Sorry @jimthefish – only thing I can think of was The Hand with Michael Caine… and a quick whizz on imdb doesn’t ring any bells (including the Hammer episode with McCallum).

lets hope the hive starts to buzz…

@Phaseshift – couldn’t agree more. I never do resolutions at any point in the year.

I just do stuff without telling anyone or planning anything. A tad chaotic perhaps but I find it works for me.

🙂

hm, best get those lights on and eke out a few more moments of chrissmassyness.

Thanks @Bluesqueakpip.

I guess those are the rules.

But you know what I think of the ‘rules’…?

;¬)

Happy New Year @TardisBlue – any bonkers resolutions?

I should try and get some appropriate music on while I take down the xmas decorations later.

It is today they come down isn’t it? It seems too soon!!

he he he he!

@monochromedimension you are a fair and wise topic-Dalek!

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@nicelyuseless et al – I fear we get the leaders/ public servants we deserve (certainly the ones we vote for).

I think if they thought we wouldn’t vote for them if they were seen heckling or using dumb arguments etc then they’d change their ways. Unfortunately its working the other way with apathy being the common reaction to politics. Also,…[Read more]

ha ha – @Phaseshift – have you seen Toy Story 3?

Hope you have your Woody for many years to come.

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erm.

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jeezus did I just type that?

oh no! He’s far too young!

I know this will be a disaster and this casting just goes to show that Moffat has no clue how to write.

Wenger out!

ah @Phaseshift you’re Master-like scheming is all too transparent!

ok then – which cards do you want to swap?

Be warned – they’re not in pristine condition but perhaps you don’t need that to make a full set and take over the World huh? huh? yeah… yeah – I got your number, ‘Master’.

‘Master’

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Master…

[stares into Phaseshift’s avatar’s…[Read more]

I’ll admit I was going to post the Lawson link here on the forum, and was surprised no one else had.

Then realised my motivation was to get some of the more robust thinkers here to tear Lawson’s article to shreds as I couldn’t quite find the right place to start.

As that’s a rather crap reason to post a link I didn’t. In the same way I couldn’t…[Read more]

@monochromedimension – hey that’s great!
I also can’t figure out whether my earliest memories were re-runs of Pertwee (though I’m just old enough to remember him, so I probably was sitting near enough to my dad’s knee for safety).

In terms of Faces – perhaps you need a Faces of the Daleks thread?!?

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and completist – probably (but is that so bad??)

Hi @purplecup – I’m going to leave it to wiser heads than mine to answer your good questions!

@Wolfweed – Great interview with Orla. I would love to know what backstory she created in her mind to play Tasha (and how that played out over a few series! 🙂 ). Fun to hear how an actor responds to being in Who (without even reading the…[Read more]

Hi @monochromedimension – I was curious if you wanted to post something on either the Memories thread or Faces thread as to your preference of the Classic Drs – Troughton and Hartnell in particular.

I was just wondering as many here who mention their love of them, do so as they saw them first time round and unless you have a time machine I’m…[Read more]

ah – excellent points @Phaseshift – of course its pretty much inevitable that Who would/should cover Hitler (as in the paradox).

And you’re quite right as to how it works in-show in terms of the wider narrative.
I guess what I found interesting about the conversation was the use of transgressive humour in general, and that the episode didn’t…[Read more]

I find this quite interesting.

I’m sympathetic to @GothamCelt ‘s view – its fine to use humour to debunk inhuman or just plain stupid theories and actions, and has been done well and badly in the past. In fact humour is brilliant at bringing down fear and breaking unquestioned institutions.

This particular time it wasn’t done with much intent to…[Read more]

ah – @Phaseshift – I know, I know – not really a theory, more a naff denouement! Its also one I’d hate (which proves how little instinct for writing or drama is in me!)

What I do like (as you all have said) is that this ends the ‘last-of-the-TimeLords’ shtick, yet also means he can’t bring them back until they’ve proven to the rest of the…[Read more]

a bonkers thread of theorising – great idea!!

Can I be first(?!) to suggest that when they do step forward and everyone’s (vaguely) happy at seeing them, the TLs admit that they lost the War while being sealed away, and Dalek stalks sprout from their foreheads?

Bit obvious, but still….

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In terms of the High Council and War Council being at odds in terms of how to wage a war (as well as wage how to escape the Time Lock) I guess what’s interesting (unless I’m misunderstanding) is that the ‘mad’ High Council choose to communicate to the Master, whereas the War Council reach out to the Doctor.

If that’s correct, then they needn’t nec…[Read more]