Question Time - Round Six!

[Pamela]

I prefer carpets, you don't get splinters from Axminster.

How often do you stub your toe, and what swear word accompanies it?

[MinaHarker]

Constantly. Usually I say something along the lines of, "F'ing s'ing f'ety f' f' F!" Stubbed toe + ingrown toenail = pain!

What did you always want to be when you grew up?

[SiHart]

I wanted to be a writer. Not a journalist like my career advisors kept teeling me I wanted to be. I wanted to write books. I still haven't done, but I've written lots of other stuff... just not made any money out of it!

What would be your ideal job?

Si xx

[Jon Masters]

Being a househusband - spending all day pottering around the house and the shops, cooking up pickles and relishes and home made soup, and time for lots of reading, writing etc.

If it must be paid work, then running a very dingy secondhand bookshop.

Why didn't I get all my work done over the summer and now have to rush it for tomorrow's first INSET day ?

[Jon Masters]

Too late to answer now !

So, in a desperate attempt to reverse the demise I caused of this thread ..


What's the worst meal you ever eaten in a resteraunt or pub ?

[shada pavlova]

A horribly tough steak at the Old Ship, Padstow.

The chips weren't up to much, either.

(Granted half the staff were RNLI volunteers, and there was a call to arms just after we'd ordered, but even so...)

Babelcolour's Ten Doctors: hit or miss?

[Rob McCow]

A very psychotic hit.

When was the last time you changed your hair?

[Jamie McCrimmon]

Next Tuesday, it's getting chopped and dyed.

Have you ever spent a lot of money on a deleted second hand dvd/video that you really wanted?

[Stuart Wallis]

I was half-tempted to spend £25 on Terminus, just to plug up a hole in the collection. Then I heard I could plug up two, and get Enlightenment with better sound quality, and extras, when the DVDs came out at much the same price. Hoorah!

From where I'm sitting, I can see a copy of Bit Of A Blur by Alex James. What's your favourite tongue-in-cheek book title?

[Pip Madeley]

The Bible.

What's for lunch today?

[shada pavlova]

A sandwich and a bottle of Coke. Hark at me, inventive...

Bessie or the Blue Falcon?

[SiHart]

Bessie.

Why didn't she jinx me, like a gipsy?

Si xx

[Stuart Wallis]

Wasn't the parking ticket enough?

Are there any films coming out in the near future that you plan to watch?

[Jamie McCrimmon]

Dorian Gray might be good.

What colour are your slippers?

[SiHart]

Black.

What colour is your dressing gown?

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

Black, like your slippers. Oh dear, I fear people will talk.

What is the colour of your true love's eyes in the morning?

[Jon Masters]

Bloodshot, like mine.

When did you last have the Mother of all Toothaches ?

[Si Hunt]

It was a few months ago, oddly enough when P-Bal was visiting. It might have been the day before Eurovision! My tooth really ached like nothing before! And then it just went, on its own and nothing since.

I half suspect that when I had a filling earlier this year, it's made of some substance that gets irritated or aches when it's a certain humidity. Is that likely? You know how metal expands at certain times of year? Cos it was right where the filling was.

What was the last thing you got addicted to?

Si.

[Simon R]

"Come Dine With Me" as well you know Merlin.

Are you moist like tinned ham for the second series of "Merlin"?

[shada pavlova]

Not in the least.

What comes after "State of Decay"? (Be very careful!)

[SiHart]

The Christmas break.

What's your favourite Doctor Who related childhood memory?

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

The Five Faces of Doctor Who. It was, to quote Ace, just that whole time, you know.

Which of the stories from The Five Faces of Doctor Who is your favourite... And WHY?

[SiHart]

It has to be Logopolis- for reasons I'll be explaining again in my 30 years thread...

Which season 17 would you have chosen to be unfinished due to strike action?

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

Actually, I think Shada - some of it's great, Tom & Denis Carey in particular, but Lalla seems to have forgotten how to act for these episodes, and some of Chris Parsons' dialogue is just awful. Plus the Krargs seem to be the least plausible monster of the season (I rather like the Mandrells, so don't try and convince me otherwise!). Frankly, I don't think I'd want to be without any of the other five stories.

Which well-known unmade story do you wish they'd made... and which made story would you give up in its stead?

[Si Hunt]

I was just thinking earlier what a loss "Shada" was. It gets bad press these days, but I absolutely love it. I would certainly have said "Destiny" above "Shada"!

But to answer Andrew's question, can I have "Return of the Autons" please? Yes, I know it'd have been crass and forced, but oh! To have the Autons back with the Master and the Rani! Worth suffering Singapore location footage for!

Do you think they'll ever do a New Series multi-Doctor reunion story? (apart from "Time Crash", I mean one where they try and get them all back)

Si.