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]

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.

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@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!

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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]

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]

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

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]

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]

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]

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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]

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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And being a Time Lady is definitely ‘special’!

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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

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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]

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]

Thanks for it though as its wonderful!!

:¬D

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]

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]

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]

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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]

Blimey.
Initially I really disliked the Doctor’s vindictiveness and torturing.
On second viewing I merely find it really really out of character.
Maybe his bifurcated character has been Vindicatored.
TBH – I’m also not convinced by Ncuti’s acting of being angry, but hey ho.

Overall I liked this episode.
Tonally it really…[Read more]

Luckily its kinda funky

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We’ll start with something mellow.
This (to my ears) kinda sounds like a Fleetwood Mac song,…[Read more]

Really really like the actor Ariyon Bakare who played the Barber. Very intense.
(If I understood correctly) a human who told stories about the gods, who thus powered them. Wanting credit and power and… to destroy…[Read more]

@juniperfish [waves] mentioned in this post above
‘Bel(inda)’s a name may have meanings.

Also as @Whohar [another wave but I’ll stop after this] says in this post above
The character’s name was changed when they cast Sethu.

But they only changed the surname.

They kept ‘Belinda’.

Does this mean he needed “Bel(l)” as a…[Read more]

We’ve Got A File On You from the Blur album Think Tank (their t-shirts had it on them).

A bit shouty.

But instead I’ve gone with this from the ever-reliable The Who.

“Can you see the real me Doctor? Doctor?!?”

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For The Well, there are songs I’ve found, but nothing that actually means anything in terms of the episode.

So, I’ll have to go with this, but hopefully I get more inspired!

And I agree with everything @winston said (as always)

The Shreek like playing (with their prey).
Monsters enjoying playing with their victims seems a theme…

And yes. ‘I deny this reality’.
Iconic moment.
Naturally RTD wants to play…[Read more]

As for Mrs Flood – my first thought was this

but that was me just being…[Read more]

I enjoyed this episode and here is a song about light coming from within, love and looking into space.
It also features fans in adoring-mode.

Honourable mention to this also lovely song called The Crying Light by Antoni and The Johnsons.

I really enjoyed it.
Enjoyed the fun, seriousness, and switches between the two (which could’ve been awkward but I didn’t find them so).
Loved the fans (why oh why didn’t they say “We enjoy making up theories even more bonkers than what’s actually going on”????!!??).
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Not much to add except,…[Read more]

Here’s something for The Robot Revolution.

I had a few songs but as soon as I heard ‘his’ dulcet tones I thought “yeah, seeing Anita Dobson’s character again made me harrumph, and ‘he’ harrumphed and a lot more besides.

Coercive character indeed.

Beautiful song…[Read more]

So… thoughts on The Robot Revolution.
I agree with so much that people have said far better than I.
Tonally I felt it was all over the place.
– Nasty coercive control/ incel/ war & death.
– Retro 50’s toy-like robots and cutesy cleaner-bot.
Great for the merch though ($$£$$).

I liked the kernel of an idea (“honey I bought you a s…[Read more]

But in the spirit of Christmas and music I *think* I heard in the episode…

Merry Christmas!

So apparently its that time again, so….

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Skizz.

Your comment was reductionist, glib and dumb.

{sigh}

I do truly love this place for the quality of people and writing here** as I do get to reflect and see/understand far more than…[Read more]

just to add my thoughts on the sad loss of Ian Gibson.
And to echo Jim’s plea that we put Mick McMahon into some sort of protective space.

(but not an iso cube)

Gibson’s flowing lyrical lines were so powerful for me when I saw them in 2000AD.
It created an environment and characterisation that couldn’t…[Read more]

Though The Macra(ni and Cheese) Terror is a bit much.

I also realise that I really really shouldn’t try and delve into sifting through the semiotics of Who.

;¬)

Not that I can have done a better job, but I know what goes into making sites so I’m happy to help at least in the ‘thinking’ part.
And happy to help financially.

My contribution is also a tender one by Elbow (they’ve quite a few).
Dear Friends.

“…But it struck me to say while so far away
You are with me today
You are here are in my head, in my heart”

But I’ll also just have to share this video I stumbled…[Read more]

The only thing I can add that I haven’t seen…[Read more]

Just wow.

Not the episode. I enjoyed it, was happy to see Tennant and Tate again and sparring off each other.

But wow – it’s great to hear/see so many people being… erudite and bonkers and engaged again.
And that includes (newer) people saying “who the hell are you and do you mean me?”
:¬)

@juniperfish – there’s an entire comment of…[Read more]

Apologies for the late reply.
That’s a rather melodic Aphex Twin track so thanks for that – I really liked it.
I know he’s very varied but I do like the melodic stuff.

Now, for Wild Blue Yonder I didn’t stoop to think to Crazy Arms songs (I’m not that silly) but instead, as a belated Happy Birthday to Tom Waits,

Who…[Read more]

I think the most appropriate song for the Star Beast is…

Which I’m sure has *nothing* to do with Disney at all.

😀

But if I’m honest, I’ve nothing to add to that comment as I haven’t really thought about it.

And its hardly as if 2000AD didn’t leap onto the ET bandwagon (though by giving it to Alan Moore they ended up with ‘imagine ET…[Read more]

I noticed that…[Read more]

Well I’ve been so very tardy (and not Tardisy)!
I really need to catch up with everyone and in fact, I haven’t even seen the last couple of episodes or the regen!

I will I will before I watch this ‘new’ Doctor!

Anyway, it would be remiss of me not to offer a song to you all, so…

I notice that there have been some colourised episodes,…[Read more]

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Hope she’s great*

* is she really going out with him?

Hope he dyes his hair ginger

:¬D

But another Scot!!???!!!???
Where’s the diversity BBC????

tut.

I’m feeling a little salty with my music choices.
I didn’t like this episode much, so forgive me.
But…. I’ll try and at least suggest some… thing.
;¬)

I don’t really suggest this one – it works as part of an album and ‘tone’ but….
Pirates by Burial came up when I searched my hardrive and…. its…[Read more]