I really hope you're right.

I had no idea who this was before this interview, but for "Ditto for the man with whom I live" alone I'll join her fanclub. Also for the bit about dogs.

I hate to mention this, but did anyone else notice a lot of straight-up mistakes in this book? As if the editor was not doing his or her job? I saw a lot in the most recent Tiffany Aching book. I'm hoping this is a symptom of me shifting to e-books, not anything at the production end.

I love the Tiffany Aching books. To me, they lean more towards the "storytelling" end of the storytelling-satire spectrum Pratchett explores than the rest of the Discworld books. "Nation" is in the same style, and it's a great book.

Whale is OK, but thankfully in the "not worth it" corner of the tasty vs ethical chart.

To me it tasted disturbingly fizzy - yay in champagne, boo in fish.

To me, durian smells like blue cheese and tastes like cheesecake. So, weird for a fruit, but if you close your eyes and think "cheesecake", not bad at all.

Yeah, I got officially Told Off when I sent this to my nieces without warning their parents that it would leave everyone bawling and traumatized.

Barracuda, I think. But yeah, both excellent additions to the list.

No, that was later, when Craig follows the Doctor down into the tunnel. The elevator/transporter scene is fairly early on, and they clearly show the pram being pushed on and off the elevator.

I see your wink, but this ain't a bad idea. In fact, with time travel, the Doctor can make the first question whatever the hell he wants it to be. "Which is cooler, a Stetson or a fez?" perhaps?

Erm, sorry. Should probably have searched on "Doctor Who prequel" before asking.

Anyone got a pointer to the prequel?

Tempestas, I think you're probably right. The only other candidate question I've been able to think of is "Who?".

It was also presumably during this 200 years that he had his romance with River (taking her skating etc.). So, even though she might not have been a live-aboard companion, she still kept him company at times.

I figure being Cyberleader is a terrible job, so they always make the new guy do it. When they're on a real assimilation kick, the title might get passed on a thousand times a day.

Yeah, that's a possibility, but when you put so much energy into the baby being the treasure-to-be-guarded-at-all-costs, it seems weird that there's a whole scene where we're not entirely sure where it is, for no reason.

I'm going to have to watch this again, because I really didn't like it. The humour was trying too hard, and the self-awareness about the "saved by the power of love" solution didn't save it. The "shh" gag was fun once, maybe twice, but he did it, what, six times? The gay-panic humour wasn't all that panicky, but it…

Me too. Actually, I just canceled both, in a fit of pique, but it was discs I was getting reasonable value from. That, and a queue that was many years old, and was effectively a bucket list of stuff I wanted to see eventually. The prospect of maintaining two queues for two different sites made me throw in the towel.

The "suitcase full of candy" bit suggests that the Doctor sometimes sees himself as a kidnapper (or worse) - which I'm sure was the intent.