Too bad that never went anywhere. Maybe it was my imagination but the scene seemed to imply (vaguely) that the writers had something in mind for her.

"Abi can be controlled" — WTF? That's crazy talk. It's also the dictionary definition of playing a post-merge game pre-merge. It's way too early to start trying to drag a goat to the end — in fact not just a goat, but an unpredictable maniac goat. You want your goats to be PREDICTABLE, manageable, controllable, like…

This would make sense if Abi were rational or sane, but she's not. She's a ticking time bomb. One wrong move, one wrong word, and Abi will suddenly decide Tasha and Savage are against her and she'll explode on them. That said, Tasha seems like she might have pretty decent crazy-management skills, but this will REALLY…

Daniel Craig is moving on to Christopher Eccleston?

Peih-gee was a rational, sane person and they got rid of her in favor an insane, unpredictable, mentally-unstable goat. Bye bye Angkor, you're going to lose nearly every challenge from here on out because Abi's insanity will infect and destroy you. And you deserve it. Abi is NOT an easy goat. She's a hard goat. The…

I have colitis, and a doctor recommended Align at a point in my life when I had really bad gas. It definitely helped. I saved a few bucks by getting the cheap Target knock-off of Align (look for B. infantis, the active ingredient). However, I don't usually use it, and it doesn't seem to help with other colitis issues.…

The Zoku and the gevulots (among many other things) needed some explanation when they were introduced IMHO. I guess we're supposed to figure them out from the context. I eventually did understand gevulots but the Zoku was still somewhat murky for me at the end. But you may be better than me at picking up these things.…

I just read The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi.

It must be some kind of parallel-universe Jersey shore. There aren't enough rednecks or silly accents for it to be the real one. And Bob doesn't seem to serve any pork roll (a.k.a. Taylor ham).

OK, admittedly that scene was a nadir. I can see why you'd swear it off after that, but then why are you here commenting?

Really? Holy cow, which episodes have you been watching? I like season "1" in 2005 a lot as well. IMHO season 8 is just as good, though quite different obviously, with the obvious exceptions of "Robot of Sherwood" and "In the Forest of the Night," which were dreadful. If nothing else, you should watch "Mummy on the…

Oh shit, really? I'm glad I watched the reconstruction of "Power of the Daleks" while I had the chance. Best Dalek story ever! That's my favorite Troughton serial now.

Woah, comparing Capaldi's situation to Colin Baker's is really harsh. The current writing may be inconsistent but it's definitely a lot better now than it was during Colin's run. "Deep Breath" and "Into the Dalek" were a buttload better than Colin's openers, "Twin Dilemma" and "Attack of the Cybermen," two of the…

I was about to say "that's a really Laboured pun," but then I realized that's the wrong political party. But that IS a really labored pun.

Nope, in "movie format" (with only the first set of opening credits retained and all other episodes spliced together, and one consolidated set of end credits), most four-parters ran very close to exactly 90 minutes. A few even ran to about 100 minutes (especially in seasons 16-17 IIRC), and in season 18 a couple of…

Psst, lots of Tom Baker's episodes are up on a video site that happens to have the words "daily" and "motion" in its name. I just re-watched "Image of the Fendahl." That one has lots of enthusiasts around here but I think it's strictly average. You'd be better off starting with "Ark in Space" if you haven't seen it.

I'm an old-school fan but I don't agree that the Doctor shouldn't be a woman. There isn't truly anything in the first 26 years that contraindicates it. You're reaching. There's no reason Time Lords *and* Time Ladies couldn't have BOTH been complicit in a decaying, crumbling bureaucracy (as it was first depicted in…

Gotta pick one where there are big tax incentives for filming, if you want genuine location shooting instead of L.A. standing in for everything. So Houston, Baton Rouge, and Albuquerque are good choices, but probably not Birmingham, Greenville, Tulsa, or Milwaukee. Orlando might work too, but then every other episode…

Zack, Zack, stop molesting that apostrophe! My eyes, OH GLOB, MY EYES! Third paragraph: "As premiere’s go…." STOP IT, IT BURNS, IT BURNS!

Upvoted for "sestra" which I presume must be an Orphan Black reference. Come to think of it, Abi reminds me of Helena just a little bit.