tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post115305098517196111..comments2010-03-11T15:13:05.849ZPaul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-81550369677983749282007-01-31T22:27:13.795Z2007-01-31T22:27:13.795Z

I *think* that's from 'The Christmas Invasion', when the Doctor's ill in bed, but I could be wrong. Just as well I monitor comments on ancient posts!

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-13518261878126764902007-01-31T22:24:00.000Z2007-01-31T22:24:00.000Z

hello. my son is a huge Dr who fan and spent the xmas holidays entertaining me by informing me that 'when Jackie Tyler found out the doctor had 2 hearts she said "has he got anything else two of?!"' before pulling a comedy Norman Wisdom-type face.<br /><br />can I ask which episode this clip is from as I have to see it for myself!

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1155659130679680422006-08-15T17:25:30.680+01:002006-08-15T17:25:30.680+01:00

That's a really wonderful review. We seem to have come to the same conclusions. Great stuff.

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1155655162231394242006-08-15T16:19:22.233+01:002006-08-15T16:19:22.233+01:00

It's been pointed out to me that <A HREF="http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2006/08/happy_times_and.shtml" REL="nofollow">this</A> looks rather similar to your post. But I wrote that review before I'd seen your post (well, the important bits had been cobbled together, anyway) and your post says pretty much what I wanted to say far more succinctly.

Tim Phippsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153990622716658902006-07-27T09:57:02.716+01:002006-07-27T09:57:02.716+01:00

I think you should give it a try, yeah.

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153937766974752482006-07-26T19:16:06.976+01:002006-07-26T19:16:06.976+01:00

Have you seen Life on Mars/what's your opinion of it, if so?<BR/><BR/>It just started showing here in the US of A this week, but I've heard lots of favorable words about it...should it be appointment TV?

That Neil Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10889598961299672962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153466809376305782006-07-21T08:26:49.376+01:002006-07-21T08:26:49.376+01:00

And what a lovely blog you have. Cheers.

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153452836926834782006-07-21T04:33:56.926+01:002006-07-21T04:33:56.926+01:00

phenomenal site! can't wait to dig through the archives...<BR/><BR/>(I'm an american, but I recently listed my favorite 50 shows of all time on my blog, and the good doctor finished 2nd..)<BR/><BR/>Greg

TV Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04139227883287180880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153333234688055262006-07-19T19:20:34.686+01:002006-07-19T19:20:34.686+01:00

And relax.

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153308243018415512006-07-19T12:24:03.020+01:002006-07-19T12:24:03.020+01:00

Look, if you chaps have got something to say, why not just spit it out?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>I know, because it's impolite.

Alex Wilcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05419243506227607473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153300883983366392006-07-19T10:21:23.983+01:002006-07-19T10:21:23.983+01:00

Come again?

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153300167180288922006-07-19T10:09:27.180+01:002006-07-19T10:09:27.180+01:00

I have to say that last remark leaves an unpleasant taste in the mouth.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>No reason, I just have to say it.

john toonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153295123772626152006-07-19T08:45:23.773+01:002006-07-19T08:45:23.773+01:00

Alex: well, Galactica is military SF, but that genre, in my experience, usually makes reference to, indeed revels in, all the grey areas of war. Perhaps you're thinking it's more gung-ho? I'll blog about Galactica sometime rather than go on and on here. And you're right, it was odd that all of Elton's people were straight, but given the paving stone, their relationships were definitely

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153285364304722392006-07-19T06:02:44.303+01:002006-07-19T06:02:44.303+01:00

What I disliked about "Love and Monsters" was that here several people were killed pretty nastily and it all lead up to an oral sex joke.<BR/><BR/>I had similar problems with the episode which guest starred queen Victoria, where you had Rose and the doctor behaving like it was all a big joke while people were slaughtered all around them.

