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Well it was certainly worth the wait. The Doctor comes to America in the new series of Doctor Who - and even meets President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office!

'The Impossible Astronaut' is brilliant. Watch it on the box or watch it online - but watch it!

And read about its talented writer, here -

Doctor Who Lands In America

Oh - and if you get to watch it - maybe you could let us know what you think of it?

Yay! Doctor Who

All this talk about Dr. Who...I will watch it soon.

Hope you get to see it Lori - I suppose it is an English institution - or should I say British, given that it is produced by BBC Wales, and David Tennant, the actor who played the last Doctor, though seemingly quintessentially English, is in fact a native Scot. Phew...I got to the end of the sentence!!

Outstanding episode, and some good jokes.

I can't think of an episode that has generated so much discussion among my friends.

I just hope the conclusion next week doesn't disappoint after the complex plot points raised in this -- or will many of the threads continue through the rest of the series?

We are told that this series will reveal the truth about Dr River Song -- but I am not sure now that I want to know. I like her for the mystery she is.

'Hello sweetie' indeed!!

Hi Peter

And also she hints liberally of misery to come - marriage notwithstanding! Or maybe - as Lori will no doubt disagree - because of the marriage

That's the thing about mystery though. You want to know the answer but I think there's also fear of being disappointed. Or maybe I'm just a pessimist.

Is it because this series is a co-production with BBC-America that there are so many guns, and shooting, in it?

You have to hand it to Steven Moffatt - he pulls no punches. Or should that be bullets?

'They won't shoot'

'This is America!'

So no concession to our friends Stateside, then.

Oh and if you are interested in his scripts for Dr Who - you may like to read my article, here - Dr Who Lands in America

Mind you, though Pete - to be fair - it IS America! And it's every American citizen's right and all that, and if you can't have guns in the Oval Office to protect the President (even tho' it IS Nixon) - then where can you?

And let's face it - on Dr Who you need weaponry - tho' usually it's fired from the end of your arm (and I don't mean in your hand) - or from a nozzle

'Exterminate!'

Oh and sorry Mr Dalek for calling your lethal weapon 'a nozzle'.

I thought it was

'They won't shoot'

'They are Americans!'




Already read it




Yes -- but the security detail didn't shoot their guns! It was Dr Song with her six-gun who emptied it and Amy with the pistol taken from the unconcious ex-FBI agent who fired




They are 'fantasy' weapons, not the real guns we see all to often in news reports.

And the Dr combats these weapons with ingenuity. not guns

Ref your article: I have probably misunderstood your meaning when you say



Good catch on the title reference, but there was nothing spooky about the 'Unearthly Child'.

So pleased you read my article, Peter.

That's what we're all here for. And I also love seeing responses on the forum, especially by someone who knows their onions, as my ma would say.

So all good