Originally Posted by KennyT:
“...And laughing while they unzip their foreheads...
nooooooooooooooo!
K”
“...And laughing while they unzip their foreheads...
nooooooooooooooo!
K”
Nooooooooooooooo indeed!
I had enough of them the first time around.
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Originally Posted by DenWatts:
“Nooooooooooooooo indeed!
I had enough of them the first time around.”
“Nooooooooooooooo indeed!
I had enough of them the first time around.”
Ditto! Rest them for a while and if a decent enough story can be found, then bring them back! Or leave them in one of the exhibitions and forget they ever existed!
Originally Posted by Mulett:
“All Mickey's comment really does is confirm that - in Doctor Who's world - Tony Blair was Prime Minister at some point and is likely to have been the guy killed by the Slitheen and then stuffed in a cupboard.”
“All Mickey's comment really does is confirm that - in Doctor Who's world - Tony Blair was Prime Minister at some point and is likely to have been the guy killed by the Slitheen and then stuffed in a cupboard.”
And we've been criticising the Slitheen for the past year - if only we had known
Originally Posted by ethel_wombat:
“And we've been criticising the Slitheen for the past year - if only we had known”
“And we've been criticising the Slitheen for the past year - if only we had known”
PMSL!
Are we sure John Prescott isn't a Slitheen?
I don't think so. From what the papers have been saying, it sounds like John Prescott has a habit of getting inside other people rather than the other way around.
Originally Posted by Mulett:
“I don't think so. From what the papers have been saying, it sounds like John Prescott has a habit of getting inside other people rather than the other way around.”
“I don't think so. From what the papers have been saying, it sounds like John Prescott has a habit of getting inside other people rather than the other way around.”
I think we'd know for sure if we knew more about Slitheen genitalia.
I think an anatomically-correct Slitheen might cause a few complaints. Especially if the mums watching started comparing it to their husbands'.
It might make them a bit less unpopular though.
It might make them a bit less unpopular though.
Originally Posted by Mulett:
“I think an anatomically-correct Slitheen might cause a few complaints. Especially if the mums watching started comparing it to their husbands'.
It might make them a bit less unpopular though.”
“I think an anatomically-correct Slitheen might cause a few complaints. Especially if the mums watching started comparing it to their husbands'.
It might make them a bit less unpopular though.”
Who - the Slitheen or the husbands?
(I can't see it, myself.
)
Originally Posted by DenWatts:
“Who - the Slitheen or the husbands?
(I can't see it, myself.)”
“Who - the Slitheen or the husbands?
(I can't see it, myself.
)”
Maybe it's time for that trip to the gym you promised yourself?
Originally Posted by The Slug:
“Maybe it's time for that trip to the gym you promised yourself?”
“Maybe it's time for that trip to the gym you promised yourself?
”
<Makes mental note to be less subtle in future.>
Originally Posted by cheesey30:
“Thats easy enuff............have we seen her use it since xmas invasion?....I dont think we have.............she got the new one for christmas.”
“Thats easy enuff............have we seen her use it since xmas invasion?....I dont think we have.............she got the new one for christmas.”
She used the red and orange Nokia in School Reunion.
I'm loving this thread, its amazing how Doctor Who fans (myself included here), will try to explain away even the biggest of plot holes!
I think RTD is desperate to scupper all chances of any kind of honour a la CBE/MBE/OBE/knighthood!
He has the Slitheen kill Tony Blair! (it's definitely him, Harriet Jones mentiones she isn't one of the "babes" as in Blair's babes, just a hard-working backbencher, or words to that effect)
He has the Royal Family on the roof in TCI!
Finally, he reveals the Royals have werewolf ancestry!
RTD is clearly anti-establishment!
He has the Slitheen kill Tony Blair! (it's definitely him, Harriet Jones mentiones she isn't one of the "babes" as in Blair's babes, just a hard-working backbencher, or words to that effect)
He has the Royal Family on the roof in TCI!
