A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before there
should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have some
interesting things to say about this.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled tendrils.
She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during those Victorian adventures. She's also wearing a different leather minidress. This one
has straps and laces and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of kilter.
Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this episode shows
that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under trees,
and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This situation
calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and very dramatic
he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely a
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks
for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles
with slang.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
Leela is good with trauma. Instead of pressing Mrs. Tyler to say what happened, she reassures that Mrs. Tyler is safe now until Mrs. Tyler
begins speaking freely.
The skeleton with a pentagram in its skull is interesting. It isn't a
true pentagram since it's not on a plane, but the Doctor figures a dim
memory of it informs our use of it as a mystical symbol. Could be, but
when did anyone ever see it? The skull just got found recently. Did we
just sense it somehow? This could have used either a little more
attention or an original, non-mystical symbol.
Anyone talking about mankind's "destiny" bears careful watching.
There's another great ending shot as the Doctor is trapped by the
glowing skull.
Leela arrives to save the day. "I felt something was wrong, so I
followed the feeling." The Doctor admits she saved his life.
I love Thea's face as the creep is being creepy at her. It's a perfect combination of fear and WTF.
THEA: Max! Max, you are a fool!
(beat)
MAX: I shall be a god.
Time fissures are one of this show's explanation for ghosts. I wonder if anyone has a list.
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After repeatedly insisting that the creature did not look like a man, Mrs. Tyler finally
says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows what she's about.-+-
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to think
clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you know." According to whom?
That skull *groomed* us. It groomed us into prey. This will not stand! A supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this is one of
the episodes where they couldn't get him to work right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have influenced human evolution and history, it's no wonder the Doctor started spending so
much time here. It appears to be the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show that just
about anything from it is good.
9/10
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles with slang.
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human colony.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered reading
and writing 5,000 years ago?
I wonder why the Fendahl and the Daemons never got into a fight over
who had prior right to groom humanity. Did they even know either of
them was there.
Or was it like the child groomer Russell T Davies
saying, I'm not going to undo my good friend the child groomer Chris Chibnall's work.
Verily, in article <10ua7lt$13sje$1@dont-email.me>, did agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks >>> for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles >>> with slang.
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human colony.
The language couldn't have remained unchanged for so long. She doesn't
speak what we think of as English, even if it's derived.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered reading
and writing 5,000 years ago?
According to the episode, we evolved on Earth while being influenced by
the skull into becoming food.
This episode reminds me of Gnosticism. I don't think that's intentional, since I didn't notice Gnostic symbolism and the aliens eat our cognition rather than our emotions. I think Gnostics would enjoy it, though.
I wonder why the Fendahl and the Daemons never got into a fight over
who had prior right to groom humanity. Did they even know either of
them was there.
Don't forget the Silence and all the other players. Earth is like Grand Central Station with all the plots and schemes. Are other planets like
this?
Or was it like the child groomer Russell T Davies
saying, I'm not going to undo my good friend the child groomer Chris
Chibnall's work.
LOL.
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long
before there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will
probably have some interesting things to say about this.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled
tendrils. She must have paid attention to the hairstyles
during those Victorian adventures. She's also wearing a
different leather minidress. This one has straps and laces
and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of
kilter. Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and
this episode shows that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for
leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps
under trees, and just enjoys being here.
[Snip]
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After
repeatedly insisting that the creature did not look like a
man, Mrs. Tyler finally says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows
what she's about.
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to
think clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you
know." According to whom?
That skull groomed us. It groomed us into prey. This will not
stand! A supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this
is one of the episodes where they couldn't get him to work
right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have
influenced human evolution and history, it's no wonder the
Doctor started spending so much time here. It appears to be
the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show
that just about anything from it is good.
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before there
should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have some
interesting things to say about this.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled tendrils.
She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during those Victorian >adventures. She's also wearing a different leather minidress. This one
has straps and laces and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of kilter.
Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this episode shows
that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under trees,
and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This situation
calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and very dramatic
he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely a
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks
for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles >with slang.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
Leela is good with trauma. Instead of pressing Mrs. Tyler to say what >happened, she reassures that Mrs. Tyler is safe now until Mrs. Tyler
begins speaking freely.
The skeleton with a pentagram in its skull is interesting. It isn't a
true pentagram since it's not on a plane, but the Doctor figures a dim >memory of it informs our use of it as a mystical symbol. Could be, but
when did anyone ever see it? The skull just got found recently. Did we
just sense it somehow? This could have used either a little more
attention or an original, non-mystical symbol.
Anyone talking about mankind's "destiny" bears careful watching.
There's another great ending shot as the Doctor is trapped by the
glowing skull.
Leela arrives to save the day. "I felt something was wrong, so I
followed the feeling." The Doctor admits she saved his life.
I love Thea's face as the creep is being creepy at her. It's a perfect >combination of fear and WTF.
THEA: Max! Max, you are a fool!
(beat)
MAX: I shall be a god.
Time fissures are one of this show's explanation for ghosts. I wonder if >anyone has a list.
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After repeatedly >insisting that the creature did not look like a man, Mrs. Tyler finally >says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows what she's >about.
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to think
clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you know." >According to whom?
That skull *groomed* us. It groomed us into prey. This will not stand! A >supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this is one of
the episodes where they couldn't get him to work right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have influenced human >evolution and history, it's no wonder the Doctor started spending so
much time here. It appears to be the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show that just
about anything from it is good.
9/10
----
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 16/05/2026 16:09, The True Melissa wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before there
should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have some
interesting things to say about this.
Well, it provides a premise for their being panspermia in Doctor Who in
more or less the same manner it was introduced in Star Trek. Need to
watch the Season 7 episodes again to see if they pinched it from Doctor
Who. It also dates Time Lord interference back 12 million years.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled tendrils.
She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during those Victorian
adventures. She's also wearing a different leather minidress. This one
has straps and laces and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
I thought the fetish gear was the dark leather outfit she started out
with and put on again at the end of the final episode.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of kilter.
Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this episode shows
that that's not needed.
The fewer special effects they used the better the episodes are.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under trees,
and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This situation
calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and very dramatic
he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely a
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks
for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles
with slang.
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human colony.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered reading
and writing 5,000 years ago?
Leela is good with trauma. Instead of pressing Mrs. Tyler to say what
happened, she reassures that Mrs. Tyler is safe now until Mrs. Tyler
begins speaking freely.
The skeleton with a pentagram in its skull is interesting. It isn't a
true pentagram since it's not on a plane, but the Doctor figures a dim
memory of it informs our use of it as a mystical symbol. Could be, but
when did anyone ever see it? The skull just got found recently. Did we
just sense it somehow? This could have used either a little more
attention or an original, non-mystical symbol.
They originally thought it was due to the skull having cracked over time
and by coincidence the cracks resembled a pentagram.
Anyone talking about mankind's "destiny" bears careful watching.
There's another great ending shot as the Doctor is trapped by the
glowing skull.
Leela arrives to save the day. "I felt something was wrong, so I
followed the feeling." The Doctor admits she saved his life.
I love Thea's face as the creep is being creepy at her. It's a perfect
combination of fear and WTF.
And children didn't need a degenerate woke lecture about incels from a
child grooming pervert to understand it. They could see Max was evil
when he chloroformed Thea and then injected her with something, and that >kind of behaviour was bad. Adults could see it was a metaphor for date
rape and so on.
THEA: Max! Max, you are a fool!
(beat)
MAX: I shall be a god.
Time fissures are one of this show's explanation for ghosts. I wonder if
anyone has a list.
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After repeatedly
insisting that the creature did not look like a man, Mrs. Tyler finally
says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows what she's
about.-+-
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to think
clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you know."
According to whom?
That skull *groomed* us. It groomed us into prey. This will not stand! A
supernova is the proper destination.
