• Re: Twenty Years of New Who

    From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Mar 24 00:46:07 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0p3n49tvaf9x001@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    Since Trains were flying around in Winston Churchill's
    England and The Daleks (Ironsides) help out in WWII, I
    figured we were dealing with Parallel/Alternate Universes!!

    I'll say it again, before somebody else does...

    THERE WERE NO FLYING TRAINS IN THAT EPISODE!!!

    For further clarity...

    THERE WERE NO FLYING TRAINS IN VICTORY OF THE DALEKS!!!

    But third times a charm...

    VICTORY OF THE DALEKS DID NOT CONTAIN ANY SCENE OF TRAINS
    FLYING!!!

    Wasn't you a school teacher? You'll know that repetition is
    the first principle of learning then!

    Now go and watch the episode again...

    I back BS over Dannyboy!

    Er... that thought scares me Dave... thanks though, but it's not
    about taking sides.

    If I hadn't seen "Victory of the Daleks" since it was broadcast
    (2010) it's possible I could mis-remember things too... nobody
    can remember everything about every Doctor Who episode. My
    memory is very good but it ain't perfect! However, the last
    time we discussed this here on RADW I had re-watched the episode
    about three weeks before so it was very fresh in my mind. (I
    love Daleks, they are the episodes that I do tend to re-watch
    before any other.)

    "Mavity" is the reason we know that we are currently in some
    sort of parallel universe, which may or may not be connected to
    the Toymaker...

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Mar 24 00:51:04 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vromqa$24iqh$1@dont-email.me>,
    Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:

    Since Trains were flying around in Winston Churchill's
    England and The Daleks (Ironsides) help out in WWII, I
    figured we were dealing with Parallel/Alternate Universes!!

    Not really.

    That episode did have Spitfires flying around though... and we
    all know where they ended up flying to.

    Which is just as bonkers as trains flying around!

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  • From The Last Doctor@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Mar 24 01:17:05 2025
    On 23/03/2025 13:46, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0p3n49tvaf9x001@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    Since Trains were flying around in Winston Churchill's
    England and The Daleks (Ironsides) help out in WWII, I
    figured we were dealing with Parallel/Alternate Universes!!

    I'll say it again, before somebody else does...

    THERE WERE NO FLYING TRAINS IN THAT EPISODE!!!

    For further clarity...

    THERE WERE NO FLYING TRAINS IN VICTORY OF THE DALEKS!!!

    But third times a charm...

    VICTORY OF THE DALEKS DID NOT CONTAIN ANY SCENE OF TRAINS
    FLYING!!!

    Wasn't you a school teacher? You'll know that repetition is
    the first principle of learning then!

    Now go and watch the episode again...

    I back BS over Dannyboy!

    Er... that thought scares me Dave... thanks though, but it's not
    about taking sides.

    If I hadn't seen "Victory of the Daleks" since it was broadcast
    (2010) it's possible I could mis-remember things too... nobody
    can remember everything about every Doctor Who episode. My
    memory is very good but it ain't perfect! However, the last
    time we discussed this here on RADW I had re-watched the episode
    about three weeks before so it was very fresh in my mind. (I
    love Daleks, they are the episodes that I do tend to re-watch
    before any other.)

    The Wedding of River Song, with a timelocked, broken Earth, is the one with
    dinosaurs, Romans, Winston Churchill, airships and aerial trains.


    "Mavity" is the reason we know that we are currently in some
    sort of parallel universe, which may or may not be connected to
    the Toymaker...

    This, I sincerely hope, is the theme of "The Reality War" - which will bring
    RTDs "mavity" teaser to a conclusion, and possibly re-merge the Doctors?
    That would lay the groundwork for the rumoured "second year of Tennant
    specials".


    --
    There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t act a little childish
    sometimes.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Mar 24 01:37:59 2025
    The Last Doctor wrote:

    On 23/03/2025 13:46, Blueshirt wrote:

    If I hadn't seen "Victory of the Daleks" since it was
    broadcast (2010) it's possible I could mis-remember things
    too... nobody can remember everything about every Doctor Who
    episode. My memory is very good but it ain't perfect!
    However, the last time we discussed this here on RADW I had
    re-watched the episode about three weeks before so it was
    very fresh in my mind. (I love Daleks, they are the episodes
    that I do tend to re-watch before any other.)

    The Wedding of River Song, with a timelocked, broken Earth, is
    the one with dinosaurs, Romans, Winston Churchill, airships
    and aerial trains.

