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@janetteb I want to know that those seven words are too.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who couldn’t work that out.

@ps1l0v3y0u ‘Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow’?

Works for me!

@janetteb @nerys

‘Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow’?

@nerys I want to know that those seven words are too.

cheers

Janette

@janetteb Oh and I should add, how inspired was it to bring in Billie Piper at the end. I am not at all surprised that it was an after thought. It is a gift to the next show-runner. They can ignore it if they wish, or have her return for five minutes then move on. Her appearance is a glitch in the regeneration. it does not even need explaining.…

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@nerys @janetteb @dentarthurdent

the dropping of Jed Mercurio’s name is very much to do with media reacting to his profile as an established BBC showrunner.

But, Line of Duty is a VERY good police procedural/organised crime group/vice and corruption drama. Lots of mystery, shock, twists and tension. Also humour. Transferrable skills.

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@dentarthurdent that is a good name for a home network. someone in our town has a TARDIS registration on their car. Saw it again today. Always makes me smile.

Cheers

Janette

@janetteb
It would be great to see Billie Piper again. And very fitting, since she played a major part in the re-launch in – when? – decades ago.
She could be a place-holder for the next Doctor, but plot-wise, it would be very easy for her to become the new Doctor. The Doctor and the Tardis seem to be somehow psychically linked (as in e.g. The…[Read more]

Oh and I should add, how inspired was it to bring in Billie Piper at the end. I am not at all surprised that it was an after thought. It is a gift to the next show-runner. They can ignore it if they wish, or have her return for five minutes then move on. Her appearance is a glitch in the regeneration. it does not even need explaining. B.P. is also…[Read more]

@nerys thank you for posting the link. Interesting article. somehow I missed it when it was published.  He really does have a bit of a gripe with fandom, understandable perhaps for someone who is on the receiving end and the negatives always seem to outnumber the positives even if they don’t in reality. RTD needs to be a lurker here. “We’re…[Read more]

Not really news, per se, but RTD reflects on his Doctor Who run with Disney in this memoir excerpt:

‘Goodbye Whoniverse. God, that was fun!’: Russell T Davies on writing the end of Doctor Who

Just seen this. Probably clickbait… Jed Mercurio is in the running for WHO??

That might not be too sad…

@thane16

Female authored ‘speculative’ fiction, even May or LeGuin, does seem to be qualitatively different. How would they have written Bayta Darrel? Better than Isaac I’m sure. Though Issac is himself qualitively different to Samuel Butler say. Then you remember Azimov is as much removed from us as he was from Erewhon.

Scifi I like: Star Trek…[Read more]

@winston glad to hear it! It’s great news. As a Czech, the mention of quarts of tinned tomatoes & loads of pickles is heart warming & thrilling! We douse everything in vinegar (or rather my parents did) including vast amounts of red capsicum, cauliflower & baby corn.
When I was growing up we’d eat, every month, a type of boiled, jellied meat wit…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3y0u

I see where you’re coming from. But I was never a fan of Asimov’s writing -it felt like work & lacked, for me, the beauty of other quieter authors from Atwood, to Antonia Byatt or Mantel. In fact, surprisingly, I never read sci-fi or fantasy. My first & possibly only fantasy came from Who, though I recently read the recent Silo ser…[Read more]