Which is also where the child groomers Davies and Chibnall should be
thrown into.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this is one of
the episodes where they couldn't get him to work right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have influenced human
evolution and history, it's no wonder the Doctor started spending so
much time here. It appears to be the Wild West of the galaxy.
I wonder why the Fendahl and the Daemons never got into a fight over who
had prior right to groom humanity. Did they even know either of them was >there. Or was it like the child groomer Russell T Davies saying, I'm not >going to undo my good friend the child groomer Chris Chibnall's work.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show that just
about anything from it is good.
9/10
----
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 <10ua7lt$13sje$1@dont-email.me>, did >agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks >> > for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles >> > with slang.
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human colony.
The language couldn't have remained unchanged for so long. She doesn't
speak what we think of as English, even if it's derived.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered reading
and writing 5,000 years ago?
According to the episode, we evolved on Earth while being influenced by
the skull into becoming food.
This episode reminds me of Gnosticism. I don't think that's intentional, >since I didn't notice Gnostic symbolism and the aliens eat our cognition >rather than our emotions. I think Gnostics would enjoy it, though.
I wonder why the Fendahl and the Daemons never got into a fight over
who had prior right to groom humanity. Did they even know either of
them was there.
Don't forget the Silence and all the other players. Earth is like Grand >Central Station with all the plots and schemes. Are other planets like
this?
Or was it like the child groomer Russell T Davies
saying, I'm not going to undo my good friend the child groomer Chris
Chibnall's work.
LOL.
----
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 16/05/2026 18:34, The True Melissa wrote:
Verily, in article <10ua7lt$13sje$1@dont-email.me>, did
agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM deliver unto us this message:
The language couldn't have remained unchanged for so long. She doesn'tsmart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks >>>> for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles >>>> with slang.
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human colony. >>
speak what we think of as English, even if it's derived.
Greek has remained unchanged for 2500 years. Anyone who can speak modern >Greek can easily understand Attic Koine. They might not be able to talk >using the same syntax but they can easily read anything written in it.
Remember the only reason why English has changed is because it's a
hybrid language of Greek, Latin, French, and German and it wasn't
codified until the 1600s. Greek was codified since the time of Homer and >since Mycenaean times there have been no major external influences. The
same would apply to English in 3000 years time. No major change because >there would be 3000 years of literature that people would need to be
able to read, watch, listen to, and understand.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered reading
and writing 5,000 years ago?
According to the episode, we evolved on Earth while being influenced by
the skull into becoming food.
This episode reminds me of Gnosticism. I don't think that's intentional,
since I didn't notice Gnostic symbolism and the aliens eat our cognition
rather than our emotions. I think Gnostics would enjoy it, though.
The Fendahl turned everyone into a gestalt. The brainwashing associated
with modern religion where everyone is forced to think and behave in
exactly the same way is more or less the same thing.
I wonder why the Fendahl and the Daemons never got into a fight over
who had prior right to groom humanity. Did they even know either of
them was there.
Don't forget the Silence and all the other players. Earth is like Grand
Central Station with all the plots and schemes. Are other planets like
this?
They are in E E Smiths Lensman universe.
Or was it like the child groomer Russell T Davies
saying, I'm not going to undo my good friend the child groomer Chris
Chibnall's work.
LOL.
----
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 Melissa wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long
before there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will
probably have some interesting things to say about this.
I hope we're not going to be doing THAT again?!!
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled
tendrils. She must have paid attention to the hairstyles
during those Victorian adventures. She's also wearing a
different leather minidress. This one has straps and laces
and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
I was twelve in 1977, I wouldn't have known what fetish gear
was, and women's cleavage didn't grab my attention then either!
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of
kilter. Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and
this episode shows that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for
leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps
under trees, and just enjoys being here.
This Doctor was fun.
[Snip]
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After
repeatedly insisting that the creature did not look like a
man, Mrs. Tyler finally says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows
what she's about.
Every rural village has a Mrs Tyler...
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to
think clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you
know." According to whom?
The Time Lords and what they are about is never consistent.