Finally, he reveals the Royals have werewolf ancestry!
RTD is clearly anti-establishment!
Originally Posted by amos_brearley:
“I think RTD is desperate to scupper all chances of any kind of honour a la CBE/MBE/OBE/knighthood!
He has the Slitheen kill Tony Blair! (it's definitely him, Harriet Jones mentiones she isn't one of the "babes" as in Blair's babes, just a hard-working backbencher, or words to that effect)
He has the Royal Family on the roof in TCI!
Finally, he reveals the Royals have werewolf ancestry!
RTD is clearly anti-establishment!”
“I think RTD is desperate to scupper all chances of any kind of honour a la CBE/MBE/OBE/knighthood!
He has the Slitheen kill Tony Blair! (it's definitely him, Harriet Jones mentiones she isn't one of the "babes" as in Blair's babes, just a hard-working backbencher, or words to that effect)
He has the Royal Family on the roof in TCI!
Finally, he reveals the Royals have werewolf ancestry!
RTD is clearly anti-establishment!
”
But Mickey would be talking about the present Prime Minister.
And the guy who fell out of the wardrobe looked absolutely nothing like Tony Blair. If they wanted it to be Blair it wouldn't have been too much trouble to find a lookalike.
I think it was a straightforward continuity error, and nobody told the writer about Harriet Jones.
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“But Mickey would be talking about the present Prime Minister.
And the guy who fell out of the wardrobe looked absolutely nothing like Tony Blair. If they wanted it to be Blair it wouldn't have been too much trouble to find a lookalike.
I think it was a straightforward continuity error, and nobody told the writer about Harriet Jones.”
“But Mickey would be talking about the present Prime Minister.
And the guy who fell out of the wardrobe looked absolutely nothing like Tony Blair. If they wanted it to be Blair it wouldn't have been too much trouble to find a lookalike.
I think it was a straightforward continuity error, and nobody told the writer about Harriet Jones.”
you would have thought the script editor when going through it with the red marker would've picked up on that one?
Heres Proof John Prescott is a Slitheen http://usera.imagecave.com/borg/PrescottIsAShtheen.JPG
Yeah, the big problem I had with what Mickey said was that he chose to use Tony Blair as an example, when Tony Blair hadn't been in office for a year.
And given what happened at the end of Christmas Invasion, I wouldn't be surprised if they were on another prime minister after Harriet Jones now. So Mickey would be referring to 3rd most recent prime minister!
And given what happened at the end of Christmas Invasion, I wouldn't be surprised if they were on another prime minister after Harriet Jones now. So Mickey would be referring to 3rd most recent prime minister!
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“But Mickey would be talking about the present Prime Minister.
And the guy who fell out of the wardrobe looked absolutely nothing like Tony Blair. If they wanted it to be Blair it wouldn't have been too much trouble to find a lookalike.
I think it was a straightforward continuity error, and nobody told the writer about Harriet Jones.”
“But Mickey would be talking about the present Prime Minister.
And the guy who fell out of the wardrobe looked absolutely nothing like Tony Blair. If they wanted it to be Blair it wouldn't have been too much trouble to find a lookalike.
I think it was a straightforward continuity error, and nobody told the writer about Harriet Jones.”
It was meant to be Blair.
Listen to the commentary where someone (Phil C I think) talks about them hiring someone who supposedly looked like Tony Blair.
When the guy turned up he looked nothing like him and they had to shoot the scene in such a way that his face was not seen all that much.
Originally Posted by Corwin:
“It was meant to be Blair.
Listen to the commentary where someone (Phil C I think) talks about them hiring someone who supposedly looked like Tony Blair.
When the guy turned up he looked nothing like him and they had to shoot the scene in such a way that his face was not seen all that much.”
“It was meant to be Blair.
Listen to the commentary where someone (Phil C I think) talks about them hiring someone who supposedly looked like Tony Blair.
