The Doctor Who Forum | MissRori | Activity https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/members/missrori/activity/ Activity feed for MissRori. Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:48:28 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 3dd96618238d95f8e94e29337f49a5ce MissRori replied to the topic Wish World in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/wish-world/page/2/#post-77725 Thu, 29 May 2025 16:44:31 +0000 I gotta say that while I like the chemistry they have together, the Doctor-Belinda pairing…never really went anywhere, did it? We barely learned anything about her actual life, she rarely had a big impact on any given adventure. And now the season finale has her trying to save “my daughter”…whom we already know isn’t actually hers. Either…[Read more]

]]> d41de6a77a98ce795c1b9da9d49727a1 MissRori replied to the topic Wish World in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/wish-world/page/2/#post-77697 Wed, 28 May 2025 16:12:09 +0000 I get the idea that the whole previous episode, if not season, was taking place in a giant VR simulation – maybe the reason the TARDIS isn’t around is because it’s all inside the TARDIS?  Or is it all real but the Ranis simply materialized the Doctor’s TARDIS around Earth? But either theory would just leave more exposition for the next episode to…[Read more]

]]> df39da2e881b9d316500914638bec9f4 MissRori replied to the topic Wish World in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/wish-world/#post-77657 Tue, 27 May 2025 00:51:15 +0000 @mudlark:

Maybe this is a how the fate of the earth will be determined and the Rani and Omega foiled; by the persistence of an underlying reality, reinforced by Poppy and the army of the disabled and homeless who had no part in Conrad’s feeble Utopia and could therefore see through the illusion.

Except Poppy and the army can’t do anything if th…[Read more]

]]> 574958c1be72100b32fe7c24816cdfbc MissRori replied to the topic Wish World in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/wish-world/#post-77630 Sun, 25 May 2025 18:47:43 +0000 @pufferfish: The problem with getting rid of the Pantheon of Discord on the way to setting the universe to rights is that the Doctor is probably going to have to use Desiderium’s powers to save Earth, as there isn’t any obvious solution to the problem otherwise (and telling him the right story fits into the themes of storytelling and control this…[Read more]

]]> a75c6c811b6d75a86f0b373971c0c3e9 MissRori replied to the topic The Legend of Ruby Sunday in the forum The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-legend-of-ruby-sunday/#post-76294 Sat, 15 Jun 2024 22:39:04 +0000 I think the butterfly/chrysalis comments are more foreshadowing for Ruby’s true identity. After all, there’s a pun everybody’s missed so far: Ruby Sun Dei.

(For those who aren’t brushed up on Latin, “Ruby Sun God”) 😉

]]> 33be9db6654cc0e7c70ccb6e841589fe MissRori replied to the topic The Star Beast in the forum The Fourteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-star-beast/page/2/#post-74717 Thu, 30 Nov 2023 22:16:23 +0000 I liked this episode a lot if only for being a very well-handled adaptation of the comic storyline, but I didn’t love it the way the crowd around me at the Chicago TARDIS screening seemed to (same day). I agree @miapatrick that the streets just mending up was contrived! Also, a little of the increasingly slapstick comedy involving Donna and her…[Read more]

]]> 222503ad67f3aeca65565e70d906d316 MissRori replied to the topic Dr Who News (5) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dr-who-news-5/#post-73479 Sat, 08 Oct 2022 23:57:00 +0000 I do feel at this point that there was something that increasingly slipped off the brainpan for me with Thirteen’s stories.  I didn’t feel as compelled to pay close attention or not do other stuff while they were on like I did with Twelve’s.  In particular, Chibnall and co. never seemed to find a defining personality or throughline for Thirteen a…[Read more]

]]> f1113fb79bdf53a9676fad960b06ac41 MissRori replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/page/18/#post-72907 Sat, 26 Feb 2022 04:54:18 +0000 Hello @catymcinulty !  I’m sorry I didn’t catch this sooner — DW news has been slow lately — but welcome to the group.  I am on the autism spectrum myself and I think you will be very comfortable here.   🙂

