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There are little bits that have worked, and worked well. I liked the Punjab episodes spirit and story. But the Doctor and the 'fam' ruined it by being in it. Every time the Whitterer appears the story sags. She is so underwritten, annoying and unenigmatic that she is the worst thing in her own show. Be honest, are we really expected to believe that this woman is the continuation of the previous incarnations? A handful of "I used to..." type comments, often shoe-horned in, do not represent the continuation of the character to me. How have we gone from Capaldi effectively wanting to die through the weariness of the constant good vs evil struggle to this superficially bubbly non entity? Tennant was often dark and brooding - "Have I gone too far?" The Doctor is the programme. He should be the centre and soul of everything. Jodie has no element to her. No fear, no darkness, melancholy, intent. Just bobs along 'helping out'. Not one reference to her regeneration. No signal of her mood or direction. Chibnall can't handle the genre. We go from Daleks blowing up tanks to Ryan in a cafe with his Dad for 5 minutes trying to bond while the world ends. Who gives one damn about Ryan, or his Dad? What have we been given, to care about this aspect of this woefully underwritten, unrealistic person? What did Yaz do in the new year episode? Was she there? There's a reason why good show makers stick to one or two companions. You simply can't do each justice in a one hour show slot. Chibnall is good at human drama, but needs the right format to develop it. Dr Who isn't it. He can't work out how to merge the right kind of human drama with a fantasy storyline. So each episode feels like someone has chopped up an episode of Star Trek and an episode of Broadchurch and sellotaped them together. And he has no flair for humour. The scene with the family lamenting the loss of wifi felt like he ordered it from a catalogue. The new year episode started well. I quite liked the two archaeologists - I learned more about them in the first five minutes than I have about the Doctor in the whole season. They were going somewhere, weren't they. Then their relationship was jettisoned as soon as the Whitterer arrived. No tie up at the end, unless I missed it making a cup of tea. In fact, the girl who ended up with the Dalek for a passenger was a better actress that Jodie. I've seen Jodie interviewed on the telly. She's nice. A nice, intelligent, bubbly woman. But ask me, is she the Doctor? I say, no. No. A thousand times no. No, as in the polar opposite of yes. Have I said no yet? No.

Point well made!

Make sure you don't leave the F off

I was never any good at maths It's tempting...

Yep. AF#15 is achievable tomorrow if you have enough money. Obviously, the uniqueness of each original Andru ASM page makes them all the harder to obtain and I have to say, makes them much more pleasing to own. They're the last thing I will let go. Cheers my fellow Andru fan Here's an indication of size - a copy of the actual book folded outwards against the back of the art page: Not the best photo, but you get the idea All my pages are in Mylars too. They look great. The little notes are cool aren't they - we're sitting here 35 years later admiring what to Ross was probably something he just rattled off whilst thinking about that nights dinner

Glassman, I can't work out whether that's an s short of a Charleston or an e too far for a Charlie (which was an Irvine Welsh novel wasn't it?). We all seem to be a stitch short of a tapestry in this thread though, so it likely doesn't matter.

Good stuff as usual Withnail. Around these here parts Jeri Ryan's character was known as "44 of D". I'll see myself out . . . Being a Whovian at heart, I don't keep abreast of Star Trek minutiae. But I take your point. Both of them in fact

Cheers Andy - that's what I was thinking. They'll get it right one day hopefully...

