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@nerys The snow is lovely ,white and clean.It sparkles like glitter in the sun and hides all. When it melts there are a couple of weeks of brown. Muddy boring brown, yuck! It makes it so much nicer to see the greens and colours that are finally showing up.

We have been making maple syrup for a couple weeks and are finally done. We got a couple quarts of the sticky sweet stuff, enough for us and the kids. We already had pancakes and it is good. Got to have some useful skills.

stay safe

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@dentarthurdent     I have my water stored in empty soda, juice and camping jugs. Our water is from a well with a filter system so if the power is off for awhile we have to boil it for a few days so its easier to store it.

My fingers are crossed for you!

stay dry

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@nerys  Hello to you!  So you visited my neck of the woods eh?  We did have a lot of snow but last winter was even worse. We actually ran out of room to put it when shoveling the driveway out. We were down to the grass but then it snowed again the other day. Ah winter,we love it.

@janetteb  It snowed on my lovely crocus but they are very hardy, just like us Northerners. Today they opened up and we had an explosion of colours to warm us up.Magical indeed, especially after a long winter. Small miracles bringing great joy. Next will be the snowdrops, scilla , daffodils and then the tulips and  lilacs. I could go on forever about flowers but I won’t.Never feel guilty about enjoying someone else’s gardens, we gardeners love nothing better.

@dentarthurdent   I am glad you are going to visit you daughter and the pine forest. We are going to see ours this summer on Vancouver Island  and I love to walk in the rain forest with trees so big and old and beautiful that they make me cry. I have been known to hug them.

We are in a rural area and we lose our power a few times a year although the last one was the longest outage we have had in many years.Mind you the ice storm was the worst I have ever seen. We try to always be prepared with lighting , food and water because our pump doesn’t work without power. We used to plan for 4 days without power but now I plan for 10 days. The biggest problem was boredom but we did catch up on the current music from our little battery powered radio as well as keeping in touch with the news. This time the old timey phone quit and of course the misters phone needed charging so that was a pain. I only bother with the old timey phone and may soon become the last person in Canada that doesn’t have a cell phone. But that topic is for another day.

stay calm and carry on

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@janetteb  @dentarthurdent     Hello! Nice to see you.  I am so panicky about my favourite shows and movies that I have them on my computer and on DVDs and then I can watch whenever I want.

I do have a tablet so I can download books from my library and I really like it. If a storm is coming I get extra books and some audio books to entertain me during blackouts. Mind you the last was 8 days long and I ran out of books before it was over.Luckily I also have a big library at home that only requires lantern light to work. Mainly I use the tablet because I need large print and the library has a limited amount of large print books. I think I have read most of them.

Your summer is coming to an end and my spring is just beginning.There were dozens of crocus open in the garden and we have a lot of migrating ducks and swans stopping in our creek for some food and rest before going even further north to nest. I love spring! After such a long,long winter it so nice to go outside without 3 layers of clothing on. Hope you like you fall as much.

stay sane in an insane world

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@dentarthurdent  @ps1l0vey0u       I always enjoy the Christmas episodes and I like a sappy ,happy ending so this one was a good one. I loved Trev!  I would gladly watch a show about the hotel with Anita and Trev managing all the tourists and doors. Fantasy Island goes Time Hotel. I would definitely visit the Hobbit Door. My imagination is going crazy just thinking about it.

stay timey- wimey

 

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@nerys  @blenkinsopthebrave  @janetteb     Thank you all for your congrats!  The little man is doing fine and seems contented with his life so far. The first time I met him and held him he was just too tired to open both eyes. One eye opened for a second and then…well he was sooo tired he closed it again. Life is tiring. I tell his parents to enjoy it while they can.

Today it was a balmy 12c and yet we have so much snow that it caused snow fog that rose over the fields like a movie effect. It felt like any moment some White Walkers or an army would suddenly appear through the mist. Awesome!

stay safe

 

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@whohar  @ps1l0v3y0u  @dentarthurdent    Thank you all for the congratulations and although I had nothing to do with it, I will accept. The wee boy is home now and everyone is settling into their new life. This is my 3rd grandchild but 1st grandson.

With every new grandchild born I get stronger and fight harder to make this world a kinder, cleaner and safer place to grow up in. They inspire me to do better. I have to go I’m getting sappy now.

