@Whisht

Now you’ve made me blush (insert appropriate emoji), and no need for the ‘sorry’; I have no difficulty whatsoever in accepting that everyone heard ‘Bill’ – and so did I, quite clearly, when I watched that sequence on iPlayer. But I must have watched that particular bit on my recording more than half a dozen times now, and try as I may to…[Read more]

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About 33 mins, after the baddie can’t turn of the sonic and gets eaten.

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Great choice of track for Smile. A warm-fuzzy was experienced.

I was drawn to to concept of the false Smile, with my immediate reaction being old friends of the forum and the people who gave us “Heaven Sent/Hell Bent” (thanks @craig) The The, with Uncertain Smile (a version with Jools Holland from Later with..?)

But, with the plea for…[Read more]

@whisht @thane15

“Oh why me?” flouncy whine

Quite.

Any twat can whine.

Marr has done some interesting (and interestingly obscure) stuff, completely free of ego.

No clue why this has just popped into my head. Oh no. No siree.

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@zeyra (not @zephyr)

And stop trying to corrupt @thane15 – besides, puro should already have inoculated him.

Seriously. Ian Curtis wrote about his own pain (and also wrote the best song to explain how to help someone with depression, already linked above). That Twat whined about how horrible everybody else is.

And to bleach o…[Read more]

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There’s going to be a laughing gnome at some point….

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A promise he’s kept by staying on Earth for 50 years.. so made around 1967? kinda the time he first regenerated…. purely coincidental I’m sure….

Coincidence or not, the same thought struck me some time ago.  William Hartnell’s last appearance as the Doctor was in November 1966 in The Tenth Planet, after which he regenerated, and The Tent…[Read more]

Just got in after a lousy run at work, but my mind’s buzzing with a couple of ideas so I’ll mind-splurge ahead of tonights show.

Our little game of ‘choose-a-choon’ for The Pilot on the music thread (excellent choice of tracks @whisht and @thane15) found us dwelling on the possibility that Heather was a David Bowie tribute (the girl with the m…[Read more]

@whisht thanks for the welcome. After reading everyone’s theories I feel I am well out of my league, but I  love reading them all.   Tom Baker has always been my favorite guess it’s cause he was the first DW I had the chance to see.    Again thanks!

<p dir=”ltr”>Awe, you’re all so friendly here, it’s nice :)</p>
<p dir=”ltr”>@mudlark “Far fetched, but appealing.”  On my first go! *preens*</p>
<p dir=”ltr”>@thane15 I spent a bit of time studying bryophyes (mosses and liverworts). Almost everything I wrote or said started with some variation on “Mosses are small, green plants”. The phrase just…[Read more]

Hi @whisht All kudos for the egg whisk of Rassilon belong to @phaseshift, not me. I am still stumped on that one. I suppose my current theory is either the 13th Doctor, or the 1st Doctor, but basically I am waiting for another clue.

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Pootling around and rediscovered this, which is absolutely the accept-no-substitute definitive version of this song. Keith Richards on guitar, Ron Wood on bass, Mick Jagger producing. Fascinating life story – came to England with Ike & Tina Turner and stayed because of how much better she was treated here, as a black girl. Played…[Read more]

@whisht It has been many many years since I saw the film but I thought maybe the gift of the carpet might be a nod to Educating Rita. Doesn’t she give the professor a gift, a bottle of cheap Scotch or something? That is probably too vague.

@countscarlioni Lady Hamilton. Interesting. There is a (very) tenuous link to Scotland there.

Hopefully I…[Read more]

Rembrandt: In the classic Who story The Time Warrior (Sarah Jane’s first story), the third Doctor announced he wanted to study under Rembrandt.

DOCTOR: You know, I was never much of a hand with a paint brush myself.
SARAH: No?
DOCTOR: No. Nor a palette knife for that matter. But I’d like to study under one of the masters one day. Rembrandt,…[Read more]

@wolfweed—

That’s a wicked and interesting spot. It’s good to have you back.

@whisht—

not sure if anyone else has mentioned, but Bill is very much a Companion for this forum.
Her theories as to what is happening are indeed more insane than what is actually happening

That’s also a very cool idea.

@Whisht

Is it just me or did the actress who played Heather remind you of Clara?

Yes, very much so. I noticed two echoes of Clara besides the musical motif. Firstly the actress who plays Heather has a bit of a look of Clara. Secondly the close up photo of Bill’s biological Mum was so similar to Jenna Coleman’s features it made me wonder if…[Read more]

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Apologies for not responding earlier to your comment concerning The Ship Who Sang.  As I remember, in the latter novel the core of the ship and its pilot was the brain and nervous system of a human woman who had been born severely disabled but brought up from infancy as a cyborg and trained for this eventual role.  The ‘smart matter’ i…[Read more]

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Stephanie Hyam had a part in Sherlock, so I suspect it was just a case of casting somebody they liked and had confidence in.

Very good point about Bill’s self-rescue, which also nicely counterpoints her coming close to “buying a ticket” with Watery!Heather.

I posted this yesterday but it’s a ghost post so I post it now again.

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I think I will watch some episodes with 7th, I’ll start probably from those mentioned by @jimthefish. Thanks for that. It’s somehow refreshing to watch Doctor with completely different personality from last three Doctors, less emotional but at the same time more…[Read more]

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I think I will watch some episodes with 7th, I’ll start probably from those mentioned by @jimthefish. Thanks for that. It’s somehow refreshing to watch Doctor with completely different personality from last three Doctors, less emotional but at the same time more expressive (I think it’s McCoys’s voice).

@blenkinsopthebrave

Thank you for…[Read more]