The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist >collectors, but just don't bother watching it. :-)
Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
----------------------------------------------------------------
Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and well as
a whole host of special features.
In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as theaEighth DoctorainaDoctor Who,
a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American
Fox network, more commonly known asaThe TV Movie.
This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the first
time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling almost 200,000
feet!) have been pulled from deep storage in the US and
meticulously scanned over 21 days, then restored by Paul Vanezis
to provide a definitive 4K experience.
The TV Movieahas never looked or sounded so good, with a 24-frame
transfer to match the original film rushes, and immersive surround
sound, rebuilt from the original raw sound elements.
Also starring Sylvester McCoy (the Seventh Doctor), Daphne
Ashbrook (Grace), Eric Roberts (The Master) and Yee Jee Tso (Chang
Lee), The TV Movie sees the Doctor's regeneration triggered on an
operating table, with surgeon Grace Holloway accompanying the new
Doctor on an epic adventure to prevent the Master from stealing
the Doctor's future lives.
Trailer (1min 53secs)
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnvmFMA4q-A>
Box cover 1 (outside)
<https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/b1.png>
Box cover 2 (inside)
<https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/b3.png>
Poster
<https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ww-3.png>
This new release is available on 4K in a limited edition steelbook
with exclusive artwork, as well as standard Blu-ray, and includes
a host of special features including:
- The 'uncensored' UK version
- The USA broadcast version
- Soundtrack in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo
- In Conversation with director Geoffrey Sax
- Sylvester McCoy and Janet Fielding featurette
- 3 New Featurettes with Daphne Ashbrook, Eric Roberts
and Yee Jee Tso
- Two audio commentaries
- Isolated music score
- Production info text
- The Seven Year Hitchamaking-of documentary
- Paul McGann's audition tape
- Alternate takes
- Electronic press kit and behind the scenes footage
- TARDIS tour
- BBC Trails
And much more.
The special edition will be released ona25th May, 2026, with
pre-orders opening Friday, 20th February at 12pm GMT from
www.amazon.co.uk, www.zavvi.co.uk, www.rarewaves.com and
other selected retailers.
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
-a-a Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
-a-a ----------------------------------------------------------------
-a-a Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and well as
-a-a a whole host of special features.
-a-a In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as the-aEighth Doctor-ain-aDoctor Who,
-a-a a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American
-a-a Fox network, more commonly known as-aThe TV Movie.
-a-a This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the first
-a-a time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling almost 200,000
-a-a feet!) have been pulled from deep storage in the US and
-a-a meticulously scanned over 21 days, then restored by Paul Vanezis
-a-a to provide a definitive 4K experience.
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
-a-a Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
-a-a ----------------------------------------------------------------
-a-a Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and well as
-a-a a whole host of special features.
-a-a In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as the-aEighth Doctor-ain-aDoctor Who,
-a-a a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American
-a-a Fox network, more commonly known as-aThe TV Movie.
-a-a This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the first
-a-a time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling almost 200,000
-a-a feet!) have been pulled from deep storage in the US and
-a-a meticulously scanned over 21 days, then restored by Paul Vanezis
-a-a to provide a definitive 4K experience.
-a-a The TV Movie-ahas never looked or sounded so good, with a 24-frame
-a-a transfer to match the original film rushes, and immersive surround
-a-a sound, rebuilt from the original raw sound elements.
-a-a Also starring Sylvester McCoy (the Seventh Doctor), Daphne
-a-a Ashbrook (Grace), Eric Roberts (The Master) and Yee Jee Tso (Chang
-a-a Lee), The TV Movie sees the Doctor's regeneration triggered on an
-a-a operating table, with surgeon Grace Holloway accompanying the new
-a-a Doctor on an epic adventure to prevent the Master from stealing
-a-a the Doctor's future lives.
-a-a Trailer-a (1min 53secs)
-a-a <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnvmFMA4q-A>
-a-a Box cover 1 (outside)
-a-a <https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/b1.png>
-a-a Box cover 2 (inside)
-a-a <https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/b3.png>
-a-a Poster
-a-a <https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/ ww-3.png>
-a-a This new release is available on 4K in a limited edition steelbook
-a-a with exclusive artwork, as well as standard Blu-ray, and includes
-a-a a host of special features including:
-a-a-a-a-a-a - The 'uncensored' UK version
-a-a-a-a-a-a - The USA broadcast version
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Soundtrack in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo
-a-a-a-a-a-a - In Conversation with director Geoffrey Sax
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Sylvester McCoy and Janet Fielding featurette
-a-a-a-a-a-a - 3 New Featurettes with Daphne Ashbrook, Eric Roberts
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a and Yee Jee Tso
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Two audio commentaries
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Isolated music score
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Production info text
-a-a-a-a-a-a - The Seven Year Hitch-amaking-of documentary
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Paul McGann's audition tape
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Alternate takes
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Electronic press kit and behind the scenes footage
-a-a-a-a-a-a - TARDIS tour
-a-a-a-a-a-a - BBC Trails
-a-a And much more.
-a-a The special edition will be released on-a25th May, 2026, with
-a-a pre-orders opening Friday, 20th February at 12pm GMT from
-a-a www.amazon.co.uk, www.zavvi.co.uk, www.rarewaves.com and
-a-a other selected retailers.
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been- newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist
collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
-a-a Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
-a-a ----------------------------------------------------------------
-a-a Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and well as
-a-a a whole host of special features.
-a-a In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as the-aEighth Doctor-ain-aDoctor Who,
-a-a a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American
-a-a Fox network, more commonly known as-aThe TV Movie.
-a-a This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the first
-a-a time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling almost 200,000
-a-a feet!) have been pulled from deep storage in the US and
-a-a meticulously scanned over 21 days, then restored by Paul Vanezis
-a-a to provide a definitive 4K experience.
219 reels? Presumably 219 shots averaging 24 seconds each?
Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist
collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
-a-a Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
-a-a ----------------------------------------------------------------
-a-a Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and well as
-a-a a whole host of special features.
-a-a In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as the-aEighth Doctor-ain-aDoctor Who,
-a-a a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American
-a-a Fox network, more commonly known as-aThe TV Movie.
-a-a This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the first
-a-a time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling almost 200,000
-a-a feet!) have been pulled from deep storage in the US and
-a-a meticulously scanned over 21 days, then restored by Paul Vanezis
-a-a to provide a definitive 4K experience.
219 reels? Presumably 219 shots averaging 24 seconds each?
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist
collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage and features Sylvester
McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor when he was given decent >material to work with. It treads Whittaker and Gatwa well into the
ground, even Tennant who is now totally discredited.
-a-a Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
-a-a ----------------------------------------------------------------
-a-a Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and well as
-a-a a whole host of special features.
-a-a In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as the-aEighth Doctor-ain-aDoctor Who,
-a-a a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American
-a-a Fox network, more commonly known as-aThe TV Movie.
-a-a This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the first
-a-a time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling almost 200,000
-a-a feet!) have been pulled from deep storage in the US and
-a-a meticulously scanned over 21 days, then restored by Paul Vanezis
-a-a to provide a definitive 4K experience.
Have the special effects been redone in 4K too?
-a-a The TV Movie-ahas never looked or sounded so good, with a 24-frame
-a-a transfer to match the original film rushes, and immersive surround
-a-a sound, rebuilt from the original raw sound elements.
-a-a Also starring Sylvester McCoy (the Seventh Doctor), Daphne
-a-a Ashbrook (Grace), Eric Roberts (The Master) and Yee Jee Tso (Chang
-a-a Lee), The TV Movie sees the Doctor's regeneration triggered on an
-a-a operating table, with surgeon Grace Holloway accompanying the new
-a-a Doctor on an epic adventure to prevent the Master from stealing
-a-a the Doctor's future lives.
-a-a Trailer-a (1min 53secs)
-a-a <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnvmFMA4q-A>
-a-a Box cover 1 (outside)
-a-a ><https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/b1.png>
-a-a Box cover 2 (inside)
-a-a ><https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/b3.png>
-a-a Poster
-a-a <https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/
ww-3.png>
-a-a This new release is available on 4K in a limited edition steelbook
-a-a with exclusive artwork, as well as standard Blu-ray, and includes
-a-a a host of special features including:
-a-a-a-a-a-a - The 'uncensored' UK version
-a-a-a-a-a-a - The USA broadcast version
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Soundtrack in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo
-a-a-a-a-a-a - In Conversation with director Geoffrey Sax
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Sylvester McCoy and Janet Fielding featurette
-a-a-a-a-a-a - 3 New Featurettes with Daphne Ashbrook, Eric Roberts
-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a and Yee Jee Tso
Why isn't Paul McGann contributing anything new?
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Two audio commentaries
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Isolated music score
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Production info text
-a-a-a-a-a-a - The Seven Year Hitch-amaking-of documentary
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Paul McGann's audition tape
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Alternate takes
-a-a-a-a-a-a - Electronic press kit and behind the scenes footage
-a-a-a-a-a-a - TARDIS tour
-a-a-a-a-a-a - BBC Trails
-a-a And much more.
-a-a The special edition will be released on-a25th May, 2026, with
-a-a pre-orders opening Friday, 20th February at 12pm GMT from
-a-a www.amazon.co.uk, www.zavvi.co.uk, www.rarewaves.com and
-a-a other selected retailers.
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-
newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of >playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past >decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 2026-02-20 03:48:02 +0000, Woozy Song said:
Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist >>> collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
-a-a Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and Blu-ray
-a-a ----------------------------------------------------------------
-a-a Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and well as
-a-a a whole host of special features.
-a-a In 1996, Paul McGann debuted as the-aEighth Doctor-ain-aDoctor Who, >>> -a-a a feature length co-production between the BBC and the American
-a-a Fox network, more commonly known as-aThe TV Movie.
-a-a This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the first
-a-a time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling almost 200,000
-a-a feet!) have been pulled from deep storage in the US and
-a-a meticulously scanned over 21 days, then restored by Paul Vanezis
-a-a to provide a definitive 4K experience.
219 reels? Presumably 219 shots averaging 24 seconds each?
Apparently it was all the "daily rushes", not just the actual released >versions of the movie.
"Got to give Paul Vanezis, Mark Ayres and everybody else involved
in this tons of plaudits for this. They really went above and
beyond for this release. Getting all 219 rolls of 35mm film
transferred from America to the uk for scanning. 37 hours of
rushes in total. All needing scanned and reassembled. Plus on
the audio side there is 92 1/4" tapes, A bunch of 8-track
digital DTRS cassettes, and DAT cassettes. Not counting the
8 x 2rC| 24-track tapes that were also digitised for this. This
has been a very expensive and time full endeavour. I'm very much
looking forward to ordering the 4k steelbook. There might not be
as much new features as I would like but with what they have done
I completely understand where the money is going on this."
From the comments at
<https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-the-movie-stunning-new-restoration/>
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it. :-)
Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and
Blu-ray
----------------------------------------------------------
- Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and
well as a whole host of special features.
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.-a
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Your Name wrote:
This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the
first time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling
almost 200,000 feet!) have been pulled from deep storage
in the US and -ameticulously scanned over 21 days, then
restored by Paul Vanezis to provide a definitive 4K
experience.
219 reels? Presumably 219 shots averaging 24 seconds each?
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for
completist collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage and features Sylvester
McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor when he was given decent material to work with. It treads Whittaker and Gatwa well into the
ground, even Tennant who is now totally discredited.
On 20/02/2026 10:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance
as the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
It was more than him just being show with a gun.
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage and features
Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor when
he was given decent material to work with. It treads
Whittaker and Gatwa well into the ground, even Tennant who
is now totally discredited.
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
It's Agamemnon... everyone has been discredited in his eyes.
Everything since the Moon -> egg thing is "woke garbage". Haven't
you been paying attention?! ;-)
Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it. :-)
Doctor Who: The Movie has been newly restored for 4K and
Blu-ray
----------------------------------------------------------
- Experience the Eighth Doctor's debut in stunning 4K and
well as a whole host of special features.
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Saw the news, thought about it, passed.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.-a
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
Woozy Song wrote:
Your Name wrote:
This 90-minute feature was shot on film, and now, for the
first time, all 219 reels of original film (totalling
almost 200,000 feet!) have been pulled from deep storage
in the US and -ameticulously scanned over 21 days, then
restored by Paul Vanezis to provide a definitive 4K
experience.
219 reels? Presumably 219 shots averaging 24 seconds each?
Probably everything they shot, from multiple different angles.
On 20/02/2026 10:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
It was more than him just being show with a gun.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I am letting it be known that I legally own this content despite the VHS >sleeve claiming that I don't actually own the tape which is sitting in
my cabinet, after having paid a lot of money to buy it, therefore I have
the right to a free upgrade. Torrants are a legal means of distributing >upgrades. I am not paying twice for something that already legally
belongs to me. If the BBC were to send me the blu-ray I would pay for >shipping and the cost of the disc which would be something around -u2 >combined. This would be a fair deal. I can provide a photo of the tape
and the box.
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"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for
completist collectors, but just don't bother watching it.-a :-)
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage and features Sylvester
McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor when he was given decent
material to work with. It treads Whittaker and Gatwa well into the
ground, even Tennant who is now totally discredited.
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
----
Daniel70
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 10:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance
as the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
It was more than him just being show with a gun.
Really? He didn't seem to have much to do in the TVM from what I
saw.
He was drinking tea in the TARDIS, arrived in San Francisco, got
shot, died, and then regenerated.
I doubt he got more than twenty minutes of screen time in a 90
minute movie.
He was only the appetiser for the main course.
But I suppose it was better than his performances in the TV
series that got Doctor Who cancelled... so maybe you're right.
Daniel70 wrote:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage and features
Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor when
he was given decent material to work with. It treads
Whittaker and Gatwa well into the ground, even Tennant who
is now totally discredited.
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
It's Agamemnon... everyone has been discredited in his eyes.
Everything since the Moon -> egg thing is "woke garbage". Haven't
you been paying attention?! ;-)
But then he talks up Sylvester McCoy who was totally mis-cast as
the Doctor, thought he was in a pantomime, acted accordingly...
and ultimately got the show cancelled. <shrugs>
Verily, in article <xn0pm96ti475w0d001@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
It's Agamemnon... everyone has been discredited in his eyes.
Everything since the Moon -> egg thing is "woke garbage". Haven't
you been paying attention?! ;-)
Tennant has also gone publicly nuts on the trans issue. He transitioned
his kid, and as more and more evidence of the folly of this move came
out, he doubled down harder and harder.
I can see how it would be very, very difficult for him to admit that he >badly hurt his own child.
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Tennant has also gone publicly nuts on the trans issue. He
transitioned his kid, and as more and more evidence of the
folly of this move came out, he doubled down harder and
harder.
I can see how it would be very, very difficult for him to
admit that he badly hurt his own child.
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which I
actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!)
The True Melissa wrote:
Tennant has also gone publicly nuts on the trans issue. He
transitioned his kid, and as more and more evidence of the
folly of this move came out, he doubled down harder and
harder.
I can see how it would be very, very difficult for him to
admit that he badly hurt his own child.
What people do in their real life doesn't bother me too much.
These days most actors and other public figures seem to support
(or virtue signal) trendy causes and all that [air quote]
liberal sort of thing... the way I look at it, if they want to
act nuts, it's their life to go nuts with... unless it directly
affects me and my family, I couldn't give a toss. I'm sixty,
with my own children and grandchildren... I haven't the time to
be worrying about the families of strangers in another
country... especially rich and famous ones.
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which I
actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!) He was a much loved
Doctor, even by his companions! I've also liked a good few
things Tennant has been in since, including his "500 Miles"
Proclaimers cover at the BAFTA's last year... so this modern
malaise of trendyitis that David Tennant and his missus are
suffering from is just something that needs to run its course.
When he's my age he might look back and say, "what the fuck were
we thinking?" Either way, it's not going to make me dislike his
Doctor. Judging the era of a TV show because of something an
actor says or does in the real world seems a bit weird to me.