]]> 2ad484478f8af0481b7b6dc5e9bf7aed MissRori replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/page/18/#post-72883 Sat, 12 Feb 2022 16:07:20 +0000 Regarding the Doctor’s memories of Clara, an interesting detail in the Twice Upon a Time novelization is that regarding the Doctor flashing to his various companions at the end of The Doctor Falls during his near regeneration, he briefly recognized Clara (i.e. the process temporarily bypassed the block) but intentionally put that out of his mind,…[Read more]

]]> 6694f47cefb6b4d29953d1dacc388a5b MissRori replied to the topic Part 6 - The Vanquishers in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/part-6-the-vanquishers/#post-72645 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:53:47 +0000 @spacely Well all that still could happen in next year’s specials.  😉

@blenkinsopthebrave Maybe the Flux got them too?  😀

]]> e83f28c0c58ea18deceda467a87cd11e MissRori replied to the topic Part 6 - The Vanquishers in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/part-6-the-vanquishers/#post-72642 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 21:20:37 +0000 @spacely, Yes, most of the universe is gone and not restored — as far as can be told from the text.  Many pro reviewers and plenty of folks on the Tweetosphere are pretty shocked and dismayed that the Doctor and her friends apparently don’t care about this (or all the species she killed on the way!)

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]]> 2f769fa6e17d23fe1c586b400faad600 MissRori replied to the topic Part 5 - Survivors of the Flux in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/part-5-survivors-of-the-flux/#post-72584 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:40:21 +0000 Specifically, perhaps the watch can be used to restore the universe from the Flux’s damage, rather than restore the Doctor’s memories (which don’t have much meaning, or positive meaning, for her anyway).  And that could take care of Gallifrey and the Time Lords!

]]> 4fc761bc12ede26ddb37111e309bec41 MissRori replied to the topic Part 5 - Survivors of the Flux in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/part-5-survivors-of-the-flux/#post-72583 Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:38:13 +0000 I dunno.  I keep having the sense that most of what has happened in this miniseries isn’t going to matter after next week’s finale, given how increasingly messy it’s become and how thin the new characters are.  I’ve had a hard time caring about what’s going on with that in mind. I am surprised nobody’s theorizing that the ending will involve the r…[Read more]

]]> 97c9c5833f3be1c1348ad498920b4127 MissRori replied to the topic Part 4 - Village of the Angels in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/part-4-village-of-the-angels/#post-72489 Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:52:16 +0000 Personally, for all the chatter about the cliffhanger, I think the Doctor’s in a pretty good place at this point.

@blenkinsopthebrave, I don’t know about Bel and Vinder saving everything.  Hasn’t a major complaint about this era been that Thirteen’s been a bit on the ineffectual side?  She has to prove herself as A Hero at some point, and the s…[Read more]

]]> b105b563dc63045e414f1d9944346d37 MissRori replied to the topic Part 3 - Once, Upon Time in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/part-3-once-upon-time/#post-72405 Mon, 15 Nov 2021 10:10:11 +0000 I’m getting increasingly frustrated by all the Stuff being tossed about in this story arc.  While I didn’t find this episode  especially confusing, I am having a hard time working up the energy to care about anything since we’re not really getting to know any of these new characters (except maybe Vinder) and their relationships beyond ba…[Read more]

]]> f44f7cd784a14e048c8ca1be3972a249 MissRori replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/page/14/#post-72178 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 04:34:29 +0000 I think it’s nice that they finally confirmed an airdate, but at the same time it’s sad to see how the nerdy entertainment crowd out there has hardly reacted to the news (and most of the reaction has been dismissive).  DW just doesn’t seem to mean that much anymore in a world of Mandalorians and Stranger Things.  And about halfway through this ru…[Read more]

