@bluesqueakpip  @nick I think your readings of the Doctor/Master relationship are thoughtful ones, especially the conceit that Missy truly wants to be the Doctor’s friend but doesn’t know how to do that.

@whisht The TARDIS does know the two of them well, doesn’t she?  And I think that’s key.

A while back in the “Oxygen” thread, I was wo…[Read more]

Great posts (as always), Thanks @Whisht, @toinfinityandbepond, @phaseshift, @Craig, @Wolfweed and all. @Pedant – you have great taste! Thea Gilmore is fab.

Bit hard to get away from politics in the UK this week, but I don’t really need an excuse for The The, haha. Love this –

@whisht

One thing I meant to say to you. I was a 20 year old at Durham university during the strike. Two things particularly stand out. I was doing one set of exams (cant remember which year anymore) and I could hear one of the Colliery brass bands, come and go through the window. They were leading a March into the centre of Durham. I cant recall…[Read more]

@whisht @thane15 @pedant

This is quite interesting economic based view on why May lost. I wouldn’t suggest this was the only or even best reason, but the underlying economics are important back ground.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/pantheon-analyst-samuel-tombs-called-uk-general-election-exactly-right-chart-2017-6

@whisht

I agree with you there. The only ay to negotiate something like Brexit on the basis of a national consensus. Since that doesnt exist, something Norway like is a win win for both sides. We’re out, but in enough to work for both sides. It will also kick the issue down the road for both Us and Europe. We can reach a final decision either way later.

@whisht

I dont know what the cure is, but I think it must be built around local democracy. There was a time when Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle were important economic hubs rivaling London in economic importance (add Glasgow for Scotland and South Wales as a region). We have to get back to this way of looking at things. The…[Read more]

@thane15 @nick @whisht

Yes, he lost his seat. (Hurrah). I agree with whisht, the Conservative campaign was relentlessly empty, and I do hope this results in a softer more collaborative approach, but then we now have the DUP propping up the Cons in government, which is not encouraging to my mind.  I agree with @nick that the general lack of in…[Read more]

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I broadly agree with you there. Whilst there are issues about how do we pay for the increasing cost of the older folk when they get sick and need social care, it’s probably safe to conclude that the majority view is that the government should pay for the largest chunk of the cost. This requires tax rises and that the long term…[Read more]

@Thane15

Please don’t be a stranger to us! You are well loved, friend.

@ScaryB

And I completely second your thoughts to FatManInABox.

@Whisht

as Puro said.

Aww, luv you too

I haven’t been around as much as I’d have liked as I’m having a serious de-clutter of my flat as well as rearranging the furniture. (@ScaryB – you’ll be pleased to h…[Read more]

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I’ve just got back from the NE and was surprised by the number of spoiler thread comments myself. I’ll be back to post some thoughts on the last couple of episodes tomorrow, but I’m currently laughing at the notion that Theresa May may have just ‘won’ a hung Parliament. Delightful (but being realistic, unlikely).

Anyways, a while back…[Read more]

@Whisht – Did you manage a rewatch? If so, did your opinions change at all?

@Whisht – It might seem like there must be a vast amount of major revelations being leaked over there but we’re mostly just theorising about Xmas future…

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I prefer Nirvana’s version to the original I’m afraid.

@whisht @thane15 @ScaryB and anyone else who cares…

Nothing to do with episodes but:

GO OUT AND BUY THEA GILMORE’S NEW ALBUM NOW! I posted The War, the teaser track, a while back but the standout tracks are Slow Fade To Black and Rise (which is just sublime) – but rather annoyingly neither have been youtubed yet. So have two of the best covers…[Read more]

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@whisht — Glad I could be of service!  😉

Lovely as the climax/denouement is, I really am bothered by the Doctor and Bill not feeling remorse for all the lives lost in this story, given that it was her bargain with the Monks and his serving as a propaganda mouthpiece for them that resulted in so many innocents going to their doom.  The Doctor d…[Read more]

@ichabod  I think what Moffat and co. meant about Bill not being “special” was that she does not enter the story as having some great mystery surrounding her, as Amy Pond did with the crack in her bedroom, or Clara Oswald did with her multiple lives.  Bill really is “just” a cafeteria worker with little means and little really fulfilling in l…[Read more]

@whisht   Thank you!  I’m like the proverbial bad smell, I never truly fade.

@Whisht    Holy crap.  🙂

The question was certainly tongue-in-cheek; I hardly expected such a nuanced response! My son has taken to asking this question whenever he meets an Arsenal supporter (he isn’t one himself, so his interest is more academic, but he follows the sport pretty closely). But at this point, after having won the FA Cup, I’d ha…[Read more]