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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 21, 2024 13:46:18 GMT
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 21, 2024 13:49:12 GMT
To be fair, I've been crying out for a rainy village episode for ages. NuWho doesn't do them nearly as often as it should. I'm just a bit skeptical because RTD is writing it.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2024 13:50:01 GMT
I think there'll be a big political "twist" with this one. We've seen the sloganing in leaks and trailers.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 21, 2024 14:04:41 GMT
Did anyone notice that the Doctor is pretty much dressed the same as Liz Sladen in The Sontaran Experiment? The yellow coat is definitely the most similar.
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Post by burrunjor on May 21, 2024 14:24:32 GMT
One urban myth I'd like DW to touch on is the vanishing pub on the isle of wight. That story always creeped me out.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 21, 2024 14:50:40 GMT
I just want a Fenric style story although Gatwa's Doctor probably couldn't beat someone at connect 4 let alone chess.
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Post by henshin on May 22, 2024 0:41:08 GMT
In nearly all cases, a Doctor-lite episode has produced a quality product.
Crossing my fingers for RTD on this one.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2024 1:26:07 GMT
It also produced arguably the worst episode of the original RTD era.
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Post by henshin on May 22, 2024 2:27:34 GMT
Hence, "nearly all".
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 24, 2024 18:05:13 GMT
Looks like Borebridge-Stewart is back tonight.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 24, 2024 23:49:23 GMT
Way better than Moffat's landmine turd last week. Loses a lot of momentum for me though when it starts to focus on politics. The early stuff with Ruby walking around Wales is effectively creepy and Gibson gives a good performance throughout. The whole thing reminded me a bit of Turn Left though I'm unsure which episode is better.
Can they just go ahead and rebrand this the Ruby Sunday show and get rid of Gatwa. Gibson is much less irritating.
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Post by UncleDeadly on May 24, 2024 23:58:46 GMT
Oh come on, Talons was good... |
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 25, 2024 0:00:49 GMT
Oh come on, Talons was good... I suppose it was a return to form after Season 13. Terror of the Zygons, Seeds of Doom.. what were they thinking? |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2024 0:08:24 GMT
Way better than Moffat's landmine turd last week. Loses a lot of momentum for me though when it starts to focus on politics. The early stuff with Ruby walking around Wales is effectively creepy and Gibson gives a good performance throughout. The whole thing reminded me a bit of Turn Left though I'm unsure which episode is better. Can they just go ahead and rebrand this the Ruby Sunday show and get rid of Gatwa. Gibson is much less irritating. You're right, this was much better for not having Gatwa in it. I was genuinely intrigued and enjoying myself during the first half, but like you said the political angle really put the brakes on the whole thing. And of course the "resolution" to the plot was completely underbaked and I still don't really get it. The identity of "the woman" was so telegraphed and underwhelming. A story as sweeping as this, taking place over two decades, should have more than one episode to its name. It's probably my favourite of series 14 so far just because it managed to hold my attention and there was nothing outright terrible about it like the previous weeks' showings. But when all was said and done, it still left me with a somewhat bitter taste in my mouth, which Doctor Who has been doing for 14 years now.. It doesn't quite come together, it misses the mark if only by a few inches. |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2024 0:16:11 GMT
As a side note, it's interesting that all the Welsh characters in this episode were consciously portrayed as awful people. Some lingering bitterness there, Russell? Then again, it's not entirely removed from the truth. I lived in Wales for a few years and the local folk can be very insular and dour, especially towards the English.
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