Have a lovely day!

stay safe

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I am bringing good news from my little corner of Whoville. Today at 6pm  we welcomed a brand new future Whovian. My son and his wife had a 7lb baby boy and we are over the moon! I am one happy Granny and I can’t wait to meet him. Babies are always good news and I just wanted to share a little ray of sunshine with all of you.

stay happy!

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@dentarthurdent    The best thing about our winter deep freeze is the lack of bitey and stingy creatures.No sharks here but huge snapping turtles and leaches are enough to keep me out the water. Any huge mysterious splashes would send me running to my house.

@thane16   I loved water skiing when I was younger but it was just for fun and I fell a lot. If you want to play hockey you have to skate backwards and I loved hockey so I learned. I only played with my brother and cousins on a pond but it was fun and painful.Oh, to be young and made of rubber again.

Good rant alert.

We all know that the climate is wrong, at least all of us who don’t benefit from denial.Weather is wrong here and there and we know it because we live it, we see it and we suffer because of it.

stay feisty

 

 

 

 

 

 

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@thane16    Congrats to the Australian team and all the other countries participating and of course “Go Canada” . I love the winter games and I admire  the athletes who give their all in their sport. Although I live here in the snowy north I have never down hill skied but I have and do cross country ski. I loved skating but we haven’t had a rink made for a few years and figure or speed were never my thing. Falling is more my thing. So I really do admire the athletes.

@dentarthurdent    I saw your bad weather on the news and I am happy all is good with you. The closest I come to swimming is soaking my cold feet in a steaming tub of water.Ahhhh. Like you I dislike stepping in the muddy and weedy bottom although here it is a lake.We were  on Vancouver Island last summer but I did not swim in the Pacific. It was too cold and too angry.

I tiled a small area under my wood stove in the fall and it was a pain in the ass, and that was a flat floor. Yours must have been harder. I bought the wrong grout too but I was so sick of the job by then I used black on my white faux marble floor tiles instead of getting white.  Oh well, it is only a 3×4 ft area and it doesn’t look bad. I am sure yours will look good especially as you got the right colour. It is kind of you to take care of your father in laws grave.

Good rant!

Stay safe

 

 

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@dentarthurdent    I am reaching out to you from the frosty depths of Ontario, Canada . So very cold even bitey. I am happy to “see” you and hope all is great with you.

Rogue is not bad but not a favourite and I agree on the been there ,done that theme. I guess there are just so many ways an alien can live amoung us while plotting our downfall. What is the use of having a birds head and not having the best bit,the wings and the ability to fly. I am looking at you penguins and kiwis.

I am not in a very serious Who mood today but just pleased to talk to someone. When it gets this cold I just hunker down and stay inside where it is warm , baking stuff and then eating it. I tell myself I need the calories to stay warm.

Tomorrow is my father in-law’s 95th birthday so we will be spending Valentines Day with a very old sweetie.

Happy Valentines Day

stay sane

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@angleonashton  Hello!  A big welcome to the site!  The Doctor does age although it takes a long time. In Time of the Doctor the 11th stays in one place for a very long time and ages naturally. I can’t say more , Spoilers! You will get there.

I don’t think (although others do) that you have to watch classic to enjoy new Who but it will fill in some gaps and give you a better understanding of new Who. Every now and then I watch a few episodes of classic and usually enjoy them and learn a new thing about the Doctor. It is fun to see the origin of some Who things like jelly babies, Daleks and the Tardis. have fun watching.

stay safe

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@mudlark    I am so sorry about your friend. It sounds like you had some good shared experiences that you will always remember.

I love the term “crumblitude” and intend to use it! Its a great word that totally works.

@thane16  Thank you for asking about my leg. It is  good most of the time although a little stiff in the morning but that only matches the rest of me. It is still a work in progress but so am I.

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@thane16     Happy New Year!  Congrats on conducting, it sounds exciting.

I give up on resolutions because I hate starting a new year with abject failure. It is hard to stay fit in the winter unless there is a gym or pool nearby or you like winter sports. These are a negative for me. I will admit that I am afraid of falling and hurting my leg again so my exercise is mostly indoors now. No skiing or skating for awhile yet but I still can’t resist making snowmen when the snow is right.

