther King awakened so many. But if all of the world is a political speech to you, then the concept of entertainment has been lost.

As for the inhumanity of slavery, I have always asked people what would you have been like if you were born during the decades of slavery in the US? Would you have really…[Read more]

]]> fe40f069a777dbe5609d603322290d46 Arbutus replied to the topic Orphan 55 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/orphan-55/#post-69047 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 19:02:33 +0000 Welcome, @peacefrog! I too lurked a long time before joining in the fun.

@thane16   Not sure if Midnight was a tranquility base, but it was certainly the same kind of place. Definitely a recall there, and that was one of my favourite Tennant episodes!

@vervain   whether you stop being a fan of whichever team you follow if they lose a few ga…[Read more]

]]> 248e0a96fe69d831c5a94704d7cc8682 syzygy replied to the topic Spyfall part 2 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall-part-2/page/3/#post-68969 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 00:43:26 +0000 @vervain

Agreed. It’s not phallic. I have absolutely no idea why that happened !

To the rest of the gang. I’ve mentioned before,  about 3 years ago, that the internet’s great. Except when people start using terms that others copy. It echoes.

Two years ago: new Doctor. Only now, we have one person ‘admitting’ “oh, actually, it’s flat. No…[Read more]

]]> 73a7dd27f6fce31da75ab57a0d87f6a5 Juniperfish replied to the topic Spyfall part 2 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall-part-2/page/3/#post-68964 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 23:34:55 +0000 @Craig Thanks – and yes it was my fault – I was trying to copy and paste too much Wikipedia about DNA separating techniques!

@claire54 My overall take is, now that we have a female doctor, the writers don’t know what to do with her.

Yes, unfortunately I do not think Chibnall has been equal to the task.

Elements which I’ve found jarring in the w…[Read more]

]]> 426359f477cea0475d2f40d8ccaea520 Arbutus replied to the topic Spyfall part 2 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall-part-2/page/3/#post-68962 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 23:00:03 +0000 So nice to see all the speculation again! I don’t have any particular views about the Timeless Child, but I’m enjoying the return of the Master more than I would have expected. One of the things the post gap show has done nicely is the shift of the Master from a stereotypical evil nemesis to a villain of more nuance. We’ve been given belie…[Read more]

]]> 3de34e6d87bbfdb1f0a6a8cc19ec57bf winston replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum On The Sofa (10) https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/#post-68947 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 03:58:38 +0000 @vervain   Hello to you too!  Welcome to the site and to the sofa, it has a comfy new couch. I live in Ontario, Canada and I am fairly new to Who. I started watching in 2005 with the 9th Doctor but I had seen a few BG episodes growing up and I have tried to watch as many as I can. It is nice here with a lot of nice folks so I hope you like it.

]]> 04a95c2be081ac426bf191f23d91c83b syzygy replied to the topic Spyfall part 2 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall-part-2/page/2/#post-68938 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:15:00 +0000 Good morning & welcome to the …brains! Holy schmeck, my ol’ brain is a hurting now. @rob I prepared my beverage before attempting to read the thoroughly wonderful posts. Happy NY to you & good to see you out back (or front, or transactionally eternal, no yesterdays, todays, tomorrows, all time pre-existent…!)

@vervain @mensabrain.  Welcome…[Read more]

]]> e92c66799a7d3cfe67d52f6da1fce069 Bluesqueakpip commented on the post, Out of the comfort zone https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/sidrat/out-of-the-comfort-zone/comment-page-2/#comment-4541 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:26:43 +0000 @vervain
Thanks for that (and welcome to bonkers theorising). Hope you enjoy your rewatch!

]]> a375777b1d239c40e8b134d80f626f0e Bluesqueakpip replied to the topic Spyfall part 2 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall-part-2/page/2/#post-68937 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:10:13 +0000 @blenkinsopthebrave and @vervain

I’m kind of inclined to a sleight-of-hand that involves a Moffat loop. Mainly because Chibnall was so careful to re-establish that the Doctor can solve a current problem after the solution to the problem has already happened.

I’d say the Capitol is in shreds, Gallifrey is burning – but ask if the Gallifreyans…[Read more]

]]> bab4c8158faa3bba29495861aa266f45 blenkinsopthebrave replied to the topic Spyfall part 2 in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spyfall-part-2/page/2/#post-68932 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:11:54 +0000 @vervain

the big assumption here

Yes, for some reason I am skeptical about the Master’s claim to have destroyed Gallifrey. It seems too monumental to have happened off-screen. For a similar reason, I am skeptical that Gallifrey really has been destroyed (or even that the Doctor saw what she thinks she saw). I sense a slight of hand in all of this.

 

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