That skull groomed us. It groomed us into prey. This will not
stand! A supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this
is one of the episodes where they couldn't get him to work
right.
The idea for K9 came after this script was written.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have
influenced human evolution and history, it's no wonder the
Doctor started spending so much time here. It appears to be
the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show
that just about anything from it is good.
Pretty much. There are strong Fourth Doctor stories and weak[er]
Fourth Doctor stories... but they are all head and shoulders
above what followed in the 1980's.
On 16/05/2026 16:09, The True Melissa wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before
there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have
some interesting things to say about this.
Well, it provides a premise for their being panspermia in Doctor Who
in more or less the same manner it was introduced in Star Trek. Need
to watch the Season 7 episodes again to see if they pinched it from
Doctor Who. It also dates Time Lord interference back 12 million
years.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled
tendrils. She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during
those Victorian adventures. She's also wearing a different leather
minidress. This one has straps and laces and looks like fetish
gear. Sigh.
I thought the fetish gear was the dark leather outfit she started out
with and put on again at the end of the final episode.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of
kilter. Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this
episode shows that that's not needed.
The fewer special effects they used the better the episodes are.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for
leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under
trees, and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This
situation calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and
very dramatic he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending
show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely
a smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of
boomsticks for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it
struggles with slang.
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human
colony.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even
if it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered
reading and writing 5,000 years ago?
On 17/05/2026 2:57 am, The True Doctor wrote:
On 16/05/2026 16:09, The True Melissa wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before
there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have
some interesting things to say about this.
Well, it provides a premise for their being panspermia in Doctor Who
in more or less the same manner it was introduced in Star Trek. Need
to watch the Season 7 episodes again to see if they pinched it from
Doctor Who. It also dates Time Lord interference back 12 million
years.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled
tendrils. She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during
those Victorian adventures. She's also wearing a different leather
minidress. This one has straps and laces and looks like fetish
gear. Sigh.
I thought the fetish gear was the dark leather outfit she started out
with and put on again at the end of the final episode.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of
kilter. Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this
episode shows that that's not needed.
The fewer special effects they used the better the episodes are.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for
leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under
trees, and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This
situation calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and
very dramatic he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending
show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely
a smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of
boomsticks for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it
struggles with slang.
"whoppers"!! Not proper BBC English, is it??
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human
colony.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even
if it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered
reading and writing 5,000 years ago?
WHAT?? Monkeys could Read and Write 5,000 years ago?? They've regressed >somewhat since then!!
----
Daniel70
In article <xn0ppupsi4vz02r001@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
before there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will
probably have some interesting things to say about this.
I hope we're not going to be doing THAT again?!!
Afraid of a nuclear exchange?
Verily, in article <10ub5oe$2t9o$10@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
In article <xn0ppupsi4vz02r001@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
before there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon
will probably have some interesting things to say
about this.
I hope we're not going to be doing THAT again?!!
Afraid of a nuclear exchange?
I thought those were interesting discussions.
On 17/05/2026 2:57 am, The True Doctor wrote:
On 16/05/2026 16:09, The True Melissa wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before
there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have
some interesting things to say about this.
Well, it provides a premise for their being panspermia in Doctor Who
in more or less the same manner it was introduced in Star Trek. Need
to watch the Season 7 episodes again to see if they pinched it from
Doctor Who. It also dates Time Lord interference back 12 million
years.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled
tendrils. She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during
those Victorian adventures. She's also wearing a different leather
minidress. This one has straps and laces and looks like fetish
gear. Sigh.
I thought the fetish gear was the dark leather outfit she started out
-awith and put on again at the end of the final episode.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of
kilter. Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this
episode shows that that's not needed.
The fewer special effects they used the better the episodes are.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for
leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under
trees, and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This
situation calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and
very dramatic he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending
show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely
a smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of
boomsticks for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it
struggles with slang.
"whoppers"!! Not proper BBC English, is it??
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human
colony.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even
if it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered
reading and writing 5,000 years ago?
