Forgot the obvious..

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I was thinking Autons when I heard micro plastics. 🙂

@blenkinsopthebrave and @whisht     I agree that those episodes tell you so much about Picard. My OH and I are rewatching New Generation because Picard reminded us how much we liked it.

Hi @whisht

Yes indeed. Without a doubt, I would suggest you watch the two-part story “The Best of Both Worlds”. The first episode was at the end of Season 3 and the second episode opened Season 4. In terms of who Picard is, what he stands for, and what he has experienced, this is the perfect background viewing for the new “Picard”.

Then, once…[Read more]

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“Weirdly I don’t think I’ve ever seen the video for Hit. Which makes me think just how did I ever hear those Sugarcubes songs??!?”

They had stopped showing videos by the time that came out. 🙂

Still going with Kraftwerk?

You can find the “Who” connection yourself.

Song is too good and I’m too tired.

@whisht

Nah, I cannot see Clara coming back. Or even K9. In fact, if there is anything in this Oz theory, having a Toto analogy would be too obvious. But, by golly, it has everything else. Not only does the Doctor travel over the rainbow, she takes the rainbow with her…on her t-shirt.

@whisht @thane16

Sugarcubes!

Hit!

@whisht

Captain Jack as Glinda…What can I say? You have outdone yourself!

@whisht

Loving it! Of course, bonkers theories don’t need exact parallels every step of the way, but I await your ability to come up the version of the good witch who tells Dorothy that all she has to do is click her heels to get back to Kansas.

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Don’t know how much airplay this got anywhere…

My friends and I had it on cassette tape.

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“Not heard Wildflowers (Tom Petty) before; its rather pretty and it oddly sounds familiar, so I wonder if its a traditional melody..?”

It sounds like that because that’s the way Tom Petty wrote his songs. From the heart…

But I looked it up, all songs on this album were written by Petty except for a couple by him and Mike…[Read more]

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One of the best videos I’ve ever seen, from back when they put some thought into the stuff.

Directed by French film director Michel Gondry.

Best comment?

“Don’t forget to watch Tank Girl !…. Kiddies”

Just brought it back around to Doctor Who with the Rachel Talalay mention…..   :D…[Read more]

@whisht

That’s all I meant. The fans knew. They know everthing.  🙂

Wildflowers is so good from start to end, it’s crazy how good it sounds. Great production, clear instruments, vocals audible but not to far in the front.

Live in Europe

@whisht

I think that if there are any allusions to Oz then I hope(!) that they aren’t too literal

I would go back to my earlier comment about the difference between bonkerising and predicting. For me, bonkerising involves coming up with a theory that is simultaneously fanciful (with no real chance of succeeding in the prediction stakes) yet…[Read more]

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“I didn’t know that was Pearl Jam. Cool! And Tom Petty, so beloved and so missed.”

Oh yes he’s missed.

Nobody knows that’s Pearl Jam because I don’t think they are listed on the liner notes or anything. But you can tell it’s them from the playing style.

Here’s the guitarist for Pearl Jam…[Read more]

@peacefrog    I didn’t know that was Pearl Jam. Cool! And Tom Petty, so beloved and so missed.

@Whisht    Whenever I hear the “one tonne” joke, I think of this old SNL bit. For some reason, it has stayed with me when better (probably) bits have vanished in the mists of time. Guantanamera!

@psymon

Ah, I had forgotten…There is a good theory that @mudlark has developed over on the “Spoilers” page, that may well be the explanation.

But I still find it interesting that they go to so much trouble to give us specific dates and ages in the episode. Perhaps more catnip, as @whisht notes.

@whisht

Please do, I bought it when it came out but I don’t think anybody else did.  🙂

Reminds me of this record which is great from start to finish, but it never gets the praise of Full Moon Fever.

It’s more mellow and reflective, which is probably why I like it so much.

@whisht

ooh, I like the idea of the lone Cyberman as the tin man in search of a heart!

Yeah, I am sure we are fed stuff as catnip clues for bonkerising but, to be honest, I enjoy constructing “theories more insane than what’s actually happening” rather than predicting what will actually happen.

@mudlark

Finally there is the concept of the multiverse, in which a potentially infinite number of superimposed but separate universes theoretically exist and have always existed, but I don’t recall that having been referenced in Doctor Who.

It’s been a while since I’ve watched it but isn’t that what happened in series 2? There was certainly the p…[Read more]