Hi all – apologies for lack of being here but I hope you and yours are all well.

There was nothing for me to riff off this Christmas so I’ll simply add these crowd pleasers and beg forgiveness.

To get the gallery onside, some Tom Waits – Christmas Card From a Hooker

Mention of a doctor by Little Feat

But for all of us binging on xmas films on…[Read more]

Hey @ps1l0v3y0u

Nice choice!
I’ll link it here (btw I just paste the Url from YouTube and that embeds it.

There’s a way to link text [link button above the field we type in] that also can work.
eg for this live version.

;¬)

and just catching up on stuff…

@blenkinsopthebrave – A midges love poem!
Wow – great to hear poetry here.

@scaryB – oh god.
Dagga Doo is bad enough, but I now have a Kenneth McKellar ear-midge!
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Though “Och aye the midges” by Bob Strachan might live longer!

;¬D

Now, indulge me.

For the season overall, I was thinking of storytelling, myths, fairytales etc.
But then this track popped up on my walkman.
After laughing about how the hell did I have that in my collection, I thought that maybe this series was also about Utopias…

I haven’t given this too much thought in case it dissuaded me from sharing…[Read more]

Actually, The Reality War didn’t spring as many songs as I thought it would.

Unreal by UNKLE (perhaps a song for Conrad??) but not really.

Maybe La Realite by Mariam and Amadou?
But not really either.

Nice songs but not really summing up the episode.
Maybe because the episode was a bit harder to corral into something a song can…[Read more]

So many good thoughts re: GatDoc’s tenure and how it might have been overshadowed by the stunt at the end (“Billie Piper!”) although that stunt might have been more knowing (please invest in another season) rather than “this would be cool!”.

You’re all also better at understanding the past storylines etc so I’ll just bonkerise without…[Read more]

The Reality War probably deserves quite a few songs, but I’ll put these first two here until I think harder.

These were ‘mentioned’ in the episode (as it were).

When Anita (Time Hotel) spies GatDoc dancing with Rogue, we hear Astor Piazzola’s Libertango.

(I think) when GatDoc sees Mel again there is a shout of “like a bad penny!”

So here’s…[Read more]

So that was the finale and it felt like a broken mirror – sparkly with lots of fragments.

In that spirit… my disconnected thoughts!

I think I’m probably more in the camp of @Whohar and @thane16 on the finale.

Whoever said “the rule of cool” below is something I also feel about RTD.
“That’s a cool idea/ visual – let’s go with it”.

I honestly…[Read more]

Lots of midges content to catch up on (will comment in a few days time).

Just a couple of hours to the finale, so will post my last one for Wish World.
Slightly ties to the Interstellar Song Contest (ABBA) and of course, The Rani.

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Oh and @pufferfish – I owe you massively!
You mentioned Yo La…[Read more]

ha ha @scaryb – I’m not trying to be eclectic, just searching my library for song titles with appropriate words (if only I listened to lyrics!!!)

;¬D

Now, the Unleashed episode for Wish World showed how the crew were bitten to pieces by midges for that enchanted forest scene.
I felt for them, but instantly this ear-worm sprang to mind.
I never…[Read more]

Today, just one song inspired by Wish World.

It sits alone as it really sums up some of the fairytale aspects.

And Disney!

“Oh that Clock! That killjoy!”

:¬D

Tomorrow or Friday, maybe something for the Doctor Who Unleashed’s Wish World episode…
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@blenkinsopthebrave
I think we agree that unlike Belinda, Poppy is ‘special’!

And being a Time Lady is definitely ‘special’!

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A couple more for Wish World.

Both are quite soothing (but not quite poppy-soothing!)

Some beautiful Sheila Chandra singing in her unique Folk/Indian inflected fusion

And some more fusion of styles from John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain

Hey @juniperfish – [waves] great spot on the Baba Yaga reference for the bone house/palace.
And her flying was very Wicked Witch (or Green Goblin!).
Maybe Poppy will ease the pain of hurt people, who hurt people?

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@thane16 – hellooo!
Thanks for the Gundry – he and that song is new to me!
Lovely thoughts on ‘choice’ and Conrad’s world.
As…[Read more]

So – for music for Wish World, here’s a couple.

I have a few more that I may litter here during the week.
;¬)

But today I’ll just post two.
One for Conrad’sVision of a 50’s world where women knew their place.
{ahem}
[sadly too many songs to pick from!!]

And this, a song from someone at the time who…[Read more]

@scaryb – that classic Muppet song is an Everest to the foothills (or bogs!) of Dugga Doo!

Thanks for it though as its wonderful!!

:¬D

Well – that was a lot.

I liked the WandaVision aspect (but WV does cast a shadow).
Some of the ‘deaths’ in this series (especially Violet) seem to be there just to show ‘things are dangerous’/ this will look good.
They don’t (for me) carry much moral weight.
Oh well.

The baby that can cast wishes being described as “terrifying” by both Rani and…[Read more]

Other thought(s).

I really hope Belinda is not ‘special’.

In the Barber’s chair, The Doctor told a story of a ‘normal’ person, because it was extraordinary. It was a story from Belinda.
The Doctor loves ‘normal’ people because they are special and extraordinary.

My last thought before running away is that the series have been gamey-wamey as…[Read more]

Hi all,

I cannot compete with the bonkerising here. It’s excellent and I really haven’t been keeping notes over the seasons!
:¬D

However a thought.

I think we agree that GatDoc is in some sort of alternative Universe.
Does this alternative universe have it’s own Doctor?
If not, might it need one when GatDoc (inevitably) returns to ‘our’…[Read more]

Well, for the episode The Interstellar Song Contest, I’ll look forward to everyone posting their own favourite Eurovison Song Contest songs!

;¬D

Obv need at least a link to Buck’s Fizz – Making Your Mind Up.

But I’m going to post this one for this episode – maybe it’s also a bonkers…[Read more]