There’s nowt wrong with the *thing* thing unless it is used to try to deflect something gratuitously offensive. No offence.

Yes, Twilight did test my faith in The Church of The Blessed Kendrick, but I rationalise it by accepting that no actor should have to apologise for taking a paying gig (and Kendrick has done a lot of experimental s…[Read more]

Did you ever watch Les Revenants (the Canal+ series, not the movie of the same name)?

Missy

the box he has to … what’s the english word

Vault (like banks keep their money in).

Rose is my favourite, closely followed by Bill. As for Doomsday – pass the tissues!  The music didn’t help either.

Have you seen the Doctor who concerts? There have been three. One in Cardiff, two in the Royal Albert Hall London. The first two were hosted by David Tennant, and the third by Matt smith. I can’t find out whether there has…[Read more]

Well I liked it very much. The words summed up the incredible sadness  felt, for the Doctor – and for Clara of course. The most poignant moment for me, was when the Doctor  takes Clara’s hand from his face, and kisses it.  It was Peter’s idea, or so I read. The tears flowed, I don’t think I have ever cried like that over an episode of Do…[Read more]

But that doesn’t mean I’m going to double-down and link to Throbbing Gristle or Butthole Surfers or whatever.

No sirree.

Instead, here’s some jangly geetar indie music (@Phaseshift – was still thinking of your 80’s/90’s…[Read more]

Whereas Pokey made me think of Eno (that bugger again !!) Mea Culpa which…[Read more]

I am crying over fictionnal characters and fictionnal

That we do that is a testament to the power of good storytelling. It doesn’t matter what medium it is in – short story, TV show, big fat novel or song – good storytelling moves us because good stories are always written from truth so it doesn’t matter that the character is fictional. If…[Read more]

Missy

and I really liked the others.
This popped up…[Read more]

That he got Johnny Marr’s brilliance (The Hollies!) rather than the whining of Morrissey, an absolutely brilliant response – well done that man!

I just don’t have the downer (pun…[Read more]

Your grand parents seems awesome!

Can’t see anything wrong with that. If it was me (and obviously I’m not you, so you do whatever you like) I’d focus how, when the doctor is alone too long, his moral compass can get a bit confused – and his fellow travellers have a long history of getting his feet back on the ground. Hmm. mixed me…[Read more]

Tricky.

In principle I can’t see a why not. But it does depend on how and where you are thinking of doing so, and what your teacher is looking for. That is, what’s the question/ topic?

@zeyra (not @zephyr)

And stop trying to corrupt @thane15 – besides, puro should already have inoculated him.

Seriously. Ian Curtis wrote about his own pain (and also wrote the best song to explain how to help someone with depression, already linked above). That Twat whined about how horrible everybody else is.

And to bleach o…[Read more]

At your age (I think you said 16, nearly 17?) I would be more worried if you didn’t daydream a bit and occasionally find yourself looking into the dark. We have a similar expression “head in the clouds”.

I get a bit full-on when it comes to fascism. Both my parents fought against it the last time it brought Europe to ruin, and I don’t w…[Read more]

You did nothing wrong and I totally agree with @Mudlark – the best way to defeat terror is to carry on living life to the full. The crazies really hate that.

Both @Phaseshift and I felt that saying something offensive about someone else’s country doesn’t follow site etiquette and doesn’t help to maintain a polite and civil atmosphere – especially when it’s directed at a…[Read more]

Don’t worry about it. It’s nothing you’ve done.

@bluesqueakpip:  The same applies to you. My intention was not to ‘offend’ which I hope @zeyra accepted. Every nation has done something in the past for which they should be ashamed, and mostly are. I can’t see why…[Read more]

Please don’t take offense @zeyra, every country was uncivilised at some time or other.

@mudlark That’s funny that you mention archaeology because I’m currently an archaeology student at my university. I’ll be spending a month this summer on a site that was once a spanish…[Read more]

I am very sorry that the fear of terrorism appears to be having such an affect on your life, because that is precisely what the terrorists want: to create an atmosphere of uncertainty and fear in the population. The best way that ordinary people have of opposing them is to carry on living as normally as they can, rather than cowering in…[Read more]

Le Pen. Like her father before her, and everybody she associates with.

The explains more clearly that I could. There is never a good reason to vote for a fascist.

It is a catastrophic mistake to grab onto the “they are all the same” meme. It is nonsense, and the French left’s refusal to endorse Macron is as stupid as the American left’s…[Read more]

I can tell  you are quite disturbed about your election.  I was really upset about Trump getting elected

here in the states.   I  volunteered for Clinton however since I live in California I don’t think I had

much effect on the election  (my state went for HRC pretty overwhelmingly).

Here’s the thing.   Le Pen is not getting any fin…[Read more]

Yes, I have been following the election, as I follow politics in Europe generally, although I am probably not as well informed as I ought to be. The newspapers and TV news programmes in Britain don’t cover French elections quite as extensively or in as much depth as they do elections in the USA, which is regrettable.  We in England are a…[Read more]

Oh yes.

DON’T LET ANYONE YOU KNOW VOTE FOR THE FASCIST! 😉

Am not sure whether to be reassured or worried that the French left is as clueless as the br… er English.

Missy

In what I wrote above there was a sentence in which I omitted a word which made nonsense of what I wrote and so, bearing in mind that English is not your first language, and in case you were confused, the fourth sentence should have begun: ‘I too, had a tendency to day-dream in class and let my mind wander … ‘

You are certainly not alone because I, also, was not very good at maths – even though I did in the end manage to narrowly pass the necessary examinations.  I loved physics and the biological sciences; chemistry not so much, but that may have been partly because my teacher in that subject was not very good at her job. The deficiency in…[Read more]

Hello! 🙂

I’m 14. I like Matt Smith first, then David. I feel the same way with all the Doctors … I started to love Capaldi just recently.

what is the average age here ? Just being curious

I’m not sure what the average is, but there are people here of all ages, from those in their teens like yourself, to a few like me who whose status is verging on the antique.  What ever our age, experience and other interests, what we all have in common is the love of Doctor Who and a d…[Read more]

here are only quite old music, not that I mind, but, why is that ?

Because we are all very, very old!

Well, OK, some of us are. But we are mostly of an age that our musical awareness and, indeed, awareness of other things was shaped by a time when blues-rooted rock and pop was in its full glory. So, basically the 1960s though to around the…[Read more]

Your favourite Doctor was Matt smith then? Mine is Peter Capaldi.  Although all of them since 2005 were outstanding, PC, in my opinion, is the best.

I too am a Sherlockian, and as Puro said, we have got a thread about the show.

Your English is very good.

Missy

Last night we re watched Blink and then had to watch Human Nature/Family of Blood. All superb episodes. All four actors to play the Doctor since the re boot have brought…[Read more]

Feel free to write a tribute on the “Faces of the Doctor” thread if you want – you don’t have to, just…[Read more]

I’m from the UK (I think most members still are) but we have people here from USA, Canada, Australia, Germany etc. And…[Read more]