See above

Apologies to anyone I’ve missed off the list.

As to what’s goi…[Read more]

Thanks for the reply, and no problems being late. The more considered the better.
My own position? I do like to talk up this version of the show. I did not like Zchib’s and 13. The first female Doctor (if you ignore Ruth) deserved better writing… as it was, it got so bad that I can’t comment on Yaz post Fam. Couldn’t watch it. Yes, I’…[Read more]

you expressed an opinion as to how The Doctor should not behave… or how Doctor Who should not be written. It begged the question… how would you want this character, with all its history, to be presented? Kindly spell out what you would like to see. Bear in mind this series has been marked by two well publicised departures, and many peo…[Read more]

@scaryb @devilishrobby @dentarthurdent @krathoon @miapatrick @cookgroom @bunface @orionhunt @fozzyb @bobbyfatv2 @spacedmunkee @Craig

Thought I’d do a recap ahead of the two-part finale.

What needs clearing up:

1. Who is Ruby’s mother / mysterious woman wh…

[Read more]

Well Ruby = Brendan… ish… that would make the foundling thing less of an imposed structure.

Brendan was the best thing Zchib did. I got quite excited. Then… meh.

8 eps? Who knows, maybe Parkinson’s Law may come into play and this will all turn out deliciously snappy and flavoursome. No more the labouring Utopia Trilogy or The Stolen…[Read more]

I feel they made this episode work with it, the last episode worked too, but there is a weirdness in pacing in having two Doctor lite episodes in a row in quite a short run. But I think a lot of that is logistics and doing what they…[Read more]

Yes, you’re right, and the race issue bound up with the Doctor as saviour is also made explicit in this episode because he actually offers to save them all/save the world, but as he’s not a white saviour he isn’t eligible.

All we can say is hooray that the dwindling group that only puts their faith in white saviours is doomed!

I get you, I’m still finding this series uneven, but maybe our expectations are always sky high anyway? No series has been 100% brilliant, has it?

See above for a quote I posted from RTD, though, about wanting to move away from the Doctor as a superhero (which is what the Tennant years explored and the Smith ones continued). It feels…[Read more]