@lisa

The problem is that its the first time. I’m sure Hartnell fans would have written something similar in 1966. Once it becomes a routine option (and I include ethnicity in that statement) we’ll all wonder what the fuss was about.

@ichabod @lisa @janetteb @jimthefish

I think I am most drawn to the notion of this being a Full Circle kind of thing.  Where 13 is the 1 of the new cycle.  (I’m sticking with the Classic Numbering System, sorry War Doctor. 😉 )

I do agree that rehashing Susan as she was would never work.  But I don’t think it would have to be like that.  Sin…[Read more]

@brewski I have long had a “fanfic” story bubbling in my head regarding just such an event. Susan is elderly and nearing regeneration and manages to send out a message to the Doctor who arrives, not knowing that it is her, high jinks ensure, others, possibly the master, have also picked up the message, are lurking about eager to get their paws on…[Read more]

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@lisa we were tying at the same time. Snap!!

I neglected to buy jelly babies for the final episode and at that moment thought “oh damn.” We did have Jammy Dodgers and custard however and chips.

On a far more trivial theme, I have been pleased by the amount of food references this series. It is the first time we have seen CapDoc eat anything…[Read more]

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@lisa @brewski

A lot of British TV Drama is filmed in 60 minute episodes. As a viewer I rather wish Who had the same episode duration.

I hope Chibnall will attempt to do a few things differently. I watched all three Monk stories back to back (without any pre-watching), which certainly made me appreciate the whole story line more than the…[Read more]

@thane15 I’ve interpreted that to mean that TLs tend to recognise each other when directly talking to each other- a skill that would be handy when friends can regenerate into completely new bodies, and I think that is the context in which that particular skill was introduced. I don’t take that as meaning they have a Jedi-like sense of other TLs in…[Read more]

@lisa @nerys Yes- why Saxon is on the ship, and has no recollection as Missy of ever having been there previously, is obviously a key question. The suggestion of the TLs (well Rassilon) being involved is an interesting one, and may explain Missy not remembering it, if Saxon’s memory was wiped, or he was pulled out of his timeline for this mission.…[Read more]

@lisa I too am intrigued by the Master’s presence here, along with his future (?) regeneration as Missy. As you say, he seems to be “stuck” here and needing an escape hatch. Is that via the Doctor, and also Bill? Or are they the barriers to his freedom, and part of the reason he and the Doctor are at such an impasse? Interesting question. I guess…[Read more]

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@lisa

Yes, the Master’s presence isnt fully explaned yet or is it ? The screen explanation that he knows Missy will be there at some point (from his past memories ?) and that he’s concerned that the Doctor’s redemption plan is beginning to succeed and he needs to stop it. In that case, presumably his Tardis is somewhere on the ship as well.

@lisa Yeah, he might have been a little faster.  But that guy was trigger-happy; he wouldn’t listen to reason and rushing might have been even worse.  And Bill probably shouldn’t have spoken up to begin with…

It will be interesting to see how Bill and Missy turn out next week.  At this point Nardole’s fate’s a bit of a wild card innit?  And I j…[Read more]

@lisa

re Missy not remembering (assuming Simm Master was a previous regeneration)

It’s a convention from every multi-Doctor story ever written. If you go back to the 50th Special, the War Doctor (and Ecclestone Doctor) should have always known what happened when the Moment wasnt used. @bluesqueakpip wrote a blog post in that instance explaining…[Read more]

@lisa

If I were a young kid I’d have trouble sleeping tonight after this.

Excellent Doctor Who still has its mojo.

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@lisa:  Thank you.

Wonderful!  I too enjoyed the Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing era.

Not a bad choice of yours lisa – I second that. *thumbs up*

Missy