Cheers

Janette

You just beat me to it. New Moffat-written content dropping online at 6.30 this evening (for the benefit of those who don’t click through)….

The System was right and placed the Doctor next to what it knew to be the real threat (we really do need to slightly fanwank that it had no faith in the humans to solve the problem, and we know its own infrastructure had been compromised by cybernetics expert-cum-terrorist AND that the humans WERE trying to investigate – but had no…[Read more]

Of course, it was Australia, and to a 12 year old what was happening at Coal Hill School and in Trotter’s Lane probably had more resonance than…[Read more]

I thought “hmm” the machines assign the work according to one’s brain/experience etc etc and yet the Doc is a…[Read more]

I’m with @bendubz11. Apart from oreos which, besides being and American affectation, do something deeply unsettling in your digestive tract if you eat a whole packet.

Not that I’m allowed any sodding biccies at the moment.

@XAD4

One aims to please 🙂

(Did you see my gif of Dinas’s fledging? Can’t recall if I tagged you or…[Read more]

Sorry to be a buzz-kill but some people like to go in knowing nothing.

Firstly, I record TV to my PC using a USB thingy. I haven’t used it for a while ( since last year’s Xmas episode in fact) so earlier today I did a test run just to make sure it was still working and today of all days, it decided to record audio only – no video. Oh poo!

Thinking it…[Read more]

That’s awesome! Mum loves those ospreys and I really liked just sitting there, last winter (here) and holding a hot chocolate listening to the wind and the birds and watching them fly about.

Thanks @pedant and @bluesqueakpip for your advice and ideas about identity. The teacher said I could use John Searle to support my thesis…[Read more]

Indeed – that is very early.

Those of you who have followed the Dyfi Ospreys may like to know that they are running their annual camera appeal. It’s costs £20,000 a year to keep the camera running, so if you have some spare shekels to chuck in the pot it will be well spent. If you are a UK tax payer you can Gift Aid it.

Sad news indeed to read on waking.   A great writer who wrote with vision, clarity, depth and profound insight, and she wrote beautifully.

I have loved her novels and writings since I first discovered The Left Hand of Darknessin the early 1970s and her books, which fill almost an entire shelf in my library, will continue to enrich my l…[Read more]

Thank you for that lovely video. Trouble is you’ve just made me cry again.

@karenmarie>

Hello there and welcome. *waves*

I one of the very few who does not want a female Doctor. Enough said.

@thane16:

Try Tasmania, nice and cool there. That’s where we should have gone. *sigh*

@thecriptonite:

Welcome to you too. *waves*

Missy

Hey! It’s good to see you back on the Sofa or couch sprinkling all the gold & glittterrr.

Meow!!

I haven’t watched the episode as yet and neither has mum -she’s doing OK but not last night so we are hoping the new DVD player has worked and taped it otherwise we will be watching it on the ABC on a tiny screen.

@xad4 good to see you…[Read more]

@XAD4 – thanks for sharing, I love the Doctor Puppet stuff… that was…[Read more]

Thanks for posting that!

Merry Christmas!

Hiker

Monty and Glensi have grandchildren! In Scotland. (As far as is known the first offspring from a Welsh nest to have chicks since repopulation began). Also, interesting question as to if this is the first time a British osprey has been followed from conception to…[Read more]

And Monty and Glesni arrive back on the same day. Let shenanigans begin!

It was a cunning plan to bring about the Osprey Overlordship.

Ah, cool.

Apparently Mrs G is back at Glaslyn too.

Occasionally, but not closely enough to avoid losing the thread because when you scroll back it pings forward every time someone joins.

Blue is about on schedule, so a week or so for the others, if all has gone well over winter.

So! Get your popcorn out for another season of sex and shenanigans on the Dyfi!

Indeed! Just saw the post of Facebook. No live streaming yet.

Well I did a googling on any connection between the EU environmental policies and UK

flooding and found several posts but here are 2…[Read more]

No, in my case (Cons aren’t really my thing) – don’t know in cuz’s case, but I don’t think so.

