Well said. I've always made sure to say "buffoon" instead of "idiot." Still not my favorite kind of comic character, but it has some humor potential that pure stupidity doesn't. I'm sure it's no coincidence that Edmund's characterization is so different during the one series Atkinson co-wrote. It's the same kind of…

Sample listen still up for streaming:

I may not have noticed if not for Tardiswiki, but apparently the triumphant music for that passage was the Ood's song of freedom. Another illustration of how RTD loved tying all kinds of little elements together in ways that may or may not be obvious.

Eh. Went to the senior one, but only because my whole friend group was having a sleepover at one girl's house and she told me the invitation was only for folks who were going to the prom. She also had another girl friend who wanted to go and didn't have a date, so this was meant to push me into going with her as…

I first read that title as "pop-culture porn." Maybe that'll be next week's followup?

It's that hook that brings you back. On that you can rely.

I wouldn't bother. They're the ones Lou Bega didn't even get around to mentioning.

Thoughts of suicide do tend to have that effect, don't they.

Yeah, even "All Star" didn't deserve that kind of abuse.

I also loved Liz's realization that she's been preparing for the job by keeping Tracy and Jenna (who are just overgrown children themselves) in line all this time, and her adopted kids turn out to be perfect miniatures of Tracy and Jenna.

I'll be cautiously optimistic that that line came out because of how she felt at that moment—"it's so overwhelming how these blobs are changing our lives and going to be a bigger job than anything we've done before." I'm still curious to see how they talk about it once everybody calms down from the big moment.

Andy and Tom.

Newsradio would have been in serious contention for Greatest '90s Sitcom in a world where The Larry Sanders Show didn't exist.

Donna's arc reminds me a lot of Ace's in that way. Not coincidental that they're two of my all-time favorites.

Overdone melodrama and all, TDD was still focused and businesslike enough to do its job in one compact episode (brisk adventure story, decent action, nice theme about nonviolence in the resolution even if it's done hamhandedly). The Sontaran two-parter had most of the same flaws, plus some downright dumb padding and…

I don't think Nine really needed to be adored so much as… healed. But yes, Donna was absolutely wrong for that point in his story (and absolutely right for when she did come along instead).

Have to give another mention to how great the phone-call scene was for both Tennant and Simm. The writing and the performances just nailed that mix of enmity and friendship (at least the weird alike-deep-down-as-much-as-they-hate-to-admit-it kind of friendship) that defines the characters' relationship at its most…

I've always wished we could see more of Jacobi in the role, but he'd really be best playing opposite someone similar like Capaldi. He and Smith are different in enough big ways that it's hard to see how well it could work.

I thought it was a good way to show her shattered state of mind. Plus she was crazy-hot enough in these episodes that I wouldn't mind watching her do just about anything, disturbed or not.

the twist ending with the Master being shot by his wife was a satisfyingly human way for his despotic rule to come to an end