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https://www.christinarotondo.com/
And I don't kno about you, but her voice would be a good fit for the next Bond song.
I wouldn't be surprised if RTD is going out of his mind, spending too much time going after imaginary trolls on twitter.
It's getting some big reviews. Sounds like it may be a hit:
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-review/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/12/12/doctor-who-the-church-on-ruby-road-review-ncuti-gatwa/
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/doctor-who-christmas-special-review-ncuti-gatwa-210020597.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFPG-WXMcGGEnqcMXTk8CALjaggGIk4zoQpvJYO_KuZlW5s4YVVHT2lWJOoBwHtbEiHVpkm8U1bA4m7214LzIDb0zit6Ob0h3PwAz4HjtRCVNWkvVvADCa6y_dGVGwO8ArcWRVeKoq2MtXAsHN7SrYYZxvoEKap7xZ3BkXfgLhXF
https://www.gamesradar.com/doctor-who-christmas-special-review-church-on-ruby-road-bbc-disney/
it cleverly inserted two of the most important beggining'a and end respectively in DW lore, I thank Moffat for that as he did both extremely well.
Merry Christmas.
This is the level I expect from DW.
Yes I love those ones, it’s a great story. For a while I kind of saw it as the finale of the whole show.
I see The Giggle got an audience appreciation index of 85, which is the highest the show has had since World Enough- they took a real tumble under Chibnall. The last series and special achieved an average of only 77, which is very bad.
My mistake, it is her actual official name! Or it is now, anyway.
https://x.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1734906023083720868?s=20
EDIT:
7 day viewing figure for Wild Blue Yonder released: 7.142m, 9th for the week after Strictly and 7 episodes of I'm a Celeb. The highest rated drama of the week, beating the second (Shetland) which only got 5.5m. Still a very impressive showing, it'll be interesting to see how folks try to spin that as a poor performance.
*Even though that wasn't my favourite of their look.
https://www.online-literature.com/dickens/4390/
Who knew, right ?
This is not good the show is dead.
And that "Next Time" teaser is full of promises, including an appearance by a (admittedly younger) singer who was associated with Bond. When will we see Dame Shirley Bassey in the show ?
To you maybe, for a great many of us others it was lots of fun.
https://www.doctorwhonews.net/2023/12/richard_franklin_1936_2023.html
The writing was not very good, if you enjoyed it cool.
R.I.P. Richard Franklin, one of my favorite era's of Doctor Who.
It was much better than it has been for five years. The 'Wonderful Life' style bit was coldly chilling in a way the previous writer could never manage.
Otherwise I'm not sure if I was sold on this one unfortunately. It's very much a Labyrinth type premise with Gremlins, a baby being stolen, and even a musical number midway through. I liked how the Gremlins were built up as being these mischievous 'tricksters' who follow Ruby causing accidents, but otherwise they weren't terribly memorable or even threatening for me. It never feels like The Doctor or Ruby are in genuine danger. It doesn't help that The Doctor seems to now have these 'gravity' gloves which the script essentially uses to get him out of the Gremlin spaceship first time around, and even defeat it later (maybe it's just me, but it felt pretty unsatisfying, and much like James Bond I think it's more interesting when a) our main character is faced with obstacles or limitations which means he can't fully use these gadgets at his disposal, and b) they have to think 'laterally' in order to get out of dangerous scenarios. I guess the Doctor sort of does the latter here by reversing the gravity setting or whatever on the gloves, but again just something about the fact that he seems one step ahead the entire time doesn't make it feel all that suspenseful or gripping).
It's a very quick paced plot, which is fine for a Christmas episode. Again though, nothing really feels like it has quite the full impact it's going for. I kind of knew when the Gremlins went back in time and stole the infant Ruby that everything was going to be wrapped up quickly (yes, I know that's the most likely outcome of a Dr. Who episode, but again it's a case where in the moment I didn't feel engaged enough to not think this). I liked seeing the Doctor get emotionally impacted by seeing this alternate version Ruby's Mum who is unhappy and never adopted all her children, but it's such an interesting idea to come so late and be resolved so quickly that something about it just feels unsatisfying (there's an episode of the Eccleston era which deals with a similar idea - the one where Rose goes back and saves her Dad which in turn creates all kinds of paradoxes/results in aliens coming in and trying to 'fix the timeline'. It's a great and quite emotional episode from what I remember, but it works mainly because the entire episode revolves around these ideas and time is taken to build up to the ending).
Ruby as a companion is... fine I guess. Gibson's quite likeable, and Ruby has an interesting backstory. I think it'll definitely be developed later (one can imagine her having ulterior motives in travelling with the Doctor through the form of potentially finding her parents, which could in turn cause conflict between the two and be quite interesting to see play out). I don't think anything really stuck here though. Apart from her backstory I thought Ruby and her foster Mother lacked personality and were even a bit too 'nice'. I found them boring personally.
Can't fault the set design and SFX.
Not quite sure why Divina McCall was there but I have no strong feelings about this cameo.
I liked the ending with Mrs. Flood looking to camera. Obviously she'll be important later and it's a great way to hook viewers for the next series.
I can see why many would enjoy this episode, and when I watched it with family members some actually were really into it. I know other people who didn't enjoy this one too, and again can very much see why. I don't think it was anywhere near enough to reignite a long lost interest in Dr. Who for me, but I'll try and keep up with the show a bit more. I still need to catch up with the recent Tennant episodes which I've heard are quite good.
It got the third highest ratings for the day behind the King and Strictly.
Oh definitely. The purpose of it was to be what you watch after your Christmas dinner while probably a bit tipsy. I just think it could have done much better at being that Christmas romp.
But overall I think it's better regarded than the efforts of the previous writer/Doctor, and there was a legit sense of much more 'excitement' for a Christmas special which was nice to see. I kept with it easy enough despite not being 100% into it (honestly, from the few Whitikar and even Smith episodes I've seen I've switched off some of them halfway through).
Ranking:
1. Wild Blue Yonder
2. The Star Beast
3. The Giggle
4. The Church on Ruby Road
Oh, and just for thse who would complain about the Doctor singing :
Lizo Mzimba is now saying that the 28 day total for Star Beast was 9 and half million viewers, coming no.1 for the day and beating Strictly.
Also, RIP to Mike Yates/Richard Franklin.
Jodie Whittaker's last festive special got a 7 day of 4.39 million and an AI of 77.