Getting excited for “Mummy…”

Some quick thoughts –

Thanks @Whisht for your post  which managed to say in a couple of paragraphs what I rambled around in about a dozen posts! 🙂

Thinking a bit more about Missy – if she thinks she’s in some way the Doctor’s girlfriend, might she be making a present for him? (Something warped of course!). What < …[Read more]

Hi @janetteb and @whisht.

Thank you for the kind words. I love your posts too!

Ha ha, my surname isn’t really Savon 🙂 The name is “idiot-savant” said with a bad French accent, and harks back to a conversation I had where I thought I was being very clever, speaking fluent French and that, get me. But my accent was shocking and no-one could take…[Read more]

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I kind of liked Red Snapper. But have to say my dog isn’t so keen.

She was fast asleep on her beanbag, then when I clicked play she woke up slowly and eventually sat up, staring at me as if to say WTF.

After 2 mins I muted the sound and she immediately settled back down into her deep dog sleep.

She has no taste, obviously.
🙂

@Whisht You’re right I would like that 🙂

Annoyingly, the Egyptology seems to have disappeared.

Missy as Anubis would be awesome.

@ScaryB <waves> Yes I’m not bothered by the accuracy of moon gravitational science etc. either.

@Whisht So there are three candidates for Missy’s “Heaven”

1. The Time Lord Matrix

2. The Library (in which River is entombed)

3. The Papal Mainframe

I think Moffat, who is a bit of a sarcastic bugger, is messing with those of his critics who…[Read more]

@Whisht  Ah sorry to accidentally burst your bubble. But don’t give up on your bonkette (lol)

You are assuming the ‘judge’ is unbiased. Perhaps she is going to judge, but lets say is going to skew the evidence in the outcome she wants. Which is guilty as charged. Death by *whatever* and means she gets his lovely new life and new set of…[Read more]

@whisht Yes of course, the time war book – I’d forgotten all about that

Won’t be able to watch tonight’s episode for a while (as a friend has somewhat annoyingly decided to get married today).

But to sum up – things I’ll be watching out for this week:
Suppression of human instinct/emotion/thought
Chess references
Theme of…[Read more]

Hello @whisht. I was thinking only yesterday about you and your crossword analogy from a couple of threads ago. (I think I’ve realised my own approach is to leave the crossword blank, wait for the next day’s paper, look at the answers, and say “I KNEW it”) 🙂

but where’s the fun and learning in that?

I couldn’t agree more.

x

I had a couple of tracks for characters/interactions. And @whisht will be delighted that there is no thrash guitar here (although I’ll remain silent on the possibility of thrash sax and violins).

For Danny’s attitude to the Doctor being of “Officer” class, this gem by The Damned, Generals, came to mind. Seriously, if you haven’t heard their alb…[Read more]

Thanks to @Whisht @Arbutus and @ScaryB for the good health wishes – I really need them – so very much appreciated x

@Phaseshift How right you are x I love Halloween / Sahmain and think it’s fascinating that the dead are commemorated in so many cultures at this time of year. In Haiti the Days of the Dead are Nov 1 and 2 and the people take…[Read more]

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Someone mentioned Tempest

The Wikipedia page is here.

Links to Doctor Who? Well, it’s about a magician with a daughter, one servant who’s a spirit of the air (Ariel) and another who’s a monster (of the week?). The magician is really a wrongfully-deposed Duke (i.e. he’s an exiled lord). The daughter is wooed by young Ferdinand, son of…[Read more]

My tune is awfully kitschy compared to the PF and other great stuff people have suggested, never mind the epicosity of @Whisht‘s contribution, but the chorus of this popped right into my head during my first viewing of this week’s episode and wouldn’t go away. And so…

Whew. Only half the day to catch up up all the comments. By the time we had rewatched last night I was too tired to comment. I would give this episode and 8/10 but then, I am a harsh marker. I really enjoyed it as did the family who demanded an immediate rewatch. I have lots of comments but I think most of what I wanted to say has been covered. (I…[Read more]

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Yes – it’s troubling how many gifted songwriters over the years haven’t felt the need to write odes to their old school caretaker. Apparently there are more songs about people who issue driving tickets. 🙂

I thought @craig nailed it last week with bankrobber (special nod to @barnable for Scooby Snacks), but my contribution this week…[Read more]

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re the TARDIS on stage – I think you mean this one – and yes a mighty effort! (sadly both Shazz and Scout seem to have withdrawn from here but hope they’re both well) –

General Theatre thread

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Ha ha, nice (I always miss the f*ckin obvious!). And of course there’s the “Pink” ref to Danny.

This could also work for Time Heist –

Of course there’s also Breathe (this clip couples it with Time ) –

(I’ll leave the obvious for next week’s…[Read more]

@Whisht, Danny’s enlisting at 18 might give him the time to earn his sergeants  stripes, but not also perhaps to gain sufficient education to qualify him as a maths teacher. Joining up at 18 and then spending 8 years in the military to get his stripes puts him at 26. Adding 4 more years of university study to qualify him as a maths teacher puts…[Read more]

@Whisht – No More heroes – great theme for this series. (And any excuse for Blood on the Tracks era Dylan is fine by me!)

Continuing the heroes theme -“we can be heroes – just for one day”

(And I’m with you on lack of classical music knowledge, but this thread has been a great eduction, thanks to @Puro…[Read more]

@whisht – Did you mean NOT old enough to make sergeant?

From the information you linked to:

Sergeant
Sergeant is a senior role of responsibility, promotion to which typically takes place after 12 years depending on ability

There really is something odd about Danny. I was originally okay about the ‘maths teacher’ bit, because the hints dropped…[Read more]

@Whisht    When he said it, I thought that there was no actual “thing”. Danny thought Clara was about to cancel on him, and he was beating her to the punch. Except that, then, he came back to the school to spy on the caretaker. So that was probably the thing.

@PhileasF   I noticed that too, with Courtney’s parents. But I thought they meant “you…[Read more]