thasceles.bsky.social
Queer. Autistic. Depressive. Cricket tragic. Dr Who fan since the age of 6. TWAW. TMAM. Horror film lover. BLM. He/him. RIP dad. And a hard-boiled egg. "Fix your hearts or die."
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Yeah, that would've worked for me. At first he appears this tired, decrepit old man until the Rani says something that displeases him and his mouth opens wider and wider and wider and he swallows her.
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Aliens of London. When the pig's shot.
"What did you do that for? It was scared! It was scared."
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There's your Huddersfield joke...
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... being perceived. I've known him for 16 years, but it's still a very odd feeling to see to statements by somebody - not me - that so efficiently sum up practically everything about how I try to communicate.
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Oh, it really does. I've a friend who's 200 episodes into writing a podcast on rock music, which he describes as his attempt to say, "I like music", while adding any qualifications to that statement that people might ask him about. He also described his life as a quest to be understood without...
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But at least we've lived in a world that had Brian Wilson in it. I've nothing to say about Rowling.
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"They say I got brains, but they ain't doing me no good."
That line hit me like a fucking train.
I'm sorry, mate.
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Too right. Would reality be more bearable if Trump dressed up as an old man with two wastepaper baskets on his head, do you think?
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You can still come back to us and watch Graham Crowden demonstrate that subtlety is overrated. "YOU FOO-OOLS! YOU ARE ALL DOOMED!" *sinks to floor while giggling insanely*
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It's like Game of Thrones. "It has to be grimdark and rapey - it's realistic. That's what it would be like." Mate, it's got dragons and witches. You call it realism, I call it Narnia with tits.
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Absolutely. Give me a choice between David Chase satirising the American Dream and Peter Davison struggling to look earnest when faced with giant turds and Anthony Ainley dressed as Ali Bongo - Timeflight wins every time, tiny perspective set and all.
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Intellectually, I can recognise The Sopranos is very good television. But 6 (or is it 7?) years of searing indictments of masculinity, interspersed with topless dancers, gets a bit much. Sometimes, you just want Tom Baker shouting at a crap robot.
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The Who section of Lego Dimensions was pretty great.
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Exactly the role I was thinking of.
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I could see that working. I'd suggest Gene Wilder, myself.
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Obviously, if I'd replied to the other one, it would have referred to this tweet instead of the other one. Enough qualifications. Press send. (I did think of doing that in the style of an editor's note à la Private Eye, but decided against because transphobia.) Oh, look. More qualifications.
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This. Fucking this. (I've just spent 15 minutes deciding whether to reply to this or the one about the autistic desire to be understood without being perceived. Would've been the same reply either way.)
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My sister has a Ridgeback approximately the size of a strategically shaven bear. The number of people who won't accept, "No, don't try to pet him"...
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I read recently that the original casting for Frankenstein - the True Story was Tom Baker as the monster. Apparently someone on the production side wanted a bigger name, so they went with Michael Sarrazin instead. Feels like a definite missed opportunity.
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"It's such fun being a night person. "
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I had a similar reaction when I read that. Sometimes, fan opinion really ages like milk.
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He was a good-looking lad, wasn't he?
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Nope. Not too mean at all.
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Just finished reading this. I got my diagnosis of autism 7 years ago, when I was 46. Your story rings very familiar. Getting a diagnosis helps explain so much, doesn't it?
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The Innocents is a great film. The black and white version of The Haunting too.
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That's a really good book. Have you seen the 1963 film of it?
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... In End of Time, the Master is looking at Rassilon and thinking, "I used to be that good-looking." Meanwhile, Rassilon's embarrassed that he's been caught cosplaying.
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My own headcanon is that at some point, like the Doctor, the Master's exiled to Earth and, like the Doctor, hegets a job in British Intelligence. Where the Doctor calls himself John Smith, the Master calls himself James Bond. As a side note, it explains why Rassilon and the Master hate each other...
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Yeah. They say never meet your heroes - that really didn't apply here. (Christopher Lee, on the other hand...)
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Also, Davies never guaranteed no more gap years. He said the plan was for no gap years. Plans sometimes have to change.
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"We need to be strong and militant like in 1989." Yeah, because that worked so well. The BBC caved and brought the show back only 16 years later.
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I suspect there's the odd person who Lector actually helped - people would've noticed quicker if he ate all his clients.
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... Here was the hero of my childhood, so, nervously, "Erm, good morning, Mr Baker. I hope you're well." Huge toothy grin from him. Leaned in close. Stage-whispered, "My conscience is clear... Can you say the same?" Ominous chuckle. Door opened. Out he swept. I felt like I'd met the Doctor.
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I met Tom twice- once when he was touring with his autobiography, once in a hotel in Manchester at a convention. The 2nd time, I was in the lift, going down to breakfast when the door opens and in sweeps Tom Baker, resplendent in pinstripe suit. I thought I had to say something...
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I mean, equally someone who calls himself the Master might be referred to as the Boss. I prefer the idea that it's Susan, though.
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My guess is there's going to be a break before the next series, no-one knows how long it'll last and he has other stuff he wants to do. All perfectly fair. Playing the Doctor is a job. He wants to continue developing his career. Time to move on.
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A Foreman could be referred to as a Boss...
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I remember a review of Rose which said, "The Doctor is a Time Lord, not a Time Peasant" and suggested Eccleston was playing some junkie from Manchester who'd beaten up the Doctor and stolen the Tardis.
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They do have audio for all the missing episodes, yes.
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Yeah, I thought it might be. He's a very bitter man.