Seconded! The Doctor Who Forum has almost 1000 members and many more out there glancing at the pages.

Thanks so much @Craig and mods @Shazzbot @Fatmaninabox @Phaseshift @JimtheFish (any others?) and everyone who uploads content and musings!

From @Bluesqueakpip ‘s diagrams to @Wolfweed ‘s crazy captions and carefully sourced fan art  to @ScaryB an…[Read more]

@all Hope you’re all having a great  holiday and have a great year ahead. Thank you all for making this forum such an enjoyable glass house to peer in at. My nose has left quite a mark on some of your windows. (pub/window analogy courtesy @Whisht I think).

@whisht

Brilliant stuff. I watched the first series again a little while ago, and in the episode Art it struck me I was watching Ida from Impossible Planet (Claire Rushbrook) interview Joan Redfern from Human Nature (Jessica Hynes) for a job. With a guest role from Gibbis from God Complex as a six foot transexual. I decided I really have become a…[Read more]

@whisht

Spaced duly noted! I’d forgotten Mark Gatiss was in it. Isn’t he partnered with Kevin Eldon as Matrix-style “agents”? 😀

@Whisht    Neither confusing nor anything other than helpful!

FatManInABox had already reached out to me, offering to try and help me do something that the Help page clearly states cannot be done!  🙂  My image was not online, but on my laptop.  Not to worry, it was all about the Merry Christmas. Which has been said, many times, many ways. Etc.…[Read more]

@Whisht    Isn’t Mahalia astonishing? She was always a part of my Christmas soundscape as a child, because my stepfather loved her. I find it quite wonderful how some people are able to channel their personal faith into something that is just so uplifting. Mahalia’s voice was incredible, but it was the spirit shining through that makes her mu…[Read more]

@everyone

loving the music!

@Whisht, two delighted thumbs up for Vince and Charlie Brown.

@ScaryB, @Whisht, @MartyB, seconding, thirding, and fourthing Van Morrison. and The Band. and a belated happy birthday to Keith.

and yes, @Arbutus, I have heard of Straight, No Chaser. I’ve even heard them, though not in concert.

Since your linked song…[Read more]

@MartyB Wholeheartedly agree with you re The Last Waltz. Sets the standard. Apparently it came about almost accidentally when Robbie Robertson suggested that as it was the Band’s last gig that maybe they should get it filmed, just for the record. Oh and his friend Martin (Scorcese) had a camera and might be able to help out! The next thing they…[Read more]

I am feeling guilty to bring it up after those posts, but they gave me the idea (don’t worry, not asking for money or anything like that). So really it’s @Whisht ‘s fault 😛

But it is charity related. You can make money for charities without changing any of your habits. This add-on https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-for-a-cause/…[Read more]

@MartyB You post as much Van the Man as you like, as far as I’m concerned!

(LOL’d at @Whisht‘s Mr Scruff)

@Phaseshift‘s recent On the Sofa post reminded me how dire Xmas shopping music is. The alternative Xmas soundtrack starts here. This is for Keef (aka Mr Riff), who’s 70 today 🙂

@Arbutus @MartyB

Extremely well remembered, it was indeed @Whisht

great post – http://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-3/page/9/#post-19831

@Wolfweed –

Where do you find all that stuff?!  I never cease to be amazed 🙂 (Is it photoshopped? Did they all take turns to pose in the suit? Have to say Matt’s the only one that…[Read more]

@MartyB

You are too kind! As I explained at the time, I was of course pulled into the pool by the urge to express my admiration for the most scholarly and diagrammatic work of @Bluesqueakpip. Once in the water, of course, you have to keep swimming! I have enjoyed your posts as well; nice front crawl.  🙂

I think it was @Whisht who made that…[Read more]

@toinfinityandbepond    Ha! That’s brilliant. Maybe when the woman said “best tech support in the universe”, the phrase was somehow caught by the TARDIS, who knows where the best in the universe really is. I like this theory. And I’d forgotten about the Churchill/River conversation.

And by the way, great user name!

@Bluesqueakpip     Cool.…[Read more]

@Purofilion

Ditto @Whisht and @Bluesqueakpip

And from an extremely selfish POV, as RL has kept me off the site recently and I’ve had no chance to interact with you, and was looking forward to it.  But yes, old family arguments are generally best avoided  😉

@Purofilion – I’m also saying ‘please don’t leave’. I’ve really enjoyed reading your posts and you are an excellent contributor. As @whisht says – you’ve simply wandered into an old argument.

@Arbutus @Whisht @Purofilion @MartyB @everyone else

Much like @MartyB I have been doing everthing but work. I am facing 3 different deadlines before christmas so I will focus on catching up and working through the night with loads of energy drinks (yay for being a student).

See ya in one and a half weeks (if I can stay away for so long). This…[Read more]

@Whisht
It is great how the show is deliberately set up to be able to cater for any type of genre and storyline (horror, comedy, drama, adventure etc).

While much of the flexibility of style is inherent in a time-travel series, I think that the shifting from comedy to drama is due to the nature of the Doctor himself. Because he loves adventure…[Read more]

@Whisht @MartyB @Purofilion @Timeloop @gctv @ScaryB
I thought this would be a better place to respond as we have definitely gone off topic! I hope that I have tagged everyone who has been part of this discussion.
@MartyB
Your “cuckoo in the nest” idea is interesting, I hadn’t looked at those episodes in that light. For me, my problems with “Let’s…[Read more]

@Whisht – That is a very good idea…

Doctor Who annual art, rare props to go under the hammer at Bonhams:

http://www.combom.co.uk/2013/12/doctor-who-memorabilia-auction.html