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Let me know if you have any questions for me to answer for this month's Monthly Chat! 

What I will be covering: 

Doctor Who December 

Classic Who: "The War Games" Parts 7-10 & "Spearhead from Space" 

Supernatural: 2x10-2x19

Vikings: 6x11 

World Beyond: 1x08-1x10

The Haunting of Bly Manor: 1x08 & 1x09 

The Mandalorian: 2x05-2x08 

His Dark Materials: 2x04-2x07 

The Monthly Chat will be recorded on Wednesday January 27th. 


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Thomas Corp

Classic Who: When Matt Smith researched Doctor Who, he by and large gravitated towards Patrick Troughton’s performance as the Second Doctor and subsequently drew much inspiration from him. Now that you’ve seen both Doctors’ journeys, how would you compare and contrast Two and Eleven? The Mandalorian: Question 1: Just in general what are your overall thoughts and feelings regarding Ludwig Göransson’s score for the show compared to the iconic John Williams scores from the films? Question 2: It’s still amazing to me that the season ends with Mando and Grogu separated. That’s not to say I wanted that to happen, more of it was such a bold move narrative-wise that I can’t help but be impressed by it happening. Do you think going forward that Mando and Grogu should stay separated or do you feel that at some point in the future, they should reunite in some way? Question 3: One of my and many other fans’ favorite parts of this season was the triumphant return of Boba Fett who is the subject of this three part question. One: Between the writing as well as Temuera Morrison’s outstanding performance, how do you feel the show did with the portrayal of Boba? Second: If you were to compare Mando and Boba, in what ways would you feel that they’re similar and what ways would you feel they contrast? Thirdly: At this point, what hopes or wishes if any do you have regarding the upcoming show starring Boba and also Ming-Na Wen returning as Fennec Shand? Question 4: I know it’s not the most popular opinion, but I love the character Moff Gideon. I think he’s one of the best of the newer Star Wars villains and Giancarlo Esposito portrays him to perfection. What’s been your impression of the character and given the fact that he’s not dead by the season’s end, do you think we will see him again? The Haunting of Bly Manor: Question 1: How would you say Hill House and Bly Manor compares to other anthology shows and in what ways do you feel these shows are successful compared to other anthology shows that were not as successful? Question 2: The matter of Viola and Perdita I’ve found people are on one side or the other, however, like myself you held a middle ground position in that you had sympathy and empathy for both sisters for different reasons. Could you go a little more in detail into your view of the plotline of Viola and Perdita? Question 3: More an observation than a question, though I do have questions related to it. Along with Hannah, Owen was your favorite character of Bly Manor and Shirley was your favorite character of Hill House. Both Owen and Shirley are actually original characters exclusive to the shows yet they don’t feel out of place as other original characters in pre-existing material sometimes do. Therefore do you have any thoughts or comments as to Mike Flanagan and the other writers’ skills in their creation of these wonderful characters? Also do you feel there’s something to the fact that two of your favorites were original characters, or as is most likely the case it’s merely a coincidence that as usual I’m reading way too much into? The Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit: Question 1: Now that you’ve seen both trilogies, do you have any interest in your off time in seeing the extended editions of the films, or at the very least the scenes and differences exclusive to the extended editions? Question 2: The character of Saruman is often one of the more debated characters. For instance: Tolkien stated Saruman was always to a certain extent evil whereas Sir Christopher Lee portrayed Saruman as being genuinely heroic prior to his abandoning reason for madness. Now that you’ve seen the entirety of Saruman’s arc, his appearing in the extended edition of The Return of the King notwithstanding, what’s your overall read of the character in general as well as his fall to the dark side? Question 3: It might interest you to know that Tolkien stated many times that he viewed Sam, not Frodo, as the true hero of the Lord of the Rings, a sentiment that I and a number of fans agree with. Would it be fair to say that you agree with that interpretation as well? Home Alone 2 Lost in New York: Question 1: Your concern about Kevin being a psychotic little shit which, you know, of course he is was a sentiment shared by many fans and has led to the popular theory that Kevin is a young Jigsaw from Saw. Care to weigh in on the matter and/or any further thoughts on the subject? Question 2: Related to the above, your general discomfort towards Kevin’s traps combined with the fact that you said you were not necessarily the biggest fan of the first film is I would imagine why you did not see this one prior to your reaction? Question 3: I’ll venture a guess that you don’t have any strong desire to see Home Alone 3-5. I don’t blame you if that’s the case; the quality of the films took a nosedive after the second film. That’s a fair presumption to make though in that you don’t wish to see the other films? Yes? No?

Chris Fone

Classic Who As you’ve now left the Black & White era behind you (sob) I wondered what you thought of Black & White as a way of effectively telling Dr Who stories. Do you think it added to the storytelling, mood etc? Do you think they could do a one off story in this style again, today? What are your thoughts?

Shaun Houghton

Classic Who Now that the Timelords have been introduced, any expectations of their involvement going forward? The end of the black & white era, also coincides with the end of the 60s, any part of this era stands out or surprises you the most?