@Whisht and @Apopheniac

re Promised Land = Gallifrey

I’m with you. I’m sticking with the fact that Arcadia is a Greek name for Utopia = Arcadia on Gallifrey didn’t fall, but rather was “saved”.

P.S. I am totally in awe of and jealous of those who caught the missing coat “continuity error”.

@Whisht – well, they’re tallying district by district, so regional variations could get … interesting. 😈

Technically, however, Capaldi is the first to use his native Glaswegian accent. He’s the second to use his native Scottish accent. And the third Scot.

Which is, I suspect, where this constant meme got started; somebody said ‘first…[Read more]

Hello @Brewski

All this talk of nit-picking is making me feel slightly better for being a bit OCD about the open-naw-now-its-shut-nope-now-its-open Tardis door business at the beginning of Robot of Sherwood.

Unlike @Mudlark, I cannot promise to refrain from picking at such nits in future, sadly.  Im the perennial Sees The Trees But Misses The…[Read more]

Hi @Timeloop

I think an @all would be a bad idea I’m afraid. Although it would make things easy I think it would leave us all open to abuse. And I think if you post a question, you can be confident the regulars will read it even if you haven’t @’d them. I’ve often posted saying “This is for @ everyone…” and many have responded.

About 1500…[Read more]

@Timeloop    My ramblings about the Clara/Doctor relationship came off of something that @Whisht said in response to you, rather than anything you said yourself. And as I said, it really didn’t have any bearing on your theories, just thoughts that occurred to me. The Missy theories are making my head spin a bit! I am inclined to agree that Mi…[Read more]

YES! I am glad someone agrees! @Whisht @purofilion <3

I think you missunderstood me. I am not saying that @Arbutus. I am not saying that that means they are romatically involved. I am just saying they reference each other like that in that episode, much like in the relationship you described. They are just very close to each other, understand and…[Read more]

This year alone, I’ve been introduced by @Arbutus to Medieval and Renaissance choral music, from @TheKrynoidMan and @Whisht to German experimental mood music, minimalism, punk/rock fusion and jazz together with some absolute classic favourites like The Who; Queen and Prince.

Meanwhile, I introduce people to Kermit the Frog.

I like to add tone. 😀

@Whisht  You know, I never really believed that Clara was interested in Eleven in “that way” (even after the little “reveal” in TotD). I never got that vibe from her. What I did get was that she treated him a bit like a “guy friend”. My teenage son isn’t especially interested in girls at this point, and last year he hung out a fair bit with a…[Read more]

@whisht.  I reviewed the arrow shot in slow motion and must agree that it penetrated an engine, though not very deeply.  I can see how I got the wrong idea.  So, we are stuck with the fantastical idea that somehow the gold in the arrow might bleed into such circuit boards as were gold deficient, or some such thing.  However, this is a sci…[Read more]

@Whisht  The book I’m talking about was a non-fiction, A3-sized hardback about Timelords.  🙂  It had a chapter on Susan, Romana I, Romana II, The Rani, The Master, Rassilon etc.  It will still exist at my parents’ house, it’s just a matter of whether it’s still on a bookshelf or out packed in a case in their shed.

@Whisht

“That a man born into wealth and privilege can find the lot of the oppressed and weak too much to bear?

Until one night he is moved to steal a Tardis, fly amongst the stars, fighting the good fight.”

I watched the ep twice, and both times something at that moment tickled my brain. But it wasn’t until reading it here that I got it.…[Read more]

How long does that “edit” feature work?

I wanted to amend my earlier re-introduction because I forgot the fragrant Sarah Jane Smith as a favourite companion.  Ive only seen two of her stories in DW but Ive seen all of the CBBC programmes. (I’m only a wee bit older than the demographic, honest)

… [edit / add]

hooyah!  An apostrophe showed u…[Read more]

Hello @Whisht

I said “Seemingly” Random.  😉  And I like the “Theories more insane than whats actually happening” on the front page.

Hello @SaraOswald101

I wonder if theres an archive of introductions.  Yours is very well done.  I wish I could erase mine and start over.

Im someone who was on the verge of giving up with DW sites because I don…[Read more]

@janetteB and @Whisht (and @others?) The idea of the ‘promised land’ as a robot heaven is very interesting, especially bearing in mind that the original notion of a ‘robot’ in SF literature is rooted in socialist thought: I may have this wrong, but I remember that robot was a Czech word to do with land rent, or something? – must google. Anyway,…[Read more]

@janetteB     The Doctor likes to play the mythical hero and does not appreciate competition.  This is interesting! I read that competition as more of a general “two big egos meetup”, because as I said earlier, I am definitely getting the feeling here that the Doctor is not at all comfortable in the hero role (although he seems to burst into it…[Read more]

@Whisht    I felt that the Doctor was mostly the straight man to other people so it worked for me. Capaldi played it very straight for the most part, and that may be more his personal style. I found it quite amusing, but a very different way than Matt Smith would likely have handled it.

@Verbal      I agree about the TARDIS, I have noticed…[Read more]

@Whisht ” if I say that I see now say (how/) I see why” that was confusing.

“The Hoff” Is no big thing in Germany to anyone I know. I didn’t know about that thing till I was 16 or so. One song, big deal. But some Germans might think differently- I do not speek for all- maybe older/elderly people.

This isn’t my kind of Doctor Who episode to be honest (sword-spoonfights and negligible-amounts-of-gold-making-all-the-difference are a bit too silly for me – or rather a different kind of silly to what I like), but I did actually really enjoy it, mainly for the humour and Capaldi’s Doctor.

I think this is the sort of story that would have left…[Read more]

@Whisht – if Rusty’s crack is the result of Time Lord interference then the Rani is a possibility, but she might be experimenting with the approval of the Time Lords. As I stated somewhere back in the six or seven pages 🙂 it’s really vital, if the Time Lords are to return safely, that there’s some kind of possibility of a negotiated peace. With…[Read more]

Hi @Wolfweed @Bluesqueakpip @Arbutus @Barnable @tennantlove9090 @VashtaNerada @PhaseShift @FatManInABox @Rob @JanetteB @Whisht @ScaryB

Well, we did it and survived, mostly. That climb that takes up the first minute of the video is probably the most difficult, and at times scary. My friend almost bottled out 50 metres up the cliff face because she…[Read more]