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have a
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
Verily, in article <xn0pm9ae34c1o4v000@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which I
actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!)
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor -- a little whiny, but they
all have their personalities. Then, the whinefest at the end made me
dislike him more as he exited.
It didn't help that it wasn't a great episode. How many times did he >stupidly whip the gun back and forth, with the showrunners trying to
make us think he might shoot someone? Of course he didn't, and he could >easily have been tackled during all his angsty theater.
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
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Verily, in article <xn0pm9ae34c1o4v000@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which
I actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!)
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor -- a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
It didn't help that it wasn't a great episode. How many times
did he stupidly whip the gun back and forth, with the
showrunners trying to make us think he might shoot someone? Of
course he didn't, and he could easily have been tackled during
all his angsty theater.
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pm9ae34c1o4v000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which
I actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!)
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor -- a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
I actually found it very strange! Doctors that are about to
regenerate normally embrace their exits... not whine about it.
The Tenth Doctor saying "I don't want to go" was out of
character.
It didn't help that it wasn't a great episode. How many times
did he stupidly whip the gun back and forth, with the
showrunners trying to make us think he might shoot someone? Of
course he didn't, and he could easily have been tackled during
all his angsty theater.
That stuff is known in the trade as 'The Curse of an RTD Season
Finale'.
The True Melissa wrote:
Tennant has also gone publicly nuts on the trans issue. He
transitioned his kid, and as more and more evidence of the
folly of this move came out, he doubled down harder and
harder.
I can see how it would be very, very difficult for him to
admit that he badly hurt his own child.
What people do in their real life doesn't bother me too much.
These days most actors and other public figures seem to support
(or virtue signal) trendy causes and all that [air quote]
liberal sort of thing... the way I look at it, if they want to
act nuts, it's their life to go nuts with... unless it directly
affects me and my family, I couldn't give a toss. I'm sixty,
with my own children and grandchildren... I haven't the time to
be worrying about the families of strangers in another
country... especially rich and famous ones.
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which I
actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!) He was a much loved
Doctor, even by his companions! I've also liked a good few
things Tennant has been in since, including his "500 Miles"
Proclaimers cover at the BAFTA's last year... so this modern
malaise of trendyitis that David Tennant and his missus are
suffering from is just something that needs to run its course.
When he's my age he might look back and say, "what the fuck were
we thinking?" Either way, it's not going to make me dislike his
Doctor. Judging the era of a TV show because of something an
actor says or does in the real world seems a bit weird to me.
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have a
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pm9ae34c1o4v000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which
I actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!)
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor -- a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
I actually found it very strange! Doctors that are about to
regenerate normally embrace their exits... not whine about it.
The Tenth Doctor saying "I don't want to go" was out of
character.
It didn't help that it wasn't a great episode. How many times
did he stupidly whip the gun back and forth, with the
showrunners trying to make us think he might shoot someone? Of
course he didn't, and he could easily have been tackled during
all his angsty theater.
That stuff is known in the trade as 'The Curse of an RTD Season
Finale'.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 10:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance
as the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
It was more than him just being show with a gun.
Really? He didn't seem to have much to do in the TVM from what I
saw.
He was drinking tea in the TARDIS, arrived in San Francisco, got
shot, died, and then regenerated.
I doubt he got more than twenty minutes of screen time in a 90
minute movie.
He was only the appetiser for the main course.
But I suppose it was better than his performances in the TV
series that got Doctor Who cancelled... so maybe you're right.
On 20/02/2026 15:17, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
Tennant has also gone publicly nuts on the trans issue. He
transitioned his kid, and as more and more evidence of the
folly of this move came out, he doubled down harder and
harder.
I can see how it would be very, very difficult for him to
admit that he badly hurt his own child.
What people do in their real life doesn't bother me too much.
These days most actors and other public figures seem to support
(or virtue signal) trendy causes and all that [air quote]
liberal sort of thing... the way I look at it, if they want to
act nuts, it's their life to go nuts with... unless it directly
affects me and my family, I couldn't give a toss. I'm sixty,
with my own children and grandchildren... I haven't the time to
be worrying about the families of strangers in another
country... especially rich and famous ones.
What Tennant has committed is called child abuse. Because he abused his
own child by colluding to change its gender doesn't change that. It's no >different to what the royal formerly known as Prince Andrew participated
in with Jeffery Epstein.
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which I
actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!) He was a much loved
Doctor, even by his companions! I've also liked a good few
Up until he went woke.
things Tennant has been in since, including his "500 Miles"
Proclaimers cover at the BAFTA's last year... so this modern
malaise of trendyitis that David Tennant and his missus are
suffering from is just something that needs to run its course.
It's no different to Clarke and Barrowman, and now Tennant, all of them >destroying their own careers with questionable behaviour.
When he's my age he might look back and say, "what the fuck were
we thinking?" Either way, it's not going to make me dislike his
Doctor. Judging the era of a TV show because of something an
actor says or does in the real world seems a bit weird to me.
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have a
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
And Picard too...
Stop blaming Sylvester McCoy for the shows cancellation. Doctor Who was >cancelled in 1989 because the BBC found out about the disgusting
behaviour of JN-T who repeatedly attempted procure young members of the
cast and crew as sexual partners for himself and his boyfriend. It's no >different to what Jeffery Epstein did.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 20/02/2026 17:46, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pm9ae34c1o4v000@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
I liked David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor... well, until all
that "I don't want to go" stuff in "The End of Time". (Which
I actually blame on RTD, as he wrote it!)
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor -- a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
I actually found it very strange! Doctors that are about to
regenerate normally embrace their exits... not whine about it.
The Tenth Doctor saying "I don't want to go" was out of
character.
It was out of character since The Stolen Earth/Journey's End then.
It didn't help that it wasn't a great episode. How many times
did he stupidly whip the gun back and forth, with the
showrunners trying to make us think he might shoot someone? Of
course he didn't, and he could easily have been tackled during
all his angsty theater.
That stuff is known in the trade as 'The Curse of an RTD Season
Finale'.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 20/02/2026 12:32, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 10:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance
as the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
It was more than him just being show with a gun.
Really? He didn't seem to have much to do in the TVM from what I
saw.
He was drinking tea in the TARDIS, arrived in San Francisco, got
shot, died, and then regenerated.
He also did the opening narration, listened to some Jazz, operated the >TARDIS console, soniced the box that the Master's remains were placed in
by the Daleks, and writhed and reeled on the operating table screaming
out for the doctors not to insert a catheter into his heart.
I doubt he got more than twenty minutes of screen time in a 90
minute movie.
He was only the appetiser for the main course.
But I suppose it was better than his performances in the TV
series that got Doctor Who cancelled... so maybe you're right.
It was JN-T that got Doctor Who cancelled with his predatory behaviour >towards members of the cast and crew.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 20/02/2026 15:17, Blueshirt wrote:
What people do in their real life doesn't bother me too much.
These days most actors and other public figures seem to
support (or virtue signal) trendy causes and all that [air
quote] liberal sort of thing... the way I look at it, if
they want to act nuts, it's their life to go nuts with...
unless it directly affects me and my family, I couldn't give
a toss. I'm sixty, with my own children and grandchildren...
I haven't the time to be worrying about the families of
strangers in another country... especially rich and famous
ones.
What Tennant has committed is called child abuse. Because he
abused his own child by colluding to change its gender doesn't
change that.
[Snip]
It's no different to Clarke and Barrowman, and now Tennant,
all of them destroying their own careers with questionable
behaviour.
Stop blaming Sylvester McCoy for the shows cancellation.
Doctor Who was cancelled in 1989 because the BBC found out
about the disgusting behaviour of JN-T who repeatedly
attempted procure young members of the cast and crew as sexual
partners for himself and his boyfriend. It's no different to
what Jeffery Epstein did.
On 20/02/2026 12:32, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 10:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance
as the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding
acting abilities.
It was more than him just being shot with a gun.
Really? He didn't seem to have much to do in the TVM from
what I saw.
He was drinking tea in the TARDIS, arrived in San Francisco,
got shot, died, and then regenerated.
He also did the opening narration, listened to some Jazz,
operated the TARDIS console, soniced the box that the Master's
remains were placed in by the Daleks, and writhed and reeled
on the operating table screaming out for the doctors not to
insert a catheter into his heart.
On 20/02/2026 17:46, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor - a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
I actually found it very strange! Doctors that are about to
regenerate normally embrace their exits... not whine about
it. The Tenth Doctor saying "I don't want to go" was out of
character.
It was out of character since The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
then.
Daniel70 wrote:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage and features
Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor when
he was given decent material to work with. It treads
Whittaker and Gatwa well into the ground, even Tennant who
is now totally discredited.
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
It's Agamemnon... everyone has been discredited in his eyes.
Everything since the Moon -> egg thing is "woke garbage". Haven't
you been paying attention?! ;-)
But then he talks up Sylvester McCoy who was totally mis-cast as
the Doctor,
thought he was in a pantomime, acted accordingly...
and ultimately got the show cancelled. <shrugs>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have a
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
On 20/02/2026 11:39 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
It's Agamemnon... everyone has been discredited in his eyes.
AH!! O.K., then. I'll go back to sleep. (if only!!)
Everything since the Moon -> egg thing is "woke garbage".
Haven't you been paying attention?!
Yes, I did catch that thought.
But then he talks up Sylvester McCoy who was totally
mis-cast as the Doctor,
I don't think he was mis-cast .... but he WAS certainly
mis-directed!!
thought he was in a pantomime, acted accordingly...
as mis-directed!!
and ultimately got the show cancelled. <shrugs>
Yeap.
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have a
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
him, aren't I??)
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland,
so it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10
or 12 Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have
three of four on the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't
support them .....
maybe!!
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 15:17, Blueshirt wrote:
What people do in their real life doesn't bother me too much.
These days most actors and other public figures seem to
support (or virtue signal) trendy causes and all that [air
quote] liberal sort of thing... the way I look at it, if
they want to act nuts, it's their life to go nuts with...
unless it directly affects me and my family, I couldn't give
a toss. I'm sixty, with my own children and grandchildren...
I haven't the time to be worrying about the families of
strangers in another country... especially rich and famous
ones.
What Tennant has committed is called child abuse. Because he
abused his own child by colluding to change its gender doesn't
change that.
[Snip]
It's no different to Clarke and Barrowman, and now Tennant,
all of them destroying their own careers with questionable
behaviour.
It's their careers to destroy. Why does it bother you so much?
What David Tennant, or any of them, do in their life is their
own business. It doesn't affect your life in any way shape or
form.
Stop blaming Sylvester McCoy for the shows cancellation.
No, I won't. As he has to take some responsibility. McCoy was
mis-cast and shouldn't have got anywhere near the role. The
general public knew nothing about what was going on behind the
scenes at the BBC, they stopped watching Doctor Who because on
the whole, the Seventh Doctor's era was awful!
The fact that even you claim his best performance was in the TVM
says it all!
How to fall after getting shot and how to lay on an operating
table sums up his job in that role! And you say that the TVM
"features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the
Doctor". (And yes, that is an actual quote!) What does that say
about his three seasons on the show then? Not much clearly!
<rolls eyes>
--Doctor Who was cancelled in 1989 because the BBC found out
about the disgusting behaviour of JN-T who repeatedly
attempted procure young members of the cast and crew as sexual
partners for himself and his boyfriend. It's no different to
what Jeffery Epstein did.
It was only a matter of time before Doctor Who was linked to
Jeffrey Epstein in some way. Well done for squeezing the topic
of the day into a Doctor Who discussion, you now have the
qualifications to become a journalist for Sky News.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 12:32, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 10:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance
as the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding
acting abilities.
It was more than him just being shot with a gun.
Really? He didn't seem to have much to do in the TVM from
what I saw.
He was drinking tea in the TARDIS, arrived in San Francisco,
got shot, died, and then regenerated.
He also did the opening narration, listened to some Jazz,
operated the TARDIS console, soniced the box that the Master's
remains were placed in by the Daleks, and writhed and reeled
on the operating table screaming out for the doctors not to
insert a catheter into his heart.
It wasn't his TVM, he was only in it to regenerate... I doubt he
got twenty minutes of screen time, yet you think that was his
best performance as the Doctor. Which basically means the three
years he did on the show were not any of his best performances
then, doesn't it?
So yes, the Seventh Doctor's era was [generally] poor, it looked
shit, the audience stopped watching it... then the show got
cancelled. These are FACTS!
If the show was getting ratings above Coronation Street it
wouldn't have been cancelled, regardless of what anyone at the
BBC thought of the show personally. As it was, the ratings went
down the pan, the end was inevitable. Sylvester McCoy's
performances played a part in that. It wasn't the whole story,
but it was certainly a factor behind people not watching Doctor
Who.
But, he was great in the TVM... WELL, THAT'S ALRIGHT THEN!
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 17:46, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor - a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
I actually found it very strange! Doctors that are about to
regenerate normally embrace their exits... not whine about
it. The Tenth Doctor saying "I don't want to go" was out of
character.
It was out of character since The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
then.
It wasn't said in the same way. The Tenth Doctor was whining
about it, it was just a quiet observation with the Ninth Doctor,
who followed up by telling Rose that she was fantastic... and so
was he! Followed by a big grin.
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi and
fantasy on the TV, right?
I'm getting all teary-eyed now just thinking about it...
On 20/02/2026 11:39 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage and features
Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor when
he was given decent material to work with. It treads
Whittaker and Gatwa well into the ground, even Tennant who
is now totally discredited.
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
It's Agamemnon... everyone has been discredited in his eyes.
AH!! O.K., then. I'll go back to sleep. (if only!!)
Everything since the Moon -> egg thing is "woke garbage". Haven't
you been paying attention?! ;-)
Yes, I did catch that thought.
But then he talks up Sylvester McCoy who was totally mis-cast as
the Doctor,
I don't think he was mis-cast .... but he WAS certainly mis-directed!!
thought he was in a pantomime, acted accordingly...
as mis-directed!!
and ultimately got the show cancelled. <shrugs>Yeap.
----
Daniel70
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to him,
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
aren't I??)
----
Daniel70
Daniel70 wrote:
On 20/02/2026 11:39 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
Sorry!! Why has David Tennant been totally discredited??
Just because of his work on Disney+Doctor??
It's Agamemnon... everyone has been discredited in his eyes.
AH!! O.K., then. I'll go back to sleep. (if only!!)
It's not because of the Disney+ deal, it's more about David
Tennant's home life, more specifically his "non-binary" child.
Which, regardless of how they bring their children up or what
causes himself and his wife support, doesn't tarnish Tennant's
era as the Tenth Doctor... or the Tenth Doctor v 2.0.
The Doctor is a fictional character, David Tennant is a real
person. Two completely different things.
Everything since the Moon -> egg thing is "woke garbage".
Haven't you been paying attention?!
Yes, I did catch that thought.
Yeah, he's said it enough over the years, it eventually sinks in.
But then he talks up Sylvester McCoy who was totally
mis-cast as the Doctor,
I don't think he was mis-cast .... but he WAS certainly
mis-directed!!
Mis-cast, mis-scripted, mis-directed, mis-produced.
Take your pick...
thought he was in a pantomime, acted accordingly...
as mis-directed!!
He was good enough for pantomime. I'd have no issue with him
being cast as the Widow Twankey in Aladdin... he'd play that
role fine. That sort of thing is well within his abilities.
Unfortunately, Doctor Who was not meant to be a pantomime show.
(Just in case JNT is looking down on us - OH NO IT ISN'T!)
and ultimately got the show cancelled. <shrugs>Yeap.
The public just didn't take to him, or the stories that he was
in.
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW, what, 150 or
so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, soSo it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the >shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
----
Daniel70
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King and
ended up a Duke.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland,So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10
so it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
or 12 Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have
three of four on the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't
support them .....
Twinings is expensive, and there are better tasting teas out
there. Why would Irish consumers pay more for worse quality
tea?
maybe!!
Or maybe it's because Twinings is Polish/Chinese made crap, with
more dust than tea in the bags, being sold for an extortionately
high price because of its [once] famous name? !
