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its at least six months since I mentioned sexism.- Mrs Figg

{{I know, so I thought someone aught to mention it again! But seriously, looking over his main female characters I just do not see where the charge of sexism is coming from at all. There is a wide age range, a wide class range, a wide job range, there are more females in positions of authority or power than males overall. The character range is wide, there are good females, and evil ones, and grey are ones, sad and tragic ones, triumphant and strong ones, women with issues and those who are totally at peace with themselves and most of the stages inbetween. So really, what is the issue? How many on the list of characters are problematic to you and others who feel that way and why? And is it reflective of his female characters as a whole or just of those ones?}}}}

um not getting into this one. it'll end in tears or Smurfs. lets just agree to disagree.

{{{awwwwwww! how, civilised }}}

Very wise of you, Julia. Now, Petty, now now!

I feel so adult.

*sniffles* So proud of you, Figgy!

I'm not sure I want to see the Paternoster gang again. It is the poor jokes, mainly.

Cap is gooood when he's allowed to. I like the style of she who plays Fem!Reptile!Sherlock. And Clara isn't there, so I'm cautiously optimistic!

I would have liked Madame Vastra more if she wasn't a 'husband' to a Victorian strippergram/domestic servant.

oops dorgornit! I mentioned the 's' word.

{{{So disappointed in you Figg Now who am I going to fight with? Well come on Amarie- if there is a problem with Moffats female characters then it must lie in the list of female characters he has written. So have a perusal and discuss!

And Jenny is not a strippergram, in any way shape or form- where on earth do you get that from? She officially is Vastra's maid/lady in waiting/housekeeper.


Nice vid from Winterthief}}}

..and wife.

{{{Not officially- publicly they are Mistress and servant. Cant have cross species same sex marriage in Victorian England- presumably the Doctor took them somewhere to get married. Cant imagine they went underground for a Silurian wedding somehow.
Although according to the GI like Holmes and Watson (who in Whoverse Doyle wrote based on Vastra and Jenny) there are rumours aplenty about their releatonship ('overly familiar' is how the Gi describes it in a nice Victorian understatement}}}

If a Who character married a horse, would that be Politically Incorrect? And I mean a talking horse like Mister Ed, or one of the more voluptuous horses from Narnia.

{{{Well there was the male horse in the western episode, A Town Called Mercy, who according to the Doctor wanted to be called Susan and for people to respect his/her lifestyle choices. Though its possible the Doctor was taking the piss out the religious guy. Also Susan was quite sweary! Must have been from Fjordian stock }}}

Was that my name? What did you say, Petty? You got to use a bigger font. Can't hear you over all the warning bells and air strike alarms and fat ladies warming up for their final aria.

just so long as its not the Valkyrie singing.

{{{ Typical of the female of the species! Complain and moan about something and then when you ask them whats wrong they say "nothing!"

In the meantime, this is fun



This is nice



And this is quite useful if you are considering watching classic from the 1st Doctor but don't know much about it or where is best to start or what might be stories to look out for}}

((Thought this was very well done}}}

{{{Highest rated NuWho episodes according to iMdB }}}

by all accounts John Barrowman is filming in Cardiff sometime soon.

{{{Interesting. Some news on the 'Victorian' episode- its not a Gatiss penned episode, its from Sarah Dollard who wrote last series Face the Raven episode, and according to her its not set in Victorian times. Maybe 12 just really wanted a top hat! }}}

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{{Highest rated NuWho episodes according to iMdB }}}

recently all I get instead of videos is a long black obelisk to the left of screen like the one in Space 2001. don't know why.

{{{maybe try reinstalling flashplayer Figg.

