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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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@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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I have to agree with @blenkinsopthebrave  and Sherlock that this is a three pipe problem.I liked it but I didn’t understand all of it. I will watch it again and than come back here and see if wiser people than me have it all worked out.

The 15th Doctor is magnetic and electric and I enjoy watching his emotions play out on his face. He is really growing on me. I will be back.

stay safe

 

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@whisht   Thanks for all the good music I got to listen to today. The Who is part of the sound track of my youth, I loved them as a teen and still do today even though we are all so much older.Older and better.

stay strong

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@whisht  I didn’t think about Mrs. Flood being unable to get back to earth and needing the Doctor to get her there somehow. Food for thought. Thanks.

By the way that guy in the picture freaked me out as a child.

stay strong

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I watched it and I guess I liked it. It did keep me watching and I was totally surprised by Conrad’s betrayal and really peeved. I did think that he was using Ruby to get to the Doctor but I thought he was a fan, not a creep. Conrad has seen it all , the Tardis , the Doctor and even the Shreek and he knows they are real yet he has no problem peddling lies and hate to rile people up. I see so many politicians , pod-casters and various talking heads do the same thing everyday.   It is so frustrating to see someone standing in the rain ,soaking wet ,yet telling me it is a lovely sunny day. Conrad was very frustrating and like his real life counterparts ,very dangerous.

The Doctor was eloquent in his anger but Conrad denies his reality , believing in alternate facts I guess.

Well on to the next episode and I hope we see a bit more of the Doctor.

stay strong

Mrs. Flood you naughty lady, leave that creep in jail. By the way ,who are you?

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@blenkinsopthebrave    Do you sometimes feel like you are in that movie? It looks funny, I will look for it.Thanks.

stay sane

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@janetteb   Nice to see your election turned out the way you wanted it. Yes, like you we have to thank Trump for the way our election turned out. Of course that is the only thing I am thankful to him for. i was on the edge of my seat the night of our election and I also would have liked to see our Green and NDP do better but the results were good. Our PC party became the party of hate and fear and climate deniers and I am so glad we have rejected them …for now.Big tariffs against Canada came into effect today so let the games begin.

Stay calm and carry on

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@mudlark  Thanks for that. Totally appropriate for this episode and a kick-ass song besides. Way ahead of it’s time.

Sorry to see you were ill and glad you are better. Your poor neighbour  had such a horrible time.She must be very tough indeed, as we say here “good on her”. We have a lovely lady neighbour who made it through 8 days with no heat, running water or electricity. We ran coffee and hot water bottles back and forth and she always seemed very happy. She is almost 90 and is a very strong women.Seems she doesn’t care for her son in law so she chose to stay home. Funny old doll.

Go Women!

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I really liked this one, a little creepy and a few nasty jump scares (I hate those ) plus some excellent acting by all. We never get a good look at the thing but that adds to the creepiness. The mister said the next day that he kept seeing things out of the corner of his eye and being startled. Great reaction from a non- whovian. I’m sure there are things that don’t add up but it kept me on the edge of my seat from the start to the WTF ending.

Midnight was a very disturbing episode ,maybe better than this one but this was a good sequel.Maybe the Doctor is crying because he remembers the 2 women who died that day, one to save him. He was the most helpless I have ever seen him, unable to save himself or the women from an invisible monster. Maybe he cries because he knows how helpless he is to save the people around him. Lots of people died in this one.

Mrs Flood again. why?

stay safe

 

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I rarely have any good theories and I don’t now, but that Flood women is driving me crazy. Sometimes she seems very menacing and creepy but then she is cheeky or funny. Wait, maybe that was my Nanny?

No matter where you look even in the 50s  she is there being all mysterious.I am enjoying this series so far but I can’t wait to find out who she is.

Lux was great.

stay sane

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Well, I liked all of it from the scary start to the finish. I have loved the mix of live action and cartoons since I saw Gene Kelly dance with the mouse from Tom and Jerry when I was a little kid.Then I thought it was magic and after this episode I still do. I just wish the Doctor and Belinda were animated a little longer.