We are still waiting for Disney to air War between Land and Sea so I am waiting patiently to watch it. I love Russel Tovey.

@dentarthurdent      I have hundreds of LPs  and someday I will have to sort them all and sell most of them. They take up a lot of space and I usually listen to CDs now. There are some I can never part with and Dark Side of the Moon is one of them as well as Queen II  both I bought when I was a teen, so many years ago. Lovely covers and great music inside.

stay safe

 

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@devilishrobby      Thank you for the well wishes! I am sorry that you have been facing such health problems and I really hope you start to feel better.

I have not had a chance to watch the new series but I will as soon as I can, I am glad you liked it.

stay devilish

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@whisht  Thank you for another year of great music, some I had forgotten about and some that bring on the feels. I can’t wait to see what you bring to us next. Music we didn’t know we needed at just the time we need it.

I hope the next year is all that you hope for.

stay sunny

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@mudlark    @nerys  @thane16  @dentarthurdent  @ps1l0v3y0u       and everyone else, just took a moment to say hello and Happy Who Year! We are still a few hours to midnight here and then the old year passes and a brand spankin’ new one begins. So exciting and full of possibilities.

Does anyone make new years resolutions? I have the usual ones like getting into better shape and finding time for myself and for a few weeks I will really try but then……….oh well.I hope you have more willpower than I do.

A whole year of waiting for more Who seems like cruel and unusual punishment but like so many things in life it is out of my control so I wait patiently. kind of.

Have a great New Years Eve or Day and in the immortal words of Bill and Ted “Party on dude!”

stay safe

 

 

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I finally had a quiet moment to wish all my friendly Whovians a happy day!  We are half way out of the dark. I hope you all had a great day or a quiet day or whatever kind of day you wanted. I had all three of my kids home together for the first time in years and it was a fun and funny Christmas just like I want. I wish the same to you all.

Tomorrow I do it all over again with granddaughter and great granddaughter. So much food. There goes the diet but there is always the new year to start again.

stay jolly

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@nerys    Covid did bring out the beast of us and the worst of us.  There have always been racists ,bigots and haters of all shapes and sizes here in Canada and around the world but the rest of us told them they were dispicable and held them accountable. When the big orange menace emerged from the muck he took a big stick and lifted up the rock they were all hiding under.He made them very brave. The other day we saw a pick -up truck with a big sign that read “F@#k all liberals!”. What and why? I mean all of us,even me? You don’t even know me. So stupid.

I tell the mister that I feel like I live in bizarre world some days but I refuse to give in to bullies no matter how loud they get.

@dentarthurdent Thanks for the “elbows up” right back at you eh!

stay sane (that’s for me)

stay safe

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@ps1l0v3y0u  I watched it this afternoon and I enjoyed it again. The same things made me smile like the lemonade tap and the hammocks and the same things made me cry. It was a good romp through the wardrobe into an acid rain storm.

Madge is fierce and I love it! She even manages to put the Doctor in his place, next is the naughty step for him.

Everything is better with a little Bill Baily in it.

The only thing I actively dislike is the line “happy crying, humany -wumany” I really wish he had not written that line or even thought it. I actually look away so I don’t see Matt Smith’s shame.

Other than that i like it and I think it is very Christmassy-wismassy.

sorry

 

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I finally got to watch this 2 parter again and found I still liked the good parts and still think the Slitheen are a bit silly. Not that they aren’t menacing and scary at times but the farting was silly and after awhile ,annoying. The older I get the more I feel for Jackie who has no idea where her  daughter is for a whole year and Mickey who was suspected of harming Rose. a bad year for them. The farting aliens says ” childrens show” but the poor little pigman being killed and the murderous Slitheen who kill you than wear you like a coat definately says “adults”. Kill or hurt an animal in a show and my kids (a long while ago) would have been upset and angry at me for “making” them watch it.

I enjoyed the humour in this episode like the interaction between the Doctor and the child and the Doctor and everyone else. The Doctor gets slapped! Vinegar is the Slitheens natural enemy. I once made pickles I called Anti-Slitheen green beans. The Whovians in the family groaned loudly at the name.