Martin Wissehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00806315933617181478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153248544169967032006-07-18T19:49:04.170+01:002006-07-18T19:49:04.170+01:00

Love & Monsters was good. It might have been my favourite except that Doomsday got in the way, so too did School Reunion but the whole lot were beaten back my The Girl in the Fireplace. <BR/><BR/>At any rate L&M weren't at the bottom of my list, and I thought it was carried off wonderfully.<BR/><BR/>I do see what you mean though, there are some people who just cant understand that time has moved

Coz McFool (Cosmic Fool)http://www.foolsparadox.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153244885103920302006-07-18T18:48:05.103+01:002006-07-18T18:48:05.103+01:00

Thanks for posting your outlook on where <I>Doctor Who</I> and its fans are now, Paul. There's something about the way that the programme is constructed at the moment that makes it very difficult for me to 'take sides' against it, which can only be for the good. I know lots of people who find the new series too sentimental/plotless/what have you - but I've never yet found that my reservations

Matthew Kilburnhttp://parrot-knight.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153232949329840092006-07-18T15:29:09.330+01:002006-07-18T15:29:09.330+01:00

Happy Birthday, Paul! On my behalf, please hoist yourself into the air by your arms and legs and give yourself an appropriate number of The Bumps, then go down the pub and buy yourself a pint :)

john toonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153228691526524182006-07-18T14:18:11.526+01:002006-07-18T14:18:11.526+01:00

What a lovely article, and an insightful argument, though I don't go with every word (people like you and Russell raving about Battlestar Galactica keep encouraging me to give it a try, but its 'US navy in space' feel still leaves me cold. What's the secret?). The Victorian gentlemen's club made me smile; is that because so many of us were kids who read a lot, or because that's how the Doctor

Alex Wilcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05419243506227607473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153222913899746972006-07-18T12:41:53.900+01:002006-07-18T12:41:53.900+01:00

That comment about fans on message boards talking like they're in a Victorian gentlemen's club was so true it had me bursting out laughing.<BR/><BR/>LOL how did that even start out!?<BR/><BR/>jack.

Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153212991641328062006-07-18T09:56:31.640+01:002006-07-18T09:56:31.640+01:00

In many ways i felt that 'the Girl in the Fire Place' was the best episode this year and in fact if it had been told with the Love&Monsters style, i.e we only see Doctor Ten when she sees the Dr, it would have been truer to the concept and even better.<BR/><BR/>For me the problem with Love&Monsters was partly a continual frustration, that in a series that reintroduced Sarah Jane, there was, in

OnMeJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02538030985247861709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153211697045628632006-07-18T09:34:57.046+01:002006-07-18T09:34:57.046+01:00

Great post, Paul. I find those "Doctor Who"-is-now-mainstream moments both strange and endearing - hearing a young girl nag her mum to be allowed to watch the DVDs of Doctor Who <I>again</I>, mentioning that there's a new series called "Torchwood" to a casual aquaintance and them going "Oh, yes, that's what destroyed the Sycorax in Doctor Who, wasn't it?" and so on.<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday, by

Caleb Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14761353888872137118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153210065199130482006-07-18T09:07:45.200+01:002006-07-18T09:07:45.200+01:00

I always relate to people by their avatars, so now I feel like I'm getting mail from the ITC Robin Hood. My mental picture of the sleeping Merry Men was in black and white.

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153175536686011792006-07-17T23:32:16.686+01:002006-07-17T23:32:16.686+01:00

Understood. And certainly not my intent to put you on the spot.<BR/><BR/>Cheers for now.<BR/><BR/>Robin and all the merry (sleeping) men of sherwood.

robin hoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440140156623241550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153167115585809402006-07-17T21:11:55.586+01:002006-07-17T21:11:55.586+01:00

Robin, that's a bracing mixture of wait and see and it's not my job to comment. It's not my birthday until midnight, so no gifts as yet! Caroline's out at rehearsal, and may come back with a decision on that band name. And it's weird, but, didn't we all want the Daleks to win? 'So,' said my wife, 'you're rooting for fascism over cold emotion?' I could only mutter than Daleks are more fun.

Paul Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07366796946594435087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20125944.post-1153147148776452832006-07-17T15:39:08.776+01:002006-07-17T15:39:08.776+01:00

I really enjoyed Love & Monsters - Marc Warren was fantastic and anything that majors on Mr Blue Sky by ELO is bound to be fab - but I haven't made my mind up yet about my favorite episode, I also really enjoyed School reunion and the last two.<BR/><BR/>I did like that alternative ending - very Pythonesque. And i also liked the rather camp Newman and baddiel dialogue between the Daleks and

Liberal Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07768623171512362027noreply@blogger.com