well, as Voltaire might have said, if there wasn’t already a religion which has, for the last 1600 years, been throwing up its hands at the suffering and injustices of this world whilst reasoning that the slavishly obedient or insensate ones will be rewarded in a purely hypothetical next one, and simultaneously condemning those w…[Read more]

Yes, the Doctor often regrets:

13… 13 is obviously difficult.

12 couldn’t save Bill and nearly refused to regenerate;

11 was devastated to be lose Amy and Rory to the Weeping Angels and sulked in Victorian London for years.
<p style=”text-align: left;”>9 & 10 might seem quite ruthless but tha…[Read more]

I tend to think you are both right. Yes, the Doctor has long ceased to be the magical solution to all of humanity’s problems. Or even the problems of non-humans. And the limits on the Doctor’s ability to solve the problems of others goes back a long way. The Pertwee Doctor had to witness (impotently) the Brigadier…[Read more]

I don’t think the Dr needs to be punished. Since 2005 the Dr has carried a burden associated with this work, with his name. We know he’s saved countless billions.

I’ve noticed we’ve moved away from the Dr being the sole saviour, particularly since the Moffat era & into Chibnall’s, the ‘companions’ have had to solve their planet’…[Read more]

Really? Why is it a white saviour then? Where does your definition come from? Any definition I see refers to white colonialism etc etc.

Isn’t it the point on this episode that yes the Doctor tries to save the group, but without judging them, and that can’t happen because he doesn’t fit the saviour mould as saviours can only be white?