WHAT?? Monkeys could Read and Write 5,000 years ago?? They've regressed somewhat since then!!
In article <MPG.447252b2a836978b989ea0@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before there
should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have some
interesting things to say about this.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled tendrils.
She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during those Victorian
adventures. She's also wearing a different leather minidress. This one
has straps and laces and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of kilter.
Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this episode shows
that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under trees,
and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This situation
calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and very dramatic
he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely a
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks
for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles
with slang.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
Leela is good with trauma. Instead of pressing Mrs. Tyler to say what
happened, she reassures that Mrs. Tyler is safe now until Mrs. Tyler
begins speaking freely.
The skeleton with a pentagram in its skull is interesting. It isn't a
true pentagram since it's not on a plane, but the Doctor figures a dim
memory of it informs our use of it as a mystical symbol. Could be, but
when did anyone ever see it? The skull just got found recently. Did we
just sense it somehow? This could have used either a little more
attention or an original, non-mystical symbol.
Anyone talking about mankind's "destiny" bears careful watching.
There's another great ending shot as the Doctor is trapped by the
glowing skull.
Leela arrives to save the day. "I felt something was wrong, so I
followed the feeling." The Doctor admits she saved his life.
I love Thea's face as the creep is being creepy at her. It's a perfect
combination of fear and WTF.
THEA: Max! Max, you are a fool!
(beat)
MAX: I shall be a god.
Time fissures are one of this show's explanation for ghosts. I wonder if
anyone has a list.
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After repeatedly
insisting that the creature did not look like a man, Mrs. Tyler finally
says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows what she's
about.
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to think
clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you know."
According to whom?
That skull *groomed* us. It groomed us into prey. This will not stand! A
supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this is one of
the episodes where they couldn't get him to work right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have influenced human
evolution and history, it's no wonder the Doctor started spending so
much time here. It appears to be the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show that just
about anything from it is good.
9/10
Why is Bluey/BS the outlier?
Is it a form of AI?
Verily, in article <10ub5oe$2t9o$10@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did >doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
In article <xn0ppupsi4vz02r001@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
before there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will
probably have some interesting things to say about this.
I hope we're not going to be doing THAT again?!!
Afraid of a nuclear exchange?
I thought those were interesting discussions.
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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 <10ub5oe$2t9o$10@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did
doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:
In article <xn0ppupsi4vz02r001@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
before there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon
will probably have some interesting things to say
about this.
I hope we're not going to be doing THAT again?!!
Afraid of a nuclear exchange?
I thought those were interesting discussions.
All discussions here are interesting... until they go round
and around and over the same ground.
On 17/05/2026 12:26, Daniel70 wrote:
On 17/05/2026 2:57 am, The True Doctor wrote:
On 16/05/2026 16:09, The True Melissa wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before
there should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have
some interesting things to say about this.
Well, it provides a premise for their being panspermia in Doctor Who
in more or less the same manner it was introduced in Star Trek. Need
to watch the Season 7 episodes again to see if they pinched it from
Doctor Who. It also dates Time Lord interference back 12 million
years.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled
tendrils. She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during
those Victorian adventures. She's also wearing a different leather
minidress. This one has straps and laces and looks like fetish
gear. Sigh.
I thought the fetish gear was the dark leather outfit she started out
-awith and put on again at the end of the final episode.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of
kilter. Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this
episode shows that that's not needed.
The fewer special effects they used the better the episodes are.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for
leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under
trees, and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This
situation calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and
very dramatic he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending
show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely
a smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of
boomsticks for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it
struggles with slang.
"whoppers"!! Not proper BBC English, is it??
I thought she spoke English natively. Remember she's from a human
colony.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even
if it's not quite right.
You think we're all descended from monkeys who only discovered
reading and writing 5,000 years ago?
WHAT?? Monkeys could Read and Write 5,000 years ago?? They've regressed
somewhat since then!!
And we have Russell T Davies and Chris Chibnall to prove it. Total >degeneracy.