    Yes, that is the episode. Daniel is mixing them up. Although he
    was corrected last year when he mentioned the same thing, but
    seems to have forgotten that too!

    Winston Churchill & Daleks = Victory of the Daleks
    Winston Churchill & flying trains = Wedding of River Song

    "Mavity" is the reason we know that we are currently in some
    sort of parallel universe, which may or may not be connected
    to the Toymaker...

    This, I sincerely hope, is the theme of "The Reality War" -
    which will bring RTDs "mavity" teaser to a conclusion, and
    possibly re-merge the Doctors? That would lay the groundwork
    for the rumoured "second year of Tennant specials".

    Reality and getting back to the 'real' universe is a good call.
    The "mavity" thing was going to have to be tied-up at some
    stage. As is the Susan Twist thing too, she's back next season
    so I assume she's a part of it. Reality "war" makes sense if the
    end result is the real reality!

    I was hoping that the rumours of Ncuti Gatwa leaving were wrong
    and we'd get another season of the 15th Doctor but no smoke
    without fire and all that...


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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Mon Mar 24 21:10:16 2025
    The Doctor wrote:


    MY point is Dannyboy forgets too easily!

    <shrugs> That could be us when we're 70!

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 25 23:28:35 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 23/03/2025 9:12 pm, Daniel70 wrote:

    Since Trains were flying around in Winston Churchill's
    England and The Daleks (Ironsides) help out in WWII, I
    figured we were dealing with Parallel/Alternate Universes!!

    Now, let me see if I've got this right .... or at least right
    enough to put Blueshirt out of his misery ......

    I'm only being helpful... I'm not the one mixing my Doctor Who
    episodes up! ;-)

    But as it's lunchtime here and I'm free, I'll entertain you a
    wee bit more...

    *Wedding of River Song*
    Winston, Flying Train, Amy, 5:02p.m., Time screwed up/stuck, A
    Dalek,

    Wedding of River Song = A Dalek, Winston Churchill, trains in
    the sky, floating cars, plus the Doctor with a beard.

    *Victory of the Daleks*
    Winston, WWII, Amy, Ironsides (a.k.a. Daleks),

    Victory of the Daleks = Winston Churchill, Ironsides, barrage
    balloons floating above London and Spitfires in space!

    Both Eps featuring DoctorMatt rather than the DoctorDavid that
    I was expecting!!

    Correct, both were 11th Doctor episodes... "Victory of the
    Daleks" was from S5 and "The Wedding of River Song" was from S6.



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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Tue Mar 25 23:50:38 2025
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0p3pyq83rxs3u000@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:

    Both Eps featuring DoctorMatt rather than the DoctorDavid
    that I was expecting!!

    Correct, both were 11th Doctor episodes... "Victory of the
    Daleks" was from S5 and "The Wedding of River Song" was from
    S6.

    Your memory is better then that of Dannyboy there BS!

    1) It wasn't that long ago. Well, relatively. I'm a Doctor Who
    geek, I can still remember the main points of episodes from the
    1970's, so 2010/11 is a breeze!

    2) I have re-watched most of the main episodes of 11th Doctor's
    era in recent years too. (Dalek episodes being considered "main"
    in my world!)

    3) I'm not 70!

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Mar 26 06:56:41 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 25/03/2025 11:50 pm, Blueshirt wrote:

    <Snip>

    3) I'm not 70!

    NEITHER AM I ...... YET !!!

    Well you're not 'Daniel69' are you?!

    So it's not an unreasonable assumption for me to make! ;-)

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Mar 26 22:46:07 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 26/03/2025 6:56 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 25/03/2025 11:50 pm, Blueshirt wrote:

    <Snip>

    3) I'm not 70!

    NEITHER AM I ...... YET !!!

    Well you're not 'Daniel69' are you?!

    Correct!! .... but in about seven months ......

    You've got to get there first!

    So it's not an unreasonable assumption for me to make! ;-)

    Yes, it IS unreasonable.

    You are in your 70th year... so I say, perfectly reasonable. So
    there!!! ;-)

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed Mar 26 23:32:20 2025
    Blueshirt wrote:

    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 26/03/2025 10:46 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 26/03/2025 6:56 am, Blueshirt wrote:
    Daniel70 wrote:
    On 25/03/2025 11:50 pm, Blueshirt wrote:

    <Snip>

    3) I'm not 70!

    NEITHER AM I ...... YET !!!

    Well you're not 'Daniel69' are you?!

    Correct!! .... but in about seven months ......

    You've got to get there first!

