@whisht

In fact the Barber hasn’t been telling stories – he’s been stealing them.

I wondered about this. If he’s the storyteller of the gods then why did he need to hold people hostage and force them to tell stories? Presumably he wasn’t able to tell stories anymore, but I didn’t see the reason why that was the case explained in the episode.

@winston  @whisht

Thanks. I did wonder afterwards whether I should have gone with the Dusty Springfield cover, which is a better quality recording … and it’s Dusty Springfield!  But perhaps it was best to stick with the original.

@whisht   Thanks for all the good music I got to listen to today. The Who is part of the sound track of my youth, I loved them as a teen and still do today even though we are all so much older.Older and better.

stay strong

@whisht  I didn’t think about Mrs. Flood being unable to get back to earth and needing the Doctor to get her there somehow. Food for thought. Thanks.

By the way that guy in the picture freaked me out as a child.

stay strong

@whisht

The still of Balok, from Star Trek’s The Corbomite Manoeuvre, is on the nose. A puppet as it turned out. The protagonist was in fact a hyper intelligent baby.

The potential use of puppets is worrying for anyone who saw the Bandrill ‘video link’ from 1985’s Time Lash. However, the Bandrills look nothing like Anita Dobson, unlike the Balok puppet.

@devilishrobby @whisht

If it is another old Who callback, and one of the Guardians, I’d be a bit surprised. But…

1. I’ve been wrong before, pretty much everytime actually.

2. I’d reckon she would be the Black Guardian, given her previous statement about “bringing terror”.

What is interesting is that she’s been the neighbour of both of Doc…[Read more]

@whisht nah she can’t be the watcher the watcher was a foreboding presentation that indicated to TomBakerDoc that his regeneration was approaching and was in fact the PeterDavisonDoc, oddly enough this could have been a pre Gap form of BiGeneration as the two of them (tombakerdoc and the watcher/Davidsondoc) merged upon the “death” of TomBa…[Read more]

@Whisht and @ScaryB as our resident musos – what is the tune Susan Twist dances to on stage? It’s bugging me as it’s really familiar…

@bunface @Blenkinsopthebrave @thane16

I wonder if Gatwa Doctor’s frequent tears are because, on some deep level, he recognises that there is a Red Doctor/ Sutekh-possessed Red TARDIS out there in the crossed…[Read more]

Wow @whisht your music choices are just brilliant. Loved those!

The beginning and end of the choir vid reminds you these are regular fun-loving children making this amazing sound. Incredible really. x

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Yes, The Carol of the Bells, which we heard in the introduction when baby Ruby is left at the church and again at the other end of the time loop when the Doctor returns her to the church porch – presumably the church choir singing. I wonder whether the choice here was deliberate, given that it is a Ukrainian song in origin – although I…[Read more]

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cauliflower cheese. It’s a marvellous dish!

Can’t argue with that, it made me the Mudlark I am; likewise the Macra(ni) Cheese, regarding which the only terrors were my best friend and me when it appeared on the school dinner menu 😜

Looking forward, maybe the Toymaker’s phantasmagorical legions to come will include that well known Gr…[Read more]

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As I was watching, I wondered if the cut cards would yield anything meaningful. When the 8 Clubs came up, I was a bit stumped, but knew someone here would have an in-depth view.

For my part, it seemed to be a bit of foreshadowing, and with “Eight” sounding like “Ate” and a Club looking a bit like a Brassica, my suspicions were…[Read more]

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… there’s an entire comment of yours on this thread I should link to as I want to hug it.

Awww shucks 🙂  I’ve been enjoying having you and @ScaryB back in the DJing box, and actually some of the lyrics to that Tom Waits song you posted, Who Are You, combined with @Phaseshift ‘s musing on the “Celestial” element of the Celestial T…[Read more]

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GOOD Whisht!!! Yes, yes and YES! Exactly that! 😉

@ps1l0v3y0u

the stage in the Chibnall cycle when my brains started leaking from my ears.

😀 😀 😀

@ScaryB – lovely to see you and @Whisht back in the DJ box!

I’d missed the detail that it was the TARDIS that clocked Clone-Donna’s long arm at the last – clever old thing.  And yes, definitely a play on AI and its current weirdnesses with the human body. AI is terrifying frankly, so a very modern form of body horror.

I had forgotten ARSE – I’m…[Read more]

@Whisht

Haha, what else? 😉

Now what about this week…? How about this for an episode about doubles and detecting life signs:

(And also interesting thumbnail which seems to be AI image gone a bit wrong 😉 )

Nice one Mr @Whisht

It is indeed lovely to catch up here again 🙂

@whisht what he (@blenkinsopthebrave) said.. 🙂

Hope he can keep the accent.

Cheers

Janette

@whisht

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

Ha!! Brilliant!

You have been gone too long, my friend.

I see you haven’t lost your touch since I’ve been away @Whisht! Great choices. I like Floyd, early stuff in particular, but I agree with you on Dvision Bell 😉

@thane16 – Eleanor Rigby – great choice 🙂