@craig

I just posted onto the BBC Approved Spoliers thread. The post itself is fine but it didn’t appear in the Recent Posts on the homepage.

@blenkinsopthebrave

Conrad is not redeemed

Fifty-fifty in my opinion but I think, given RTDs very clear theme on the subject, it’s probably even less likely, so maybe 40-60. UNLESS he somehow feels something for Ruby and tries to make it up with her, sacrificing himself in the process, so maybe 60-40. Ah, hell, I don’t know.

Similarly, I wonder…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent @nerys

the behaviour of Byron and his associates was slanted

There was a part where Byron hid in fear behind one of the other, female(?), characters and it really jarred with me. IRL Byron (Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know, per the famous quote) saw some military service in the Greek war of independence from the Ottoman Empire, so…[Read more]

@nerys

Chibnall had it in him to write a good episode. Exhibit A: “Eve of the Daleks”

Yes. Eve, along with Diodati and Fugitive are, for me at least, the best three of the Chibnall run. Interestingly, two of those were co-written which tells its own tale.

I’ve just looked at this again.

“I’ve have a daughter. Poppy is real. Don’t you know what that means?”

We’ve been (logically) assuming that the Doctor is talking about one person i.e. that Poppy is his daughter. But what if she’s not? What if the Doctor is making two unrelated statements?

I have a daughter.

And

Poppy is real.

If so, then we…[Read more]

@dentarthurdent

Sometimes bigger is not better. It gets too apocalyptic and actually diffuses the threat

100% agree. Think back to last season’s denouement. All that death and destruction, the whole world gone. And the one heartstring pulled was when we saw that one woman in the desert.

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@janetteb

I think something needs to change and a Writers Room, or a showrunner who has not previously been involved in the show in any way would seem the best way forward.

Maybe a proper soft reboot, to enable much of the ditching of the restrictive back story / continuity.

I always thought it would be a nice idea to have the Doctor on the run…[Read more]

If, as the Doctor claims, that Poppy is his daughter, then why did he not recognise her in Space Babies?

It seems to me that he should have recognised her then, and not recognised her now but it appears to be the other way round.

Either he’s mistaken (unlikely), lying (but why, and to whom – no one is listening to him as he plummets to the…[Read more]

I didn’t comment on here about Chibnall’s / Whittaker’s Who run, mainly because I found it, in the main, to be witless, charmless and (often) senseless.

While I appreciate the show was attempting to move in a different direction (and this is potentially a good thing), and using lots of different writers, with more diverse representation both…[Read more]

@winston

My Grandfather was the seventh son. He was also born on Valentines Day so he was given the spectacular name of Septimus Valentine.

That’s magnificent.

Funnily enough my Aunt was the 7th child of a 7th child (my grandmother), so down the female line. Apparently the two of them had telepathic abilities but only between the two of them.

@ps1l0v3y0u

Also Ruth was shown post 13. And no 14 at all.

I’d not spotted that. Given @janetteb ‘s suggestion above, does that mean 14 could have bigened into RuthDoc (off screen) after he bigened with 15? Or is RuthDoc between Docs 2 and 3?

Interesting that you should mention Silence in the Library, I was getting more like Forest of The Dead…[Read more]

Thanks @craig that looks like it’s going to work.

French subtitles appear for Les Trois Docteurs.

Well lots going in this episode along with some rather (unsubtle) messaging about othering and the dangers of a totalitarian state.

A bit of a strange ep with the Doctor not being the Doctor for most of it, which does rather take away from a show called Doctor Who.

Lots of invention and, yes, @winston, Conrad’s wish is for Britain to return to…[Read more]

@scaryb

specially after all the hoo ha (Who ha??!)

Oi! 🙂

Good to have you back.

@ps1l0v3y0u

salt at the edge of The Universe… this is post mavity. The Star Beast and his boss exists before that departure

Ah, yes. I was thinking of updating my Finale missive anyway, as I’d spotted a couple of things I’d change for clarity, and also a couple of minor errors. But I don’t have the time / energy, and it’s just for fun, so I’ll j…[Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave @dwnerdfrommars

Are you available to take up the position as the next Showrunner?

I’d love to write an ep at least. I’ve had a go but it’s much harder than it first appears…

@ps1l0v3y0u

Is there a plural for Rani?

Best joke I’ve seen regarding this (from t’other place): “Well it’s good to have The Two Ranis back on the BBC…[Read more]

The Season 2 / 15 / 41 Finale Theory

I thought I’d try and guess how the two finale episodes are going to turn out by tying together some of the story elements from the last two seasons. I did this for the last finale and quite enjoyed it although, unsurprisingly, none of it was correct. And yes, it does involve Omega again, so turn away now if…[Read more]

@mudlark @janetteb @juniperfish @ps1l0v3y0u @blenkinsopthebrave @cathannabel @scaryb @devilishrobby @dentarthurdent @krathoon @miapatrick @cookgroom @bunface @orionhunt @fozzyb @bobbyfatv2 @spacedmunkee @thane16 @Craig @whisht @winston @dwnerdfrommars @translatorcircuit

See above

Apologies to anyone I’ve missed off the list.

As to what’s goi…[Read more]

What’s been observed / themes

1. The Doctor cries. A lot. Are the tears “fuel” for something.
2. Belinda seems to know more than she should e.g. what a Tardis is called, possibly references to her home planet of Gallifrey…
3. Lots of wordplay e.g. Al = AI, SueTech = Sutekh.
4. Stories about stories. And stories leaking out into the wrong order.
5. Th…

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