]]> 5cc90e7f08a78179758188fcc47fa8da MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/#post-72032 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 10:53:57 +0000 Ugh, I hate not being able to get to sleep but I’ll keep that advice in mind.  🙂  I’m in my early 40s now but still live with my parents.  (I pay rent!)  They’ve never had a problem getting me around; the anxiety issues I had behind the wheel as a teen led us to mutually decide that maybe driving wasn’t for me.  (I am on the autism spectrum – di…[Read more]

]]> 9c5d34170b2d6b4616bed1f301bae90b MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/#post-72030 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 07:44:13 +0000 I think the most depressing thing about the pandemic is that “Groundhog Day” feeling of the light at the end of the tunnel never arriving — that we were looking to move past Covid into a bearable, “background” situation like other illnesses we have vaccines and treatments for, but thanks largely to vaccine hesitancy that’s not happening.  Saying…[Read more]

]]> dd4a3f741b7577d9c4b7c3c82ce28613 MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/#post-72029 Fri, 03 Sep 2021 07:23:03 +0000 @dentarthurdent No, your suggestions aren’t irrelevant.  I know I have a lot to be grateful for, and that I can keep my head above water with my job isn’t nothing.  The last few years have felt unusually rough, though, partially because most of my interactions with the outside world are via the Internet and it’s clear how much rougher a lot of o…[Read more]

]]> 958137807af5dfb725459f60c3072ceb MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/#post-72024 Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:50:11 +0000 Hey you guys!

I have the misfortune of living in the U.S. and working an “essential” job, so the past month has been pretty demoralizing for me.  After all me and my family have been through — going through the illness, then my taking personal leave to better recover (which, at least I had that), getting our jabs as soon as we could, still…[Read more]

]]> 8b686ea86feea9ac05575134192edc41 MissRori replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/page/10/#post-71687 Sat, 15 May 2021 09:51:51 +0000 @dentarthurdent Cornell doesn’t mention anything about Clara’s further exploits; the appearance of her avatar is regarded from Twelve’s perspective, but IIRC he’s pretty sure she had her fair share of adventures before she died (if she didn’t figure out a way to outsmart the Raven altogether!).   The TUAT novelization has a lot of extra p…[Read more]

]]> 404668bfdc25e614f5273c6c6160906a MissRori replied to the topic On The Sofa (10) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/on-the-sofa-10/page/9/#post-71676 Tue, 11 May 2021 20:14:45 +0000

@dentarthurdent wrote:

By the way, I don’t see Testimony (in Twice Upon a Time, having acquired all Bill’s memories) as invalidating this. Any more than their possession of Clara’s memories – which they restored to the Doctor – invalidates Clara’s saga with Me in their Tardis, heading back to Gallifrey by the scenic route. In either case, Testi…

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]]> 7c62874c0b08daaaf8f9bb5cd862458c MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/20/#post-71289 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 03:46:54 +0000 @nerys It could have been much worse for us.  I’m still struggling with a cough, and it will probably be a long time before I go on vacation or see my boyfriend again the way things are going, but at least I can afford to take personal time off work.  Things can change so quickly these days, but for now I have a comfortable home to live in, food a…[Read more]

]]> 0ebac9f6e1c844262bd04ffbe8168c58 MissRori replied to the topic Revolution of the Daleks in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/revolution-of-the-daleks/#post-71288 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 03:39:07 +0000 It didn’t need to be so long.  Given how chunks of it recycled material from “Resolution of…” (as well as, as pointed out elsewhere, other “Humans can make this Dalek thing work!” stories), I wonder if the endless plot complications were an attempt to disguise a lack of new ideas for a Dalek story.  I miss the snappier conversations and quiet m…[Read more]

]]> 13d1523449b06a1fc4af33fefe30e6de MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/20/#post-71263 Tue, 29 Dec 2020 17:42:27 +0000 Hey you guys! 🙂