I used to like Twinings Earl Grey tea until they changed the
blend a decade or so ago...
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW, what, 150 or
so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, soSo it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW, what, 150 or
so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, soSo it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the
shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas
simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid.
:-p
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King and
ended up a Duke.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland,So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10
so it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
or 12 Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have
three of four on the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't
support them .....
Twinings is expensive, and there are better tasting teas out
there. Why would Irish consumers pay more for worse quality
tea?
maybe!!
Or maybe it's because Twinings is Polish/Chinese made crap, with
more dust than tea in the bags, being sold for an extortionately
high price because of its [once] famous name? !
I used to like Twinings Earl Grey tea until they changed the
blend a decade or so ago...
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW, what, 150
or so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, soSo it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on
the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas
simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid. :-p
On 22/02/2026 12:27 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King
and ended up a Duke.
Ah!! He that gave up The Crown for LOVE!! so 110-120 years
ago!
On 22/02/2026 12:27 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King and
ended up a Duke.
Ah!! He that gave up The Crown for LOVE!! so 110-120 years ago!
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland,So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10
so it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
or 12 Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have
three of four on the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't
support them .....
Twinings is expensive, and there are better tasting teas out
there. Why would Irish consumers pay more for worse quality
tea?
Twinings English Breakfast Tea Bags 100 Pack | 200g
$8.00 Save $5.50
$0.08/ 1ea | Was $13.50
Dilmah Pure Ceylon Premium Tea Bags 100 Pack | 200g
$7.20
$0.07/ 1ea
T2 Melbourne Breakfast Tea Bags | 10 pack
$8.00
$0.80/ 1ea
T2 Melbourne Breakfast Flavoured Black Tea Bags 25 Pack | 50g
$17.50
$0.70/ 1ea
Lipton Black Tea Bags | 100 Pack
$7.00
$0.07/ 1ea
Tetley Tea Bags 100 Pack | 180g
$4.00
$0.04/ 1ea
and as a SPECIAL
Twinings English Breakfast *Extra Strong* Tea Bags 80 pack | 200g
$8.00 Save $5.50
$0.10/ 1ea | Was $13.50
So WHEN 'ON SPECIAL' in the "Extra Strong Tea Bags", you get the same
amount of Tea in 20% less teabags for the same price!!
To Each, Their Own!!
maybe!!
Or maybe it's because Twinings is Polish/Chinese made crap, with
more dust than tea in the bags, being sold for an extortionately
high price because of its [once] famous name? !
I used to like Twinings Earl Grey tea until they changed the
blend a decade or so ago...
--
Daniel70
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have aNo! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW, what, 150
or so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, soSo it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on
the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas
simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid. :-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
----
Daniel70
Daniel70 wrote:
On 22/02/2026 12:27 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King
and ended up a Duke.
Ah!! He that gave up The Crown for LOVE!! so 110-120 years
ago!
More like around ninety. But yes, that one.
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have a
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW, what, 150 or >>> so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the >>> shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas
simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid.
:-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 2:17 am, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
So, I'm all right Jack... put the Kettle on and we'll have a
drink.
Tea, Earl Grey, hot!
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed to refer to
him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after or the
bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW, what, 150 or >>>> so years ago.
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the >>>> shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas
simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid. >>> :-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING! :-p
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably
of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the
past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead.
Where is my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three years ! old.-a Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a quality
external optical drive?-a Weather the drive is internal or external is
not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said media on my computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one hand,
a pile of shit in the other hand, and see which hand fills up first.
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of
playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past
decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three
years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a
quality external optical drive? Weather the drive is internal or
external is not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said
media on my computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one hand,
a pile of shit in the other hand, and see which hand fills up first.
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of
playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past
decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three years >old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a quality
external optical drive? Weather the drive is internal or external is
not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said media on my >computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one hand,
a pile of s*t in the other hand, and see which hand fills up first.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external optical >drive...which aren't that expensive.
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2026-02-23 02:26:23 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of >>> playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past
decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three
years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a
quality external optical drive? Weather the drive is internal or
external is not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said
media on my computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one hand,
a pile of s*t in the other hand, and see which hand fills up first.
I got an external DVD-burner for my computer a few years ago. I didn't >bother with Blu-ray at that time because they were a lot more expensive
and I didn't have any Blu-ray disks to play anyway.
Daniel70 wrote:
On 22/02/2026 12:27 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King
and ended up a Duke.
Ah!! He that gave up The Crown for LOVE!! so 110-120 years
ago!
More like around ninety. But yes, that one.
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teasThe tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on
the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!! >>>
simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing
liquid. :-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!-a-a :-p
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-
newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
On 22/02/2026 10:10 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:Right!! ....... in 1936. I thought is was before WWI, even!
On 22/02/2026 12:27 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King
and ended up a Duke.
Ah!! He that gave up The Crown for LOVE!! so 110-120 years
ago!
More like around ninety. But yes, that one.
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my
link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only
three years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100
USD for a quality external optical drive? Weather the drive
is internal or external is not relevant, drives are
available...and I can play said media on my computer.
On 2026-02-22 7:26 p.m., Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to
a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that
for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download
instead. Where is my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three
years !
old.-a Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a quality
external optical drive?-a Weather the drive is internal or external is
not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said media on my
computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one
hand, a pile of shit in the other hand, and see which hand fills up
first , Idlehands.
Well said!
On 22/02/2026 10:10 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:Right!! Abduction in 1936. I thought is was before WWI, even!
On 22/02/2026 12:27 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King
and ended up a Duke.
Ah!! He that gave up The Crown for LOVE!! so 110-120 years
ago!
More like around ninety. But yes, that one.
----
Daniel70
On 23/02/2026 7:32 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas >>>> simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washingThe tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on >>>>> the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!! >>>>
liquid. :-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!-a-a :-p
Is that experience typing?? ;-P
----
Daniel70
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-abouts, >you've brought a car sometime in the past.<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-
newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of
playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past
decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new car >every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
----
Daniel70
On 23/02/2026 8:50 pm, Daniel70 wrote:
On 22/02/2026 10:10 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:Right!! ....... in 1936. I thought is was before WWI, even!
On 22/02/2026 12:27 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Daniel70 wrote:
No! Prince of Wales, actually!! (I'm still allowed
to refer to him, aren't I??)
Do you mean the Nazi sympathiser the tea is named after
or the bald chap with the pretty wife?
I would have thought it was referring to whomever was PoW,
what, 150 or so years ago.
You'd have thought wrong!
It was named after Edward, the Prince that became a King
and ended up a Duke.
Ah!! He that gave up The Crown for LOVE!! so 110-120 years
ago!
More like around ninety. But yes, that one.
No, not Abduction but Abdication!!
----
Daniel70
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my
link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only
three years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100
USD for a quality external optical drive? Weather the drive
is internal or external is not relevant, drives are
available...and I can play said media on my computer.
AGA could do many things, but he likes to play the entitlement
angle.... as well as blame the BBC for everything. I'm sure he's
torrented the Doctor Who stuff that he wants to watch anyway...
Best Freind of Jeffery Epstein and Lying Paedophile Idlehands wrote:Proverbs 16:27 Living Bible (TLB)
On 2026-02-22 7:26 p.m., Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to
a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that
for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download
instead. Where is my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three
years !
old.-a Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a quality
external optical drive?-a Weather the drive is internal or external is
not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said media on my
computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one
hand, a pile of s*t in the other hand, and see which hand fills up
first , Idlehands.
Well said!
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-
newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of
playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past
decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-abouts, you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
On 23/02/2026 7:32 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the >>>>> shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas >>>> simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid. >>>> :-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!aa :-p
Is that experience typing?? ;-P
On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-
newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of >>> playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past
decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-abouts,
you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new car
every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a >hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc. :-)
Streaming / ditigal subscriptions are similar - you always get the
newest version ... until they suddenly decide to stop hosting it.
On 2026-02-23 09:52:38 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 23/02/2026 7:32 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas >>>>> simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid. >>>>> :-pThe tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the >>>>>> shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!! >>>>>
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!aa :-p
Is that experience typing?? ;-P
Not as a cup, but I did once taste dish washing liquid when blowing
bubbles as a kid.
On 2026-02-23 09:52:38 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 23/02/2026 7:32 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12
Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four
on the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... >>>>>> maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured"
teas simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish
washing liquid. :-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!-a-a :-p
Is that experience typing?? ;-P
Not as a cup, but I did once taste dish washing liquid when blowing
bubbles as a kid.
On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been-
newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to
a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that
for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download
instead. Where is my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters
here-abouts, you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new
car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc.-a-a :-)
Streaming / ditigal subscriptions are similar - you always get the--
newest version ... until they suddenly decide to stop hosting it.
On 24/02/2026 7:58 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:52:38 +0000, Daniel70 said:Weren't you doing something wrong, then?? Dip the Ring-thingee in the >Dish-washing liquid ... then move the Ring-thingee in front of your
On 23/02/2026 7:32 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12 >>>>>>> Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four >>>>>>> on the shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... >>>>>>> maybe!!
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured"
teas simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish
washing liquid. :-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!-a-a :-p
Is that experience typing?? ;-P
Not as a cup, but I did once taste dish washing liquid when blowing
bubbles as a kid.
mouth and BLOW!! ;-P
----
Daniel70
On 24/02/2026 7:54 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been- >>>>> newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to
a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that
for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download
instead. Where is my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters
here-abouts, you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new
car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a
hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc.-a-a :-)
But do we believe Aggy will have leased his gear?? Me! No way!!
--Streaming / ditigal subscriptions are similar - you always get the--
newest version ... until they suddenly decide to stop hosting it.
Daniel70
On 24/02/2026 7:58 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:52:38 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 23/02/2026 7:32 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas >>>>>> simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid. >>>>>> :-pThe tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so
it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12 >>>>>>> Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the
shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!! >>>>>>
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't
possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!a :-p
Is that experience typing?? ;-P
Not as a cup, but I did once taste dish washing liquid when blowing
bubbles as a kid.
Weren't you doing something wrong, then?? Dip the Ring-thingee in the Dish-washing liquid ... then move the Ring-thingee in front of your
mouth and BLOW!! ;-P
On 24/02/2026 7:54 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been- >>>>> newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a >>>> free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of >>>> playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past >>>> decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is >>>> my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-abouts, >>> you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new car >>> every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a
hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc.aa :-)
But do we believe Aggy will have leased his gear?? Me! No way!!
Streaming / ditigal subscriptions are similar - you always get the
newest version ... until they suddenly decide to stop hosting it.
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
On 2026-02-24 10:30:03 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 24/02/2026 7:58 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:52:38 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 23/02/2026 7:32 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-22 10:22:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 22/02/2026 8:40 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-21 12:15:16 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 21/02/2026 11:04 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
<Snip>
Nobody "supports" them because all these new-fangled "flavoured" teas >>>>>>> simply taste awful. You may as well drink a cup of dish washing liquid.The tea itself wouldn't have much of a market in Ireland, so >>>>>>>>> it's not something we'd see on the shelves in the big
supermarkets...
So it's your fault!! Back in the day, we would have had 10 or 12 >>>>>>>> Twinnings Tea flavours. Now we're lucky if we have three of four on the
shelves .... all because Ireland doesn't support them ..... maybe!! >>>>>>>
:-p
Well, NEVER having drunk a cup of dish washing liquid, I couldn't >>>>>> possibly comment!! ;-P
It tastes the same as flavoured teas ... DISGUSTING!a :-p
Is that experience typing?? ;-P
Not as a cup, but I did once taste dish washing liquid when blowing
bubbles as a kid.
Weren't you doing something wrong, then?? Dip the Ring-thingee in the
Dish-washing liquid ... then move the Ring-thingee in front of your
mouth and BLOW!! ;-P
I was thinking more when the bubble bursts still in the "ring-thingee"
and you get splashes of the mixture in your mouth ... although, when
they are very little, kids do tend to incorrectly suck air in instead
of blow it out. :-)
When it was a puppy, our dog used to love chasing bubbles around and
biting them, so it would have gotten a good taste of the mixture too.
On 2026-02-24 10:33:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 24/02/2026 7:54 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-been- >>>>>> newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a >>>>> free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of >>>>> playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past >>>>> decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is >>>>> my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-abouts, >>>> you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new car >>>> every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a
hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc.aa :-)
But do we believe Aggy will have leased his gear?? Me! No way!!
Well, he is silly enough to do things the stupid way, so him
expensively leasing a car wouldn't be that much of a surprise. :-)
Streaming / ditigal subscriptions are similar - you always get the
newest version ... until they suddenly decide to stop hosting it.
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external optical
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never >included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs from after
the 10th generation and they never never present in any generation
before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware that >could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which couldn't. >Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays in order to
watch them on your PC.
I am not paying even -u60 for a blu-ray drive I cannot even use to play
4K discs, and I'm not spending many hundreds of pounds on a stand-alone
4K player which is no longer being made or supported by any major brand.
These tossers including the copyright bodies and studios collectively
killed off physical media because of the above.
I already have an external DVD usb drive and stand-alone player. If 4K >players were still being made I'd be willing to spend up to -u200 on one
on condition that I am able to back up all of my discs which UK law
state I am entitled to do by any means I choose.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 17:46, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor - a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
I actually found it very strange! Doctors that are about to
regenerate normally embrace their exits... not whine about
it. The Tenth Doctor saying "I don't want to go" was out of
character.
It was out of character since The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
then.
It wasn't said in the same way. The Tenth Doctor was whining
about it, it was just a quiet observation with the Ninth Doctor,
who followed up by telling Rose that she was fantastic... and so
was he! Followed by a big grin.
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi and
fantasy on the TV, right?
I'm getting all teary-eyed now just thinking about it...
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my
link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only
three years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100
USD for a quality external optical drive? Weather the drive
is internal or external is not relevant, drives are
available...and I can play said media on my computer.
AGA could do many things, but he likes to play the entitlement
angle.... as well as blame the BBC for everything. I'm sure he's
torrented the Doctor Who stuff that he wants to watch anyway...
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new
car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc.-a-a :-)
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external optical
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
On 2026-02-23 02:26:23 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to
a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that
for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download
instead. Where is my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three
years old.-a Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a
quality external optical drive?-a Weather the drive is internal or
external is not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said
media on my computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one
hand, a pile of shit in the other hand, and see which hand fills up
first.
I got an external DVD-burner for my computer a few years ago. I didn't bother with Blu-ray at that time because they were a lot more expensive
and I didn't have any Blu-ray disks to play anyway.
On 2026-02-24 10:33:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 24/02/2026 7:54 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-
been- newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled
to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do
that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital
download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-
abouts, you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new
car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a
hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar
plans for mobile phones, computers, etc.-a-a :-)
But do we believe Aggy will have leased his gear?? Me! No way!!
Well, he is silly enough to do things the stupid way, so him expensively leasing a car wouldn't be that much of a surprise.-a :-)
On 2/23/2026 04:10, Blueshirt wrote:
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my
link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only
three years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100
USD for a quality external optical drive? Weather the drive
is internal or external is not relevant, drives are
available...and I can play said media on my computer.
AGA could do many things, but he likes to play the entitlement
angle.... as well as blame the BBC for everything. I'm sure he's
torrented the Doctor Who stuff that he wants to watch anyway...
That, and I think he'd rather sit in the corner and sulk and
whinge/whine about it rather than actually accomplish something easy
and constructive.
In addition, with the optical drive, I took all of my DVDs and Blu Rays
and made digital backup copies of them (in the US, if you have bought a
copy of something, you are allowed to make a backup of it, YMMV).
In addition, with the optical drive, I took all of my DVDs and Blu
Rays and made digital backup copies of them (in the US, if you have
bought a copy of something, you are allowed to make a backup of it,
YMMV).
You are, as long as you keep the actual original (even if it no longer works). Some stupid people make a "backup copy" and then sell the original.
