Then again, the Master's plans are always terrible. It's practically a trademark. They're either "take over the world in a ridiculous way" (see: plastic daffodils in southern England = world domination, bring back future people and try and avoid paradoxes, get undone by paradox) or "ally with aliens who will…

I've been assuming all year that would actually happen in this two-parter - that we'd actually see Simm regenerate into Gomez. (Particularly because it wouldn't surprise me if BF's Time War endgame involves McQueen turning into Jacobi, finally joining the Master's dots. Most of them, anyway). We'll see next week, I…

I'm not sure going with the surname "Minge" would go down that well…

Then again "time locking" was always a nebulous concept that makes little sense anyway. It's as much an convenient plot device as the Time War itself was, or "fixed points in time", or wooden doors with latches.

Given this, Spare Parts, the other other Cybermen origin (the alternate universe) the other other other Cybermen origin (Grant Morrison's one where the Voord become the Cybermen) I've always liked the idea that Cybermen just keep happening. They're like a natural, terrible mistake that species make.

Eight too. The rest of them at least "died" doing some good. Even the War Doctor regenerated knowing that while he wouldn't remember for a long time, he did actually save Gallifrey. Poor Eight died renouncing everything he'd ever believed in, believing all his friends, his granddaughter and great-grandson were dead…

They've generally stuck by the rule that only the "latest" Doctor will properly remember what happened. Time Crash was a bit of an outlier in that regard, because Moffat loves a time loop.

It would be crazy if the real surprise next week was Alex McQueen showing up and turning into Derek Jacobi (who turns into John Simm eventually, obviously.) Not exactly likely to happen, and I'm not even sure it would make sense, but amazing if it did. Plus it would finally get Julius Nicholson and Malcolm Tucker on Do…

I think it's also the very best example of Wright's clockwork plotting. It feels like every single joke from the first half pays off again in the second. Even little things - in the final shoot-out, you can see the NWA have already put up Romeo & Juliet posters with Greg the extra from Straw Dogs and Sheri who was a…

The action movie tropes get about a third of the film. Structurally, the film goes " It's Midsomer Murders, except it's actually The Wicker Man, except now it's (a better version of) Bad Boys".

Someone suggested she should do it as a joke.

Because Bay's money spends just like everyone else's. The real question is why people go see them.

Oh yeah, definitely.

I've thought about doing the same thing. Maybe even starting with Gilgamesh and just working forward.

Since he's public domain now you can easily find them free. (Well, they're unambiguously public domain here in the EU, I'm not sure about the States.)

My Big James Bond Read is ticking along nicely, with From Russia With Love. It's generally regarded as one of the better ones, and I can believe it. Particularly in contrast with Diamonds Are Forever which, some bits aside, I found relatively dull.

Named after his own real-life cat, too.

I think you're conflating the Londo scene where he alludes to having the keeper, with the scene where Vir comes back to the station for the last time. He was probably just drunk that time. The drakh would have been defeated a few years earlier.

With Morden, everyone gets what they asked for, but Vir's the only one who doesn't regret it when he gets it. Smart man.

I think the only reason it's so well regarded is because it's a "My First Batman" story that involves nearly every member of his classic rogue's gallery, and has a "superstar" artist.