Room 101 S12E01

Well, apparently there's a new series of Room 101

hosted by Frank Skinner
guests: Danny Baker, Fern Britton, Robert Webb

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• room
• 101
• s12e01
• frank
• skinner
• danny
• baker
• fern
• britton
• rober
• webb

[ArtificialIdiot]

Anybody who thinks there's no science fiction movies set in the modern day obviously hasn't seen Terminator, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Back to the Future or even E.T.

I don't really mind Fern throwing sci-fi into Room 101, but it sounds more like she had issue with Doctor Who, Star Wars and Star Trek than the whole genre...

[hopelesslypassive]

@ArtificialIdiot yeah, it really seemed like she had issues with the whole space travel/ship, alien thing rather than science fiction as such. I get why people might not like that sort of thing...but to complain about it for being not real (as they also pointed out - that's why it's called FICTION) is quite stupid

[thawey]

Robert is the only guest who did not come out as a dick out of this.

[thomasimon]

Dear Fern Britton, the fact that Robert could quote the first line of every Star Wars movie, doesn't make him a nerd. It just means he has seen at least 1 of the six movies...

[RFC3514]

As others have pointed out, there's a lot of sci-fi that takes place in the past, and a lot of sci-fi concepts that eventually became true, but, regardless of that, Fern seems to have completely missed the contradiction between "it takes place in the future" and "it isn't real". If it's in the future, she can't know if it's (going to be) real or not.

[Khuratokh]

Fern, "Room 101" from "1984" (Unless you think literature excludes SF)

[Khuratokh]

The geek shall inherit the earth

[boobsnexplosions]

merton

[Yickbob]

OMG, is there a rule that comedy panel show creators have to either sleep with Fern Britton or let her be on 1 episode to get the bloody thing made?! She disses Dr. Who, who spends most of his time in the past - if she'd said she doesn't like it because, while the TARDIS can move through time AND space, it mostly ends up in the UK & the aliens all speak with a British accent, even the Daleks, she might have had a point (not that anyone else minds...).

[MissFotini]

@ArtificialIdiot Also... as the Doctor can kiiind of travel through time, and in fact the very first story line EVER of Doctor Who was set around him taking 2 contemporary English school teachers to the birth of fire, her "Why can't we have past and present set sci-fi?" whine is, how you say, redundant.

[Avilennon]

Here I was thinking there isn't enough panel shows.

[SenseiSenpaiSanChan]

Fern, if your teenage boys are up until 2am, it's not homework. They're just fapping. Nobody pre-university needs to be up until 2am.

[CharmsLithe]

@thomasimon Although Robert is a nerd. Which is why I adore him.

[357Snowball]

Aaaargh!! Cool!!