hey everyone 🙂 how are you all 🙂

I’ve spent past 2 days most hours Morning till nights on none stop video calls and lots of messages and giffs (especially of Wolverine haha 🙂 ) with my buddies fixing problems like bank stresses , someone to listen ect , talking , laughing , meeting parents , lot of laughs , tears and hugs and its helped a lot…[Read more]

@whohar

Chibnall’s historicals were generally the most positively received episodes from series 11 & 12, maybe because Chibnall didn’t write them (tho ‘Rosa’ was part written by him). ‘Tesla’: quite daft historical high-fiving. ‘Demons’ seemed to be a reworking of Testimony from ‘Twice Upon a Time’ (well, this happens on lots of stories). ‘Villa…[Read more]

hey everyone 🙂 how are you all 🙂

I was slightly worried (Edit at the start) there @WhoHar that I (had) said wrongs things asking for too much as I know this isn’t like a (Edit Professional help service with the capabilities and experience they have so here I know isnt soo) equal to a help line -Edited- but everyone here is soo kind and you all…[Read more]

@WhoHar

I’m posting this here because there really does seem to be a word count issue on The Chibnall blog. Or maybe I need to be more succinct.

You are right. We shouldn’t make excuses for Chibnall finding it too difficult. There are lots of potential stories out there; but can they be used? Well that question pretty much defines the best of…[Read more]

@whohar – ha ha!
I really will have to rewatch The Giggle as I missed the hate of cauliflower cheese.
It’s a marvellous dish!

Though The Macra(ni and Cheese) Terror is a bit much.

I also realise that I really really shouldn’t try and delve into sifting through the semiotics of Who.

;¬)

@phaseshift —

Great post and really interesting to get some of the Marvel background too. Hadn’t realised just how impactful and widely disseminated Star Beast actually was. Certainly I’d say that I’d consider those early Who strips (of which I think this is the best, closely followed by the later Tides of Time) had more of an impact on me than…[Read more]

@Juniperfish @WhoHar

Androgum chef prepared succulent half dressed nubile human companion Thermidor

Eric Seward’s cheesy Dalek surprise ala ‘Soylent Green’

Oi! You’re Scottish! Fry me some cheese!

Cardiff Bay Monterey Jack Welsh Rarebit

Cheese and Purple Celery

Carrot Juice

@oblique

There’s no way no14 is going to stay put when the Earth is once again under threat (checks fobwatch) I think this is the BBC not having the courage of its convictions when casting a black lead

Well, if RTD is to be believed, that isn’t the way they are thinking at the moment  ht…[Read more]

@WhoHar

“Eight” sounding like “Ate” and a Club looking a bit like a Brassica, my suspicions were confirmed right at the end, when Cauliflower Cheese was served up at the meal. Expect this dish to turn out to be the Big Bad of 15’s first season.

The Cheese Wheel of Time?

Planet of the Cheesey Wotsits?

@juniperfish wow! Not expecting that level of analysis. Really thought it just signified McGann. If hearts/cups signifies a change, might it be a return to four’s more subversive methods?

@WhoHar … is it that we’re enthused by these new stories, to pick at these details, or is this another example of Chibnall’s inability to spin a yarn?…[Read more]

@Whohar

Definitely need a full and thorough analysis of the potential meaning behind the cards chosen. And I’m sure we’re in the right place for that…

Oh you know that is just catnip…

The Doctor picks the Eight of Clubs. Cartomancy (fortune telling with a deck of cards) equates clubs with the Tarot suit Wands. Eight of Wands in the classic…[Read more]

@whohar

The Toymaster did go full Prince Ludwig from Blackadder @ps1l0v3y0u, @phaseshift. But showed his sinister side with that “sunnier climes” comment. With the excellent “I was born in Cheltenham” as the response.

I thought that was particularly well handled myself, and although RTD went for it in the behind the scenes stuff I think he shou…[Read more]

@whohar Correct, AoD is indeed the third movie in the Evil Dead series. Evil Dead II probably didn’t leave as much of an impact on you because it was meant to be horror/comedy rather than straight-up horror like the first one.

Speaking of which:

<span class=”useratname”>@whohar Yes! I’d missed the Master comment.
</span>RTD definitely isn’t ignoring the timeless child etc, he’s making use of it – but he might not be tying himself to it completely in the form it is there.

sometimes I feel any new Doctor Who/time Lord information is picked up by the next showrunner  in the spirit of improv…[Read more]

@whohar

Very good point about The Watcher. And yes, there was indeed a lot of inconsistency with the regenerations in the pre-gap years. To be honest, I sometimes think that inconsistency is part of the DNA of the show. I loved Hartnell-era Who when I saw it as a kid, and Tom Baker Who when I saw it as an undergraduate, and I thought The Giggl…[Read more]

@whohar Army of Darkness. Give it a watch, and you’ll see what I mean. What you saw in The Giggle was basically the kid-friendly version with less body horror.

Fun Fact: The scene from Army of Darkness was inspired in turn by a 1959 b-movie called The Manster, where the protagonist also undergoes a radical “split.”

@WhoHar

Keys of Marinus was the fifth ever serial. Got to watch it… trying to… it’s a struggle. The Chase was in the 2nd series

@whohar this comment has been stimulated by one of your comments over on the blue yonder thread about series 15s potential big bad. But because my response is in part stimulated by some of the events in the Giggle in particular The Toymakers reference to an entity he ran away from,  I’m actually wondering if he was possibly referring to the Bl…[Read more]

@whohar yes, regarding the ‘I’ve seen her walking’ rant – my partner really liked that they put that in.