On 21/02/2026 11:22, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 17:46, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
I agree on both points. He was a good Doctor - a little
whiny, but they all have their personalities. Then, the
whinefest at the end made me dislike him more as he exited.
I actually found it very strange! Doctors that are about to
regenerate normally embrace their exits... not whine about
it. The Tenth Doctor saying "I don't want to go" was out of
character.
It was out of character since The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
then.
It wasn't said in the same way. The Tenth Doctor was whining
about it, it was just a quiet observation with the Ninth Doctor,
who followed up by telling Rose that she was fantastic... and so
was he! Followed by a big grin.
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi and
fantasy on the TV, right?
I'm getting all teary-eyed now just thinking about it...
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the modern
stuff is absolute s*t in comparison.
All that perverts like Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall can write about is
sex and gender identity, and they keep having to add stupid and
pointless fake emotional moments rather than writing scenes that a scary
or having the characters discuss the issues that the plot is actually >supposed to be about and just stick to those. They don't have the
remotest clue how to write a science fiction story, or any kind of story
in fact.
No one who watches science fiction gives a stuff about who the
companion's parents are or if they were adopted or what way they choose
to fuck. The companion is supposed to be you, and therefore their
parents are your parents, and that's why they were never discussed in
the original series. The Doctor is supposed to be someone you want to
aspire to be because of his intelligence, not because of who he sticks
his cock in.
The degenerate, disgusting, pervert RTD devoted a whole episode to
lecturing the audience about transgenderism. Compare that with the Big >Finish audio adventure which as also based on the Star Beast comic strip
and there's no lecturing there at all. It's all story and plot.
Also these degenerates have to include two or more stories in each
episode which are totally unconnected with each other and only one of
which deals with the actual plot, if there even is one. There was never
any of that in the original series where everything revolved about how
to deal with a specific situation and only that. Anything else was
totally irrelevant. Sutekh was about to destroy the world and the object
was to find ways to stop him until the Doctor and Sarah Jane found one
which worked. Sutekh was concerned with getting himself released from >captivity and was willing to let the Doctor and Sarah Jane live rather
than waste resources on killing them which were needed to build his
missile launcher.
Why would anyone watching give a fuck about who RubyrCOs parents were? Why >would Sutekh give a fuck about them? Fucking shit inserted because the >pervert Davies can't write and wants to create fake emotional moments.
The emotional moments in the original story were ones of terror and fear >when Sarah Jane thought the Doctor Was dead or she was being chased or >attacked by a mummy, or taken hostage.
Who gave a fuck about Yaz's relationship with Whittaker? What did it
have to do with science fiction? What did Graham having cancers have to
do with anything? Whittaker didn't even take him to New Earth to find a >cure. These imbeciles who purport to be writers don't any ideas so they
pad out each episode with absolute crap.
In the original series each 25 minute episode always had a big
cliffhanger at the end and a mini-cliffhanger in the middle. Where are
they in the new series? Instead we get told that we are all bad and the >perverts are the good guys. In the original series it was just the
villains who were bad, not the audience. The audience knew what was
morally right and they were never told they it wasn't.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 2/23/2026 14:54, Your Name wrote:
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new
car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a
hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar plans
for mobile phones, computers, etc.-a-a :-)
It's called a "fleece" here in the US for a reason.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2/23/2026 04:10, Blueshirt wrote:
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my
link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only
three years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100
USD for a quality external optical drive? Weather the drive
is internal or external is not relevant, drives are
available...and I can play said media on my computer.
AGA could do many things, but he likes to play the entitlement
angle.... as well as blame the BBC for everything. I'm sure he's
torrented the Doctor Who stuff that he wants to watch anyway...
That, and I think he'd rather sit in the corner and sulk and
whinge/whine about it rather than actually accomplish something easy and >constructive.
In addition, with the optical drive, I took all of my DVDs and Blu Rays
and made digital backup copies of them (in the US, if you have bought a
copy of something, you are allowed to make a backup of it, YMMV).
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 24/02/2026 22:03, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-24 10:33:35 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 24/02/2026 7:54 am, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 09:56:49 +0000, Daniel70 said:
On 20/02/2026 3:21 pm, The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
<Snip>
<https://www.gallifreyannewsroom.com/doctor-who-the-movie-has-
been- newly-restored-for-4k-and-blu-ray/>
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled >>>>>> to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is >>>>>> capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do
that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital
download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Hey, Aggy, I'm guessing that, like the rest of the posters here-
abouts, you've brought a car sometime in the past.
Do you expect those manufactures/retailers to supply you with a new >>>>> car every year?? Three years?? Five years?? Ten years??
They do that if you lease the car instead of buying it, but it is a
hideously expensive way of having a car. You can also do similar
plans for mobile phones, computers, etc.-a-a :-)
But do we believe Aggy will have leased his gear?? Me! No way!!
Well, he is silly enough to do things the stupid way, so him expensively
leasing a car wouldn't be that much of a surprise.-a :-)
If someone buys a car then they own it. The registration papers are put
in their name. The same goes for buying a house, or a horse, or a
toaster. When they buy a CD, or a DVD, or a VHS tape, or even a digital >download, apparently they don't own it at all. Read the sleeve or edge
of the disc. They only have the right to watch or listen to it, so it's
not the same issue.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 2/22/2026 23:27, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-23 02:26:23 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to
a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is
capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that
for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download
instead. Where is my link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only three
years old.-a Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100 USD for a
quality external optical drive?-a Weather the drive is internal or
external is not relevant, drives are available...and I can play said
media on my computer.
As for what you think you are entitled to, put that belief in one
hand, a pile of shit in the other hand, and see which hand fills up
first.
I got an external DVD-burner for my computer a few years ago. I didn't
bother with Blu-ray at that time because they were a lot more expensive
and I didn't have any Blu-ray disks to play anyway.
I think at this point the drives will play everything, and the 4K
Blu-ray drive I bought three years ago cost me just about $100 USD and
works like a charm. I've seen them as high as $200, but I didn't see
the need to spend that much.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external optical
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
https://www.microcenter.com/product/690617/verbatim-ultra-hd-4k-usb-32-gen-1-blu-ray-writer
and this is just at Micro Center's Dallas store. I bet they have some
more at their Houston store, or one of their other stores.
Oh, look, here's another one that will:
https://www.amazon.com/XRTFORE-External-Portable-Blu-Ray-Optical/dp/B0FKZ9R42Z/ref=sr_1_22?crid=2DD45U6EBIPOQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.IFfoGPAQNd6suHi7PBojMUmLuv1VIgStw3dzR5ftGzdwciJQmsAhuw2BHJx4VjHyQEhnPoKWjyZgrdZGJELOdU0k7DB_j4R5skHGvYn_diLaMcQ1nLSgd3BDHaWgMdb6AUbUw7QsfRn99c_E_iwgzYdPu2pxrmsjTWKd1l9TSG-5I2p1WLJCUqn511Ud7vR5yqQ4IK68MUN4fITH09F3DUH6QNSQeg2VedTr-wNERYk.Rh1fvsbq6HvZjS5aYdQFyWxbxJkVpLQOkRYB7zgB6VY&dib_tag=se&keywords=blu%2Bray%2Bdrive%2Bfor%2Bpc&qid=1771982885&sprefix=blu%2Bray%2Bdrive%2Caps%2C177&sr=8-22&th=1
With a 5 second Google search, your pathetic argument falls to
dust....end of story. I can provide more examples, but I'm not into
kicking someone while they're down.
So, you have two options:
1. Go buy one of these two drives that will play the media you want them to.
or
2. Sit in the corner, sulk, whinge, whine, and play victim while the
rest of us go on without you.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2026-02-25 01:22:37 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/23/2026 04:10, Blueshirt wrote:
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/19/2026 22:21, The True Doctor wrote:
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my
link BBC?
My computer is capable of playing 4K Blu-Rays and it is only
three years old. Is it just you are too cheap to spend $100
USD for a quality external optical drive? Weather the drive
is internal or external is not relevant, drives are
available...and I can play said media on my computer.
AGA could do many things, but he likes to play the entitlement
angle.... as well as blame the BBC for everything. I'm sure he's
torrented the Doctor Who stuff that he wants to watch anyway...
That, and I think he'd rather sit in the corner and sulk and
whinge/whine about it rather than actually accomplish something easy
and constructive.
In addition, with the optical drive, I took all of my DVDs and Blu Rays
and made digital backup copies of them (in the US, if you have bought a
copy of something, you are allowed to make a backup of it, YMMV).
You are, as long as you keep the actual original (even if it no longer >works). Some stupid people make a "backup copy" and then sell the
original.
On 2/24/2026 21:09, Your Name wrote:
In addition, with the optical drive, I took all of my DVDs and Blu
Rays and made digital backup copies of them (in the US, if you have
bought a copy of something, you are allowed to make a backup of it,
YMMV).
You are, as long as you keep the actual original (even if it no longer
works). Some stupid people make a "backup copy" and then sell the original.
And I do still have them...all 350+ DVD/BRs and 800+ music CD's. Many
of my discs are, for lack of a better term, "niche" items that are
limited pressings (like my discs from Drum Corps International) and no >longer available. The only way I'm giving those up is when I die and >someone inherits them.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the modern
stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
they keep having to add stupid and
pointless fake emotional moments rather than writing scenes that a scary
or having the characters discuss the issues that the plot is actually supposed to be about and just stick to those. They don't have the
remotest clue how to write a science fiction story, or any kind of story
in fact.
On 21/02/2026 11:22, Blueshirt wrote:
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi
and fantasy on the TV, right?
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the
modern stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
All that perverts like Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall can write
about is sex and gender identity, and they keep having to add
stupid and pointless fake emotional moments rather than
writing scenes that a scary or having the characters discuss
the issues that the plot is actually supposed to be about and
just stick to those. They don't have the remotest clue how to
write a science fiction story, or any kind of story in fact.
No one who watches science fiction gives a stuff about who the
companion's parents are or if they were adopted or what way
they choose to fuck. The companion is supposed to be you, and
therefore their parents are your parents, and that's why they
were never discussed in the original series. The Doctor is
supposed to be someone you want to aspire to be because of his
intelligence, not because of who he sticks his cock in.
The degenerate, disgusting, pervert RTD devoted a whole
episode to lecturing the audience about transgenderism.
Compare that with the Big Finish audio adventure which as also
based on the Star Beast comic strip and there's no lecturing
there at all. It's all story and plot.
Also these degenerates have to include two or more stories in
each episode which are totally unconnected with each other and
only one of which deals with the actual plot, if there even is
one. There was never any of that in the original series where
everything revolved about how to deal with a specific
situation and only that. Anything else was totally irrelevant.
Sutekh was about to destroy the world and the object was to
find ways to stop him until the Doctor and Sarah Jane found
one which worked. Sutekh was concerned with getting himself
released from captivity and was willing to let the Doctor and
Sarah Jane live rather than waste resources on killing them
which were needed to build his missile launcher.
Why would anyone watching give a fuck about who RubyrCOs parents
were? Why would Sutekh give a fuck about them? Fucking shit
inserted because the pervert Davies can't write and wants to
create fake emotional moments. The emotional moments in the
original story were ones of terror and fear when Sarah Jane
thought the Doctor Was dead or she was being chased or
attacked by a mummy, or taken hostage.
Who gave a fuck about Yaz's relationship with Whittaker? What
did it have to do with science fiction? What did Graham having
cancers have to do with anything? Whittaker didn't even take
him to New Earth to find a cure. These imbeciles who purport
to be writers don't any ideas so they pad out each episode
with absolute crap.
In the original series each 25 minute episode always had a big
cliffhanger at the end and a mini-cliffhanger in the middle.
Where are they in the new series? Instead we get told that we
are all bad and the perverts are the good guys. In the
original series it was just the villains who were bad, not the
audience. The audience knew what was morally right and they
were never told they it wasn't.
Verily, in article <10nlfhi$bnan$1@dont-email.me>, did agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and
the modern stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Four was my first Doctor and is still my favorite overall.
they keep having to add stupid and
pointless fake emotional moments rather than writing scenes
that a scary or having the characters discuss the issues
that the plot is actually supposed to be about and just
stick to those. They don't have the remotest clue how to
write a science fiction story, or any kind of story in fact.
IMO, the hour-long format does warrant having a B story. It
doesn't have to be about the companions' personal lives,
though. The classic show sometimes had a B story about the
characters being encountered -- maybe the gang would foil a
monster and also two star-crossed lovers would get together.
And I do still have them...all 350+ DVD/BRs and 800+ music
CD's. Many of my discs are, for lack of a better term,
"niche" items that are limited pressings (like my discs from
Drum Corps International) and no longer available. The only
way I'm giving those up is when I die and someone inherits
them.
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but it
is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English very well.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs after the
10th generation and they were never present in any generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays in order to
watch them on your PC.
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
And I do still have them...all 350+ DVD/BRs and 800+ music
CD's. Many of my discs are, for lack of a better term,
"niche" items that are limited pressings (like my discs from
Drum Corps International) and no longer available. The only
way I'm giving those up is when I die and someone inherits
them.
... and into the bin they go.
[Some time in the future]
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking rubbish,
didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc things
nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD... <sound of
bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that junk!"
[* Delete as appropriate]
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but it
is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English very well.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never >included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs after the
10th generation and they were never present in any generation before the >7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware that >could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which couldn't. >Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays in order to
watch them on your PC.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
Verily, in article <10nlfhi$bnan$1@dont-email.me>, did >agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the modern
stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Four was my first Doctor and is still my favorite overall.
they keep having to add stupid and
pointless fake emotional moments rather than writing scenes that a scary
or having the characters discuss the issues that the plot is actually
supposed to be about and just stick to those. They don't have the
remotest clue how to write a science fiction story, or any kind of story
in fact.
IMO, the hour-long format does warrant having a B story. It doesn't have
to be about the companions' personal lives, though. The classic show >sometimes had a B story about the characters being encountered -- maybe
the gang would foil a monster and also two star-crossed lovers would get >together.
When something did happen with the companions, it was usually a surprise >marriage to explain a departure. That was silly, so it's probably just
as well that they didn't bring it back for the modern era. If it had
been me, though, I would have stayed with the underlying idea that
traveling with the Doctor is a phase of life, not a life. Some return to >their prior lives and some make new lives, but none travel with him >throughout their lives.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10nlfhi$bnan$1@dont-email.me>, did
agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and
the modern stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Four was my first Doctor and is still my favorite overall.
Mine was Three, but Four was there too so I grew up with them
both. I think I'd just give Pertwee the nod as my absolute
favourite Doctor though. He was my first!
they keep having to add stupid and
pointless fake emotional moments rather than writing scenes
that a scary or having the characters discuss the issues
that the plot is actually supposed to be about and just
stick to those. They don't have the remotest clue how to
write a science fiction story, or any kind of story in fact.
IMO, the hour-long format does warrant having a B story. It
doesn't have to be about the companions' personal lives,
though. The classic show sometimes had a B story about the
characters being encountered -- maybe the gang would foil a
monster and also two star-crossed lovers would get together.
It's not an hour really though, generally Doctor Who episodes
now are only around 44 minutes long. Which is basically less
than two old episodes from the Tom Baker era. Special episodes
can be a bit longer but then they are called special for a
reason.
A B story where the companion gets separated from the Doctor and
has their own mini-adventure was the standard trope from the
classic era of the show. The Doctor goes one way and meets X,
the companion goes another and meets Y...
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
And I do still have them...all 350+ DVD/BRs and 800+ music
CD's. Many of my discs are, for lack of a better term,
"niche" items that are limited pressings (like my discs from
Drum Corps International) and no longer available. The only
way I'm giving those up is when I die and someone inherits
them.
... and into the bin they go.
[Some time in the future]
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some rubbish,
didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc things
nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD... <sound of
bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that junk!"
[* Delete as appropriate]
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but it
is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never
included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs after the
10th generation and they were never present in any generation before the
7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware that
could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which couldn't.
Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays in order to
watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2/25/2026 05:54, Blueshirt wrote:
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
And I do still have them...all 350+ DVD/BRs and 800+ music
CD's. Many of my discs are, for lack of a better term,
"niche" items that are limited pressings (like my discs from
Drum Corps International) and no longer available. The only
way I'm giving those up is when I die and someone inherits
them.
... and into the bin they go.
[Some time in the future]
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some rubbish,
didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc things
nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD... <sound of
bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that junk!"
[* Delete as appropriate]
Well, at that point, it would be their prerogative, and no longer my >problem. :)
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
A B story where the companion gets separated from the Doctor and
has their own mini-adventure was the standard trope from the
classic era of the show. The Doctor goes one way and meets X,
the companion goes another and meets Y...
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking rubbish,
didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc things
nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD... <sound of
bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that junk!"
Verily, in article <xn0pmg5zmuwq459001@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
A B story where the companion gets separated from the Doctor and
has their own mini-adventure was the standard trope from the
classic era of the show. The Doctor goes one way and meets X,
the companion goes another and meets Y...
The companions also got to shine right after regeneration, when the
Doctor was out of sorts. Castrovalva is a great example. The companions
step up to defeat the Master, on a strange planet, while also taking
care of the confused Doctor, and it's a great ride.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Verily, in article <xn0pmg6h0uxf89v003@news.eternal-september.org>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some rubbish,
didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc things
nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD... <sound of
bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that junk!"
Every object is discarded eventually. That said, there's a big
difference between old people's old-people crap and an actual hoard.
With the former, the kids chuckle and shake their heads. With the
latter, they stare in sad horror and wonder if there's anything worth >salvaging.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
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Verily, in article <xn0pmg5zmuwq459001@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
A B story where the companion gets separated from the Doctor
and has their own mini-adventure was the standard trope from
the classic era of the show. The Doctor goes one way and
meets X, the companion goes another and meets Y...
The companions also got to shine right after regeneration,
when the Doctor was out of sorts. Castrovalva is a great
example. The companions step up to defeat the Master, on a
strange planet, while also taking care of the confused Doctor,
and it's a great ride.
Verily, in article
<xn0pmg6h0uxf89v003@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking
rubbish, didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc
things nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD...
<sound of bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that
junk!"
Every object is discarded eventually. That said, there's a big
difference between old people's old-people crap and an actual
hoard. With the former, the kids chuckle and shake their
heads. With the latter, they stare in sad horror and wonder if
there's anything worth salvaging.
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a
modern computer without hacking the firmware in order to
rip the disc, but it is clear that you either can't read or
can't understand English very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The True Melissa wrote:
[quoted text muted]
The companions also got to shine right after regeneration,
when the Doctor was out of sorts. Castrovalva is a great
example. The companions step up to defeat the Master, on a
strange planet, while also taking care of the confused Doctor,
and it's a great ride.
If only Adric's mathematical genius had been built upon and the
character made likeable for his problem solving... as opposed to
becoming an annoying little brat/know-all type companion.
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmg6h0uxf89v003@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking
rubbish, didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc
things nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD...
<sound of bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that
junk!"
Every object is discarded eventually. That said, there's a big
difference between old people's old-people crap and an actual
hoard. With the former, the kids chuckle and shake their
heads. With the latter, they stare in sad horror and wonder if
there's anything worth salvaging.
Have you been looking into some sort of Crystal Ball and
observing the future at Blueshirt Mansions when I pass?
Verily, in article <10nlfhi$bnan$1@dont-email.me>, did agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the modern
stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Four was my first Doctor and is still my favorite overall.
they keep having to add stupid and
pointless fake emotional moments rather than writing scenes that a scary
or having the characters discuss the issues that the plot is actually
supposed to be about and just stick to those. They don't have the
remotest clue how to write a science fiction story, or any kind of story
in fact.
IMO, the hour-long format does warrant having a B story. It doesn't have
to be about the companions' personal lives, though. The classic show sometimes had a B story about the characters being encountered -- maybe
the gang would foil a monster and also two star-crossed lovers would get together.
When something did happen with the companions, it was usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That was silly, so it's probably just
as well that they didn't bring it back for the modern era. If it had
been me, though, I would have stayed with the underlying idea that
traveling with the Doctor is a phase of life, not a life. Some return to their prior lives and some make new lives, but none travel with him throughout their lives.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:22, Blueshirt wrote:
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi
and fantasy on the TV, right?
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the
modern stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Now there's a sentence from you that I can agree with 100%!
All that perverts like Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall can write
about is sex and gender identity, and they keep having to add
stupid and pointless fake emotional moments rather than
writing scenes that a scary or having the characters discuss
the issues that the plot is actually supposed to be about and
just stick to those. They don't have the remotest clue how to
write a science fiction story, or any kind of story in fact.
Television drama might need some emotion to keep people engaged,
life experiences, romance, etc. for me sci-fi/fantasy doesn't.
It's the escapism that draws people, children especially, into
sci-fi in the first place. We want strange worlds, alien beings,
real exciting adventures... not companions falling in love with
the Doctor, or discussing their life with their Mum over a bowl
of corn flakes...
No one who watches science fiction gives a stuff about who the
companion's parents are or if they were adopted or what way
they choose to fuck. The companion is supposed to be you, and
therefore their parents are your parents, and that's why they
were never discussed in the original series. The Doctor is
supposed to be someone you want to aspire to be because of his
intelligence, not because of who he sticks his cock in.
When Rose came along, when the show returned in 2005, it was
different to see the companion grounded in some sort of real
life shown in episodes.. a Mum, a boyfriend, a boring job...
then it carried on and on and the Doctor Who producers thought
they were making a soap opera and it had to all be about the
companion. It worked for a while, then it got tiring as the show
lost its focus.
The degenerate, disgusting, pervert RTD devoted a whole
episode to lecturing the audience about transgenderism.
Compare that with the Big Finish audio adventure which as also
based on the Star Beast comic strip and there's no lecturing
there at all. It's all story and plot.
The Big Finish "Star Beast" audio adaptation was quite good,
wasn't it?
Also these degenerates have to include two or more stories in
each episode which are totally unconnected with each other and
only one of which deals with the actual plot, if there even is
one. There was never any of that in the original series where
everything revolved about how to deal with a specific
situation and only that. Anything else was totally irrelevant.
Sutekh was about to destroy the world and the object was to
find ways to stop him until the Doctor and Sarah Jane found
one which worked. Sutekh was concerned with getting himself
released from captivity and was willing to let the Doctor and
Sarah Jane live rather than waste resources on killing them
which were needed to build his missile launcher.
Why would anyone watching give a fuck about who RubyrCOs parents
were? Why would Sutekh give a fuck about them? Fucking shit
inserted because the pervert Davies can't write and wants to
create fake emotional moments. The emotional moments in the
original story were ones of terror and fear when Sarah Jane
thought the Doctor Was dead or she was being chased or
attacked by a mummy, or taken hostage.
Who gave a fuck about Yaz's relationship with Whittaker? What
did it have to do with science fiction? What did Graham having
cancers have to do with anything? Whittaker didn't even take
him to New Earth to find a cure. These imbeciles who purport
to be writers don't any ideas so they pad out each episode
with absolute crap.
In the original series each 25 minute episode always had a big
cliffhanger at the end and a mini-cliffhanger in the middle.
Where are they in the new series? Instead we get told that we
are all bad and the perverts are the good guys. In the
original series it was just the villains who were bad, not the
audience. The audience knew what was morally right and they
were never told they it wasn't.
Doctor Who is not a soap opera... the next Executive Producer
needs to understand that and get back to basics... make it about
the Doctor and his adventures in time and space first and
foremost... if you need to have a companion, make them an alien
or something more interesting than a side-character from
Coronation Street.
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but it
is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English very
well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never
included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs after the
10th generation and they were never present in any generation before
the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
to be about the companions' personal lives, though. The classic show sometimes had a B story about the characters being encountered -- maybe
Oh, you mean Teegan moaning and moaning and moaning about the Doctor not being able to get her back to Heathrow Airport. And then Adric joined
her demanding the Doctor take him back to E-Space. It became really
annoying by then.
Verily, in article <10nn7t6$tmec$2@dont-email.me>, did agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
to be about the companions' personal lives, though. The classic show
sometimes had a B story about the characters being encountered -- maybe
Oh, you mean Teegan moaning and moaning and moaning about the Doctor not
being able to get her back to Heathrow Airport. And then Adric joined
her demanding the Doctor take him back to E-Space. It became really
annoying by then.
No, I mean a B story about the characters they encountered. One example
would be the love story of Astra and Merak in The Armageddon Factor.
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for completist
collectors, but just don't bother watching it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that preceded >>>>>> it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting abilities. >>>>>>
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a >>>>>>> free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of
playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past >>>>>>> decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is >>>>>>> my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external optical >>>>> drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but it
is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English very
well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never
included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs after the
10th generation and they were never present in any generation before
the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays in
order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that
preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been >>>>>>>> able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K >>>>>>>> digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but
it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
No, I mean a B story about the characters they encountered. One example would be the love story of Astra and Merak in The Armageddon Factor.
I thought of that one but it was justified as part of the main plot by
the agent of the Black Guardian separating them and (spoilers) the fact
that Princess Astra was the 6th segment of the Key to Time (as if
everyone didn't already figure that out from the first episode) so
leaving her that way would mean they could never be together again. Everything to do with Astra is in fact the A story. Similarly Leela and Andred was also justified as part of the main plot of The Invasion of
Time since she needed his help to help the Doctor.
In comparison in the modern crap the B stories such as Yasmin and
Whittaker or Graham's cancer fears have absolutely nothing to do with
the plot whatsoever.
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pmg5zmuwq459001@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
A B story where the companion gets separated from the Doctor
and has their own mini-adventure was the standard trope from
the classic era of the show. The Doctor goes one way and
meets X, the companion goes another and meets Y...
The companions also got to shine right after regeneration,
when the Doctor was out of sorts. Castrovalva is a great
example. The companions step up to defeat the Master, on a
strange planet, while also taking care of the confused Doctor,
and it's a great ride.
If only Adric's mathematical genius had been built upon and the
character made likeable for his problem solving... as opposed to
becoming an annoying little brat/know-all type companion.
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmg6h0uxf89v003@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking
rubbish, didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc
things nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD...
<sound of bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that
junk!"
Every object is discarded eventually. That said, there's a big
difference between old people's old-people crap and an actual
hoard. With the former, the kids chuckle and shake their
heads. With the latter, they stare in sad horror and wonder if
there's anything worth salvaging.
Have you been looking into some sort of Crystal Ball and
observing the future at Blueshirt Mansions when I pass?
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a
modern computer without hacking the firmware in order to
rip the disc, but it is clear that you either can't read or
can't understand English very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
I didn't want to jump into this earlier on my tea break but I
think there actually is something about new PC's not being able
to play 4K Blu-rays natively out of the box anymore. But I am
not 100% on that, but it is something that I have read about in
other places.
It wouldn't surprise me though, as the big entertainment
companies do seem to want to push the world down the streaming
media route...
Verily, in article <xn0pmgaft4d820a001@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Melissa wrote:
[quoted text muted]
The companions also got to shine right after regeneration,
when the Doctor was out of sorts. Castrovalva is a great
example. The companions step up to defeat the Master, on a
strange planet, while also taking care of the confused Doctor,
and it's a great ride.
If only Adric's mathematical genius had been built upon and the
character made likeable for his problem solving... as opposed to
becoming an annoying little brat/know-all type companion.
Now, see, I have always liked Adric. I never saw him as a know-it-all. I
saw him as a kid who knew stuff. He was a self-insert for the nerdy kids >watching, and it worked for me.
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Verily, in article <xn0pmgai84dbj52002@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmg6h0uxf89v003@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking
rubbish, didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc
things nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD...
<sound of bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that
junk!"
Every object is discarded eventually. That said, there's a big
difference between old people's old-people crap and an actual
hoard. With the former, the kids chuckle and shake their
heads. With the latter, they stare in sad horror and wonder if
there's anything worth salvaging.
Have you been looking into some sort of Crystal Ball and
observing the future at Blueshirt Mansions when I pass?
No, but I was at my mother's home recently, trying to help her. I had to >bail out. She simply refuses to get rid of anything "good," even if it's >half a century old and of no conceivable use, and it's impossible to >maintain any kind of sanitary standard or normal life while living in
that environment.
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10nlfhi$bnan$1@dont-email.me>, did
agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the modern
stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Four was my first Doctor and is still my favorite overall.
they keep having to add stupid and
pointless fake emotional moments rather than writing scenes that a scary >>> or having the characters discuss the issues that the plot is actually
supposed to be about and just stick to those. They don't have the
remotest clue how to write a science fiction story, or any kind of story >>> in fact.
IMO, the hour-long format does warrant having a B story. It doesn't have
There were never any B stories in ST:TOS and it never needed any. No B >stories either in Blake's 7 which was even longer than Star Trek. No B >stories in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century either. Gil Gerard rest in peace.
to be about the companions' personal lives, though. The classic show
sometimes had a B story about the characters being encountered -- maybe
Oh, you mean Teegan moaning and moaning and moaning about the Doctor not >being able to get her back to Heathrow Airport. And then Adric joined
her demanding the Doctor take him back to E-Space. It became really
annoying by then.
the gang would foil a monster and also two star-crossed lovers would get
together.
If the monster was impeding their love then the love story would have
been justified. This was not the case with Yaz fancying Whittaker which
was nothing more than a woke lecture. The same for Graham's cancer story >which would only have been justified if it was an alien causing it like
in the Sarah Jane Adventures and then it would have been the A story.
When something did happen with the companions, it was usually a surprise
marriage to explain a departure. That was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage was a far
better and wiser option.
as well that they didn't bring it back for the modern era. If it had
been me, though, I would have stayed with the underlying idea that
traveling with the Doctor is a phase of life, not a life. Some return to
their prior lives and some make new lives, but none travel with him
throughout their lives.
Davies and the other sex obsessed perverts totally lost the plot.
The job of the companion was to ask pertinent questions in order to move
the plot along and to get into trouble and need rescuing. That's it.
They don't need a back story. They don't need parents or family. They're
a stand-in for the audience who can't ask questions or travel with the >Doctor themselves. The companions are there to learn and once they have >learned they have completed their heroes journey and can depart, using
what they have learned by being with the Doctor to live the rest of
their lives by.
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The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 25/02/2026 11:20, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:22, Blueshirt wrote:
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi
and fantasy on the TV, right?
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the
modern stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Now there's a sentence from you that I can agree with 100%!
All that perverts like Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall can write
about is sex and gender identity, and they keep having to add
stupid and pointless fake emotional moments rather than
writing scenes that a scary or having the characters discuss
the issues that the plot is actually supposed to be about and
just stick to those. They don't have the remotest clue how to
write a science fiction story, or any kind of story in fact.
Television drama might need some emotion to keep people engaged,
No it doesn't. The less of it you have to suffer the more story there is
and the more engaged you are.
life experiences, romance, etc. for me sci-fi/fantasy doesn't.
They need to learn from H G Wells. Science fiction is about new
experiences that cannot be found elsewhere, not about something people >already know and perceive.
It's the escapism that draws people, children especially, into
sci-fi in the first place. We want strange worlds, alien beings,
RTD isn't interested in that. He just wants to sexually groom them to
become gay.
real exciting adventures... not companions falling in love with
the Doctor, or discussing their life with their Mum over a bowl
of corn flakes...
With the Doctor baring his naked arse towards them...
No one who watches science fiction gives a stuff about who the
companion's parents are or if they were adopted or what way
they choose to fuck. The companion is supposed to be you, and
therefore their parents are your parents, and that's why they
were never discussed in the original series. The Doctor is
supposed to be someone you want to aspire to be because of his
intelligence, not because of who he sticks his cock in.
When Rose came along, when the show returned in 2005, it was
different to see the companion grounded in some sort of real
life shown in episodes.. a Mum, a boyfriend, a boring job...
then it carried on and on and the Doctor Who producers thought
they were making a soap opera and it had to all be about the
companion. It worked for a while, then it got tiring as the show
lost its focus.
