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Agreed, @Tom Guernsey.
I just wish that there was more of Polly and Ben, in Capaldi's last story.
I've posted before and I'll post again: "the timeless child" is complete bollocks. RTD needs to obliterate it.
 

My favourite Christmas episode wasn't actually one of the specials, but rather The Unquiet Dead from Eccleston's tenure. In avoiding the light-hearted, festive spirit of most of the specials, it actually manages to feel a lot more Christmassy, and is a proper scary episode, too. A real ghost story for Christmas. Simon Callow as Dickens was perfect. TBH this is one of my all-time favourite new-Who episodes, and certainly my favourite Mark Gatiss story. It's a shame Gatiss's episodes tended to be too silly and humourous after this one.

My favourite Christmas episode wasn't actually one of the specials, but rather The Unquiet Dead from Eccleston's tenure. In avoiding the light-hearted, festive spirit of most of the specials, it actually manages to feel a lot more Christmassy, and is a proper scary episode, too. A real ghost story for Christmas. Simon Callow as Dickens was perfect. TBH this is one of my all-time favourite new-Who episodes, and certainly my favourite Mark Gatiss story. It's a shame Gatiss's episodes tended to be too silly and humourous after this one.

My favourite Christmas episode wasn't actually one of the specials, but rather The Unquiet Dead from Eccleston's tenure. In avoiding the light-hearted, festive spirit of most of the specials, it actually manages to feel a lot more Christmassy, and is a proper scary episode, too. A real ghost story for Christmas. Simon Callow as Dickens was perfect. TBH this is one of my all-time favourite new-Who episodes, and certainly my favourite Mark Gatiss story. It's a shame Gatiss's episodes tended to be too silly and humourous after this one.

Yes you bloody well can use that term!!! The "timeless child" shit, is bollocks!
Hartnell was #1, and he always will be!! 

Curious to eventually see all these episodes. Right now we don't get BBCA and I don't fancy signing up for it just for Chibbers Who. If it was RTD  I'd have signed up in a heartbeat. Hell, we even signed up for Starz just to watch Torchwood: Miracle Day, which turned out to be a mistake (on our part and theirs!). Reading through all the comments on this thread (can you tell I'm so fed up with Who I don't even care about spoilers?) it looks like Flux might actually be a step up in quality finally. I hope so. I REALLY wanted to like Jodie and Chibnall - I was fed up with the overly silly dialog and convoluted plots of Moffatt's later era. The silly dialog carried right over though. If I ever hear the word Fam again... Still, it's only a show, and as always I hold out hope a fourth (or fifth) golden age of Who will be forthcoming. In the meantime I'm loving the recently animated Evil of the Daleks. Fan-bloody-tastic!
Murray Gold had long since passed his prime. By the end of the Matt Smith era he'd become a parody of himself. All big fanfares and action ostinatos. The one thing I did find refreshing about the early Jodie episodes was the change in music. Shame it wasn't all that good. Refreshing, but meh.

As it's Doctor Who Day and bloody freezin' into the bargain, I donned a certain scarf for the walk to work today - 

Does the man look at his bottle of wine?

Does a pigeon do a double take?

SPECTRE is a top-5 favourite Bond film, for me.
No, I am not joking!

I actually preferred Spectre to this. I never understood the hate for Spectre. It has major problems, and I don't like the personal childhood link between Bond and Blofeld (does everyone need a damn backstory and personal connection in films these days?) but as a film it was really entertaining. The scene where Bond discovers Mr White's secret room by observing the rat was really thrilling - it felt like a 60s Bond moment.

Finally saw this thing (actually rented an entire movie theatre to ourselves so my friends and I could hang out safely - it was surprisingly cheap! Only $150!)
 
I HATED the decision to kill off all the main characters. It just stank of a writing team who couldn't come up with a better or more imaginative story so they decided to jump the shark instead. Lazy and frustrating. That said, the film had some terrific sequences. In particular, the game of "hide and seek" in the misty wood was very effective. The length of the film didn't bother me - the film was so exciting to watch that I didn't notice the time going by. The downside was that the film was just so damn gloomy and melodramatic all the way through. Bond has been brooding and angsty in the past, but not for the entire duration of the film. By the time he finally died at the end it just felt like the natural conclusion to the miserable sod he'd been throughout the film. 
 
I really don;t know how to rate this film. As a run of the mill action thriller it's decent enough, and I'd rate it maybe 8/10. As a Bond film it fails completely. It just isn't a Bond film. The homages to the earlier films (and there were shit loads!) just reminded me how much more fun those films were. 
 
As for the future of the franchise - it definitely said JAMES BOND will return at the end (NOT 007 will return) - so James will be back. As the producers of this film have essentially made it impossible to continue Bond's story from this point, my guess is that the next movie will completely ignore the Daniel Craig films and just be a back-to-basics fun romp. The Craig quintet will exist in their own weird parallel universe, outside of the regular series. I really hope so.

Saw it last night.
 
The ending was absolutely terrible. 
 
Either they went for cheap sentiment as some sort of homage to Daniel Craig leaving (a la  Iron Man) or more likely, they killed off the Bond character as we know him because a straight  British middle-aged womanizing guy can't exist in the post #metoo era.
 that would be the worst option . I think that was the intention but there was already massive backlash and they probably re-shot parts of the movie in the 2 years it was delayed so they left it more ambiguous.

That's the planet Barcelona, and not the city. They've got dogs there, with no noses. Imagine how many times a day you could the that joke...and its still funny!

The nightmare is over...
 
https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?article=jodie-whittaker-chris-chibnall-leave-doctor-who
 
I hope, hope, hope this also means Segun Akinola is out and that Natalie Holt has her phone close by.

This is excellent news! I love the old CD release of this so it'll be fascinating to hear additional music and improved sound.

Koray, yes those are the two covers of the CDs I've ordered. Now I just need the expanded GDM For A Few Dollars More that John linked me to and I'll be set. Although my bank account will have a few dollars less...

Just listened through this yesterday. It sounds fantastic. I've always loved the rerecording, but it's something special to have the OST also.

Forgive the incorrect aspect ratio, but this shot is one of the most beautiful moments in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. A ray of sunshine after Bond's difficult escape.
 

Those are fantastic! 
 

Those are fantastic! 
 

Those are fantastic! 
 

Those are fantastic! 
 

Blimey, did the person who did the typesetting not know how to beam 8th notes?

So, how 'bout that Potter set, eh?!