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Subject: Re: Favourite and Least Favourite Doctors, Companions, Anything!
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On 15/07/2025 8:55 pm, Blueshirt wrote:
> Mickmane wrote:
>> On 14.07.25, Blueshirt  <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>>> Mickmane wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I must have missed that while slogging through those
>>>> seasons.
>>>
>>> You could hardly miss Amy! It was kind of all about her and
>>> her crack for a while. Spoilt bitch.

Did we ever really find out what "The Crack" was all about??

Or was that just a 'possible' storyline that dead-ended??

>> Haha. I didn't miss Amy, I missed her turning into a spoiled
>> brat.
> 
> She always came across fairly spoilt and entitled to me, and
> she treated Rory like shit.

WHAT?? Entitled?? Having to go around dress as a Cop (or whatever 'the 
customer' wanted I guess)??

Doesn't sound too "entitled" to me.

Rory WAS a bit of a Woose, though.

>>>> If we talk companions that turned out like the proverbial
>>>> fish/visitors, whatshername, the impossible girl, takes the
>>>> lead for me.
>>>
>>> Clara.
>>>
>>> She started off fine. But again, the more a showrunner tries
>>> to add depth to a companion or make them 'special' the more
>>> I lose interest. - And we won't mention her loser boyfriend
>>> Rupert either. (PTSD me bollix!)
>>
>> I think I forgot Rupert. Sometimes a bad memory is an
>> advantage? :)
> 
> In his case... most definitely!

Was 'Rupert' really the Boyfriend .... or was 'Rupert' the descendant of 
the Boyfriend and .....??
>   
>>>> Talking instruments (you say play, so I guess it's something
>>>> like that) I didn't like the 2nd's (I think it was) flute
>>>> much.
>>>
>>> I think the British prefer the term Recorder.
>>
>> I haven't been to the UK for decades. Here it's called Floete.
>> Closer to flute! :)
> 
> This one time, at band camp...
>   
>>>> Twelve's guitar was more like it! :)
>>>
>>> The 12th Doctor playing a riff on an electric guitar whilst
>>> riding on a tank was ... er, different.
>>
>> I think I missed the tank, or forgot it.
> 
> It was definitely a tank.

..... which WAS needed to supply the electrical power for the Guitar Amp.

>> Wasn't that back in ancient Rome? How did he get a
>> tank there?

No. Viking times .... 500AD thru 1000AD
> 
> How did the electric guitar get there? And what (and where)
> did he plug the amplifier in to?

As I explained just above, the Tanks electrical system. ;-P

> As Mrs Blueshirt would say, "Doctor Who" has always been
> silly!" So best not to think too much about the how's and
> why's of everything...
> 
Or just get rid of Mrs Blueshirt. ;-)
-- 
Daniel70