It worked for just one episode and then they kept going back to it over
and over and over again, and doing it with Marthe too, and then Donna.
And then the morons decided to make the companion special and the chosen
one and it got even worse.
The degenerate, disgusting, pervert RTD devoted a whole
episode to lecturing the audience about transgenderism.
Compare that with the Big Finish audio adventure which as also
based on the Star Beast comic strip and there's no lecturing
there at all. It's all story and plot.
The Big Finish "Star Beast" audio adaptation was quite good,
wasn't it?
Yes. Because back in 1980/1 writers could actually write.
Also these degenerates have to include two or more stories in
each episode which are totally unconnected with each other and
only one of which deals with the actual plot, if there even is
one. There was never any of that in the original series where
everything revolved about how to deal with a specific
situation and only that. Anything else was totally irrelevant.
Sutekh was about to destroy the world and the object was to
find ways to stop him until the Doctor and Sarah Jane found
one which worked. Sutekh was concerned with getting himself
released from captivity and was willing to let the Doctor and
Sarah Jane live rather than waste resources on killing them
which were needed to build his missile launcher.
Why would anyone watching give a fuck about who RubyrCOs parents
were? Why would Sutekh give a fuck about them? Fucking shit
inserted because the pervert Davies can't write and wants to
create fake emotional moments. The emotional moments in the
original story were ones of terror and fear when Sarah Jane
thought the Doctor Was dead or she was being chased or
attacked by a mummy, or taken hostage.
Who gave a fuck about Yaz's relationship with Whittaker? What
did it have to do with science fiction? What did Graham having
cancers have to do with anything? Whittaker didn't even take
him to New Earth to find a cure. These imbeciles who purport
to be writers don't any ideas so they pad out each episode
with absolute crap.
In the original series each 25 minute episode always had a big
cliffhanger at the end and a mini-cliffhanger in the middle.
Where are they in the new series? Instead we get told that we
are all bad and the perverts are the good guys. In the
original series it was just the villains who were bad, not the
audience. The audience knew what was morally right and they
were never told they it wasn't.
Doctor Who is not a soap opera... the next Executive Producer
needs to understand that and get back to basics... make it about
the Doctor and his adventures in time and space first and
It needs to be about the adventures alone. The Doctor is just there to
get us to where they take place and experience them.
No one asked for the Doctor to be turned into a genocidal monster from >another dimension created from a physically abused child.
foremost... if you need to have a companion, make them an alien
or something more interesting than a side-character from
Coronation Street.
Moffat should have gone for Victorian Clara not the modern one which was
not very likeable, especially after she because to attack and insult the >Doctor because he was a man and was made out to be another chosen one.
The companion needs to be an ordinary person, with nothing special about >them, so that everyone watching can feel included.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 25/02/2026 12:51, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One
for completist-a collectors, but just don't bother watching
it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories
that preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as
the Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no
modern computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they
haven't been able to do that for the past decade, so I have
the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link
BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but it
is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English very
well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never
included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs after the
10th generation and they were never present in any generation before
the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
How about you do some research instead of repeatedly proving
yourself to be an absolute moron.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
Verily, in article <10nn7t6$tmec$2@dont-email.me>, did >agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
to be about the companions' personal lives, though. The classic show
sometimes had a B story about the characters being encountered -- maybe
Oh, you mean Teegan moaning and moaning and moaning about the Doctor not
being able to get her back to Heathrow Airport. And then Adric joined
her demanding the Doctor take him back to E-Space. It became really
annoying by then.
No, I mean a B story about the characters they encountered. One example >would be the love story of Astra and Merak in The Armageddon Factor.
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Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
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On 25/02/2026 18:01, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10nn7t6$tmec$2@dont-email.me>, did
agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
to be about the companions' personal lives, though. The classic showOh, you mean Teegan moaning and moaning and moaning about the Doctor not >>> being able to get her back to Heathrow Airport. And then Adric joined
sometimes had a B story about the characters being encountered -- maybe >>>
her demanding the Doctor take him back to E-Space. It became really
annoying by then.
No, I mean a B story about the characters they encountered. One example
would be the love story of Astra and Merak in The Armageddon Factor.
I thought of that one but it was justified as part of the main plot by
the agent of the Black Guardian separating them and (spoilers) the fact
that Princess Astra was the 6th segment of the Key to Time (as if
everyone didn't already figure that out from the first episode) so
leaving her that way would mean they could never be together again. >Everything to do with Astra is in fact the A story. Similarly Leela and >Andred was also justified as part of the main plot of The Invasion of
Time since she needed his help to help the Doctor.
In comparison in the modern crap the B stories such as Yasmin and
Whittaker or Graham's cancer fears have absolutely nothing to do with
the plot whatsoever. Chibnall, Moffat, and Davies don't have the
remotest clue how to write a story. They add in mind numbing soap-opera >because they can't think of plot based ideas to fill an episode with.
Who gives a fuck about Jason identifying as a girl and calling himself
Rose? It has absolutely nothing to do with the plot of the Star Beast so >there is no need for it to be there.
Inserting these bullshit B stories means there isn't enough time in 45 >minutes to even tell the main story so were presented with an
unfathomable mess where nothing connects together without the viewer
having to make up their own connecting stories instead of the writing >showing how everything is connected.
These moronic modern writers don't have the faintest clue how to writer.
AI can do their job better than they can.
Take a look a Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. The main story is Le Chifre >embezzling the union's money and James Bond frustrating his efforts to
make it back by gambling at Casino Royale so that he can no longer
server Russia's interests. Bond falling in love with Vesper Lynd is the
B story but unlike the crap Davies and co. come up with, it's fully >interconnected with the plot of the main story and provides the means by >which Bond ends up being strapped to a chair with the seat cut out and >having his arse and balls whacked with a carpet beater. It's not trivial >shit so that Davies can lecture us about transgenderism which has
absolutely nothing to do with the plot. While proving Fleming's
arguments while women should not be field agents, Bond has to suffer the >consequences through his hero's journey in order for that assertion to
be justified. There's no justification or hero's journey in attacking >Tennant for being a male presenting Time Lord and none of it has
anything to do with the Star Beast.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >completist
collectors, but just don't bother watching it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that preceded
it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting abilities. >>>>>>>
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be entitled to a
free copy to replace it, besides which no modern computer is capably of
playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been able to do that for the past
decade, so I have the right to a 4K digital download instead. Where is
my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external optical >>>>>> drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but it
is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English very
well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were never
included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs after the
10th generation and they were never present in any generation before
the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays in >>> order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party >Blu-ray player apps around.
"Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether that's >Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
On 25/02/2026 20:33, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been >>>>>>>>> able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K >>>>>>>>> digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but
it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party
Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether that's
Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
Stop showing your complete and utter stupidity and lack of intelligence
and comprehension.
This has nothing to do with Windows or Apple. There are NO modern CPUs--
that can decrypt 4K blu-rays PERIOD! The last and ONLY CPUs that
supported decryption were Intel 7th to 10th Gen processors and that's
it. Without those chips 4K blu-rays cannot be played on a PC or Mac
unless you can hack the firmware of the player.
--
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
Verily, in article <10nnki3$12k3r$2@dont-email.me>, did >agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
No, I mean a B story about the characters they encountered. One example
would be the love story of Astra and Merak in The Armageddon Factor.
I thought of that one but it was justified as part of the main plot by
the agent of the Black Guardian separating them and (spoilers) the fact
that Princess Astra was the 6th segment of the Key to Time (as if
everyone didn't already figure that out from the first episode) so
leaving her that way would mean they could never be together again.
Everything to do with Astra is in fact the A story. Similarly Leela and
Andred was also justified as part of the main plot of The Invasion of
Time since she needed his help to help the Doctor.
When it's done well, the A and B stories tie together. The Simpsons
invented a rule that the B story had to kick off from the A story -- >therefore, not meanwhile.
In comparison in the modern crap the B stories such as Yasmin and
Whittaker or Graham's cancer fears have absolutely nothing to do with
the plot whatsoever.
I don't like the modern era much either, which is why I've stopped
watching. I stopped watching in the middle of the Capaldi era. I'm not
sure where my head canon ends.
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Verily, in article <10nnki3$12k3r$2@dont-email.me>, did agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
No, I mean a B story about the characters they encountered. One example
would be the love story of Astra and Merak in The Armageddon Factor.
I thought of that one but it was justified as part of the main plot by
the agent of the Black Guardian separating them and (spoilers) the fact
that Princess Astra was the 6th segment of the Key to Time (as if
everyone didn't already figure that out from the first episode) so
leaving her that way would mean they could never be together again.
Everything to do with Astra is in fact the A story. Similarly Leela and
Andred was also justified as part of the main plot of The Invasion of
Time since she needed his help to help the Doctor.
When it's done well, the A and B stories tie together. The Simpsons
invented a rule that the B story had to kick off from the A story -- therefore, not meanwhile.
In comparison in the modern crap the B stories such as Yasmin and
Whittaker or Graham's cancer fears have absolutely nothing to do with
the plot whatsoever.
I don't like the modern era much either, which is why I've stopped
watching. I stopped watching in the middle of the Capaldi era. I'm not
sure where my head canon ends.
In article <10nnbm8$v5br$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:20, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:22, Blueshirt wrote:
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi
and fantasy on the TV, right?
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the
modern stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Now there's a sentence from you that I can agree with 100%!
All that perverts like Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall can write
about is sex and gender identity, and they keep having to add
stupid and pointless fake emotional moments rather than
writing scenes that a scary or having the characters discuss
the issues that the plot is actually supposed to be about and
just stick to those. They don't have the remotest clue how to
write a science fiction story, or any kind of story in fact.
Television drama might need some emotion to keep people engaged,
No it doesn't. The less of it you have to suffer the more story there is
and the more engaged you are.
life experiences, romance, etc. for me sci-fi/fantasy doesn't.
They need to learn from H G Wells. Science fiction is about new
experiences that cannot be found elsewhere, not about something people
already know and perceive.
It's the escapism that draws people, children especially, into
sci-fi in the first place. We want strange worlds, alien beings,
RTD isn't interested in that. He just wants to sexually groom them to
become gay.
real exciting adventures... not companions falling in love with
the Doctor, or discussing their life with their Mum over a bowl
of corn flakes...
With the Doctor baring his naked arse towards them...
No one who watches science fiction gives a stuff about who the
companion's parents are or if they were adopted or what way
they choose to fuck. The companion is supposed to be you, and
therefore their parents are your parents, and that's why they
were never discussed in the original series. The Doctor is
supposed to be someone you want to aspire to be because of his
intelligence, not because of who he sticks his cock in.
When Rose came along, when the show returned in 2005, it was
different to see the companion grounded in some sort of real
life shown in episodes.. a Mum, a boyfriend, a boring job...
then it carried on and on and the Doctor Who producers thought
they were making a soap opera and it had to all be about the
companion. It worked for a while, then it got tiring as the show
lost its focus.
It worked for just one episode and then they kept going back to it over
and over and over again, and doing it with Marthe too, and then Donna.
And then the morons decided to make the companion special and the chosen
one and it got even worse.
The degenerate, disgusting, pervert RTD devoted a whole
episode to lecturing the audience about transgenderism.
Compare that with the Big Finish audio adventure which as also
based on the Star Beast comic strip and there's no lecturing
there at all. It's all story and plot.
The Big Finish "Star Beast" audio adaptation was quite good,
wasn't it?
Yes. Because back in 1980/1 writers could actually write.
Also these degenerates have to include two or more stories in
each episode which are totally unconnected with each other and
only one of which deals with the actual plot, if there even is
one. There was never any of that in the original series where
everything revolved about how to deal with a specific
situation and only that. Anything else was totally irrelevant.
Sutekh was about to destroy the world and the object was to
find ways to stop him until the Doctor and Sarah Jane found
one which worked. Sutekh was concerned with getting himself
released from captivity and was willing to let the Doctor and
Sarah Jane live rather than waste resources on killing them
which were needed to build his missile launcher.
Why would anyone watching give a fuck about who RubyrCOs parents
were? Why would Sutekh give a fuck about them? Fucking shit
inserted because the pervert Davies can't write and wants to
create fake emotional moments. The emotional moments in the
original story were ones of terror and fear when Sarah Jane
thought the Doctor Was dead or she was being chased or
attacked by a mummy, or taken hostage.
Who gave a fuck about Yaz's relationship with Whittaker? What
did it have to do with science fiction? What did Graham having
cancers have to do with anything? Whittaker didn't even take
him to New Earth to find a cure. These imbeciles who purport
to be writers don't any ideas so they pad out each episode
with absolute crap.
In the original series each 25 minute episode always had a big
cliffhanger at the end and a mini-cliffhanger in the middle.
Where are they in the new series? Instead we get told that we
are all bad and the perverts are the good guys. In the
original series it was just the villains who were bad, not the
audience. The audience knew what was morally right and they
were never told they it wasn't.
Doctor Who is not a soap opera... the next Executive Producer
needs to understand that and get back to basics... make it about
the Doctor and his adventures in time and space first and
It needs to be about the adventures alone. The Doctor is just there to
get us to where they take place and experience them.
No one asked for the Doctor to be turned into a genocidal monster from
another dimension created from a physically abused child.
foremost... if you need to have a companion, make them an alien
or something more interesting than a side-character from
Coronation Street.
Moffat should have gone for Victorian Clara not the modern one which was
not very likeable, especially after she because to attack and insult the
Doctor because he was a man and was made out to be another chosen one.
The companion needs to be an ordinary person, with nothing special about
them, so that everyone watching can feel included.
Moffat was a radw participant at one time IIRC.
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it.
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that
preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been >>>>>>>> able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K >>>>>>>> digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but
it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
On 2/25/2026 14:33, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't >>>>>>>>> been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right >>>>>>>>> to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but
it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party
Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether
that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
And there are also third party apps around that will rip the discs as
well so you can archive them.-a AVS Video Converter, and AnyDVD are two
that I use, and they do a nice job.
On 25/02/2026 21:37, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10nnki3$12k3r$2@dont-email.me>, did
agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
No, I mean a B story about the characters they encountered. One example >>>> would be the love story of Astra and Merak in The Armageddon Factor.
I thought of that one but it was justified as part of the main plot by
the agent of the Black Guardian separating them and (spoilers) the fact
that Princess Astra was the 6th segment of the Key to Time (as if
everyone didn't already figure that out from the first episode) so
leaving her that way would mean they could never be together again.
Everything to do with Astra is in fact the A story. Similarly Leela and
Andred was also justified as part of the main plot of The Invasion of
Time since she needed his help to help the Doctor.
When it's done well, the A and B stories tie together. The Simpsons
invented a rule that the B story had to kick off from the A story --
therefore, not meanwhile.
In comparison in the modern crap the B stories such as Yasmin and
Whittaker or Graham's cancer fears have absolutely nothing to do with
the plot whatsoever.
I don't like the modern era much either, which is why I've stopped
watching. I stopped watching in the middle of the Capaldi era. I'm not
sure where my head canon ends.
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy series or the >Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned into the Timeless Child
monster and RTD quadrupled down on it the whole of the new series can go
and f*k itself.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 25/02/2026 23:38, The Doctor wrote:
In article <10nnbm8$v5br$1@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:20, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 21/02/2026 11:22, Blueshirt wrote:
They are all part of the same RTD making the Doctor emotional
trope though... which just got worse when he came back to the
show. As we all need emotional drama with our dose of sci-fi
and fantasy on the TV, right?
I've recently been watching some old Tom Baker stories and the
modern stuff is absolute shit in comparison.
Now there's a sentence from you that I can agree with 100%!
All that perverts like Davies, Moffat, and Chibnall can write
about is sex and gender identity, and they keep having to add
stupid and pointless fake emotional moments rather than
writing scenes that a scary or having the characters discuss
the issues that the plot is actually supposed to be about and
just stick to those. They don't have the remotest clue how to
write a science fiction story, or any kind of story in fact.