----
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 17/05/2026 02:17, The Doctor wrote:
In article <MPG.447252b2a836978b989ea0@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before there
should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have some
interesting things to say about this.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled tendrils.
She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during those Victorian
adventures. She's also wearing a different leather minidress. This one
has straps and laces and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of kilter.
Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this episode shows
that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under trees,
and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This situation
calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and very dramatic
he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely a
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks >>> for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles >>> with slang.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
Leela is good with trauma. Instead of pressing Mrs. Tyler to say what
happened, she reassures that Mrs. Tyler is safe now until Mrs. Tyler
begins speaking freely.
The skeleton with a pentagram in its skull is interesting. It isn't a
true pentagram since it's not on a plane, but the Doctor figures a dim
memory of it informs our use of it as a mystical symbol. Could be, but
when did anyone ever see it? The skull just got found recently. Did we
just sense it somehow? This could have used either a little more
attention or an original, non-mystical symbol.
Anyone talking about mankind's "destiny" bears careful watching.
There's another great ending shot as the Doctor is trapped by the
glowing skull.
Leela arrives to save the day. "I felt something was wrong, so I
followed the feeling." The Doctor admits she saved his life.
I love Thea's face as the creep is being creepy at her. It's a perfect
combination of fear and WTF.
THEA: Max! Max, you are a fool!
(beat)
MAX: I shall be a god.
Time fissures are one of this show's explanation for ghosts. I wonder if >>> anyone has a list.
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After repeatedly
insisting that the creature did not look like a man, Mrs. Tyler finally
says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows what she's
about.
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to think
clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you know."
According to whom?
That skull *groomed* us. It groomed us into prey. This will not stand! A >>> supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this is one of
the episodes where they couldn't get him to work right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have influenced human
evolution and history, it's no wonder the Doctor started spending so
much time here. It appears to be the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show that just
about anything from it is good.
9/10
Why is Bluey/BS the outlier?
Is it a form of AI?
No but you are.
----
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
In article <10ucqig$1q4tq$2@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 17/05/2026 02:17, The Doctor wrote:
In article <MPG.447252b2a836978b989ea0@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before there
should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have some
interesting things to say about this.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled tendrils. >>>> She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during those Victorian
adventures. She's also wearing a different leather minidress. This one >>>> has straps and laces and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of kilter.
Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this episode shows >>>> that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for leadership.
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under trees, >>>> and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This situation
calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and very dramatic >>>> he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely a
smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks >>>> for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles >>>> with slang.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if
it's not quite right.
Leela is good with trauma. Instead of pressing Mrs. Tyler to say what
happened, she reassures that Mrs. Tyler is safe now until Mrs. Tyler
begins speaking freely.
The skeleton with a pentagram in its skull is interesting. It isn't a
true pentagram since it's not on a plane, but the Doctor figures a dim >>>> memory of it informs our use of it as a mystical symbol. Could be, but >>>> when did anyone ever see it? The skull just got found recently. Did we >>>> just sense it somehow? This could have used either a little more
attention or an original, non-mystical symbol.
Anyone talking about mankind's "destiny" bears careful watching.
There's another great ending shot as the Doctor is trapped by the
glowing skull.
Leela arrives to save the day. "I felt something was wrong, so I
followed the feeling." The Doctor admits she saved his life.
I love Thea's face as the creep is being creepy at her. It's a perfect >>>> combination of fear and WTF.
THEA: Max! Max, you are a fool!
(beat)
MAX: I shall be a god.
Time fissures are one of this show's explanation for ghosts. I wonder if >>>> anyone has a list.
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After repeatedly
insisting that the creature did not look like a man, Mrs. Tyler finally >>>> says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows what she's >>>> about.
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to think
clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you know."
According to whom?
That skull *groomed* us. It groomed us into prey. This will not stand! A >>>> supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this is one of >>>> the episodes where they couldn't get him to work right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have influenced human >>>> evolution and history, it's no wonder the Doctor started spending so
much time here. It appears to be the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show that just >>>> about anything from it is good.
