so, any classical lit people care to ponder on whether/how the monks’ brightly lit cables are inspired by the greek fates, and their loom of life? it was the first thing i thought of, since the monks use those cables to “read” the future…

i admit, i didn’t have high hopes going in to this one, as it’s the middle of a three parter, but the…[Read more]

@Wolfweed Love it, you did get there before me.

There was a “Right here, right now” which might be a reference or might just be nothing. Evolution and all that.

oh wow – I missed a few songs!
@wolfweed – not heard that They Might Be Giants song before! hm, may revisit some of their stuff as its been years.
And you’ve made me listen to Enigma which… is rare.

@pedant @Craig – yes, Roger Moore – that was a terrific story pedant, he truly understood what his charm was and what it was best for.
And always…[Read more]

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Puro: Thank for that explanation, I’d never heard of a checksum.

@craig:

Nope, I cannot agree. I was fascinated. Apart from Heaven Sent, this is the only episode that I have watched every night since it aired – and probably will  watch again tonight.

@thane15: It took a turn for the worst when Capaldi arrived and Moffat took a different path…[Read more]

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@wolfweed — I like the idea but I wonder if a suicide-regeneration might be too dark even for Moffat.

@thane15 — yes, I think your idea that this story is going to be about fake news and the rise of the alt-right is spot on. Note how many times the word ‘real’ was used in Extremis and it’s no coincidence that the confrontation with the monks…[Read more]

Hey, I’m getting better. It’s only three days later and I’m reviewing Extremis!

I’d find this difficult to rate as a standalone, but felt we were getting a little bit more for our time as the ‘setup’ phase was out the way. It’s interesting that the trend to echo the past is still strong though. Silence in the Library comes to mind, not only for…[Read more]

@steffstaff and @wolfweed – thanks for the thought on the painting of the pope being Sophie Winkleman.

If it is her then the artist didn’t have long to knock up the artwork (but knowing Who production timescales that isn’t a surprise).

Mind you, if they were aiming for Angelina Jolie @pedant then I’ll throw my CV to them
(I kid, but not…[Read more]

@wolfweed @whisht

I was terribly excited about the Doctor’s reference to the female pope, because of the mythology of Pope Joan in the 9th century, possibly intersecting with the Benedict of that time. Until I saw @wolfweed‘s post and realized that the Doctor’s pope was Pope Benedict the 9th, not Pope Benedict in the 9th century.  🙁   I said I n…[Read more]

@bendubz11 Might be more than just an Easter egg, might be a hint about the story arc.

@whisht, @thane15, @pedant, @wolfweed and everyone here, I’m really enjoying reading your posts.   I have so much to comment on and say, which oddly enough leaves me feeling like the Doctor’s comment to the Pope, plus there is so much I wouldn’t no where to st…[Read more]

@wolfweed I think we knew he’d killed a lot both from his reaction to Bill questioning him and the comment made in ‘Hell Bent’ about the Doctor in the Time War:  “The first thing you will notice about the Doctor of War is he’s unarmed. For many, it’s also the last.”.

@thane15  Your points are good, they always are, but if he doesn’t trust Missy enough to ask for a sparkly cup of sugar as it were, why does he appear to be willing to let her out to get the help he needs to fight the Monks?  She does seem to like the prospect of team-ups with other villains, going back to the Delgado days…  😉

Also, yeah, he’…[Read more]

(Puro). Stop trying to blind me with science!  *huge grin*

Gin and tonic, my favourite tipple, well, that and Champagne – or what passes as same. You? Hide behind the sofa? Never!

@pedant: The ‘blue object’ mentioned by me, is in the flippin’ trailer. How can it be a spoiler? Or do you mean that I shouldn’t mention it anyway? Sounds a bit…[Read more]

@wolfweed I’ve edited it. Link is still cool – read it myself. But yes, people, there be spoilers!

Hope you get over the fever soon.

@wolfweed  Moira means destiny/fate, btw…..

@thane15  Of course it’s Bill. Fate and me we have a thing.”

I wondered.  Now I have the jitters.  Love it.  “Oxygen” was a breath of fresh air (?); we are *not* doomed, after all, to a season or mere fun and games (and, well, people being eaten by wood lice or nano-thingies or monster fish).  Th…[Read more]

@wolfweed

Hilarious isn’t it? I wonder if she knows that the comparison with Supreme Commander Servalan that a lot of people are riffing on now originates with Doctor Who performers and writers like Nicholas Pegg? (Click on the pic as it probably won’t show it all)

It’s uncanny. pic.twitter.com/Y4xBaYEkOl

— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) March 15, 2017

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I’ve only just watched Oxygen, and pretty much loved it. It’s strange to say, perhaps, but can anyone think of an episode of Doctor Who in recent times being this ‘hard sci-fi’ in approach?

I think there are an astonishing number of references to other works (including Who history) in this but, unlike Smile a few weeks ago, I thought it produce…[Read more]

@wolfweed: Thanks for that. I am always listening to audio books, if not them, Radio 4 Extra. I shall have a trawl at my library.

@missrori: I’ve never heard of them.

@ichabod: Yes, I do know what you mean, and he does do that! As martin Freeman said about Sherlock, everything is going along nice and evenly, then WHAM you get a shock! I am really…[Read more]

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