Television drama might need some emotion to keep people engaged,
No it doesn't. The less of it you have to suffer the more story there is >>> and the more engaged you are.
life experiences, romance, etc. for me sci-fi/fantasy doesn't.
They need to learn from H G Wells. Science fiction is about new
experiences that cannot be found elsewhere, not about something people
already know and perceive.
It's the escapism that draws people, children especially, into
sci-fi in the first place. We want strange worlds, alien beings,
RTD isn't interested in that. He just wants to sexually groom them to
become gay.
real exciting adventures... not companions falling in love with
the Doctor, or discussing their life with their Mum over a bowl
of corn flakes...
With the Doctor baring his naked arse towards them...
No one who watches science fiction gives a stuff about who the
companion's parents are or if they were adopted or what way
they choose to fuck. The companion is supposed to be you, and
therefore their parents are your parents, and that's why they
were never discussed in the original series. The Doctor is
supposed to be someone you want to aspire to be because of his
intelligence, not because of who he sticks his cock in.
When Rose came along, when the show returned in 2005, it was
different to see the companion grounded in some sort of real
life shown in episodes.. a Mum, a boyfriend, a boring job...
then it carried on and on and the Doctor Who producers thought
they were making a soap opera and it had to all be about the
companion. It worked for a while, then it got tiring as the show
lost its focus.
It worked for just one episode and then they kept going back to it over
and over and over again, and doing it with Marthe too, and then Donna.
And then the morons decided to make the companion special and the chosen >>> one and it got even worse.
The degenerate, disgusting, pervert RTD devoted a whole
episode to lecturing the audience about transgenderism.
Compare that with the Big Finish audio adventure which as also
based on the Star Beast comic strip and there's no lecturing
there at all. It's all story and plot.
The Big Finish "Star Beast" audio adaptation was quite good,
wasn't it?
Yes. Because back in 1980/1 writers could actually write.
Also these degenerates have to include two or more stories in
each episode which are totally unconnected with each other and
only one of which deals with the actual plot, if there even is
one. There was never any of that in the original series where
everything revolved about how to deal with a specific
situation and only that. Anything else was totally irrelevant.
Sutekh was about to destroy the world and the object was to
find ways to stop him until the Doctor and Sarah Jane found
one which worked. Sutekh was concerned with getting himself
released from captivity and was willing to let the Doctor and
Sarah Jane live rather than waste resources on killing them
which were needed to build his missile launcher.
Why would anyone watching give a fuck about who RubyrCOs parents
were? Why would Sutekh give a fuck about them? Fucking shit
inserted because the pervert Davies can't write and wants to
create fake emotional moments. The emotional moments in the
original story were ones of terror and fear when Sarah Jane
thought the Doctor Was dead or she was being chased or
attacked by a mummy, or taken hostage.
Who gave a fuck about Yaz's relationship with Whittaker? What
did it have to do with science fiction? What did Graham having
cancers have to do with anything? Whittaker didn't even take
him to New Earth to find a cure. These imbeciles who purport
to be writers don't any ideas so they pad out each episode
with absolute crap.
In the original series each 25 minute episode always had a big
cliffhanger at the end and a mini-cliffhanger in the middle.
Where are they in the new series? Instead we get told that we
are all bad and the perverts are the good guys. In the
original series it was just the villains who were bad, not the
audience. The audience knew what was morally right and they
were never told they it wasn't.
Doctor Who is not a soap opera... the next Executive Producer
needs to understand that and get back to basics... make it about
the Doctor and his adventures in time and space first and
It needs to be about the adventures alone. The Doctor is just there to
get us to where they take place and experience them.
No one asked for the Doctor to be turned into a genocidal monster from
another dimension created from a physically abused child.
foremost... if you need to have a companion, make them an alien
or something more interesting than a side-character from
Coronation Street.
Moffat should have gone for Victorian Clara not the modern one which was >>> not very likeable, especially after she because to attack and insult the >>> Doctor because he was a man and was made out to be another chosen one.
The companion needs to be an ordinary person, with nothing special about >>> them, so that everyone watching can feel included.
Moffat was a radw participant at one time IIRC.
And then he totally lost his sanity. What made him think that bringing
back the Brigadier as a Zombi Cyberman was acceptable? Let alone the
female Master.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 2/25/2026 14:33, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't been >>>>>>>>> able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right to a 4K >>>>>>>>> digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but
it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party
Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether that's
Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
And there are also third party apps around that will rip the discs as
well so you can archive them. AVS Video Converter, and AnyDVD are two
that I use, and they do a nice job.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2/25/2026 19:43, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/25/2026 14:33, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting >>>>>>>>> abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't >>>>>>>>>> been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right >>>>>>>>>> to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external >>>>>>>> optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but >>>>> it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware >>>>> that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays >>>>> in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party
Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether
that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
And there are also third party apps around that will rip the discs as
well so you can archive them.-a AVS Video Converter, and AnyDVD are two
that I use, and they do a nice job.
OOPS...wrote too quickly there. I meant MakeMKV, and not AVS Video >Converter (although I have AVS as well...just don't use it very much).
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
Verily, in article <xn0pmgai84dbj52002@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmg6h0uxf89v003@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking
rubbish, didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc
things nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD...
<sound of bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that
junk!"
Every object is discarded eventually. That said, there's a big
difference between old people's old-people crap and an actual
hoard. With the former, the kids chuckle and shake their
heads. With the latter, they stare in sad horror and wonder if
there's anything worth salvaging.
Have you been looking into some sort of Crystal Ball and
observing the future at Blueshirt Mansions when I pass?
No, but I was at my mother's home recently, trying to help her. I had to
bail out. She simply refuses to get rid of anything "good," even if it's
half a century old and of no conceivable use, and it's impossible to
maintain any kind of sanitary standard or normal life while living in
that environment.
On 2/25/2026 14:33, Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting
abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't >>>>>>>>> been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right >>>>>>>>> to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external
optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but
it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware
that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays
in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party
Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether
that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
And there are also third party apps around that will rip the discs as
well so you can archive them.-a AVS Video Converter, and AnyDVD are two
that I use, and they do a nice job.
On 2/25/2026 09:06, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pmgai84dbj52002@post.eweka.nl>, didThat sounds a lot like my own mother. Even after retiring from teaching
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmg6h0uxf89v003@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
"Gee, Dad/Grandpa/Uncle Horny* did hoard some fucking
rubbish, didn't he? We can't even play these silver disc
things nowadays." <sound of a bin lid opening> ... THUD...
<sound of bin lid closing>. "There, that got rid of that
junk!"
Every object is discarded eventually. That said, there's a big
difference between old people's old-people crap and an actual
hoard. With the former, the kids chuckle and shake their
heads. With the latter, they stare in sad horror and wonder if
there's anything worth salvaging.
Have you been looking into some sort of Crystal Ball and
observing the future at Blueshirt Mansions when I pass?
No, but I was at my mother's home recently, trying to help her. I had to
bail out. She simply refuses to get rid of anything "good," even if it's
half a century old and of no conceivable use, and it's impossible to
maintain any kind of sanitary standard or normal life while living in
that environment.
7 years prior to her death, she still had her entire professional
library and materials from her classroom...much of which was out of
date. She even had a set of McGuffy Readers (ie. See Dick run. Run Dick >run.). Now those I kept because even though they haven't been used in >schools for decades they are considered a collector's item and Teachers' >Colleges would kill for a complete set for historical reasons. Add in
the fact that my mom moved from the 4 bedroom, 2600 sq. ft. house I grew
up in, to a house exactly half that size...and didn't throw anything
out. Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of >that out after mom died.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 2/25/2026 5:43 PM, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/25/2026 14:33, Your Name wrote:I seem to remember using AnyDVD some time ago but my go to now is MakeMKV.
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the Doctor >>>>>>>>>It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting >>>>>>>>> abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't >>>>>>>>>> been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right >>>>>>>>>> to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external >>>>>>>> optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but >>>>> it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware >>>>> that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-rays >>>>> in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third party
Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are third
party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether
that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
And there are also third party apps around that will rip the discs as
well so you can archive them.-a AVS Video Converter, and AnyDVD are two
that I use, and they do a nice job.
----
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky >dirty old man.
On 2/25/2026 5:43 PM, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/25/2026 14:33, Your Name wrote:I seem to remember using AnyDVD some time ago but my go to now is MakeMKV.
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the >>>>>>>>>> Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting >>>>>>>>> abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be
entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't >>>>>>>>>> been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right >>>>>>>>>> to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external >>>>>>>> optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern
computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but >>>>> it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English
very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs
after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware >>>>> that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which
couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-
rays in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third
party Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are
third party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether
that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
And there are also third party apps around that will rip the discs as
well so you can archive them.-a AVS Video Converter, and AnyDVD are two
that I use, and they do a nice job.
On 2/25/2026 23:40, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 2/25/2026 5:43 PM, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/25/2026 14:33, Your Name wrote:I seem to remember using AnyDVD some time ago but my go to now is MakeMKV. >>
On 2026-02-25 12:51:50 +0000, Hornplayer9599 said:
On 2/25/2026 01:21, The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 01:36, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/24/2026 17:31, The True Doctor wrote:
On 23/02/2026 02:30, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/20/2026 04:08, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 20/02/2026 00:14, Your Name wrote:
It's infinitely superior or the RTD garbage
The Americanised garbage movie starring Paul McGann. One for >>>>>>>>>>>> completist -acollectors, but just don't bother watching it. >>>>>>>>>>>
It's certainly superior to most of the Doctor Who stories that >>>>>>>>>> preceded it post 1984 anyway!
and features Sylvester McCoy's best ever performance as the >>>>>>>>>>> Doctor
It sure does. <Bang Bang!>
It was a great death... it showed off his outstanding acting >>>>>>>>>> abilities.
I can honestly say it's my favourite McCoy story.
Since I already own the original VHS release I should be >>>>>>>>>>> entitled to a free copy to replace it, besides which no modern >>>>>>>>>>> computer is capably of playing 4K Blu-Rays and they haven't >>>>>>>>>>> been able to do that for the past decade, so I have the right >>>>>>>>>>> to a 4K digital download instead. Where is my link BBC?
Just torrent it like you do all your other stuff!
I think it's more he's too cheap to spring for a good external >>>>>>>>> optical drive...which aren't that expensive.
NONE OF THEM WILL PLAY 4K BLU-RAYS, END OF STORY!
This one will:
NO IT WON'T!
If they claim it will then it is being miss-sold.
I already explained to you why it won't play 4K discs on a modern >>>>>> computer without hacking the firmware in order to rip the disc, but >>>>>> it is clear that you either can't read or can't understand English >>>>>> very well.
[yawn]
As usual, when you've been proven wrong, resort to ad hominems.
The CPU instructions which are needed to enable 4K playback were
never included in any AMD CPU and Intel removed them from its CPUs >>>>>> after the 10th generation and they were never present in any
generation before the 7th.
After that the arse licking manufacturers all replaced the firmware >>>>>> that could be hacked to rip 4K discs with encrypted firmware which >>>>>> couldn't. Therefore it is impossible to play or even rip 4K blu-
rays in order to watch them on your PC.
Right...keep holding onto that fantasy if it makes you feel better.
Yep, it iscomplete nonsense, as usual by the village idiot. Standard
Windows OS stopped supporting Blu-ray, but there are other third
party Blu-ray player apps around.
-a-a-a "Windows Media Player does not support Blu-ray discs. If you
-a-a-a-a would like to play a Blu-ray movie on your Windows PC or
-a-a-a-a laptop, you will need to download a Blu-ray player for
-a-a-a-a Windows 11, such as PowerDVD."
Apple never suported Blu-ray discs in MacOS, but again there are
third party player apps around that let you easily watch them.
It cerainly has absolutely nothing to do with the CPUs - whether
that's Intel, AMD, Apple Silicon, or anything else.
And there are also third party apps around that will rip the discs as
well so you can archive them.-a AVS Video Converter, and AnyDVD are two >>> that I use, and they do a nice job.
Me too, and in my correction post, I mentioned that I meant to say
MakeMKV instead of the AVS app.
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
Verily, in article <xn0pmgaft4d820a001@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
If only Adric's mathematical genius had been built upon and
the character made likeable for his problem solving... as
opposed to becoming an annoying little brat/know-all type
companion.
Now, see, I have always liked Adric. I never saw him as a
know-it-all. I saw him as a kid who knew stuff. He was a
self-insert for the nerdy kids watching, and it worked for me.
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage was
a far better and wiser option.
On 25/02/2026 21:37, The True Melissa wrote:
I don't like the modern era much either, which is why
I've stopped watching. I stopped watching in the middle
of the Capaldi era. I'm not sure where my head canon ends.
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on it
the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
On 2/25/2026 09:06, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pmgai84dbj52002@post.eweka.nl>, did blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
Have you been looking into some sort of Crystal Ball and
observing the future at Blueshirt Mansions when I pass?
No, but I was at my mother's home recently, trying to help
her. I had to bail out. She simply refuses to get rid of
anything "good," even if it's half a century old and of no
conceivable use, and it's impossible to maintain any kind of
sanitary standard or normal life while living in that
environment.
That sounds a lot like my own mother. Even after retiring
from teaching 7 years prior to her death, she still had her
entire professional library and materials from her
classroom...much of which was out of date. She even had a set
of McGuffy Readers (ie. See Dick run. Run Dick run.). Now
those I kept because even though they haven't been used in
schools for decades they are considered a collector's item and
Teachers' Colleges would kill for a complete set for
historical reasons. Add in the fact that my mom moved from
the 4 bedroom, 2600 sq. ft. house I grew up in, to a house
exactly half that size...and didn't throw anything out. Her
two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to
clear all of that out after mom died.
On 25/02/2026 23:38, The Doctor wrote:
Moffat was a radw participant at one time IIRC.
And then he totally lost his sanity. What made him think
that bringing back the Brigadier as a Zombi Cyberman was
acceptable? Let alone the female Master.
On 25/02/2026 11:20, Blueshirt wrote:
Television drama might need some emotion to keep people
engaged, life experiences, romance, etc.
No it doesn't. The less of it you have to suffer the more
story there is and the more engaged you are.
for me sci-fi/fantasy doesn't.
They need to learn from H G Wells. Science fiction is about
new experiences that cannot be found elsewhere, not about
something people already know and perceive.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage was
a far better and wiser option.
Susan, Vicki, Jo Grant and Peri also got married off when they
left the show.
The True Doctor wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on it
the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
It keeps going back!!!
Once it was 2017... then it was "Kill The Moon"... now it's the
end of the classic era... where next?
Verily, in article
<xn0pmhsaswmng7l002@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Doctor wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on
it the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
It keeps going back!!!
Once it was 2017... then it was "Kill The Moon"... now it's
the end of the classic era... where next?
This does seem like a reasonable cutoff point. The classic
show is the history of the new show, but the new show doesn't
have to be the future of the classic show.
Cutoff points outside show boundaries are harder to justify.
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of that out after mom died.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage was
a far better and wiser option.
Susan, Vicki, Jo Grant and Peri also got married off when they
left the show.
Verily, in article <TvPnR.4395$_WG.1076@fx02.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599 @aol.com deliver unto us this message:
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of
that out after mom died.
Was it clean, at least?
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pmgaft4d820a001@post.eweka.nl>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
If only Adric's mathematical genius had been built upon and
the character made likeable for his problem solving... as
opposed to becoming an annoying little brat/know-all type
companion.
Now, see, I have always liked Adric. I never saw him as a
know-it-all. I saw him as a kid who knew stuff. He was a
self-insert for the nerdy kids watching, and it worked for me.
Adric was definitely an arrogant know-it-all... he was a
mathematical genius that loved showing off his talents to
others, especially The Doctor. Maybe it was done in an
immature way trying to impress him, but it grated with a lot
of viewers. I'm sure Adric had his fans... I wasn't one of
them though.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 23:38, The Doctor wrote:
Moffat was a radw participant at one time IIRC.
