Hard disagree here, the Thijarians are really important in supporting the emotional themes of the episode. They don’t do a whole lot to impact the events of the story, but that’s actually a parallel with the Doctor and co, who also aren’t able to do anything but observe. A lot of what makes this episode so special and unique is that the Doctor and companions don’t foil any plot or save anyone, they just observe one small story that is lost in a much larger history.
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I mean you may as well be hung for a sheep as for a lamb so I’d go Empty Child especially as they should have done WW2 at school at some point.
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How about “Can you hear me?”?
This guy with his floating fingers in people’s ears while they sleep is quite unnerving actually…
Last Christmas?
The dream crabs with their reality twisting while eating your face is also a quite horrible situation.
Plus if they celebrate Christmas there is the whole is Santa real or isn’t he? 
Or Sleep no more.
That is also quite creepy, especially with the end it has
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I mean you could just show them Delta and the Bannermen 
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I want them to enjoy the show, not be put off forever 
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What’s your point?
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Rose
Now that they think every statue could be a Weeping Angel, time to let them also believe every plastic mannequin is an Auton
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I just finished Planet of the Daleks and The Green Death.
I honestly couldn’t really care less for Planet of the Daleks, it just wasn’t my cup of tea and I thought it was incredibly boring.
The Green Death I enjoyed far more than Planet of the Daleks but it still was nowhere near a favorite.
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Watched some minisodes and webcasts today. And Mission to the Unknown’s recreation.
Tomorrow I’ll hopefully get round to watching the Tales of the TARDIS version of The Time Meddler
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In the end I put on Silence in the Library, as Amber (12) loves libraries and books so I thought I’d traumatise her about those lol.
The fact that this is River Song’s introduction may have also played a part… 
In hindsight it’s quite an adult-targeted episode, what with the “virtual reality” and the love story, plus the stuff with River. But she enjoyed it!
A quick toilet break in between, and she turned off the light when her dad was in there to make him say “Hey, who turned out the lights?”
Then we watched Forest of the Dead, and it gave me the feels again, as it always does. My sister was disappointed that he saved her in the Library as she said it was not a nice place, so I reminded her it was fixed now, and also gave a slight spoiler telling her that literally today they released an audio where River is brought back to life post-Library. She’s not really into it and won’t watch any more 
. She recognised Alex Kingston from Casualty.
That was fun, if we get to watch more I’d next show them The Time of Angels, as I feel like I’ve primed them for more Angels and the next River episode! But I’m not sure we have more time to watch this holiday or not…
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Aw, I’m glad she seems to have enjoyed the episode!
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Just watched the Moonbase for the first time. Its strange as I know the animations probably do more justice to the more soft horror elements (like the shadows of the Cybermen). But, theres something just great about the surviving epsiodes. And the plot itself does feel a touch dated, but its still surprisingly good.
Plus theres just something about the Black & White footage that feels so good.
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I watched Episode 3 of The Moonbase today. The animation is great (athough Ben’s head looks a bit big on a couple of occasions). I did love how they even bothered to recreate the wobble of the bed the Cyberman leaps from in the cliffhanger to Episode 2.
It’s a fun story but some of it is nonsense - the Cyberman hiding in plain view of literally everyone; the Cybermen getting in and out of a base through a massive hole, plugged with bags of sugar (which makes no sense bearing in mind a specific piece of action in the final episode).
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Oh I hadnt even relalised that minor plot hole! See some of the sillier elements like the cybermen revealing thier hiding spot in the medical bay, just felt entertaining enough that I didnt even question them.
For me, as long as I dont spot mistakes in a show/movie whilst watching it then Im happy which considering how 60s Who usually is probably works in it’s favour.
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Clever clever clever…
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The kids asked for more Doctor Who today!
As I’m in France and there’s no free way (that I know of) to stream Revival episodes, and I wasn’t sure how many they were going to watch, I put on a Ncuti episode. I know they have already seen the 60th specials, Christmas specials, and the first two of Season One, so I went with Boom.
Their consensus was that it was cool but not very scary.
Then later on, the kids Dad was flicking through Disney+ to find something for them to watch (it was raining), and Jake (10) spotted “Special 1”, knew by the poster that it was the Meep episode, and asked to watch that, even after his parents said “but you’ve seen that before!”, “it’s really good!” he said, and so we watched it.
I think I’ve made my nephew a Whovian my niece wasn’t that excited to rewatch it, but she did laugh again at all the right places.
I’m now imagining in a few years time introducing him to the audios and this site 
he’s a big reader so maybe I’ll get him a book, any recommendations? Maybe The Star Beast…
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The three Target novelizations of the 60th Anniversary specials would be a good starting point for books. I really enjoyed Touched by an Angel by Jonathan Morris if you want an original novel that’s not an adaptation (it features Eleven, Amy and Rory versus the Weeping Angels).
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Watched episode 1 of Ark in Space during supper tonight.
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I adore “Demons of the Punjab” and absolutely agree about the parallels with “The Massacre”. It’s that growing sense of inevitability and only made the more powerful with the knowledge that the Doctor can’t save the day, can’t do anything to stop (or even forestall) the death and the injustice of it all. Stories like this (and, though completely different, “Dot and Bubble”) are critical in reminding us that:
a) …the Doctor is wonderful but not all powerful; and
b) …the evils of human history and the dangers of prejudice should never be underestimated
It’s also beautiful and powerful to me that the Doctor knows what’s coming and knows she can’t intervene, but does what she can in presiding over the wedding because that, in itself, is a proclamation of love over hate and an act of defiance against prejudice. It’s simply beautiful.
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Watched Timelash.
I will never agree with Michael Grade. I will never agree with Michael Grade. I will never agree with Michael Grade…
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