It’s been a long month-and-a-half in some ways.  For those who don’t know, I’m an essential worker.  Mid-November I slowly came down with what my family and I initially thought/hoped was a common cold or winter dryness allergies, which I’ve worked through before, but after 2 days off from work saw the symptoms get much worse i…[Read more]

]]> 0afe5851ca42c8f57ffb2897f141bc55 MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/18/#post-70933 Mon, 24 Aug 2020 15:13:23 +0000 @winston We recently moved into a new house and between that and my weird working hours (I work a night shift and sleep in the afternoons) there aren’t a lot of opportunities to try baking and stuff as yet.  I only go shopping about every other week now, the public library won’t open for no good reason, there’s no garden to work with, and I can’t…[Read more]

]]> 54071ae801c1a278281f899af4393da0 MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/18/#post-70908 Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:36:53 +0000 Hello out there.  @janetteb I hope you’re doing well down in Oz, or at least better than things are up here in the United States.  Not that that would be hard to do!  It’s been a lot to stand up here of late, I’m pretty sure don’t need to tell you all why.  On a personal level I’m okay, but sometimes life just seems like a circle of go to work (I’…[Read more]

]]> c1b935572495781d1c35ee809d8a3e33 MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/page/4/#post-70785 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:41:31 +0000 @dalekbuster523 Well, it’s possible “Revolution of the Daleks” won’t be an Earth-set episode in the first place, or at least not set on present-day Earth, so the pandemic would be a moot point and no alterations will be needed.

]]> 0433d5525d35f58acaaf67ab125d4e6d MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/page/3/#post-70773 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:25:44 +0000 Also, the Doctor could explain that since COVID-19, etc. were humanity’s problems alone, they cannot take charge of the situation without being a sort of imperialist imposing their own morality on it.  Kind of like Twelve deciding not to use a Cyber-army to save the universe, and also an explanation for why they didn’t do anything about slavery,…[Read more]

]]> 2b9a88ec6e8ad15a0add0e76effbea1d MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/page/3/#post-70772 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 12:18:51 +0000 @janetteb  I have been thinking of “Turn Left” too… 🙁  And of course, in the week since you wrote that post things have only been getting worse with the pandemic in the U.S. and to a lesser extent the U.K. as lockdown measures are being eased — to say nothing of the anti-police brutality movements in the U.S. and solidarity protests e…[Read more]

]]> e437e512241cd822ace36f501176940b MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/17/#post-70591 Mon, 04 May 2020 16:01:33 +0000 @thane16 If you want a bright yellow door I say go for it!  🙂

Actually I will be moving (with my parents) into a newer house across town this summer, if all goes as planned in that regard.  I suppose that’s something to look ahead to.  Since I am generally a homebody anyway it’s hard to find a break from the new normal when I’m not at work.  It…[Read more]

]]> 3df6883bd632b8c3ab8a1a492e047cdb MissRori replied to the topic The Kebab & Calculator in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-kebab-and-calculator/page/17/#post-70582 Sun, 03 May 2020 12:00:22 +0000 Hello.  Been a while…

I live in the U.S. as you might already know from previous posts.  I’m an essential worker too, so at least I get out of the house often.  But these have been frustrating times for me, and I don’t have many people to talk with them about.  I live with my parents, but they’re Trump supporters, so trying to get out my fru…[Read more]

]]> 68161f98d276ee323c0611535202bc21 MissRori replied to the topic Dr Who News (4) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/dr-who-news-4/page/18/#post-70581 Sun, 03 May 2020 11:53:31 +0000 I’m wondering if there’s any news on the status of Series 13 at this point.  Series 12 had such a bummer ending and left the Doctor in a sad place for her character arc, and I doubt that “Revolution of the Daleks” is going to do all the heavy lifting needed to undo it (i.e., restore Gallifrey, etc.).  And I’m also seriously wondering if Chibnall a…[Read more]

