It seems that my rules for plausibility in fiction are much like those for grammar - strict, but sometimes difficult to elucidate.

Hallowe'en, Burns Night, April Fool's. S'all I need.

Sure, but iirc the moon was pretty low in the sky when they were on the beach.

I disagree. Narratively, it took away yet another of Clara's crutches. She can't count on the Doctor, and she can't count on humanity - she has to make the call herself (based on what she knows from the Doctor, humanity, life, etc.).

I love that this Rapture Pet Care guy had to actively make the case that the service was just a joke: http://www.huffingtonpost.c…

Plus, the robbers need to be there at just the right moment, having foiled all your other systems.

Would that make "Amy's Choice" a bottle episode?

Yeah, what is it with that female baddie type? The actors have done a great job of giving them some personality, but from script/description alone, we have a very monotone set of villainesses: Nanny, Madame Eyepatch, Missy, Ms. Delphox, Miss Kizlet… I'm getting the sense that *someone* had issues with their middle…

God, I know how this marks me, but: TMBG's "Birdhouse in your Soul". Come on, can't you imagine bouncing out onto your field-of-battle of choice to that???

Oh, and "Who will rid me of this turbulent Doctor?" Come on. It's cute.

Is it just me, or was the Sheriff channeling Count Rugen?

Yeah, but that's compared with a human. The TT judgement isn't "Yeah, I think this could possibly be a human" (which seems to be what Warwick's judges were doing, and leniently), it's "Of these two things I'm chatting with, I think A is human and B is a computer" (and getting it wrong).

You right in that the means are irrelevant to the test, but this system simply did not pass it. First, the TT has no time limits - judges can and should take as long as they want. Second, the computer needs to win in comparison with a human, and as far as I know, there were no humans in the test pool in Warwick's…

"It could take weeks to get to the Wall." Well, yes, yes it will, if you keep your horse at the slowest. walk. ever. I couldn't even follow the dialog, I was so annoyed at the horse's pace.

This may have come up already, but Cersei's insistence that the leftovers go to the dogs, rather than to the poor, might indicate that she knew about the poison. On the other hand, that would suggest that she values the lives of poor people over dogs, which I doubt.

John Constantine, Hellblazer. Yes, I'd likely end up being sucked dry by a spider demon, but it'd be worth it.

Hey, I'll marry you. I have Space Shuttle.

Doctor Who, for sentimental reasons (plus, I enjoy being yelled at by Daleks) - but when I was finally in a place (literally and financially) that would allow me to buy one, it wasn't to be found, so I got Space Shuttle instead, which I also love.

Mmm, Turlough.

So, Doctor Shark, then? With, erm, a motherfucking sonic strapped to his head? I'd watch that.