Overall I enjoyed these episodes.

stay spicy

 

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@janetteb  @whohar       I am not sure how I feel about this.  There was such high hopes for RTD’s  return and everything seemed to go wrong. There are so many reasons and I am not sure it was all his fault but I guess like the captain of a ship…

There was a lot of really good stuff  in the last couple of series and the 15th Doctor was excellent .

Any way I guess we will find out eventually  what is happening ,and until then we are left guessing and hoping about the future of the Doctor. We can also make mad theories and Doctor wish lists and that is fun.

stay cozy

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It was a cold and rainy evening here, perfect for a spooky Halloween but horrible for the little trick or treaters.  While we don’t get a lot of the little weeners here because we live “in the country” we usually get 10 or so. Tonight we had a total of 2 kids begging for candy. One was a scary Micheal Myers  and the other was an 80s girl complete with leg warmers and big hair. They got a lot of candy but not enough. I now have to eat all this candy so it doesn’t go to waste. Poor me but someone has to do it.

I hope you all have a spooky night and that your little ones get loads of candy.

stay scary

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I watched this again and liked it even more than the first time. This feels so Victorian and  Dickensian with its dark rooms lit by gas lights and the horses and streets and a spooky funeral home. The dead are walking.Not all aliens are  honest. The Doctor has to save Rose and Dickens tags along to help.

I actually added this episode to my Christmas Who list and I have loved it every time.

On to episode 4

stay spicy

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I watched it again and enjoyed it all over again. It was strange to take Rose to the end of Earth and even a little cruel but maybe he was testing her. If she could handle this event and all the aliens maybe she was a good choice of companions. Maybe he was trying to show her how sad he was about Gallifrey. Maybe he doesn’t think at all. He does have a very cheeky grin.

Great looking aliens , nasty selfish baddie, lovely selfless tree lady and little robots zooming around what’s not to like.

On to the past with episode 3.

stay strong

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@janetteb  Yes, all the episodes. I actually don’t mind Kill the Moon or Love  and Monsters. In fact I like the Who fans who meet to discuss the Doctor but soon become friends and even more. They all had a cruel ending. I don’t enjoy the episodes where the Doctor “dies” and regenerates ,  too sad for me. The cruelty of the cybermen also creeps me out and Oxygen, that one gave me bad dreams. But I will watch them all this time,some for only the 2nd time and some too many times to count.

I only wish I was watching them all for the 1st time.

@dentarthurdent  I have watched Rose so many times that half the time I was only listening. Plus after peeling them I let my food processor chop them up for me. I made 8 pints of salsa while watching it. I have been canning for many years so it just kind of happens.Today I made red current jelly. So good in the middle of a cold winter.

@ps1l0v3y0u I don’t know why the Doctor seemed to regenerate into Billie Piper but you can bet I literally clapped my hands and squeeeed in surprise and delight. Who nose how long we have to wait to find out?

stay cozy

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I have decided to watch every episode of new Who starting with Rose and ending with 15s regeneration into Rose. Feels like a good circle to follow. I am going to watch them all, even the ones I don’t like so much and the ones that scare me. I will watch the silly ones and the impossible ones and in order. This is my quest for the coming winter.

Canning a whole bunch of tomatoes can be boring what with the peeling ,chopping ,cooking and bottling but not if you watch Doctor Who while you do it. Today I watched Rose and that set me on my journey.It is just so good even after 20 years. I still love it and I remember how I was glued to the TV the first time I watched it. I was hooked on Who from that moment on. I can’t wait to watch the next episode just like the first time around.

stay happy

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@janetteb  @ps1l0v3y0u     Libraries are great. I love our local library, in fact I could live in the library surrounded by books and archives and dvds. Ours now lends out life preservers and park passes and gives weekend craft kits to kids. They give tech help which I have needed now and then. They also have a Lego club! My librarians help me get all the Doctor Who dvds. As I said ,it is a great place.

My other favourite place is my local charity shop where I have found 3 Who coffee mugs in the last few weeks. One Daleks, one with the 11th and yesterday one with the 13th Doctor. Who is the other Whovian in town ? Why are they giving away their collection ? Is someone else giving them away and why? A Who mystery in my small town.

stay safe

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@whohar    This perfectly describes all that I love about the Doctor. I would add brave , reckless and a little crusty around the edges. Also quirky very quirky. You know that this person is not from around here.

stay safe

 

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@ps1i0v3y0u   The Moment is in the tower in the episode. The Moment is the one who reminds the War Doctor that the sonic screwdrivers of all 3 were the same. She says something like “different case, same software” so therefore it had a long time to work out the door. Of course that was unlocked all the time.