When the guy turned up he looked nothing like him and they had to shoot the scene in such a way that his face was not seen all that much.”
Don't believe them.
Sorry but I just don't.
While watching AOL at the time, most people accepted that the PM was a just a generic PM who wasn't referred to as Blair at all.
I think they deliberately didn't want to mess things up by mixing fictional characters with real life MPs or it would all look a bit odd.
If they used Blair, then they'd have to use some continuity and use other real life cabinet ministers.
I just don't believe that they hired a lookalike and the lookalike looked nothing like what they wanted.
They would have gone ballistic and found another lookalike agency who were more competent to hire.
I just can't see them being that sloppy.
It was one falling out of the wardrobe scene, if they wanted a Tony Blair lookalike they had all the time in the world to slot that scene in later if they wanted to.
Originally Posted by Black Guardian:
“you would have thought the script editor when going through it with the red marker would've picked up on that one?”
“you would have thought the script editor when going through it with the red marker would've picked up on that one?”
I would have thought so too,..because now it's a bit tricky and they can't confuse Harriet Jones or whatever other fictional PM runs the country if David Cameron or somebody is the real PM.
I think you've got to be consistent in whether you are using real history or fictional history, and make a consistent choice between which you want to use.
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“I would have thought so too,..because now it's a bit tricky and they can't confuse Harriet Jones or whatever other fictional PM runs the country if David Cameron or somebody is the real PM.
I think you've got to be consistent in whether you are using real history or fictional history, and make a consistent choice between which you want to use.”
“I would have thought so too,..because now it's a bit tricky and they can't confuse Harriet Jones or whatever other fictional PM runs the country if David Cameron or somebody is the real PM.
I think you've got to be consistent in whether you are using real history or fictional history, and make a consistent choice between which you want to use.”
I think from what I have seen of this series so far is where they are going wrong or lacking is a coherent form of continuity. Kids ain't daft and I am sure some of them are thinking, as we are, well that didn't happen or was said two episodes ago so why is this happening now. Tighter ship in the script/story dept!
Originally Posted by Grand Dizzy:
“Yeah, the big problem I had with what Mickey said was that he chose to use Tony Blair as an example, when Tony Blair hadn't been in office for a year.
And given what happened at the end of Christmas Invasion, I wouldn't be surprised if they were on another prime minister after Harriet Jones now. So Mickey would be referring to 3rd most recent prime minister!”
“Yeah, the big problem I had with what Mickey said was that he chose to use Tony Blair as an example, when Tony Blair hadn't been in office for a year.
And given what happened at the end of Christmas Invasion, I wouldn't be surprised if they were on another prime minister after Harriet Jones now. So Mickey would be referring to 3rd most recent prime minister!”
One wonders which version of events played out, because CE's Doctor said she served 3 successive terms or words to that effect, whereas DT's Doctor seemed to drive her out of office after half a year, although I like to think she survived that incident.
To be fair, Harriet Jones was never "voted in" as such, she was sort of just there to take charge after WWIII's events. Maybe Blair was the last elected PM, so it made sense to mention him.
I'm not deliberately stretching facts to cover up, I've no interest in patching over dodgy continuity if the writers can't be bothered, but I think some people are looking for bigger holes in the story than there are!
There's another possibility - The RETURN OF BLAIR - perhaps Harriet had to resign and they needed someone who knew the ropes
Originally Posted by amos_brearley:
“To be fair, Harriet Jones was never "voted in" as such, she was sort of just there to take charge after WWIII's events. Maybe Blair was the last elected PM, so it made sense to mention him.”
“To be fair, Harriet Jones was never "voted in" as such, she was sort of just there to take charge after WWIII's events. Maybe Blair was the last elected PM, so it made sense to mention him.”
Pretty sure there was an actual election after the events of WW3. Doesn't Harriet mention a landslide victory or something?
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