B J O'Shea
@b-j-oshea.bsky.social
Sydney-based writer who is a pretentious dork (mostly about Dr Who). He/him
I haven't seen it in years, but I feel like Quantum of Solace gets close to doing this. & Of course in Dr Who you shift the focus into the companion and Dr Who is held at more of a distance (which some writers have forgotten it seems)
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I haven't seen it in years, but I feel like Quantum of Solace gets close to doing this. & Of course in Dr Who you shift the focus into the companion and Dr Who is held at more of a distance (which some writers have forgotten it seems)
It really seems like they're intentionally overcomplicating things for themselves, as you said if they really do want to make a new one surely it's as simple as just rebooting it?
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It really seems like they're intentionally overcomplicating things for themselves, as you said if they really do want to make a new one surely it's as simple as just rebooting it?
Absolutely, Edge of Destruction is a bottle episode because it reuses a pre-existing set & features just the regulars, End of the World required hiring out a location, casting several guest actors & also lots of makeup/prosthetic work for just that one episode
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Absolutely, Edge of Destruction is a bottle episode because it reuses a pre-existing set & features just the regulars, End of the World required hiring out a location, casting several guest actors & also lots of makeup/prosthetic work for just that one episode
apparently bottle episode now just means an episode takes place (mostly) in just the one location/set rather than being the cheap one
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
apparently bottle episode now just means an episode takes place (mostly) in just the one location/set rather than being the cheap one
(which reminds me, the whole adoption of Black Friday Sales in Australia really irks me! *that* feels far more like an Americanisation of Australia to me than Halloween growing in popularity)
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 AM
(which reminds me, the whole adoption of Black Friday Sales in Australia really irks me! *that* feels far more like an Americanisation of Australia to me than Halloween growing in popularity)
I think the thing with Halloween as well is that, even tho it's *very* popular in America and the American version of Halloween is very recognisable, it's not inherently an *American* thing? Like if we were celebrating Thanksgiving that would be far more blatant Americanisation y'know?
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I think the thing with Halloween as well is that, even tho it's *very* popular in America and the American version of Halloween is very recognisable, it's not inherently an *American* thing? Like if we were celebrating Thanksgiving that would be far more blatant Americanisation y'know?
what is this neon genesis evangelion
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM
what is this neon genesis evangelion
(also, lol, did they *ever* use retcon in Dr Who proper? so that would be grabbing an idea from a spin-off that aired about 6 years previously which would *still have to be explained* for the audience because this isn’t some common plot device Dr Who uses every other episode)
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
(also, lol, did they *ever* use retcon in Dr Who proper? so that would be grabbing an idea from a spin-off that aired about 6 years previously which would *still have to be explained* for the audience because this isn’t some common plot device Dr Who uses every other episode)
Surely as well there’s an aesthetic choice being made here? Retcon is a drug, more modern more urban more cyberpunk in a way. A memory worm is more fantastical and Weird(tm), it’s suggestive of a slimy lil critter & of course there could be strange and unusual critters in steampunk London y’know?
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Surely as well there’s an aesthetic choice being made here? Retcon is a drug, more modern more urban more cyberpunk in a way. A memory worm is more fantastical and Weird(tm), it’s suggestive of a slimy lil critter & of course there could be strange and unusual critters in steampunk London y’know?
i got to read the hobbit in high school
October 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
i got to read the hobbit in high school
god a young tory dressing up as the seventh doctor from dr who and seemingly not realising who the villain in the classic 1988 seventh doctor serial the happiness patrol was based on
October 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
god a young tory dressing up as the seventh doctor from dr who and seemingly not realising who the villain in the classic 1988 seventh doctor serial the happiness patrol was based on
Yeah this is the thing really: it isn’t that doing a comedy gig in Saudi Arabia is somehow beyond the pale (maybe questionable, but ok go do comedy shows in some Saudi bars I guess?), it’s participating in a comedy festival organised & bankrolled by of all people the fucking Saudi royal family?
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Yeah this is the thing really: it isn’t that doing a comedy gig in Saudi Arabia is somehow beyond the pale (maybe questionable, but ok go do comedy shows in some Saudi bars I guess?), it’s participating in a comedy festival organised & bankrolled by of all people the fucking Saudi royal family?
This sounds awful, I'm really sorry :(
September 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This sounds awful, I'm really sorry :(
So much for the tolerant right
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So much for the tolerant right
...surely this is literally the bare minimum one expects of a party now in government, with a majority, & with its cabinet ministers directing policy & agendas for departments to put into practice? like ofc as the opposition labour wasn't doing any of this
September 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
...surely this is literally the bare minimum one expects of a party now in government, with a majority, & with its cabinet ministers directing policy & agendas for departments to put into practice? like ofc as the opposition labour wasn't doing any of this
but... rtd did build to ten's reunion with rose. and rtd had ten leave rose with his clone in a parallel universe when they did finally reunite? like that was rtd?
September 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
but... rtd did build to ten's reunion with rose. and rtd had ten leave rose with his clone in a parallel universe when they did finally reunite? like that was rtd?
surely the other part of character development is that the character *develops*. they start out in one place and then, through their actions & experiences, come to a new place. *staying* in that one place without changing or moving on stagnates the character
September 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
surely the other part of character development is that the character *develops*. they start out in one place and then, through their actions & experiences, come to a new place. *staying* in that one place without changing or moving on stagnates the character
reject modernity (the personal automobile)
embrace tradition (public transport)
embrace tradition (public transport)
September 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
reject modernity (the personal automobile)
embrace tradition (public transport)
embrace tradition (public transport)
Yeah this feels possible? I know Dicks claimed something he did as script editor was talk through story ideas with his writers before they put pen to paper (so that the writers had a brief to work to)
September 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Yeah this feels possible? I know Dicks claimed something he did as script editor was talk through story ideas with his writers before they put pen to paper (so that the writers had a brief to work to)
They definitely know that it isn't, & that's the point. If antifa *was* an actual organisation then their target is smaller & limited, but they don't want a small target.
September 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
They definitely know that it isn't, & that's the point. If antifa *was* an actual organisation then their target is smaller & limited, but they don't want a small target.
Happy birthday 🎉🎉
September 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Happy birthday 🎉🎉