The music as usual was perfect and hearing Amy’s theme and Sad  Man made me feel very nostalgic.  Mr. Ding had his own  theme music, funny.

Who or what is Mrs Flood? She is starting to bother me now.

If it wasn’t so late I would watch again right now and I haven’t felt that way about an episode for awhile.

@whohar I didn’t catch the mid credit scene so thanks for the heads up, I’ll catch it next time.

stay timey-wimey

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@scaryb  I like your new picture. Scoot is perfect, he cleans and polishes and he is so cute. This little guy has oodles of personality and I want him.

Stay safe

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@dentarthurdent   I love a good dog story. We live on a creek and all my dogs have loved to swim in it just for the fun of it. Are there sharks or other bitey things swimming about down there? It just sounds so wonderful to be swimming in a lagoon with the fish and a dog.

I hope your house and garden are safe and sound when you get home.Have fun watching those fish.

stay safe

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I enjoyed it most of the time. It was fast paced and timey- wimey and had lots of running down corridors. The Doctor has a reluctant companion who just wants to go home but it looks like home has been destroyed. Wanting to go home feels very real  because if all of that had happened to me that is exactly what I would want. Now the Doctor is trapped with a pissed off women who needs to get to work.Look out.

Why are there still no chairs in the Tardis?

The Doctor has a great wardrobe.

RTD is not very subtle.

Smiley faced robots are creepy.

Those are my thoughts so far but I will watch it again soon.

stay safe

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@scaryb   Thank you, I intend to replant some new trees next week. Might as well get started to make some positive repairs.

We do get some cold weather in winter and -20 isn’t too extreme where I am.Mind you we also get into the 30s in the summer sometimes. It is all happening here.

stay safe

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@craig    I will be happy whatever happens.

Congrats on the new job and getting to walk past the Tardis every day. What fun. Thank you also for this site. It is a great place to be.

stay safe

 

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@blenkinsopthebrave   @nerys  @dentarthurdent   @janetteb     Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement. Yesterday was a sad one and I guess I had a wobble or a wibble? We went to our town and were shocked all over again by the damage we saw. So depressing if you are a tree lover. Many of the trees we lost were planted by me, some up to 40 years ago and now they are gone or unsafe so they will have to come down.  Poor birds and animals.I will replant some new trees but I don’t think I will be around for another 40 years to see them grow as tall but I also think we plant trees for the people yet to come.

Many others have had far more damage and we are helping our neighbors clean up but it will take months.  We went through the ice storm of 1998 but we were not hit as bad as those further east. I was well prepared for a power outage with plenty of water ,candles, batteries etc. and we have a wood stove but the chinks in the armor started to show about day 6. Boredom.

Anyway spring is around the corner and I have been sent some sunshine and a hug from the other side of the world , sympathy from Canada and Doctor Who is almost here. Things will get better. Thank you all again.

Stay north strong

 

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@thane16   We had a terrible ice storm 12 days ago that almost had me curled up in a ball on the floor from sheer terror. The rain started to freeze in the afternoon and just kept falling all day and night coating everything in at least a 1/4 inch of ice or more by evening. By nine pm the branches on trees all around us started to break and fall and at ten the lights went out.They stayed out here for 10 days. By midnight the trees started to fall, crashing down with huge cracks and bangs so loud and scary I sat in the middle of my house away from the windows and whimpered in fear. The rain fell all night and so did the trees leaving a horrible frozen disaster when morning finally came. We have been dealing with the results ever since.

My garden and the forest behind me have been changed drastically with the loss of so many trees and I am devastated over the destruction. Over 40 years of planting and gardening destroyed in about 36 hours of freezing rain.

But and it is a good but , we are safe and my kids are safe. None of the trees fell on my house or car but that has happened to thousands of people in the area hit by the storm.Over 2000 electric poles fell to the ground. A state of emergency has been called but what that does is anyone’s guess.