But as you cant see the iMBd top ten rated episodes, here they are (I don't think you're going to like it though- personally I thought all good choices, but some deserving not there, Girl Who Waited, The Doctor's Wife, Listen, Midnight, Turn Left, Family of Blood to name a few all deserve rated higher than the 50th- which was a great anniversary episode and celebration of the show, but deliberately on the surface plot light and  breezy}}}

10. The Name of the Doctor- Steven Moffat 9.2/10
9. The Big Bang- Steven Moffat 9.2/10
8. Vincent and the Doctor- Richard Curtis 9.3/10
7. Doomsday- Russel T Davies 9.3/10
6. The Girl in the Fireplace- Steven Moffat 9.3/10
5. Silence in the Library- Steven Moffat 9.3/10
4. The Day of the Doctor- Steven Moffat 9.4/10
3.Forest of the Dead- Steven Moffat 9.4/10
2. Heaven Sent- Steven Moffat 9.5/10
1. Blink- Steven Moffat 9.8/10

{{{This would be my list of NuWho favourite episodes, not a top ten and in no order other than chronological as I just went down the episode list on wiki.}}

Dalek
Father's Day
The Empty Child/Doctor Dances
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
Human Nature/The Family of Blood
Blink
The Fires of Pompeii
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
Midnight
Turn Left
The Waters of Mars
The Vampires of Venice
Amy's Choice
Vincent and the Doctor
The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang
The Doctor's Wife
A Good Man Goes to War
The Girl Who Waited
The God Complex
Asylum of the Daleks
The Rings of Akhaten
The Night of the Doctor
Listen
Mummy on the Orient Express
Flatline
The Witch's Familiar
Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/ Hell Bent

Pettytyrant101 wrote:{{{This would be my list of NuWho favourite episodes, not a top ten and in no order other than chronological as I just went down the episode list on wiki.}}

Dalek
Father's Day
The Empty Child/Doctor Dances
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
Human Nature/The Family of Blood
Blink
The Fires of Pompeii
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
Midnight
Turn Left
The Waters of Mars
The Vampires of Venice
Amy's Choice
Vincent and the Doctor
The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang
The Doctor's Wife
A Good Man Goes to War
The Girl Who Waited
The God Complex
Asylum of the Daleks
The Rings of Akhaten
The Night of the Doctor
Listen
Mummy on the Orient Express
Flatline
The Witch's Familiar
Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/ Hell Bent

Very similar to my list (though I haven't watched some of the earlier episodes in years and I still haven't seen most of S6-7) not sure I'd call them all 'favourites' merely episodes I really enjoyed:

The Unquiet Dead
Dalek
Father's Day
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
School Reunion
The Girl In The Fireplace
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
Gridlock
42
Human Nature/The Family Of Blood
Blink
The Fires Of Pompei
The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky
The Unicorn and The Wasp
Silence In The Libary/The Forest Of The Dead
Midnight
Turn Left
The Waters Of Mars
The 11th Hour
The Time Of Angels/Flesh And Stone
The Vampires Of Venice
Amy's Choice
Vincent And The Doctor
The Name Of The Doctor
The Night Of The Doctor
Into The Dalek
Robot Of Sherwood
Listen
Mummy On The Orient Express
Flatline
The Magician's Apprentice/The Witches Familiar
The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion
Face the Raven/Heaven Sent/Hell Bent

And since I've been listening to some of McGann's audio stories recently, a bonus list of favorites, in chronological order:

The Company Of Friends (particularly 'Mary's Story' and 'Fitz's Story')
The Silver Turk
Shada
Storm Warning
The Stones Of Venice
The Chimes Of Midnight
The Light At The End (this is a multi Doctor story, but it's great)
Enemy Aliens
Embrace The Darkness
Neverland
Zagreus
Scherzo
The Natural History Of Fear
Faith Stealer
The Last
Caerdroia
The Next Life
Terra Firma
Other Lives
Memory Lane
( I haven't listened to the last two or three Main Range stories yet, and I haven't listened to a few episodes from the EDA's series 3+4)
Horror Of Glam Rock
Human Resources
Dead London
The Zygon Who Fell To Earth
Orbis
Death In Blackpool
An Earthly Child
Situation Vacant
Deimos/The Resurrection Of Mars
Relative Dimensions
Lucie Miller/To The Death that is how you write a shock ending Moffat!

I really enjoyed all 16 episodes of the Dark Eyes stories so I couldn't choose a favourite

Doom Coalition 1: The Eleven
Doom Coalition 1: The Red Lady
Doom Coalition 2 (need to relisten to this soon...): Beachead
Doom Coalition 2: Scenes From Her Life
Classic Doctors New Monsters V.1: The Sontaran Ordeal
The Diary Of River Song V.1: Rulers Of The Universe
The Company Of Friends: Mary's Story (if you listen to it, you'll understand why it is listed twice)