Thanks @nesqrick2, for the Iron Man's especially - lots I didn't have in there. As a result of the contributions from you and from others from Ben's site we are up to 750 confirmed books across 77 titles now. Here's the latest issue list: Title Confirmed AUS Issues Total 2099 Unlimited (1-10) 2 1 Amazing Spider-Man (340-417) 341-384, 408, 410-417 53 Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1993 Only) 27 1 Avengers (325-402) 325-329, 331, 334-342, 344-351, 354-362 32 Avengers (1996) (#1 Only) 1 1 Avengers West Coast (63-102) 63, 64, 66, 70, 73-83, 87, 89-92 20 Barbie (1-35) 19, 35 2 Cable - Blood and Metal (1-2) 1 1 Cage (1-20) 3, 5-12 9 Captain America (378-454) 379, 384, 387-389-391, 393, 398-399, 401, 403, 404, 407, 409, 411-413, 415, 417-419, 421-423 25 Clive Barker - Hokum & Hex (1-9) 2, 3 2 Clive Barker - Hyperkind (1-9) 2 1 Clive Barker - Saint Sinner (1-7) 2 1 Conan The Barbarian (237-275) 241, 243, 244, 246, 248, 254, 256-258, 261, 262, 264, 265, 269, 271-273 17 Daredevil (285-358) 285-291, 294, 296-314 27 Doom 2099 (1-44) 1-10, 12 11 Fantastic Four, The (345-416) 345-347, 350-354, 356, 358-359, 361-362, 364, 366-367, 372, 374 18 Fantastic Four, The 1996 Series (#1 Only) 1 1 Gambit (1-4) 1 1 Generation X (1-21) 13-17, 19-21 8 G.I. Joe (105-155) 106, 109-110, 112-114, 116-117, 124, 130-139, 140-142 22 Ghost Rider, The (6-75) 23-29, 31-35, 37-39, 41-44 19 Ghost Rider / Blaze: Spirits of Vengeance (1-23) 1-2, 4-5, 9, 11-12 7 Incredible Hulk, The (374-447) 376-378, 380-385, 388-389, 391, 393, 395, 399, 401-412, 447 28 Infinity Crusade (1-6) 02-Mar 2 Infinity War (1-6) 2-6 5 Iron Man (261-332) 262-263, 266-270, 273-275, 277-299 33 Lethal Foes of Spider-Man (1-4) 2-4 3 Marvel Tales (242-291) 243-253, 257, 261-262, 264-270, 273-275, 277, 279-280 27 Midnight Sons Unlimited (1-9) 1 1 Morbius The Living Vampire (1-32) 2, 6, 8, 12 4 New Mutants, The (94-100) 96-100 5 Night Thrasher (1-21) 5 1 Night Thrasher: Four Control (1-4) 4 1 Punisher, The (41-104) 44-47, 49-55, 60, 63, 65-66 15 Punisher 2099, The (1-34) 1-4, 7-8 6 Punisher Annual, The (1993 Only) 6 1 Punisher Holiday Special (1-3) 1 1 Punisher: The Origin of Microchip (1-2) 1 1 Punisher Summer Special (1-3) 3 1 Ravage 2099 (1-33) 1-8, 10-11 10 Ren & Stimpy Show, The (1-44) 12-13 2 Sabretooth (1-4) 3 1 Secret Defenders, The () 2, 4, 6, 8-10 6 Sensational Spider-Man, The (1-10) 8 1 Silver Surfer (42-122) 43-45, 47, 49-50, 52, 55, 60-64, 69, 71-75, 77-82, 84, 86-87 28 Silver Surfer / Warlock: Resurrection (1-4) 1 1 Spectacular Spider-Man (169-240) 169, 174, 186-187, 189, 191-201, 203-207, 238 22 Spider-Man 1990 (3-74) 32, 35, 41, 74 4 Spider-Man 2099 (1-46) 1-9, 11-15, 43 15 Spider-Man Classics (1-16) 2, 9 2 Spider-Man Unlimited (1-14) 1-3 3 Star Trek Voyager (#1 Only) 1 1 Thor, The Mighty (424-502) 427, 429, 432-438, 440-441, 444-446, 448-449, 452-457, 459-469 33 Thor, The Mighty Annual (1993 Only) 18 1 Thunderstrike (1-24) 1 1 Transformers (71-80) 71, 73-75, 77-80 8 Uncanny X-Men (269-338) 270-272, 275-276, 278-280, 282-283, 285, 287-293, 295-297, 300-304, 306-307, 329-332, 334-338 38 Uncanny X-Men Annual (1993 Only) 17 1 Venom, Funeral Pyre (1-3) 2 1 Venom, Lethal Protector (1-6) 1-2, 4 3 Venom, The Madness (1-3) 2 1 Warlock Chronicles (1-8) 2-6 5 Web of Spider-Man (69-129) 70, 76-77, 80-81, 87, 90, 93-96, 99-100, 103-108 19 Web of Spider-Man Annual (1993 Only) 9 1 What If… (18-91) 25-26, 28-30, 34-36, 44, 46, 54, 84-85, 89 14 Wolverine (32-107) 50-53, 55, 58-59, 71, 73, 75-76, 98-99, 101-103, 105-107 19 Wolverine and The Punisher: Damaging Evidence (1-3) 1-3 3 X-Factor (59-128) 60-69, 71-74, 77, 88, 92-94, 96-97, 125-126 23 X-Factor Annual (1993 Only) 8 1 X-Force (1-60) 1, 7-8, 11-15, 18-23, 25-26, 28-29, 52-60 27 X-Man (1-21) 12-21 10 X-Men (1-58) 1, 4-5, 10-11, 24-25, 49, 51-53, 55-58 15 X-Men Annual (1993 Only) 2 1 X-Men 2099 (1-35) 1-3 3 X-Men Adventures (1-15) 1, 3, 5-11, 13 10 X-Men Unlimited (1-12) 2 1 Total 750 https://rarecomics.wordpress.com/2017/05/17/aus-price-variants-australian-newsstand-editions/