And then he totally lost his sanity. What made him think
that bringing back the Brigadier as a Zombi Cyberman was
acceptable? Let alone the female Master.
The Brigadier as a Zombie Cyberman was criminal... he should
have been flogged with a birch for that alone!
Plus, in relation to what he posted to RADW about Gallifrey,
he changed his tune when he was Executive Producer of Doctor
Who. So he wasn't even consistent.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage was
a far better and wiser option.
Susan, Vicki, Jo Grant and Peri also got married off when they
left the show.
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 21:37, The True Melissa wrote:
I don't like the modern era much either, which is why
I've stopped watching. I stopped watching in the middle
of the Capaldi era. I'm not sure where my head canon ends.
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on it
the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
It keeps going back!!!
Once it was 2017... then it was "Kill The Moon"... now it's the
end of the classic era... where next?
If I was playing this game then clearly it would be pre the
Pantomime spoon-playing era...
Or maybe I'd go with before The Doctor and the Amazing
Technicolour Dreamcoat era...
Or maybe even the era of The Vet...
Hmmm... this is a tough game.
Would anyone like a Jelly baby?
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:20, Blueshirt wrote:
Television drama might need some emotion to keep people
engaged, life experiences, romance, etc.
No it doesn't. The less of it you have to suffer the more
story there is and the more engaged you are.
There's nothing wrong with emotions in some dramas on TV, sci-fi
doesn't need it though. That's the problem with the RTD's of
this world, who write other stuff, they can't differentiate.
They think everything needs to be written the same way... so
"Doctor Who" gets the emotional drama and social messaging that
a gay drama set in Brighton gets. As far as TV shows go, they
are chalk and cheese. That's why "Doctor Who" has missed the
mark in the last few years, episodes have been pushing
progressive politics over storytelling, and viewers have
switched off.
for me sci-fi/fantasy doesn't.
They need to learn from H G Wells. Science fiction is about
new experiences that cannot be found elsewhere, not about
something people already know and perceive.
Don't forget our old mate Arnould Galopin...
Verily, in article <xn0pmhrw8wm2g8b001@post.eweka.nl>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage was
a far better and wiser option.
Susan, Vicki, Jo Grant and Peri also got married off when they
left the show.
Peri didn't even choose it. The Doctor seemed okay with it, though.
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Verily, in article <xn0pmhsaswmng7l002@news.eternal-september.org>, did >blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Doctor wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on it
the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
It keeps going back!!!
Once it was 2017... then it was "Kill The Moon"... now it's the
end of the classic era... where next?
This does seem like a reasonable cutoff point. The classic show is the >history of the new show, but the new show doesn't have to be the future
of the classic show.
Cutoff points outside show boundaries are harder to justify.
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmhsaswmng7l002@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Doctor wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on
it the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
It keeps going back!!!
Once it was 2017... then it was "Kill The Moon"... now it's
the end of the classic era... where next?
This does seem like a reasonable cutoff point. The classic
show is the history of the new show, but the new show doesn't
have to be the future of the classic show.
In tone they are virtually two different shows but I've been
happy enough to consider everything from 1963-2025 as one show...
In hindsight, it's the classic era of the show that is important
to me. I could re-watch those episodes over and over again... in
fact, I have done. Yet there's only about five or six post-2005
episodes of Doctor Who that stand up to multiple viewing. (IMO
of course.) With episodes now, once seen soon forgotten.
Cutoff points outside show boundaries are harder to justify.
Technically we don't need to justify anything, our head-canon is
our own so we can include and exclude anything we want to. The
Doctor Who Canon Police are not going to come knocking at our
door to take us away if we have different opinions on it! :)
Verily, in article <TvPnR.4395$_WG.1076@fx02.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599 >@aol.com deliver unto us this message:
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of
that out after mom died.
Was it clean, at least?
----
The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
On 26/02/2026 16:11, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage was
a far better and wiser option.
Susan, Vicki, Jo Grant and Peri also got married off when they
left the show.
So did Amy and Rory. Ian and Barbera? Can't remember.
----
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." --William Shatner
On 2/26/2026 11:36, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <TvPnR.4395$_WG.1076@fx02.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599For the most part.
@aol.com deliver unto us this message:
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of >>> that out after mom died.
Was it clean, at least?
----
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/25/2026 09:06, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <xn0pmgai84dbj52002@post.eweka.nl>, didThat sounds a lot like my own mother. Even after retiring
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
Have you been looking into some sort of Crystal Ball and
observing the future at Blueshirt Mansions when I pass?
No, but I was at my mother's home recently, trying to help
her. I had to bail out. She simply refuses to get rid of
anything "good," even if it's half a century old and of no
conceivable use, and it's impossible to maintain any kind of
sanitary standard or normal life while living in that
environment.
from teaching 7 years prior to her death, she still had her
entire professional library and materials from her
classroom...much of which was out of date. She even had a set
of McGuffy Readers (ie. See Dick run. Run Dick run.). Now
those I kept because even though they haven't been used in
schools for decades they are considered a collector's item and
Teachers' Colleges would kill for a complete set for
historical reasons. Add in the fact that my mom moved from
the 4 bedroom, 2600 sq. ft. house I grew up in, to a house
exactly half that size...and didn't throw anything out. Her
two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to
clear all of that out after mom died.
So what ye are saying is, keeping a load of stuff that will be
deemed garbage at some time in the future is perfectly normal?
That's good so... I feel a lot better now...
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmhsaswmng7l002@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Doctor wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on
it the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
It keeps going back!!!
Once it was 2017... then it was "Kill The Moon"... now it's
the end of the classic era... where next?
This does seem like a reasonable cutoff point. The classic
show is the history of the new show, but the new show doesn't
have to be the future of the classic show.
In tone they are virtually two different shows but I've been
happy enough to consider everything from 1963-2025 as one show...
In hindsight, it's the classic era of the show that is important
to me. I could re-watch those episodes over and over again... in
fact, I have done. Yet there's only about five or six post-2005
episodes of Doctor Who that stand up to multiple viewing. (IMO
of course.) With episodes now, once seen soon forgotten.
Cutoff points outside show boundaries are harder to justify.
Technically we don't need to justify anything, our head-canon is
our own so we can include and exclude anything we want to. The
Doctor Who Canon Police are not going to come knocking at our
door to take us away if we have different opinions on it! :)
On 2/26/2026 11:36, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <TvPnR.4395$_WG.1076@fx02.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599For the most part.
@aol.com deliver unto us this message:
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things.-a Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of >>> that out after mom died.
Was it clean, at least?
On 26/02/2026 16:11, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage
was a far better and wiser option.
Susan, Vicki, Jo Grant and Peri also got married off when
they left the show.
So did Amy and Rory. Ian and Barbera? Can't remember.
On 27/02/2026 4:13 am, Blueshirt wrote:
In hindsight, it's the classic era of the show that is
important to me. I could re-watch those episodes over and
over again... in fact, I have done. Yet there's only about
five or six post-2005 episodes of Doctor Who that stand up
to multiple viewing. (IMO of course.) With episodes now,
once seen soon forgotten.
.... which means you can watch it again next month and it'll
be a whole new experience!!
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop",
I'd just like to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
On 27/02/2026 4:13 am, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article
<xn0pmhsaswmng7l002@news.eternal-september.org>, did
blueshirt@indigo.news deliver unto us this message:
The True Doctor wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I'm starting to think either with the last Sylvester McCoy
series or the Paul McGann TVM. After the Doctor was turned
into the Timeless Child monster and RTD quadrupled down on
it the whole of the new series can go and fuck itself.
It keeps going back!!!
Once it was 2017... then it was "Kill The Moon"... now it's
the end of the classic era... where next?
This does seem like a reasonable cutoff point. The classic
show is the history of the new show, but the new show doesn't
have to be the future of the classic show.
In tone they are virtually two different shows but I've been
happy enough to consider everything from 1963-2025 as one show...
In hindsight, it's the classic era of the show that is important
to me. I could re-watch those episodes over and over again... in
fact, I have done. Yet there's only about five or six post-2005
episodes of Doctor Who that stand up to multiple viewing. (IMO
of course.) With episodes now, once seen soon forgotten.
.... which means you can watch it again next month and it'll be a whole
new experience!!
But Binky(Word used by paedophiles to indicate their joy of child sexual >molestation) and Aggy WILL try!!Cutoff points outside show boundaries are harder to justify.
Technically we don't need to justify anything, our head-canon is
our own so we can include and exclude anything we want to. The
Doctor Who Canon Police are not going to come knocking at our
door to take us away if we have different opinions on it! :)
----
Daniel70
On 27/02/2026 11:42 am, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 2/26/2026 11:36, The True Melissa wrote:As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop", I'd just like
Verily, in article <TvPnR.4395$_WG.1076@fx02.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599For the most part.
@aol.com deliver unto us this message:
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things.-a Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of >>>> that out after mom died.
Was it clean, at least?
to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
----
Daniel70
The True Doctor wrote:
On 26/02/2026 16:11, Blueshirt wrote:
The True Doctor wrote:
On 25/02/2026 11:10, The True Melissa wrote:
When something did happen with the companions, it was
usually a surprise marriage to explain a departure. That
was silly, so it's probably just
The original plan was to have Leela killed off. Marriage
was a far better and wiser option.
Susan, Vicki, Jo Grant and Peri also got married off when
they left the show.
So did Amy and Rory. Ian and Barbera? Can't remember.
Not sure either, but it seems a bit of a trope. (One that I'd
never even thought about until Melissa mentioned it.)
Daniel70 wrote:
On 27/02/2026 4:13 am, Blueshirt wrote:
In hindsight, it's the classic era of the show that is
important to me. I could re-watch those episodes over and
over again... in fact, I have done. Yet there's only about
five or six post-2005 episodes of Doctor Who that stand up
to multiple viewing. (IMO of course.) With episodes now,
once seen soon forgotten.
.... which means you can watch it again next month and it'll
be a whole new experience!!
That must work for you so?! ;-)
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop",
I'd just like to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up
there for a few more years.>
On 2/26/2026 11:36, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <TvPnR.4395$_WG.1076@fx02.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599 @aol.com deliver unto us this message:
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of >> that out after mom died.
Was it clean, at least?
For the most part.
Verily, in article <SL5oR.1353$q61.21@fx15.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599
@aol.com deliver unto us this message:
On 2/26/2026 11:36, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <TvPnR.4395$_WG.1076@fx02.ams4>, did Hornplayer9599For the most part.
@aol.com deliver unto us this message:
Her two car garage in the new home was packed to the gills with
all of her things. Took me and my sister about 6 months to clear all of >> >> that out after mom died.
Was it clean, at least?
That's huge. There's a big difference between having more stuff than
your kids think is normal and having so much junk everywhere that
there's no way to maintain basic sanitation.
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United States of America - North America - Earth
Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop", I'd just like
to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up there for a
few more years.>
On 2026-02-27 11:00:17 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop", I'd just like >>> to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up there for a
few more years.>
The thrift shop would be the option for your inheritors to get rid of
your "old junk" without just binning it. :-)
There are of course numerous other charity / thrift / op shops. Here in
New Zealand we have the SPCA, Hospice, St John, City Mission, Red
Cross, as well as Salvation Army and many smaller charity organsiations
and churches.
On 2026-02-27 11:00:17 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop",
I'd just like to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up
there for a few more years.>
The thrift shop would be the option for your inheritors to get
rid of your "old junk" without just binning it. :-)
There are of course numerous other charity / thrift / op
shops. Here in New Zealand we have the SPCA, Hospice, St John,
City Mission, Red Cross, as well as Salvation Army and many
smaller charity organsiations and churches.
Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-27 11:00:17 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop",
I'd just like to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up
there for a few more years.>
The thrift shop would be the option for your inheritors to get
rid of your "old junk" without just binning it. :-)
Who knows what they'll do with it? It'll be their choice.
My money is still on 'the bin' though...
There are of course numerous other charity / thrift / op
shops. Here in New Zealand we have the SPCA, Hospice, St John,
City Mission, Red Cross, as well as Salvation Army and many
smaller charity organsiations and churches.
I'd choose the bin before any religious organisation myself...
but when I'm gone I won't be around to care... so they can
do what they want with it all.
By then, maybe my old tat might be back in vogue and they might
even get some cash for it all?
Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-27 11:00:17 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop",
I'd just like to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up
there for a few more years.>
The thrift shop would be the option for your inheritors to get
rid of your "old junk" without just binning it. :-)
Who knows what they'll do with it? It'll be their choice.
My money is still on 'the bin' though...
There are of course numerous other charity / thrift / op
shops. Here in New Zealand we have the SPCA, Hospice, St John,
City Mission, Red Cross, as well as Salvation Army and many
smaller charity organsiations and churches.
I'd choose the bin before any religious organisation myself...
but when I'm gone I won't be around to care... so they can
do what they want with it all.
By then, maybe my old tat might be back in vogue and they might
even get some cash for it all?
On 28/02/2026 10:35 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-27 11:00:17 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop",
I'd just like to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up
there for a few more years.>
The thrift shop would be the option for your inheritors to get
rid of your "old junk" without just binning it. :-)
Who knows what they'll do with it? It'll be their choice.
My money is still on 'the bin' though...
Speaking of 'the bin', with my Salvation Army Thrift Shop, they sort the >stuff before it goes out into the shop ... and then they get paid, I
think, $0.10 per Kg of 'rags'.
There are of course numerous other charity / thrift / op
shops. Here in New Zealand we have the SPCA, Hospice, St John,
City Mission, Red Cross, as well as Salvation Army and many
smaller charity organsiations and churches.
I'd choose the bin before any religious organisation myself...
To each, their own!!
--but when I'm gone I won't be around to care... so they canOne can but live in hope!!
do what they want with it all.
By then, maybe my old tat might be back in vogue and they might
even get some cash for it all?
--
Daniel70
Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-27 11:00:17 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop", I'd just like >>>> to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up there for a >>> few more years.>
The thrift shop would be the option for your inheritors to get rid of
your "old junk" without just binning it. :-)
Who knows what they'll do with it? It'll be their choice.
My money is still on 'the bin' though...
There are of course numerous other charity / thrift / op shops. Here in
New Zealand we have the SPCA, Hospice, St John, City Mission, Red
Cross, as well as Salvation Army and many smaller charity organsiations
and churches.
I'd choose the bin before any religious organisation myself...
but when I'm gone I won't be around to care... so they can do what they
want with it all.
By then, maybe my old tat might be back in vogue and they might even
get some cash for it all?
On 2026-02-28 11:35:18 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Your Name wrote:
On 2026-02-27 11:00:17 +0000, Blueshirt said:
Daniel70 wrote:
As I volunteer at the local "Salvation Army Thrift Shop", I'd just like >>>>> to remind readers .... there ARE options!!
Hmmmm....
1) Give to a religious organisation
2) Hoard until I die
<Move those boxes into the loft son, they will be grand up there for a >>>> few more years.>
The thrift shop would be the option for your inheritors to get rid of
your "old junk" without just binning it. :-)
Who knows what they'll do with it? It'll be their choice.
My money is still on 'the bin' though...
There are of course numerous other charity / thrift / op shops. Here in >>> New Zealand we have the SPCA, Hospice, St John, City Mission, Red
Cross, as well as Salvation Army and many smaller charity organsiations >>> and churches.
I'd choose the bin before any religious organisation myself...
Me too, but the first three aren't religious organisations.
The SPCA is the animal charity.
Hospice are the care centres for terminally ill people (some are run by >churches while others aren't).
St John (despite the religious name) runs the only national ambulance >service, provides on-site medical staff for events, etc. Stupidly this >service is not government-funded in New Zealand, so relies on donations.
but when I'm gone I won't be around to care... so they can do what they
want with it all.
By then, maybe my old tat might be back in vogue and they might even
get some cash for it all?
The other option is to stipulate in your will that your belongings
(maybe including house, car, etc.) have to be sold at auction and the
money goes to wherever you want - whether that is your family and / or
a charitable organisation of your choice.
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