]]> 6fae309058a8727dea2a829769febd73 MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/page/3/#post-70580 Sun, 03 May 2020 11:46:46 +0000 Hello again.  I’ve been thinking, and I know this is a dangerous thing…. 😉

When we last convened to discuss this episode, and what it might mean for the next season’s arcs, the real world was…a different place.  And I’m thinking that Series 13, whenever it arrives, is going to have a bigger challenge than we previously thought in making t…[Read more]

]]> 7338629cc23868d8b2e25b38f0eb821c MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/page/2/#post-70012 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 16:39:06 +0000 @jimthefish wrote

But something seems to be happening to fandom. At one end, you have the repellent bigotry of the NMDs but at the other the fans of 13 and Chibs have become somewhat fundamentalist, perhaps understandably fearing that acknowledging any issues will be giving ammunition to the NMDs. The loser seems to be anyone who wants to engage…

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]]> 4c25dcd7a5a03be7df55e95d67da72e4 MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/page/2/#post-69971 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 20:02:36 +0000 @badwolfalice I’m with you in that I’m less concerned with the canon being changed and more concerned with why it’s been changed, especially so drastically. The Doctor seems to accept all these revelations quickly enough and good for her for seeing it as a glass-half-full situation. But especially with the ending plunging her in what may or may…[Read more]

]]> 493a2f929fd89309c313b9824f26d249 MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/page/2/#post-69966 Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:49:24 +0000 @jimthefish Can you, I, or anybody really say that anything the Doctor does is un-Doctorly anymore? We have no idea what all those other Doctors have been up to all those years, working above the Time Lord law to boot! For all we know some of them really did eat babies, and not the jelly kind!

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]]> 2b63003710344a32f4bab12b9dea1090 MissRori replied to the topic The Timeless Children in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-timeless-children/#post-69927 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:14:25 +0000 Ha! Everybody said the Doctor didn’t deserve to have Clara brought back from the dead in “Hell Bent” and now it turns out they’re the most important person who ever existed! Justice for Twelve!

I think will be interesting to see where “Revolution of the Daleks” goes from here. We need a light comedy episode for a breather after all this,…[Read more]

]]> 4c9617e4195cf8ae64912d266a679777 MissRori replied to the topic Ascension Of The Cybermen in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/ascension-of-the-cybermen/#post-69819 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:46:25 +0000 Also — who wants to place bets that we get an “everybody lives” finale?  Think of it: The Cybermen become good as part of their ascension, while humanity gets a fresh start somewhere else.  Gallifrey and its people gets restored, while the Master gets away as per usual.  The Doctor and the fam can keep travelling hopefully on their own terms no…[Read more]

]]> 73934b4e61ea06bebf20410c2a1986cc MissRori replied to the topic Ascension Of The Cybermen in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/ascension-of-the-cybermen/#post-69818 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 18:34:42 +0000 It’s been pointed out elsewhere that Ko Sharmus and old Brendan are played by the same actor, which means Brendan probably cannot be Ashad, the Doctor, or the Master.  But they still could be the Timeless Child, and will thus help the Doctor in the next episode.  They seem nice enough.  🙂

]]> a75a0fe396d568495e68a97813212cf5 MissRori replied to the topic Spoilers (4) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers-4/page/5/#post-69814 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:23:49 +0000 Given that next week’s episode is called “The Timeless Children” and there was all that fluff with Brendan in last night’s episode, plus Gallifrey and the Master, I’m thinking that arc’s going to be resolved next week.  If anything’s going to be held over at this point, it will be the Fugitive Doctor, perhaps for Christmas/New Year’s.

]]> 87f17b7e85df43aa7380b0950e022583 MissRori replied to the topic Ascension Of The Cybermen in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/ascension-of-the-cybermen/#post-69813 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:06:07 +0000 I’m surprised that more people aren’t going with the theory that Brendan is one of the Doctors rather than the Lone Cyberman.  Unless they and the Timeless Child are all one and the same?  That would certainly shake up the franchise.

