Sweeping Strings

Cutthroat Island - 8 years before the first Pirates Of The Caribbean flick, this Renny Harlin pirate swashbuckler flopped. Hard to see why, as everything you would reasonably expect is here - hidden treasure, swordfights, ship-boarding, rum-swigging etc. With Geena Davis, Matthew Modine and Frank Langella.

I should clarify (Clara-fy?) ... I was referring to those being the options the Doctor gives his enemies, not new companions.

I like the 'If you stay, then whatever happens next is your own fault' aspect of the Doctor. There's something to be said for the 'core of steel' beneath the empathy and all that.

If the intention is lean even harder into the notion that the Doctor is a non-violent hero that makes having him effectively spear the Goblin King to death at Christmas Day teatime (presumably watched by many kiddiewinks) strange, no?

'You get as much pleasure from killing as I do, why not just admit it?' 'I admit killing you would be a pleasure'.

I have been 'Hmm ... REALLY?' about Disney allegedly having no creative control ever since their involvement was announced. 'What do I think about an American Doctor Who? I think it would be bloody awful' - Steven Moffat. That said, he did write one of the upcoming episodes. Time will tell ... it always does.

'Why are you holding them like that? What are you going to do ... assemble a cabinet at them? They're scientific instruments, not weapons.' It's like a continuation of that logic from the Whittaker giant spiders episode, where shooting them was 'barbaric' but luring them to a panic room to suffocate was fine.

'With all due respect M, sometimes I don't think you have the balls for this job'. 'Perhaps. But the advantage is, I don't have to think with them all the time'.

RTD has said the sonic now looks like a remote/flip-phone because the previous designs 'looked too much like a gun'. Wonder what's next ... the Daleks not screaming 'EXTERMINATE!' any more?

Careful Edmilson, I don't think you're allowed to call Barbie 'leggy' anymore. lol.

If I remember the appearance of cottage cheese correctly, I think you're saying she had a big ol' cellulitey ass on her.

https://nypost.com/2015/08/22/meet-the-man-who-impersonated-jennifer-beals-in-flashdance/ For the breakdancing moves. And his face wasn't the only thing no real 'hiding' attempt was made on, if you read this.

Doubled by a dude for a lot of them, apparently. Lyne's a Brit, BTW.

It also brought us James Bond dressed like this, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD -

He wasn't far wrong ... not having seen it since my teens I recently rewatched Flashdance on ITVX, and can confirm the scene set in the strip club is still the best one (there is also some entertainment to be had pondering just how unlikely it is that the other venue that features heavily (the 'blue-collar' bar) has both the budget and the clientele demand to stage such elaborate 'exotic dance' set-ups and how little effort was made to hide the fact that Jennifer Beals was being doubled during a lot of her dance sequences (it's up there with the last couple of Moore Bonds) ).