It would take me pages to tell you about all the destruction and I guess I just wanted to vent to people who might understand. Weather sucks sometimes. Climate change is real and is causing extreme weather all around the world.

Sorry for being a Debbie Downer but real life has been very frosty here. Doctor Who take me away or at least drop off a generator and a chainsaw.

@dentarthurdent Please soak up some of that salt water, sand and sun and send it to me. Have fun bothering the fish.

stay north strong.

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@blenkinsopthebrave   Thanks for that. Bow ties are still cool,especially pink ones.

April 12th is coming soon!

stay strong

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@nerys    “Elbows up”

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@thane16   I am happy you are all safe and dry. Floods are devastating and I hope your people recover quickly. You have to have a sense of humour about these “life things” or you would curl up in a ball on the floor and cry. Wait,  that might just be me but you know what I mean.Keep safe and dry.

stay strong

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@blenkinsopthebrave    My daughter is on Vancouver Island and we have visited often and it is a wild paradise. A day on the Pacific Trail  and I was reminded of my place in nature. I was part of it. I hugged the biggest tree I will ever see and marveled at the stormy Pacific Ocean. I watched bear cubs play on the beach and little deer who wandered through the town like they owned it. Seals and sea lions and Grey Whales , oh my. What a magnificent place on earth.

We have driven coast to coast of this huge country and it’s ever changing landscapes and people never ceases to amaze me. Every province different but all beautiful with friendly people wherever we went.  Strong ,resilient Canadians.

stay strong

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@thane16   I also hope you and yours are safe and sound. My thoughts go out to all those suffering through this cyclone.

@janetteb We have had a lot of snow  this year and it is beautiful , like a glittering white fairy landscape.  Winter is wonderful if you have a nice warm house and if you don’t have to travel too far. Being retired I have the luxury of staying home when it is snowing and blowing and curling up by the fire. In our working days we had a few scary drives home in blizzards or freezing rain that give me shivers just thinking about them.Getting old has some advantages ,I think.

I feel sorry for your poor garden. It must be hard to get enough energy in the heat to do anything outside. I will admit that I don’t care for the heat and I follow the shade to get stuff done until I run out and then it’s inside for me. Thanks to the inventor of air conditioners, whoever you are or were.

@nerys  It is funny how we sometimes need reminding about how nice snow is and winter and soon ….SPRING! My favourite season, new life and new growth and birds returning and a new series of Doctor Who. Canada is great.

stay strong

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@blenkinsopthebrave   Thanks for this.  It does look exciting and even a little scary and I can’t wait. I agree with @janetteb that the cgi looks great and the episodes look action packed but I also like some coziness. As @ps1l0v3y0u says it does look flashy. Bring on the flash.

I am so lucky because this will be one of the first times I will be able to watch with everyone else and I am looking forward to that. We got Disney for a year (thank you daughter) so April 12th is marked on the calendar with a big red question mark.

stay calm

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@janetteb    We adore the Detectorists  and have watched them all a few times. The show is a love letter to people and the hobbies they like. The whole cast are great at creating amusing characters who go about the business of real life in between times spent with their metal detectors. I like the meetings of the detectorists club where they show off the treasures they have found like pull tabs and spoons. I tell all my friends to watch it and my daughter likes it too.Also there is beautiful scenery and a magnificent tree that is almost a costar.

@nerys  We use our bird feeders and creek in the same way. Recently we have had a river otter pop out of the ice through a hole that he keeps open somehow and play on the ice. The other day he was eating a huge frog that he must have dug out of the mud where it was hibernating. That just seems so unfair.

We have so much snow that there is no where to put it when we shovel and the banks are 5 or 6 feet high on the sides of the road. It is impossible for me to go off the trail because it is up to my waist and I got stuck like a little kid today when I tried to reach a shrub that needed saving.After pulling me out the mister even had to shovel off the roof because he was worried about the weight. This is so hard on the birds and critters that we try to help them out with food and even trails for the bunnies to get to the feeders. They give us colour and beauty and life during these cold snowy days.