    So it's not an unreasonable assumption for me to make!
    ;-)

    Yes, it IS unreasonable.

    You are in your 70th year... so I say, perfectly
    reasonable. So there!!! ;-)

    Incorrect!!

    Try again!

    As in, I'm never wrong... not you don't know how old you are!!!
    :-)

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Mar 27 02:22:11 2025
    The Doctor wrote:


    So who is the oldest Usenet poster still around?

    Oldest person on RADW? Hmmm ...

    Well, Daniel called me a pup when I said I was 59 a few weeks
    back so that means he's a bit older than me. I'd say he'll be
    close to winning that award as he's in his late 60's. But maybe
    somebody else here is older than that?

    Age = maturity, so it'll surely be one of the more sensible
    people around here... i.e. not me or you!!!




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  • From The Last Doctor@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Mar 27 03:26:57 2025
    On 26/03/2025 15:22, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:


    So who is the oldest Usenet poster still around?

    Oldest person on RADW? Hmmm ...

    Well, Daniel called me a pup when I said I was 59 a few weeks
    back so that means he's a bit older than me. I'd say he'll be
    close to winning that award as he's in his late 60's. But maybe
    somebody else here is older than that?

    Age = maturity, so it'll surely be one of the more sensible
    people around here... i.e. not me or you!!!

    From his recent postings Daniel has made it pretty clear that he is 68, will
    be 69 some time this summer (well, winter from his perspective) and will be
    70 in 2026.

    I'm 63 so think I'm the second oldest regular.


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    sometimes.

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Mar 27 03:47:28 2025
    The Last Doctor wrote:

    On 26/03/2025 15:22, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:


    So who is the oldest Usenet poster still around?

    Oldest person on RADW? Hmmm ...

    Well, Daniel called me a pup when I said I was 59 a few weeks
    back so that means he's a bit older than me. I'd say he'll be
    close to winning that award as he's in his late 60's. But
    maybe somebody else here is older than that?

    Age = maturity, so it'll surely be one of the more sensible
    people around here... i.e. not me or you!!!

    From his recent postings Daniel has made it pretty clear that
    he is 68, will be 69 some time this summer (well, winter from
    his perspective) and will be 70 in 2026.

    I'm 63 so think I'm the second oldest regular.

    I wonder who the youngest person posting here is?

    I think it should be obligatory for people to have their age in
    their Usenet nym so, Daniel68, The Last Doctor63, Blueshirt59
    (etc.) ...

    :-)





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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Mar 27 21:33:24 2025
    Daniel70 wrote:

    On 27/03/2025 8:46 am, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <vs19sh$256pu$1@dont-email.me>,
    The Last Doctor <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:
    On 26/03/2025 15:22, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    So who is the oldest Usenet poster still around?

    Oldest person on RADW? Hmmm ...

    Well, Daniel called me a pup when I said I was 59 a few
    weeks back so that means he's a bit older than me. I'd
    say he'll be close to winning that award as he's in his
    late 60's. But maybe somebody else here is older than
    that?

    Age = maturity, so it'll surely be one of the more
    sensible people around here... i.e. not me or you!!!

    From his recent postings Daniel has made it pretty clear
    that he is 68, will be 69 some time this summer (well,
    winter from his perspective) and will be 70 in 2026.

    I'm 63 so think I'm the second oldest regular

    I was thinking overall UseNet.

    Well, Binky, why don't YOU use YOUR vast ISP/NSP resources to
    find out??

    And who cares about the rest of Usenet anyway? Outside of RADW
    most of it is a wasteland... whilst another part is full of
    Trump/Musk posts, either for or against.

    RADW is where the cool dudes hang...

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  • From Blueshirt@3:633/280.2 to All on Thu Mar 27 21:37:07 2025
    Idlehands wrote:

    On 2025-03-26 9:22 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    So who is the oldest Usenet poster still around?

    Oldest person on RADW? Hmmm ...

    Well, Daniel called me a pup when I said I was 59 a few weeks
    back so that means he's a bit older than me. I'd say he'll be
    close to winning that award as he's in his late 60's. But
    maybe somebody else here is older than that?

    Age = maturity, so it'll surely be one of the more sensible
    people around here... i.e. not me or you!!!

    Actually age does not equal maturity, some grow wiser and some
    just grow older.

    Binky is in his mid-fifties and still as childish and idiotic
    as he was starting out in Usenet.

    Fair point... although part of me still thinks it's all an act.
    I mean, nobody can be like that in real life surely?

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