This is also one of my faves!

stay safe

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@janetteb  @dentarthurdent   @ps1l0v3y0u         The fear and menace was as thick as butter in this one. There is something behind you, no don’t turn around ,don’t look! Wait, what? What is behind me? We don’t know but don’t try to find out or it gets angry. I wouldn’t last a minute.

While Midnight was a study in group behaviour under extreme duress , The Well was more a sci-fi /horror episode with a killer on the base. Both excellent episodes that kept me on the edge of my seat( I’m too old to hide behind the couch).

stay safe

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@dentarthurdent   This had a very fairy tale feel to it. Stories that feed a ship on top of a giant spider. The barbershop setting was so normal and everyday, you go in ,sit down and get your hair cut.What could be more normal? Except now you are trapped in an never ending circle of hair cuts and story telling and then your hair grows back so you can start again. It reminds me of a fever dream you can’t escape.

The Doctor was magnificent in his anger in this story. The stories being played out on the windows looked great and then RuthDoc was there. So much to watch again. On the whole I think it was a good episode.

stay cool

 

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@nerys   @blenkinsopthebrave  and all my fellow Canadians and Whovians .Happy Canada Day! The lady looks good for her age. Our true north, strong and free. We have a lot of problems and there is lots of room for improvement but we are free to vote, to voice our concerns, to make our own decisions about our future and to stand up for the vulnerable people and creatures.

We have driven from coast to coast and Canada is a huge country with a small town personality. It is big and beautiful and ours.

Happy Birthday Canada.

Sorry, was that too much?

stay Canadian

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@dentarthurdent      Hercules and Xena were 2 shows we watched as a family and we all liked it. My youngest son was a big fan and still watches them now and then. Loved Gabby and Iolas and all the Gods and Romans that showed up. I remember that episode and got a chuckle out of the ending.

I don’t know why people forget George Westinghouse, he was also a genius and as you say ,he won the battle of the currents. They did that in Doctor Who and in other things I’ve seen. Poor George.

Nu Who have certainly visited Earths past but being a sci-fi it doesn’t usually bother me if they play around with the truth but the Tesla thing did. I suppose the Doctor marrying QE1 was a bit silly but he did go away before the wedding night leaving her still a virgin. She sure was pissed at him in the Shakespeare episode.

Your weather sounds heavenly right now. Most of the time I am content with our crazy Canadian weather but these horrible extremes we’ve already seen this year  make me anxious about fires and other things. Ice and fire this year.

The garden plants love this weather and my tea rose that I named Rose Tyler has its first spectacular peach and pink flower. I renamed my marijuana plant (legal in Canada) the Girl Who Waited.  Last years was The Impossible Girl. Yes I am weird and I do give my plants names ,often Who themed. A Who garden .

Stay cozy

 

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@dentarthurdent   I get the techie-angst , I feel the same about  historical shows. Drives me up the wall if they get things wrong. Especially if they claim to be true or based on a true story.Lucky for me Doctor Who makes none of these claims so I kinda shrug and continue watching.

Your weather sounds lovely. We did cool down today to a nice 23C with a few showers so that was nice. It’s heating up next week so I better do my gardening  over the weekend. I tend to hide out inside when it gets that hot but I guess I get some inside stuff done.

If I could send you some of this heat I would because I don’t like it. I am now complaining about the weather like an old person. Wait. What? I just remembered I am an old person.

Have a happy beach walk.

stay safe

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@dentarthurdent   I do love a good story!  If FX or CGI enhance the story than that is great. I loved when SmithDoc rode his motorcycle up the sides of the Shard or all the alien ships hovered over Stonehenge and the aliens get more convincing every series but you still have to have a good tale to tell. Lucky for me ,I am easily pleased and I like all Doctor Who and all the Doctors so I was just saying that if money is an issue I can live with less.

The 15th Doctor would have been great against the cybermen  or the daleks.