Seriously though, we are so done with shoveling (not really,it is snowing right now!) The only people really happy with so much snow are my snowmen and they have stupid grins on their faces all day long. So many snowflakes here, so many. A friggin’ winter wonderland.

stay cozy

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@janetteb     @nerys  @dentarthurdent  We were talking about this episode  and I had to watch it again. I still can’t say why I like it so much because there is just so much. John Hurt being so weary of war ,death and destruction, literally carrying the weight of his world on his shoulders. Matt Smith the youngest actor somehow being a very old and wise Doctor and David Tenant bringing all of that frantic energy and pent up excitement with his Doctor. The three Doctors were a joy to watch as they riffed and ranted and chirped at each other. I mean who among us hasn’t given ourselves a talking to on occasion?

A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet. I love Rose.

Shout out to the big cuddly bunny! What a good actor.

Feeling low or sad ,maybe pessimistic or anxious then watch this. If you are a Whovian or maybe if you aren’t, it will make you happy and  entertained at least while its on. For me it works for a while longer. Then I watch the episode Rose and start all over again.

I think I’m OK, really.

stay sane

 

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@dentarthurdent  @nerys     This one was a great episode. That long ship corridor and the ever growing fake Doc and Donna almost made me queasy, like a fever dream. The closer they got the larger they grew! They gave me the willies.

It had a good puzzle , a visit with Newton and a little robot.This felt very Who to me and I enjoyed it all. The flux might have been mentioned but I must just fade out each time it is talked about.

Having the Doctor and Donna together again was like slipping into your fuzziest socks, comfortable and cozy.

I liked all the specials but I guess I wanted one with all the bells and whistles for the 60th anniversary. Maybe some past Doctors or something? Not sure. These felt more like a wonderful wrap up of the 10th and Donna’s story. I was spoiled by the 50th special which was so good.

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@nerys  I just watched these a little while ago and I enjoyed them all. I love the Doctor and Donna combo and I was thrilled to see them together again along with Donna’s family and Unit. Donna gets her memories back and the Doctor gets his friend.

The bi-generation was certainly different and I am still fuzzy about how that works but whatever. It is just a timey-wimey thing! The 15th Doctor is great.

So much happened in these specials that they need a few watches to catch it all but the ending was worth it. The 14th Doctor is settled with a family of his own and a working Tardis, who can ask for more.

These episodes were pure escapism and we can really use that these days.

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[winston @replies]

@ps1l0v3y0u    Then run!  They could be anywhere, spreading lies and misery wherever they go..There might be one behind you.

Doctor where are you when we need you?

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[winston @replies]

@ps1l0v3y0u     They could be in the same room at the same time because Weyoun was one of at least 8 clones. This explains so much!

Being Canadian I am already worried and disturbed but if  the orange one and his minions were evil aliens it would make sense. Evil aliens always want to steal our resources.

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[winston @replies]

@nerys  Interesting times is as good a way as any to describe whatever this is. Canadians have always got along fairly well with our neighbors to the south and we always help each other in times of need. This whole Trump thing is just weird and worrying. The question among most of my friends is “why?” The second question  “Is he crazy?” and my question “What the f@#k is happening?” 51st state indeed! Is he just trying to piss us off to get a reaction, like a schoolyard bully. Is all of this done so Trump can get a better trade deal? Who knows?

Not just us but Panama and Greenland too. I call that buffoonery!

In other news we are a little chilly here at -15c so still too cold to make a snowman.

stay warm

[winston @replies]

@ps1l0v3y0u    I caught the mavity remark so you are not going mad although I heard Trump wants to “economically invade ” us here in Canada and make Wayne Gretzky the Prime Minister so……maybe I’m going mad.

I picture Wayne sitting at home in L.A, ,where he has lived for years, turning on the TV and saying “Why are you bringing me into this?”

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