@purofilion  @Whisht

Glad you liked Lau, they are a favourite of mine. They are Scottish and English musicians, based in Scotland I believe. I hadn’t heard “plastic paddy” before, ha. I wonder if there is an expression for New Worlders whose family hails from the region of Aberdeen? Lau came here once a few years ago to play in our summer folk…[Read more]

@Arbutus – Thanks! I love Bowie so much, but whenever I’m stressed I think of “Under Pressure”, that always calms me, especially when I belt out the chorus. Also, fun fact, I died my hair blonde last year because I wanted to be more like Bowie. lol.

@Whisht – Your pop-psychology is hilarious! I laughed out so loud, I hope I didn’t wake my…[Read more]

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Have a good holiday. If you do get an opportunity to take a picture of a sun-kissed beach, then by all means send it via @Craig who I’m sure will be happy to load it in a “wish you were here” virtual postcard to make the rest of us as sick as pigs.

The Doctor Who Forum – Happy to help.

Have a great holiday @Whisht I Hope one day to be heading to Indochina so I am very envious.

Cheers

Janette

@TheKrynoidMan  @Whisht   Re: the Dragonheart/Bean connection. You’re right! When the strings enter in the Bean music, they are playing exactly the same melody as the theme of the Dragonheart music. It’s even in the same key, so it really stands out. Even just before that, actually, the piano is sort of playing it as well. How funny. Because yo…[Read more]

These are really comments on Episodes 2 and 3, because I’m catching up and others including @bluesqueakpip are covering other points so well. I’d wholeheartedly agree with the comment on Episodes 2 blog about this being very effective horror. Stephen King, also agreed, co-opting elements in his novel The Tommyknockers. Eps 2 and 3 really do a lot…[Read more]

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Belated Birthday wishes from me as well. I caught the end of the first Austin Powers film in a hotel a few days ago, and it made me resolve to look up something I hadn’t listened to for a while when I came back, so here it is.

I find it pretty funny and also well put together, mixing the Ting-Tings “That’s not my name” with the Austin…[Read more]

@Whisht‘s birthday presents continued! The next one is by a long-time Quebecois favourite, La Bottine Souriante. It’s taken from a live album that they did a number of years ago. It always makes me bounce.

Finally, a foolishly cheerful song by the American band Imagine Dragons (isn’t that a great name?)…[Read more]

Happy birthday, @Whisht! I’ve been AWOL for a few days dealing with a sick son: I spent day one trying to get him well enough to get through some unavoidable (from his point of view) commitments, spent day two getting him through those commitments, and day three helping him recover. He looks to be on the mend, but it’s been a bit all-absorbing. So…[Read more]

@Purofilion You’re real number 3 made me realise we should’ve posted this for @Whisht

Happy Birthday!

@Whisht First of all, Happy Birthday mate. Hope you had a great day. And why are you on the forum and not out celebrating? 😀

To answer your question, the first song that popped into my head was Till It Shines by The Jesus and Mary Chain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sqi1Hj0bMI. It’s lovely in oh so many ways.

As a present, maybe not a good…[Read more]

@FaeGrl – Ah well, the Seventh Doctor becomes very manipulative… to the point he’s setting up and playing ‘chess’ with his enemies and companions. There’s a few scenes where Ace (you’ll meet her later) actually gets very angry with the Doctor about it. He’s a very interesting and unusual Doctor, who sometimes even seems quite cold… he is…[Read more]

@MonochromeDimension – Hmm… I don’t think I like the idea of “manipulative”, unless it’s the Doctor thinking of something very clever and defeating the bad guys with his brain. I love it when he does that, in any regeneration of his. 🙂

Then again, I guess every Doctor goes through his “dark side” and have to overcome it. There were plenty o…[Read more]

@Whisht – The funny thing is that Amazon is hinting about sending orders by drones now. So, we get to freak out about being bombed in our homes with cookware or anything else purchased from Amazon. I would die by hair products and Doctor Who items. 😛

@scouttheairedale  – Ah!!!! My eyes! LOL! I love Weird Al so very much, that’s a cool video! I…[Read more]

@Arbutus – Aw, thanks for thinking of me. Sadly, the video has been removed by user. I would have loved to see that piece. 🙁

Maybe I can search for it later from another user.

@Whisht – Yes, I often like parody songs in general, because the world can be too serious sometimes. I must look up that Kung-fu song you’ve mentioned! It sounds…[Read more]

Great call to cover this. I’ve written before that I grew up with tales of Quatermass and its impact from my Father. It was officially a “big thing” in the village he lived in. Miners who had TVs swapped shifts to watch it. One of the village pubs got sick of the empty night and bought a TV for the saloon bar (can you imagine a group of drink…[Read more]

Greetings to everyone on the sofa – my, it’s busy

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Lovin the talk of the Hairdryer of Rassilon – will that go with the Curling (Tongs) of Capaldi?!

<ducks>

@faeGrl You mentioned waaay upstream) about various Doctors having different musical talents. Does Eleven in Asylum not claim to be on the Carmen recording? (@Bluesqueakpip?) In fact…[Read more]

@Whisht – Ha! No, you’re correct, the song is globally themed. The whole theme of the game is that it’s to include everyone from all walks of life and countries. The game’s story is left up to the player to interpret for themselves and the characters are blank creatures, that are not define by race or gender, so it’s universal to every player to…[Read more]

@Whisht and @FatManInABox – given that this forum is dedicated to a programme currently produced by BBC Cymru Wales, there is a case for the forum having a slight bias towards the Welsh Rugby team.

Except when the said Welsh Rugby team should play Scotland on the 15th March; in deference to the current Scottish Doctor and current Scottish Head…[Read more]

@Whisht @FatManInABox  3:40 was where Philip Glass met the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.   🙂