As we approach the final episode, I have only one wish:

That Conrad is not redeemed.

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@whisht

“Poppy is real”

I still have this lingering feeling that Poppy might be a Timelord, crazy as that sounds. How else to explain her appearance in “Space Babies” and, briefly, in Lagos?

A few thoughts on Poppy. The Doctor shouts out to the Rani “Poppy is real! Don’t you know what that means!?” Well, I have been trying to make sense of that. Not sure I have cracked it, and apologies if I am repeating what has already been said, but:

Did the Doctor and Belinda actually have a child? If so, is Poppy a Timelord? If so, could Poppy…[Read more]

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Mrs Blenkinsop and I just finished watching all four episodes. Tremendously enjoyable. Also, tremendously hokey. But was the latter necessary to ensure the former…? Somehow, I suspect it was.

What insight did it provide to the Rani’s plan to bring back Omega on Saturday? Perhaps it confirms @pufferfish‘s brilliant assessment of the current Rani…[Read more]

@nerys

I think the appearance of the Tardis with the Jo Martin Doctor was simply an egregious mistake on the part of Chibbers. One of many.

Will hold off on a more detailed response, as the annual marathon in my town that starts and concludes about a block from where I live is coming to its conclusion, and the ones coming in last are the ones…[Read more]

Still processing this one. In all sorts of ways we are definitely in the land of fairy tales, with a wicked witch, the seventh son of the seventh son, a baby with magical powers, etc.

Poppy is clearly of great importance. She was there in “Space Babies, she was there briefly at the end of “The Story and the Engine” and now she is here, as the…[Read more]

@whohar, are your amazing powers of prediction the result of that very long time you once spent in the bath?

(you have to have been on this site from the time @craig set it up to make sense of the above sentence.)

@whisht

I really hope Belinda is not ‘special’.

As do I. If you recall, the Doctor scanned her DNA, so unless he was lying through his teeth, we can hope that she is regular Belinda.

p.s. Mrs Blenkinsop and I watched the very first Who story “An Unearthly Child” last night. It was brilliant. It brought back memories for me of watching it as a n…[Read more]

@whohar

Brilliant!

Whatever actually happens cannot be as stupendously excellent as what you have outlined.

Are you available to take up the position as the next Showrunner?

You certainly have my vote.

I may have mentioned this book previously, but I was just reading this news today

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/billy-proctor-heart-of-the-raincoast-dies-at-90-10678357

When Mrs Blenkinsop and I first visited over 20 years ago, we were walking around the inner harbour of the main city late one evening, and heard a bubbling sound.We…[Read more]

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@whohar

I don’t think Belinda is Susan’s daughter. In last week’s episode she mentioned to the Doctor that her nan took her to visit India, so she could get a sense of her heritage. But what I find interesting about Belinda is she only ever refers to her parents. Not to friends, not to co-workers, not to relationships (let’s pass over the…[Read more]

First impressions: mixed feelings on this one.

The Doctor turns vicious, Susan appears (in order to call him back from the dark place he is inhabiting?). Well, OK, I suppose.

Hellion psycho tries to murder the audience, but not the Corporation ( poor Freddie Fox is in danger of being typecast if you recall him in Slow Horses).

We are still in…[Read more]

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@mudlark

A wonderfully informative reflection on the episode.

I was unaware of the connection to the story of Sheherazade, for example. Thank you.

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Very much enjoyed my second viewing. It is, as I said after my first viewing, it is a story about forgiveness and redemption.  As the embittered archivist/storyteller says at the end, “I don’t deserve your kindness” and I am tempted to agree with him. But, as Belinda says “hurt people hurt people”. And there has to be a way of stopping that…[Read more]

@ps1l0v3yOu

It’s a kid show. We’re overthinking it.

But it’s not a kid’s show anymore.  The last show runner who was capable of pitching it to both kids and adults was Moffat. And that’s part of the problem. Throwing in a giant mechanical spider in outer space doesn’t mean that kids can make anymore sense of a bunch of adults telling stories…[Read more]