Midnight was an excellent episode that kept me on the edge of my seat for the whole thing. The episode was like a one act play and definitely highlighted Tenant’s acting abilities as well as the rest of the cast. It was just so menacing and tense that I don’t rewatch it too much cause it stresses me out. What was out there? Who is doing that ? We get no answer. Wow , an emotional roller coaster.All the while Donna is at a spa. Isn’t that just the way.

Anyway how is the beach? still swimming?

@nerys  Hi!   Is it hot down there? We are melting here. When you feel like you are swimming through the air ,it is too hot. When the birds have their beaks open and the squirrels are laying spread out on the cooler ground it is too hot. When sweat drips down off your forehead while standing still with a garden hose it is too hot. When it is 35C but feels 45C it is way too hot!

I guess the tomato plants like it. That is me looking for a bright side.

stay nice.

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@blenkinsopthebrave     I also think it could be awhile before we see the Doctor back on TV. I really hope that doesn’t happen because I’m not getting any younger.  If there is one thing I know about Who fans is that they/me have a lot of patience when it comes to Doctor Who. Some people will move on and maybe never return to the show but I will wait and if it comes back I will watch it. I probably won’t be doing anything else.

@janetteb   Throwing money around does nothing if there is no story or character development, it’s only a distraction.While we are watching all the bells and whistles we are wowed, but after it is over we realize that it had no soul. So many of the great Who episodes had very little or no CGI or other effects just a blue box and a quarry. I am OK with a smaller budget if the story is good. It can all happen in one room if the story is engaging like Midnight.

I hope that the BBC can keep making Who and I will keep watching and forming my own bonkers theories. Maybe someone will let us know what is happening.

Stay timey-wimey

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@janetteb     You are so right. RTD could get so many great story ideas from us. I love Rose, she is the first companion in the first Who I ever watched and I was gutted when she left although happy that she got her own Doctor. Billie Piper could be anyone and I would be pleased.

I just felt that she seemed so happy and saying hello to who? It  seemed like she was our cheery, smiling Rose and not a Doctor at all. I am probably totally wrong but fun to think of.I guess we might have to wait awhile to see.

@nerys   Bi-regeneration has opened up so many possibilities for bonkers theories and alternate story lines. Who knows what will happen?

stay safe

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After thinking on the last series and after 15s sudden regeneration I am sad to see him go before we really got to know him. He is the mysterious Doctor to me, almost a stranger. There were times  when he was angry that I thought “the Doctor is in there” but other times I struggled to see them. He also made me tear up more than any of them but then I am a professional support crier. You cry and I’ll cry. He also had a very beautiful and engaging smile. Maybe he is the charming Doctor.

My biggest regret for 15s time as the Doctor is that he never got to face any daleks. He would have been great!

My bonkers theory is that Rose has used the energy created by the regen or the time shift to come through to the Doctors current location because she needs his help. That’s why it looks like she walks through all the shiny stuff and says “Hello”. I think she is our Rose and that she is greeting a Doctor we haven’t met yet. Wow that hurts the brain.

stay sane.

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@whohar.  Great list!

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@blenkinsopthebrave  @thane16  @whohar   @ps1l0v3y0u

Series 5 was wonderful from the very beginning to the bitter end. The Eleventh Hour was such a great introduction to a new Doctor and companion that my regeneration shock wore off quickly. The episode is set in one big lonely house  and a very small village with only a small amount of FX but so much story. By the time it was over I was bewitched by this new Doctor and his fiery companion Amy Pond. Not to mention her boyfriend Rory, a sweet guy soon to be a loyal hero.

The Doctor saves the day and catches prisoner zero with the help of Amy ,Rory and a fire engine and then warns off the prison warden in a very cool way. His clothes are borrowed, his bow tie is cool and he is a bit knees and elbows but so much fun.

I suppose my point is that this and more , all happened in one satisfying episode and I miss that kind of episode now and then. I might be old and crusty but in my day….

stay silly

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@ps1l0v3y0u     I would also like to see what Billie would be like as the Doctor even if it was just for a series or some specials. I just worry that RTD is playing with us and it turns out differently.

I  saw Chris Eccleston on a panel on youtube and when asked who should be the Doctor he said Billie Piper. He thought it would drive us all (fans) crazy trying to figure out why.This was awhile back and he was joking but here we are.