Charlton Fifteen Cent Variants - Part Eight! (Nothing to do with pence variants mind, but special dispensation has been sought from The Registered Nurse to post them. She agreed. Praise her! Worship her! Fear her....) Charlton 15 Cent Variants - March 1962 (6 of 20 Confirmed) Fightin’ Air force #31 Fightin’ Army #45 High School Confidential Diary #11 Hot Rods and Racing Cars #56 Hunk #4 Just Married #24 Konga #5 Li’l Genius #37 – CONFIRMED Love Diary #20 My Little Margie #40 Nurse Betsy Crane #15 Romantic Secrets #37 Romantic Story #59 Six Gun Heroes #67 – CONFIRMED Space War #15 – CONFIRMED Submarine Attack #32 Sweethearts #64 – CONFIRMED Texas Rangers in Action #32 – CONFIRMED Timmy the Timid Ghost #31 – CONFIRMED U.S. Air Force #20 Charlton 15 Cent Variants - April 1962 (2 of 21 Confirmed) Atomic Mouse #47 Billy the Kid #33 Black Fury #35 Brides in Love #29 Cheyenne Kid #33 Fightin’ Marines #46 - CONFIRMED Fightin’ Navy #103 First Kiss #25 Freddy #33 Gorgo #6 I Love You #39 – CONFIRMED Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #29 Outlaws of the West #36 Reptisaurus #4 Secrets of Young Brides #30 Strange Suspense Stories #58 Sweetheart Diary #63 Teen Confessions #16 Teen-Age Confidential Confessions #11 Teen-Age Love #25 Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshall #41 8 of 41 Confirmed P.S. These two are now mine. Mine I tell you, mine Seven of eight have I It's Nine isn't it.

I picked up my first graded Dell today, from a discerning friend in the US of A. It's the first known Four Colour 'U.K. Edition' 9d copy - Peter Gunn #1087 (April-June 1960): Looking at the census, I see CGC have graded three types of this book as follows: The US copies: The UK copies, of which mine is one: And 'Australian' copies: I didn't know there were Australian copies? Is this a mistake? Paging the King of Australia @AJD

My favourite #137 page

You have excellent taste MMM. Let's see them then

Tell me about it

The title of the show becomes more appropriate with each episode. Dr Who? Under Chibnall, I've no idea. Jodie Whitterer is not the Doctor. Everything else, good or bad, is therefore irrelevant.

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CONFIDENTIAL DIARY! Shhhh No peeking! (As the nurse said to the Monarch when he failed to give a urine sample) "Ray...Ray...please let me go!" "I'm trying to Daphne but your dress is caught in my flies" "Don't give me that!" "In this position Daphne, it's hard not to" "It's certainly hard alright Ray" "Heh, heh, we could carry this on all night Daphne" "That would be a first" "Oh, right" "I'm joking Dave!" "Dave, who's Dave?" "Oh, err, umm...I meant..." "Saay.." Well jump then you miserable cow. No one's going to miss you. She's already got a failing mark, look - on her belt buckle. What? Her backside? Oh.....That must happen in 'Smash-Up' then I take it? "Cathy, wait... I didn't mean. Oh sod ya then. You're bum looks enormous in that dress" Shhhh CONFIDENTIAL DIARY! Too late, I've read it. I've seen it all. I know your secrets.

Almost. @gofu$&yourself Alright, fair's fair. That's funny.

Hulk likes avatar of Oaktreeman. Avatar of Oaktreeman is cool. But if Oaktreeman should one day tire of Hulk, and replace Hulk with a silly alternative that does not include Hulk, then Hulk will SMASH! HULK SMASH! I've been waiting for ages to do that

Happy New Year everyone, and a big thank you to those that have visited the Groundskeepers workplaces this year, and left a mark I haven't seen these two for a while, and hope they're both OK and just having a rest from the online world (not a bad idea at all really) Maurice, Bob, hope to see you both in the New Year @Gnasher @tv horror