Nice! The live cam currently shows a snoozing osprey, which is quite the sweetest thing I’ve seen for ages. Glesni is looking very…eggy.

It occurs to me that I only live an hour or so from the Rutland project (which is where all the Welsh birds originate). Must get that longer lens…

Waves, especially @Blenkinsopthebrave, @JanetteB (Technical glitches, rips in the space time continuum, being kidnapped by space gremlins… you know how it goes! Usual everyday timey wimey stuff!)

@XAD4 Thanks so much for the Dr Puppet Silent Night – rather great

That is really rather lovely.

(And a special thank you to all those esp @JimtheFish (ARSE indeed – that made me chuckle a lot), @Puroandson (you’re a hybrid now…?!), @XAD4 who’s remembering drew me back from the dreaded RL universe!)

And yeah, kudos to…[Read more]

Nice to see that the Beeb have relented and will release ‘The Underwater Menace’ on dvd, just 2 months after they confirmed that they definitely wouldn’t at all ever. Now you can actually (legally) complete your collections…

the-underwater-menace @bbc shop

P.S. Big shouts out to @ScaryB , @JimTheFish & @XaD4 (…. as well as…[Read more]

Yes, it’s tough getting a BBC gig for residents in the UK, so it must be doubly daunting for those overseas.

Glad you all enjoyed it! I look forward to any snippets you can remember (hint hint) from the Q&A when the episode airs.

Don’t look at the extra wait for part 2 as a drawback. Look at it as extra time to develop theories on how part 2 will go. 🙂

And it was great to see the northern contingent again. @wolfweed is much missed so it was good to catch up. And to put a face to @xad4. And of course to see the mighty…[Read more]

Had a great mini-forum meet with @JimtheFish, Mrs Fish, @Wolfweed and @XaD4 and a packed cinema full of Doctor Who fans.  Can’t report much from the screening of Magician’s Apprentice (very temporary escape from the stasis cube to post this) – except to say – make sure you don’t miss it…[Read more]

6pm at the Filmhouse sounds good to me.

And the Moff… oh my, WOOHOO! (And Brian Minchin too – that’s taking us seriously. I like it)

So see you there. Will you be “in that suit in that bar singing that song, gills flaring, teeth sparkling under the glitterball”?

😈

And @XAd4  and any other Forumers who can make it

Accommodation in Edinburgh’s  always a bit pricey, many times worse during August when there’s several festivals happening all at once, all over town.  But you should still be able to pick up something OK for around £50-60/room/night for single, en suite with breakfast, pay later option, if you book very soon!  Anything within a mile rad…[Read more]

And, as I may have spotted a trend of post-ers posting to a thread and then next to the Spoilers thread, I’m even scared a little of reading an threads in case anyone…[Read more]

What a lovely post. PP is new to me, good find, and a lovely dedication.   I’ve been missing @HTPBDET too.  I’m sure he’d have loved Capaldi’s Doctor, there’s so much Hartnell and BG inspiration in it, would have loved to have heard him expound on it!  It will be exactly a year ago on Saturday, I believe, since we lost him.

You’re right – always room for more Clash (@TheKrynoidMan I’m with @Arbutus – liking the Clash is definitely a sign of intelligence, discernment and generally being ultra cool!!)

Intrigued by @Whisht‘s Red Snapper (new one on me (but so much on here is 🙂 )) tho I can see why @Idiotsavon‘s dog wasn’t so keen!

@XAd4 Lovely clip from…[Read more]

@TheKrynoidMan   The Bangles, brilliant.  Always enjoy the Blues Brothers, and Soul Man in any version is great.

@idiotsavon    What a lovely surprise in the midst of the undead! Harry Belafonte, beautiful.

@Whisht   Enjoyed Moonlight in Glory. Perfect title for the theme, and I was I the only…[Read more]

And great stuff already for Mummy… I’m amazed at some of these links – Here Come the Mummies indeed! (Thanks @theKrynoidman) – a song for every occasion indeed!

On a different tack this seemed rather appropriate for Clara’s state of mind the last…[Read more]