Salon post: March 9

[jenett]

I mentioned in a lock post, there was no post last week because I was still getting over being miserably sick.

Welcome to this week's salon post!

Topic of the week
Getting conversations going is something that I think about a lot, between online spaces like this, being staff on a Pagan forum, and just generally.

I've mentioned in a locked post that I've noticed a significant drop off in comments on the salon posts, and I'm wondering if there are things I (or other people who were interested) could do to help.

Is it timing? Starting discussions a bit differently? Something else?

What I've been up to:
Having finished the Classic Doctor Who rewatch, I am now a season into New Who. (With a bit of skipping episodes, since I've seen the first couple of seasons several times in the not too distant past.)


House rules:
This is a public post, feel free to encourage other people to drop by, just note the 'if posting anonymously, include a name people can call you in responses' rule.

* Consider this a conversation in my living room, only with a lot more seating. I reserve the right to redirect, screen, and otherwise moderate stuff, but would vastly prefer not to have to.

* If you don't have a DW account or want to post anonymously, please include a name we can call you in this particular post. (You can say AnonymousOne or your favourite colour or whatever. Just something to help keep conversations clear.)

* If you've got a question or concern, feel free to PM me.

Comments

[jazzyjj]

I like the idea of a little reminder for people to turn on tracking for these entries. I personally don't do it but I've tried out the feature and it works great. I just joined and subscribed to a politics forum on Dw, so I have made it a habit of coming here daily and checking my Reading page. Even if I don't post something I check. Long live DW!





As for what I've been up to, a lot of reading for pleasure and a lot of socializing w/the neighbors. I've also been working out once a week at the local YMCA, and it feels so good. Believe it or not, I haven't read any of the Dr. Who series. But my high school had a Dr. Who Club. I'm not sure if they still do though. The guy who was in charge of it at the time was a teacher of mine.

[jenett]

I have not read most of the Doctor Who books, but my TV watching growing up (well, permitted) was PBS and James Bond movies, so I grew up watching Doctor Who, a fair range of British comedy, and a large swath of Masterpiece Theatre and Mystery!. So they're very much 'this is a thing I remember doing with my father, and loved' above and beyond enjoying SF.

And it's a fascinating thing because you can see changes in approaches to storytelling and structure, over time, since the series has been going so long, without necessarily getting stuck in the same mode (because different actors as the Doctor, screenwriters, and show-runners.) There are definitely things I don't like in each era of the show, but there are also a lot of things I do like.