@Whisht @Bluesqueakpip – I think there’s gotta be *some* call-backs in this episode.  I’m hoping that Psi and Saibre return, and there has to be a tie-in to GUS, right?  I’m also hoping that there’s some reference to “Listen” – either the identity of Orson Pink, or who wrote “LISTEN” on the blackboard, or whatever.

Of course, there are so many t…[Read more]

@Whisht      I had the same thought about the potential connections to earlier episodes. I had dismissed it because of the similarity to A Good Man Goes to War, but that was awhile back now, so who knows? Like @Bluesqueakpip, I find the idea rather fun. We’ve had some great secondary characters this season, it would be fun to see some of them tie…[Read more]

@Whisht

So, while I’m still sober

Still sober? What went wrong? 😉

Yes, a crack shot with a golden arrow would be a handy bloke to have around. As would the expert hacker (to hack into the Nethersphere). Even Rusty might turn out to be a useful mutated blob in a crisis.

Nothing wrong with ‘the gang’s all here’. I always enjoy the quick r…[Read more]

Been catching up with the oh so many posts. So much good chat, haven’t quite got my head round all the current bonkers.

I had barely recovered from almost snorting beer out my nose at @Phaseshift ‘letter to the BBC’ about trolls when I then came across the post from @Whisht and well, lets just say I wishI had some sort of respiratory bypass…[Read more]

@Whisht I only wish to comment back about the religion aspect– to be honest I have found it extremely
refreshing to see how they have handled religion this series- as NOT sacred – as myths and legends
which is what religions are essentially – I think the way religious belief has been handled this season
has been effective and excellent!
I hope to…[Read more]

And thanks to @Arbutus and @purofilion for the Orfeo links and info

@Craig was close to getting my track of the week for Heaven but I think @Whisht‘s Stevie Wonder Misstra Know it All trumps it for the title alone!

(I was going to post Don’t Fear the Reaper but @Phaseshift beat me to it several weeks ago! The “Another 40, 000 coming everyday……[Read more]

@Whisht

I’m in bits after your Lou Reed post (Songs for Drella is a masterpiece, painfully honest)

I was looking for Bowie’s Queen Bitch, and came up with this version, which is a duet with Lou. So, for the title, and the  line

She’s so swishy in her satin and tat, and her frock coat and bibbity- bobbity h…[Read more]

So many great posts it has taken me two days to read though everything. I don’t think there is much I can add however a post of @Whisht‘s made me think a little. I lot of people have supposed that the cybermen are not the main problem. Clearly that is Missy. It would seem that she is using the cybermen for some devious purpose all her own no doubt…[Read more]

@Whisht   Those are great! Is the Nick Cave track part of your bonkers theory, by any chance?

@purofilion    With or without actual baton, it made no difference to my bobbing and weaving. I was simply no good at it. Which is fine, as I have never aspired to leadership!

Very good point about the music this week, it was wonderfully subtle, wasn…[Read more]

For @Mudlark:   The sublime voice of Andreas Scholl, singing from Gluck’s Orfeo. Orfeo has just lost Euridice again after rescuing her from the underworld: What shall I do without Euridice? Where shall I go without my love? Euridice! Euridice! O heavens! Answer! I am still true to you! Euridice! Euridice! Ah, there is no help, no hope for me e…[Read more]

@Whisht   “Safe From Harm” could be a theme for the whole series: Danny keeping Clara safe, the Doctor keeping the earth safe, Clara keeping various children/people safe, and so on. It’s a thing!   🙂  And the Boards of Canada track was exactly the breath of sanity needed to pull me back from my Harper-induced madness (I’m okay, now, @purofilion,…[Read more]

Having just rewatched this episode again with the suggestion in the back of my mind, (sorry I have forgotten who first suggested that) that everything this series is an invention of Clara’s I must say Danny does appear to be her perfect SO So perfect that, as the Doctor points out, he isn’t entirely believable.

@Whisht I like that suggestion.…[Read more]

@ScaryB @Arbutus @Whisht – Thank you for your kind words!

Arbutus – this one’s for you 😀

Anonymous was @Barnable! What has happened to Barnable??? 😮

@Whisht

Soap!!!

I loved that show.

And agree, some great discussion on the nature of soap opera as a genre. As @Phaseshift says, UK soaps in the 80s were trailblazing (in subject matter and in playing with the format), especially Brookie and Eastenders when it started. But it now covers such a wide range of programmes that it’s not really…[Read more]

@FatManInABox    Thank you!  🙂  We had punk for engineers, and now we have some for poets. Brilliant.
@TheKrynoidMan    Thanks for DMR. I had entirely forgotten that song, but it came back instantly!
@ScaryB    “The Men Who…” and Brunel have been passed on to some others, who are also planning to share. Maybe they will become a thing (ass…[Read more]

@Fatmaninabox

Well done on the TARDIS spot in Brunel. I completely forgot that was there.

(Also for @Whisht (and ta for the Smiths –  have we had the Smith’s on here before…?), @Arbutus )

Came across TMWWNBBFN playing live, accidentally a year or 2 back. Late night/early morning, you’re on the way home… but then another gig jumps out at…[Read more]

@Handles

You’re right – always room for more Clash (@TheKrynoidMan I’m with @Arbutus – liking the Clash is definitely a sign of intelligence, discernment and generally being ultra cool!!)

Intrigued by @Whisht‘s Red Snapper (new one on me (but so much on here is 🙂 )) tho I can see why @Idiotsavon‘s dog wasn’t so keen!

@XAd4 Lovely clip from…[Read more]

@XAD4   Thanks for that lovely bit of Tom Waits!
@TheKrynoidMan, The Bangles, brilliant.  Always enjoy the Blues Brothers, and Soul Man in any version is great.
@idiotsavon    What a lovely surprise in the midst of the undead! Love HB.
@Whisht   Enjoyed Moonlight in Glory. Perfect title for the theme, and I was I the only one last week during…[Read more]

@XAD4   Thanks for that lovely bit of Tom Waits!

@TheKrynoidMan   The Bangles, brilliant.  Always enjoy the Blues Brothers, and Soul Man in any version is great.

@idiotsavon    What a lovely surprise in the midst of the undead! Harry Belafonte, beautiful.

@Whisht   Enjoyed Moonlight in Glory. Perfect title for the theme, and I was I the only…[Read more]

The Greatest Sylvester McCoy Episode Vote in the Galaxy – Result!
OK – Collating and reflecting on the votes received, I think we have a clear winner for our choice of Story containing The First Scottish Doctor.

It’s actually pretty apt to reveal it after we’ve seen Mummy on the Orient Express as well. The first victim terrorised by the Mum…[Read more]