Well if 14 and 16 met face to face it would be it would be freakier for 14 as he is looking at the face of Rose , a women he loved. The 16th on the other hand is just looking at a very skinny past version of herself. The banter ensues.

I think that Anita’s Boss is Susan and that she created the Time Hotel to keep an eye on her Grandfather. I think the other bad Boss might be the Master or Missy but through the day I think of a lot of stuff and not all of it makes sense.

stay sane

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@nerys  So  we will have a 16th Doctor who looks like Rose and the 14th Doctor who looks like the 10th around at the same time? The possibilities for bonkers theories are endless.

Maybe we need these two to be together to face the Boss, whoever that is.  Maybe the Boss is someone from 10 and Rose’s time together and that is why the Doctor chose that face.

Who nose?

Hope your library comes through for you, mine can take awhile also.

stay safe

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Wow!  What a ride that was. So much happening in one episode, so many people and so many plot twists. Anita saves the Doctor but then has to hold a door open for quite a while. Ruby ,Rosie, Unit and Mel all showed up to fight the bad guys and I loved it. The Doctors fighting clothes were kick-ass and he wore them well.

I have many questions but first I will just digest what I saw and the sad but happy feelings I have.

I was totally surprised and utterly crushed by the regeneration. I really hoped that Ncuti would stay for at least one more series because I thought his Doctor was something special. Of all the Doctors I have watched his was the one I felt most emotional about. Was it the courage of his tears, his furious anger or that beautiful smile?  He made every story better. I didn’t want him to go.

Then there was Billie. What? What what what?  Did my brain just explode ?

I think I will go sit in a corner and rock for awhile.

stay safe

 

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My Grandfather was the seventh son. He was also born on Valentines Day so he was given the spectacular name of Septimus Valentine. For some reason lost to the past, he went by the name Sid. Unfortunately, or not, nobody has been named for him. Anyway, I don’t think he was particularly lucky or unlucky.

To me the poppy always means remembrance but I don’t know what that could mean except the Doctor did remember her as he was falling.

stay safe

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@scaryb    That is most definitely an ear worm. Think I will wait till the morning to watch but thanks for the links. This place is great to escape to , a happy, timey-wimey place.

stay scary

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@blenkinsopthebrave   I am sure that is what the Doctor shouted on his way down.Poppy is some how important in all this but smarter people than me might figure it out or we wait till next week.

This was a very full episode with so many people and so much strangeness. This might be a 3 pipe problem( in a long hot bath). One thing that I wasn’t surprised  at was Conrad’s 1050s wish world with women who stay home and tend the babies and absolutely no gay people and all the men going off to work in their suits and hats. Of course that it is how he wants the world to be but it is all wrong, a delusional world for a delusional man.

Why did the Doctor forget who he was? Is this was a story in a story about a story? Am I real? Boom! My head just exploded.

I have only a vague idea of who Omega is. There I said it. My old Who knowledge is thin so I am off to do some research.

@whohar My hats off to you.

stay real

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@blenkinsopthebrave   You do live in a special place that does need protecting. I remember being lulled to sleep by the barks of sea lions in the inlet and having a harbour seal swim up to me on the dock just to have a look. I could go on forever but you live there so you already know. I will check out the link later.Thanks

staysafe

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I just watched and I was wowed , as in “its Susan,Wow”  and ” The Rani? Wow” and the Doctor is so pissed, wow.

The death toll on this one seemed very high but of course the Doctor saved everyone. I think everyone lived in the end although the Kid might not feel grateful to the Doctor for that.When the roof opened and all the people got sucked out I heard the Mister say “holy sh#t!” from the couch. I just said “wow”. The Doctor ,who thought that Belinda was lost along with all the others, got angry, ice in his hearts. He went berserk.

The acting in this was great and I felt we learned a lot about some of the characters like Mike and Gary. I love Mike and Gary. Cora’s story was a harrowing tale of actually mutilating herself to hide and survive. The Hellions had a right to fight to live but in being willing to kill trillions of innocent people they became the same as the monsters they were trying to destroy.A lot of stuff to mull over and I will definitely watch this again before next week.

Susan and the Rani….What?

I really enjoyed this episode, it felt very Who.

stay calm and carry on

 

 

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