@wolfweed

There is the first Doctor’s signet ring, of course, but the second ring…?

@wolfweed

I am still intrigued by the wedding ring. I wonder if anything (or nothing) will be made of it.

@wolfweed

Thanks for locating the clip, as I couldn’t see it yesterday.

@bluesqueakpip

Yes – I was wondering about the “feature length” bit myself. Could be like DotD with 75 minutes, but it could be longer. It may explain why the series itself looks to be running at 12 episodes, then a short break to the Christmas Special.

Collating the pre…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Piped you to the post?! Ah well – at least we mentioned it. I do find that scene very magical. I therefore admire you and MrsBlenkinsop immensely!

@wolfweed

I’ve just realised that I could make a list of 10 reasons why I shouldn’t make lists.

I have to say, I immediately distrust people who can categorise stuff in order…[Read more]

SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

SPOILER, SPOILER, SPOILER...

Anyway, now that @Phaseshift and I have finished our verbal jousting (crawling accepted 😉 ), some comments on the actual episode.

@Wolfweed – It is quite funny that the sonic has a bit of a moment when trying to tackle the wooden door – before Duggan thumps it and it goes for the metal lock instead. And that randomiser seems to be switched on…[Read more]

@wolfweed

Utopia was written as a sort of continuity-fest or Fan-’Porn’. RTD was concerned that this would kill the ratings but he needn’t have worried.

That line about “nobody knows nothing” in TV and film comes to mind, doesn’t it? I think he played it very well – by this time the new show had its own mythology and it could afford to be self-…[Read more]

@TheKrynoidMan

Yes I definitely get that feeling, and I think RTD (& probably SM) know that streak well. Largely, it doesn’t matter if you know the material or not to the story they tell, but it seems like a little bit of a reward.

@wolfweed pointed out last week the mood patches were from another spin-off book called Only Human (for the ninth D…[Read more]

Thanks for that and all the wonderful stuff you post for us @Wolfweed.  He does sound more like a B- or a C+ than a D student to me.

Cheers

Janette

@wolfweed

Yikes! That completely put me off my breakfast. Even the thought of a Disney version of Who is too awful to contemplate. And actually, the rendering is probably an accurate interpretation of what they would do with it.

I shall now spend the rest of the day trying to forget that I ever saw the image!

btw @wolfweed – a while back you linked to (the excellant) The Sandman animation and I wanted to say that I remember seeing it along with several other brilliant animations as part of a “Best of British festival” back in 1994? possibly at the ICA?

There was one animation that I now can’t find (lots of candy-striped tentacles spring to mind) but…[Read more]

That breakdown of the “Rain” trailer was stunning. Thanks for posting it, @wolfweed.

I think back to my dismal attempts to make a collage in school with cut-outs from magazines and some glue. Oh well.

I’d forgotten just how good this story is, even though it’s one of my favourites. Thanks to everyone for picking out the various refs. @Wolfweed – if the vehicles weren’t all the same the Doctor would have had a much harder job in breaking in and out of them all (wonderful use of a sonic screwdriver to circumvent the need for an extra 3…[Read more]

@bluesqueakpip @JimTheFish @wolfweed

Le-definitely-not-taking-Romana-on-a-date, honestly. It was the randomiser. Really, it was the randomiser.

it’s almost palpable that the two of them are on the verge of knocking each other off at this point

A ‘dirty’ weekend in Paris.

Yep – it passed me by as a nipper, but rewatching the episodes with La…[Read more]

@wolfweed @craig

Yes, thanks @wolfweed. I got as far as the uploading and then was distracted by a delivery of groceries.

@wolfweed What? Computer pictures? You sit in Paris and talk of computer pictures?

They’re both great. @PhaseShift got to the uploading before me, but I’ve now added the top one to the home page. Many thanks, once again, for the great work.

@Wolfweed

A Doctor Who spatula?! Please tell me they aren’t going to do a range of Doctor Who labware. It’ll cost me a fortune! 😀