9/10
Why is Bluey/BS the outlier?
Is it a form of AI?
No but you are.
I am not outlier. As for AI as a tool ...
On 17/05/2026 20:59, The Doctor wrote:
In article <10ucqig$1q4tq$2@dont-email.me>,
The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
On 17/05/2026 02:17, The Doctor wrote:
In article <MPG.447252b2a836978b989ea0@news.eternal-september.org>,
The True Melissa <thetruemelissa@gmail.com> wrote:
A homo sapiens skull has been found, dating back to long before there >>>>> should be any homo sapiens. Agamemnon will probably have some
interesting things to say about this.
I like Leela with a bun! Her hair's elegantly up, with curled tendrils. >>>>> She must have paid attention to the hairstyles during those Victorian >>>>> adventures. She's also wearing a different leather minidress. This one >>>>> has straps and laces and looks like fetish gear. Sigh.
The askew camera does a fine job of showing space-time out of kilter. >>>>> Today there'd be a blizzard of special effects, and this episode shows >>>>> that that's not needed.
The Doctor and Leela continue their playful struggle for leadership. >>>>>
The Doctor just plain likes Earth. He talks to cows, naps under trees, >>>>> and just enjoys being here.
The plot thickens, with time distortions everywhere. This situation
calls for a Time Lord. Fortunately, one is available, and very dramatic >>>>> he looks staring solemnly from the fog. Great ending show.
Leela has become quite comfortable with firearms. She's definitely a >>>>> smart one. Many people from her background would be scared of boomsticks >>>>> for quite some time.
The TARDIS fails to translate "whoppers" for Leela. Perhaps it struggles >>>>> with slang.
"Man did not evolve on Earth. Of this I am sure." Good line, even if >>>>> it's not quite right.
Leela is good with trauma. Instead of pressing Mrs. Tyler to say what >>>>> happened, she reassures that Mrs. Tyler is safe now until Mrs. Tyler >>>>> begins speaking freely.
The skeleton with a pentagram in its skull is interesting. It isn't a >>>>> true pentagram since it's not on a plane, but the Doctor figures a dim >>>>> memory of it informs our use of it as a mystical symbol. Could be, but >>>>> when did anyone ever see it? The skull just got found recently. Did we >>>>> just sense it somehow? This could have used either a little more
attention or an original, non-mystical symbol.
Anyone talking about mankind's "destiny" bears careful watching.
There's another great ending shot as the Doctor is trapped by the
glowing skull.
Leela arrives to save the day. "I felt something was wrong, so I
followed the feeling." The Doctor admits she saved his life.
I love Thea's face as the creep is being creepy at her. It's a perfect >>>>> combination of fear and WTF.
THEA: Max! Max, you are a fool!
(beat)
MAX: I shall be a god.
Time fissures are one of this show's explanation for ghosts. I wonder if >>>>> anyone has a list.
There's a fun, though short, use of a classic twist. After repeatedly >>>>> insisting that the creature did not look like a man, Mrs. Tyler finally >>>>> says, "Twere a woman."
Salt -- it's handy. Mrs. Tyler recommends it, and she knows what she's >>>>> about.
The Doctor rather emphasizes that he was "too frightened to think
clearly." Thoughts on that?
Whoa, Thea's not in good shape.
The Time Lords are "not supposed to do that sort of thing, you know." >>>>> According to whom?
That skull *groomed* us. It groomed us into prey. This will not stand! A >>>>> supernova is the proper destination.
In closing, I wonder why K9 wasn't utilized much. Maybe this is one of >>>>> the episodes where they couldn't get him to work right.
You know, given the number of alien forces which have influenced human >>>>> evolution and history, it's no wonder the Doctor started spending so >>>>> much time here. It appears to be the Wild West of the galaxy.
This is a good watch. This is such a strong era for the show that just >>>>> about anything from it is good.
9/10
Why is Bluey/BS the outlier?
Is it a form of AI?
No but you are.
I am not outlier. As for AI as a tool ...
Once again you have failed the Turing Test.
----
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
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