Basically, Brendan is the first of many many Doctors (the name and box come later) and at this point the other T…[Read more]

]]> 60622ec4a3eb63b8100149bb50a497ab MissRori replied to the topic The Haunting of Villa Diodati in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#post-69795 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:59:08 +0000 @lisa I’m thinking that the Time Lords are the ones making time wacky, which is why we’re seeing the Cybermen first, and as you note, we saw the Master running around before any of them.  Or maybe this Timeless Child is the real culprit behind it all.

]]> 6e567118c1cc56a157a76ca524d7737c MissRori replied to the topic The Haunting of Villa Diodati in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#post-69793 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:35:46 +0000 @lisa The problem with one or more of the companions being Cyber-converted is that we just had that with Bill Potts, and with two of the companions being minorities like she and Danny Pink were, there are some ugly optics by constantly turning those characters into Cybermen at this point.  (There are also “stuffed in the fridge” issues raised if…[Read more]

]]> 5cf87d7feb8da003357b7d2b4d14533f MissRori replied to the topic Spoilers (4) in the forum General https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/spoilers-4/page/5/#post-69792 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:27:16 +0000 I think it’s important to remember here is that this season has had a bad case of the glums; aside from the Tesla episode, it’s been pretty downbeat.  So to keep people wanting to follow things into next year the season finale has to end on a hopeful note of some kind — the way all the Capaldi season finales did.  We get a rough episode t…[Read more]

]]> 5fe7d382077be1030808386cbebacfa1 MissRori replied to the topic The Haunting of Villa Diodati in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#post-69791 Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:03:08 +0000 @ollie14 (sorry for the late reply) The Cyberium is basically a record of the Cybermen’s history.  Apparently because the future Cyberman empire was close to the losing end of the war, it wanted to use the Cyberium to figure out a situation/place in the past to time travel to and change the outcome so that humanity would end up on the losing end…[Read more]

]]> 414300eef0ab6bf2e25606f69ce2240b MissRori replied to the topic The Haunting of Villa Diodati in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/the-haunting-of-villa-diodati/#post-69702 Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:12:41 +0000 @psymon My theory — given what the titles of the next two episodes are, and especially with word getting out (i.e. filming dates) that we probably won’t see Series 13 until well over a year from now — has it that most of this season’s plot points will be wrapped up in the next two episodes, with anything left being held over for the holiday…[Read more]

]]> a545d37d556c56b88ab7e10e47b46cda MissRori replied to the topic Can You Hear Me? in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/can-you-hear-me/#post-69662 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:26:19 +0000 Just saw this article — apparently, the Doctor’s behavior at the end of this episode got enough criticism that the Beeb had to put out a statement explaining it.  Twelve never had it this bad!

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-bbc-responds-to-backlash-over-doctor-whos-approach-1841634018

]]> 55bb78207683d5f4a59dbb33111e9103 MissRori replied to the topic Can You Hear Me? in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/can-you-hear-me/#post-69630 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:36:25 +0000 This one came off to me as half filler episode with regards to the Immortals’ plot, half oh-no-we-forgot-the-companions-have-lives catching up episode (with, as @davros notes, a bit of PSA thrown in).  The bit with the Timeless Child seemed thrown in as a bone for anybody actually concerned about this season’s story arc, given that the Doctor and…[Read more]

]]> bddbb211797ad34465716b9ac2deac97 MissRori replied to the topic Fugitive of the Judoon in the forum The Thirteenth Doctor https://www.thedoctorwhoforum.com/forums/topic/fugitive-of-the-judoon/#post-69407 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:24:28 +0000 In the meantime, with all the talk going on about how dark this season’s been going for Thirteen…Blogtor Who was commenting that perhaps whatever she learns in this year’s finale will “break her” and she’ll go all Time Lord Victorious and stuff.  Personally, I think it would be a lot more interesting to see her hold up and Be Kind whatever she…[Read more]

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