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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 18:08:56 GMT
I've managed to ignore my initial curiosity. Going to make my way through Series 3 of Red Dwarf tonight instead.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 19:44:55 GMT
Weird. One thing I did notice was that Susan Twist is credited as a "Mrs. Merridrew" at the end, but there is no such character in the episode.
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Post by burrunjor on Dec 2, 2023 19:58:44 GMT
I didn't watch it I'm afraid. Was watching Married with Children instead.
"You know when you insult my wife, you don't insult me."
"Well what'd he say Al?"
"Nothing I haven't said."
I also watched the Go With Him MWC episode, which is one of my favourites. When Al says it's a song from my youth and Peg says "look it's a wheel?" that still kills me.
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Post by burrunjor on Dec 2, 2023 20:15:32 GMT
According to some of my friends on twitter, they made Isaac Newton mixed race, had the Doctor go on about how hot he was, and Donna say she always thought the Doctor was gay (ignoring Rose and River I suppose?) Also they confirmed the Timeless Children.
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Post by zarius on Dec 2, 2023 20:17:43 GMT
Pretty decent two hander I thought
...But race-swapped Issac Newton and rewriting one line of history without reversing it? In some corners of fandom, that's a paddlin'
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 20:21:26 GMT
All the Isaac Newton and "Mavity" stuff was stupid but it was generally enjoyable. Monsters were definitely intriguing but the way it resolved felt like the average Capaldi episode; it left me with that oh-so-familiar hint of dissatisfaction.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 20:23:55 GMT
I gave in eventually (I have no willpower)
Better than last week's dross, but still not that special. Clearly the Doctor finding Newton hot is foreshadowing Ncuti's version of the character. I also found the references to Flux a bit weird. Did half of the audience even watch that story? The CGI is beyond dreadful in this too. Where is all that Disney money? It clearly isn't on the screen! I liked seeing Wilf at the end and the cliffhanger, but RTD has dressed up another mid series filler episode as an anniversary special. There's nothing whatsoever to indicate that these specials are celebrations of anything.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 20:26:44 GMT
Weird. One thing I did notice was that Susan Twist is credited as a "Mrs. Merridrew" at the end, but there is no such character in the episode. Was that not the woman Newton spoke to at the beginning? |
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Post by rushy on Dec 2, 2023 20:40:50 GMT
I enjoyed this quite a bit, except for the Isaac Newton joke that seemed to go nowhere. Was wonderful to see Bernard Cribbins again.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 20:42:52 GMT
It all rests on The Giggle now. It has the lure of The Toymaker and Mel at least.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 20:53:00 GMT
Weird. One thing I did notice was that Susan Twist is credited as a "Mrs. Merridrew" at the end, but there is no such character in the episode. Was that not the woman Newton spoke to at the beginning? Oh yeah I guess |
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Post by iank on Dec 2, 2023 21:27:00 GMT
Why are you people still watching this drivel?
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Post by Monster X on Dec 2, 2023 22:13:53 GMT
I didn't bother with it - I watched the Peter Cushing Doctor Who And The Daleks film instead.
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Post by Bernard Marx on Dec 2, 2023 22:20:52 GMT
Did half of the audience even watch that story? Mind you, Davies’ new episodes don’t seem to have a substantial audience either… |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2023 22:26:01 GMT
Did half of the audience even watch that story? Mind you, Davies’ new episodes don’t seem to have a substantial audience either… The "now on BBC 1" guy mentioned that five million people tuned in for the first special as if it was some incredible achievement. |
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