Thank you all for nominations received so far.

@Craig – for someone who is busy, you had a surprisingly adept catalogue of stories nominated. 😉 Glad to hear the light at the end of the tunnel is approaching.

@janetteB – Absolutely vote for a choice. Last month, @JimTheFish asked the same thing, as Pertwee isn’t his favourite. But, you never…[Read more]

@FatManInABox    Daleks doing G&S. Oh dear, that was an OMG moment. No tea in hand, fortunately. (Big Finish had the Daleks quoting Shakespeare, but this is even funnier.)

@Whisht  Thanks for those Durutti Column tracks, wonderful. I’ll agree, there were tears.

@TheKrynoidMan   South Park really nailed those musical numbers, didn’t they? And…[Read more]

Like all the “same name” songs, especially @FatManInABox’s Pretenders vs. Iron Maiden. That would be a bit of a shock if you were looking for the first and ended up with the second!

@Whisht   Well done with the four “Save Me”s. All very different feels. I love Aretha and kd! On songs with the title “Fortune Teller”, how about this “timeless class…[Read more]

@Whisht   “Floridity” is so a word! And I completely agree that I tend to prefer more intimate stories to the “skies full of Daleks” kind (although those can be fun once in a while). And I love the idea that the Doctor could spend more time helping just one person (or perhaps one group of people) rather than saving worlds and being the Oncoming…[Read more]

Love the new Capaldi pic, great look. Tho agree with the small quibble about the buttoned up look. (I could go for the red troll hair tho! Matching hair and lining 😉 )
Also agree with @Whisht –

What I’d like is… less ’100s of Daleks flying at a planet’ and more “Dalek is a companion??!”
Less “the world will end if we don’t do [x]!” and more…

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@Whisht – So no to that hairstyle. lol!

@Rob – Now you’ve got me onto Dalek speculation! We definitely need proper Daleks; I really am not keen on the newest design. I don’t mind different coloured Daleks however, if only to signify rank of course. So basically… keep the bronze for the regular Daleks (or return to grey perhaps?), black and…[Read more]

How nice of the UK weather to join in the spirit of World Goth Day with thunder and lightning. Very appropriate.

Ah @whisht – I know what you mean, but I can’t explain how fun that scene actually was to be inside in the late eighties. How we used to laugh (while not showing anyone, obviously).

Anyway – Rain.…[Read more]

@wolfweed – Re: Promo Pic – The new Doctor looks so good… And @Whisht is right, he needs some sort of tie; not a bowtie though… unless its a ribbon. His shirt reminds me of my issue right now; I often wear shirts and find I really want some sort of ribbon bowtie or something with it… otherwise it just looks empty. I think I’m waffling now.…[Read more]

@Whisht

Its occurred to me (I’m slow on the uptake) that (simplistically in an-exec-will-understand-it-this-way) BSG was “Wagon Train in space” and Blake’s Seven was “Robin Hood in space”.

Doctor Who is just… “Doctor Who – a madman in a box”.
There is no template other than the template that it creates itself.

Love it!

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@whisht

I’m a big fan of Battlestar as well. For me, there was a slight sag in the middle of season 3, but I thought the last series played its cards well. The ending seems to divide people but, to be frank, the themes it plays with are there from the start.

Just on that note for anyone watching Orphan Black (the clone drama) I couldn’t help…[Read more]

@purofilion – love Tom Lehrer. I was introduced to him by a science teacher through the Element Song, but it was his deadpan delivery of some hilarious material in his audience interaction that won me over and made me think of Ron in that Sparks video. Would I have gone on to study Chemistry at University without people like Toms Baker and L…[Read more]

@Whisht @Purofilion

Glad you enjoyed “Burn Up” even though you were burning up with illness Purofilion. Whisht – Peepshow, the album with Peek-a-boo and Burn up is well worth investigating. I think it sees them at their most dramatic, adventurous and experimental. It ends with Rhapsody, which is about the Soviet suppression of the Polish and Eas…[Read more]

@Whisht
Thanks, I’ve always liked Brosnan as an actor (although I find his bond a bit bland). I actually just watched Long Good Friday for the first time today, eerily I bought my copy on Tuesday, the day Bob Hoskins died.

@Whisht   Yes, I saw this too. So sad. Lovely choice of musical tribute.

@Whisht    Paris, Texas!    Oh, I loved everything about that film, and the music was just simply gorgeous. And for some reason, that Bronski Beat track really made me smile.  OMG @purofilion, more tea-spilling amusement at “bonk and bed”. And as for discussing the weather, that’s Canada’s national pastime… they say it’s hockey, but it ain’t so! (…[Read more]

@Whisht  Can Halleluwah, way to subvert the topic!  🙂

@wolfweed   I howled at the angsty Arthur Darvill tune. (Fortunately no tea in hand or mouth at the time!)

I think @TheKrynoidMan has to win the Monty Python award (and now for something completely different) for his moving personal tale about teen challenges, followed by “Anyway here’…[Read more]

@whisht

I’d noticed that on the interview as well. Good taste, that woman. It fits quite well into the stuff I’ve been listening to this weekend.

I’ve just been listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees Peepshow album, and been marvelling at the fact it all sounds so good. Love the track “Burn Up” which does build like a fire raging out of control.…[Read more]

And I wholeheartedly agree with @Blenkinsopthebrave and @Whisht on the quality of @Wolfweed‘s Crazy Captions. (The only reason I don’t comment on them more is that others are so sharp! But I still love them and the comments – all invariably laugh out loud funny)

@Whisht
Great arty post. Love it. I was into surrealists first, cubists came later for me; Braque, I think, was the first one that really hit me, then I discovered a whole new way of looking at the world. I know Dali tends to be dismissed sometimes (partly his own fault!) but I had the privilege of seeing an exhibition of his paintings a few…[Read more]

@toinfinityandbepond @Whisht @Phaseshift
Thanks for the headsup about Orphan Black (and likewise, I haven’t seen any advance info about it)
I missed the last 3 episodes cos iplayer screwed up; opened it for first time in ages and discovered it’s automatically downloaded all 10 episodes 😀 And some series 6 Dr Who as well.
<Happy happy ScaryB!!>