oops – apologies for the double-ish posting. My first wasn’t appearing for me, so I tried again and then again but by splitting it up.

sorry!

@ScaryB – [gasp]

never heard that version before! Trust Grace Jones to add the funk!!

brilliant! but darn – I’m now much too awake to go to bed!

🙂

well @Elouise after Dinosaurs on a Spaceship and at least a window on a sun (if not a sun itself although some people think so) after Journey to the Centre of the Tardis, an elephant wouldn’t be that strange.

smaller in fact than a swimming pool!

(but no, you’re not mad, just bonkers like the rest of us!)

🙂

@Elouise – does this question arise from making you listen to Warm Leatherette?

If so, I’m sorry and will pay for the counselling fees.

🙂

@Elouise – for this:

I actually listened through the whole thing, in the frail belief that something else would happen…
Never have I been so wrong…

I want to hug you!!

I’m genuinely laughing and its been a while, so thank you!

Honestly – I know what you mean and yet you prefer it to Bells 2??
My god woman, you’re a rare thing!!

🙂

@TardisBlue – I’ll admit I have far far too many books/movies/stuff I haven’t seen yet. In terms of Ursula Le Guin I’m no expert as have only read two (Lathe and Left Hand of Darkness) as they were recommended by so many people.
They’re both interesting in terms of setting up a possible world, what it reflects on today’s world and pure…[Read more]

hm, as that one worked, I’ll try replying again to a couple of people here as the replies may have got jammed in the gears of auto moderation.

@Arbutus – I really liked your take on TDoTD and agree as to The Lathe of Heaven (if I wrote tLoH I’d have everyone wondering which episode I was referring to… which I may do in the future as I’m a tad…[Read more]

ah @ScaryB – “Eagle Eyes??!?? – does that mean I get another badge or simply explain the strange switch protruding from the back of my skull??

Either way its a win!

🙂

@Timeloop, @Elouise and in terms of an alarm ringtone, I use the default one on my phone. However, I went through extremes for a phone ringtone that would actually cut through my headphones. I thought this would work as its the most ‘annoying’ piece of music on my iTunes (other than the stuff i actually dislike) [the normal].But it kept ringing…[Read more]

oops – really sorry but I may be being thought of as spam (or its a quality filter, in which case I’ll try harder).

Was trying to reply to people on the tDoTD thread.

I’ve saved it after it failed to post, so will try again later – mainly saying it here in case its happening to anyone else (and to see if I can post to other threads!*).

* well,…[Read more]

@Timeloop, @Elouise and @Timeloop in terms of an alarm ringtone, I use the default one on my phone. However, I went through extremes for a phone ringtone that would actually cut through my headphones. I thought this would work as its the most ‘annoying’ piece of music on my iTunes (other than the stuff I dislike and put there anyway).

But it kept…[Read more]

oh and @purofilion – hadn’t thought you were cranky.

Completely agree that the Time War is best served by the effects in the imagination (btw a novel by Ursula Le Guin called The Lathe of Heaven – although not about a Time War – had incidents that give a sense of what it might be like living through one. And I cannot imagine that sense of…[Read more]

ah – @Bluesqueakpip – glad you agree that the Curator is simply the retired Doctor (who can even pass on the mantle of Doctor…). mainly glad as it means I’m not going mad (or simple).

I love your analysis of Tenn/Smith reacting against the ‘adult’ Hurt who made the wrong ‘adult’ decision (rather than a childish rejection of what ‘had’ to be…[Read more]

Watched this again, and have to say it was even better having read all the timey-wimey analysis here!

Just a couple of things I noticed:

At the beginning, the Tardis is located on an expanse of countryside beside a road. This reminded me strongly of the poignant moment in An Adventure in Space and Time where Hartnell has stopped in his car,…[Read more]

No real need for words from me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKCk8o5xzaM

I’ve nothing to add to the general “wasn’t it brilliant!?!”-ness of the comments (to which I agree), except a mild surprise that no one’s yet mentioned the other planet-destroying sentient bomb in a movie.

Think I may watch it again tonight.

Man.

Just thought this might be nice.

Just in case it brightens someone’s day, especially if they’re feeling down.
(haven’t embedded this time – just in case someone’s bandwidth is struggling to load the page)

I’d agree that @ScaryB is someone whose opinion I’d trust (in terms of rudeness and trolling), but also that this shouldn’t mean she should feel obliged.

However I’ll try perhaps a bit harder to intervene if I spot any rudeness, so the mods don’t have to.

And in terms of whether this site is intimidating – luckily I got in before I realised the…[Read more]