@craig Adding to @winston‘s comment about spam posts:

“On the Sofa 11” has had a lot of recent activity with many brilliant posts, yet it is not listed among the topics on the General forum discussions page. I only knew to reply to it is because I received several notifications for posts in which I was tagged. I can access the thread via not…[Read more]

How have I missed this thread and its brilliant observations?

Actually, now I see exactly how I missed this thread. Weirdly, “On the Sofa 11” is not showing up among the topics in the General forum discussions. The only reason I knew to reply to it is because I received several notifications for posts in which I was tagged. I can access the…[Read more]

How have I missed this thread and its brilliant observations? Bravo to all for an engaging month-long (and hopefully longer) discussion!

The “resolution” for Donna through her daughter was, as others have noted, clunky. Yet I must admit that I was one of those who was furious with RTD for abandoning Donna without any memory of her adventures wit…[Read more]

@thane16 Hmmm … I thought it was clear from my review that I enjoyed “The Reality War” … but maybe I didn’t express that clearly enough. The only part I disliked was the chunk of exposition we got in the middle, which really slowed down the momentum.

Or maybe you’re reading back to @winston‘s observation that I had been on a journey. That’s…[Read more]

@thane16 I think @miapatrick‘s suggestion about Billie Piper being the Tardis is intriguing. Same as with The Moment. We never really got a satisfying resolution to that. She was there one moment, gone the next (in Billie Piper form, anyway). It could be that another reunion between her and Tennant Doc is an idea that’s percolating.

@thane16 @winston Yes, a good library is priceless. As you say, sometimes I have to wait, and waiting meant that I didn’t get in on these great discussions first time round. But I did get to see the episodes. Not only that, the library has them as hard media, meaning that anyone who has a DVD player can watch them and isn’t relying on the vagaries…[Read more]

@winston Yes, not quite The Odyssey … but definitely a journey. I’m late to the party because I refuse to subscribe to Disney+ (looks like that’s not going to be a problem anymore), and I don’t want to buy more “stuff” that I will use only once, then forget about. So I put a library hold on the DVDs and waited (because they were only just…[Read more]

Now I can join all of you in expressing my sadness that Ncuti Gatwa left Doctor Who. He really was wonderful. This season left more of an impression on me than his first, I think because so much time was spent on trying to explain Ruby Sunday. I enjoyed her as the Doctor’s companion, but really, the Doctor is why we’re all here. Belinda and the…[Read more]

Having watched both “Wish World and “The Reality War” back to back, I’ll reserve most of my comments for the finale. I thought this was beautifully acted by all, especially Ncuti Gatwa, Varada Sethu and Millie Gibson. RTD does have a knack for bringing back past companions to join the team and save the world.

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Given this episode’s Eurovision connection, I fully expected to dislike it. To my surprise, I enjoyed it. I thought it was going to be a light (lightweight, lighthearted) episode, and it was anything but.

Seeing all of those people swept out of the dome into space was truly unsettling. I’m not sure how the mavity field protected them. Yes,…[Read more]

(Oops, wrong thread.)

@mudlark Excellent analysis of this episode. It helped me pull together the many ideas that were flying by. Beautifully, but still flying by. As others have noted, this impressed me as a testament to how powerful stories are in our lives, helping us to give meaning to actions and events that may seem inexplicable. And the power of forgiveness. And…[Read more]

So, immediately following “The Well” I found this one a bit of a disappointment. Millie Gibson was wonderful. It reminded me of my disappointment that she got only one season as the Doctor’s companion. I did think it was a nice callback to “Blink” in that we only saw the Doctor and Belinda together at the beginning of the episode.

However, we did…[Read more]

Oh, now we’re talkin’! I just watched “The Well” and was completely enthralled throughout. I felt that Ncuti Gatwa really came into his own as the Doctor. Now I don’t see the actor, I see the Doctor. And Varada Sethu was every bit as good as Belinda. That’s impressive, considering how early on she is in her tenure as the companion. When Bel asked…[Read more]

BTW, I did not recognize Linus Roache as the projectionist. I recognized his voice, but couldn’t place him. I kept thinking of Stephen Colbert, though I knew full well it wasn’t him.

And, I see that others liked the trio of fans. Maybe this episode deserves a rewatch. I might enjoy them more on second viewing.

I was really into the first half of this episode. I enjoyed the creativity of a cartoon becoming real, and how that idea was executed in the cinema … er, picture show. What better force to have behind that than Disney? At least initially, Lux seemed truly scary. But then he got … annoying.

And, did we have to bring religion into it? I know…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent In the past, I felt that Moff created elegant (though occasionally convoluted) solutions to crucial problems, giving the audience the aha moment we craved. It just didn’t happen this time … which surprised me.

However, when I do a search, the overview we’re given suggests that your conclusion is the correct one:

The Doctor…

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Something I forgot to mention: The scene in the field hospital where Belinda discovers the X-ray blankets was one of the best moments in the episode. Charming (especially when the Doctor uses the blanket to reveal his two hearts) and illuminating, without a lot of heavy-handed preaching.

Belinda asks if Missbelindachandrakind having a second…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent I think you are correct on both counts, re: Omicron and its timing. This variant was much more infectious, yet less dangerous, so people began dropping their guard somewhat. And, frankly, I think isolation fatigue had set in.

As I recall, when the first wave of Omicron hit, Atlantic Canada escaped the brunt of it because…[Read more]

I enjoyed this episode despite the on-the-nose incel and coercive control terminology, which I felt was too much tell, not enough show (as in, “show me, don’t tell me”). Also, @blenkinsopthebrave I too found it odd that the Doctor causing a power outage in a major hospital was played for laughs. Had it happened in a shopping mall, OK. But that…[Read more]