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I have some spare unopened eye washes I use for hayfever. I wish I was joking about that scene.
In The Lucky Day that aired last night the Doctor also made zero effort to try to reason with the antagonist of the story. Admittedly other than Ruby the rest of the main characters were doing questionable things.
The Doctor is actually trying to save people which is rare for this era so I will give them that.
He was a murderer and betrayed the Doctor’s best friend; Pertwee disintegrated Ogrons for less. Letting the guy stay in prison is hardly evil- bear in mind the Doctor wasn’t actually there, how was he supposed to reason with him? You’ll have no answer. I didn’t love that ep but I thought it was a rather excellent take on internet liars, the kind which can’t be reasoned with, ironically.
There’s some weird false equivalences going on here.
I think this series has been very strong so far, not the best but no bad ones. No idea what you mean about a high kick.
I am happy you think this series has been very strong so far, it's clearly a roaring success.
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For UK fans of Doctor Who the channel U&Eden are showing episodes of the Pertwee era.
Current ranking:
1. The Well
2. Lux
3. Lucky Day
4. The Robot Revolution
5. Joy to the World
The Well was good and for Millie Gibson's acting Lucky Day was elevated.
Yeah exactly, it’s weird isn’t it. The Doctor routinely vanquished their enemies, and I’ve never heard any complaint about that; twenty years ago he was ‘a no second chances kind of guy’ and sent Sycorax falling to their deaths etc. but suddenly internet people think the internet troll character was worthy of sympathy, bit rum that.
As for the idea this Doctor doesn’t show sympathy to those he fights, well last night’s episode proves that wrong, as does Space Babies, Dot & Bubble, Rogue etc. As I said, they have no answer, and much like that character, go on saying the same things regardless. And some people who don’t even watch the show gleefully mop up anything negative about it without question.
Ooh bit low on Joy for me, I’d pop that much higher! :)
He does have a default look: the long leather coat is kind of his main costume even if the shirts and accessories change.
Yes, I got that. But again, it was Davros that activated it.
A more fitting example, might be the Doctor being ready and willing to smash in the skull of a caveman, until Ian stopped him.
So if you sabotage someone's gun to go off in their face, if they aim it at a squirrel and pull the trigger and their face gets blown off, it's their fault. Uh-huh. Good luck in the courts with that one! :))
Regardless, it's another good example of the Doctor not trying to sympathise with or help the baddie, something people objected to him doing again last week for some reason. And which, I repeat, sympathising and helping the baddie is something he did do in yesterday's episode. And it's something this version of the Doctor has consistently done in his time onscreen so far.
Yep, yet another good example. Curious people suddenly think it's something only Doctor 15 ever did, isn't it? And he's never tried to smash anyone's skull in either.
What's the humble squirrel done to deserve being lumped in with Davros? At the end of the day.... this is Davros we're talking about. So I personally don't have an issue with how the Doctor manipulated him into using the Hand Of Omega. This is the ends justifies the means version of the Doctor afterall. Though I do think the 3rd Doctor didn't have to shot that one Ogron, so maybe it's a bit of my 7th Doctor leaning bias creeping in.
You're guess is as good as mine. I can't speak for anyone else. Though I haven't seen the episode in question, I don't have an issue with the Doctor killing villains.
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Another example just came to mind, the 6th Doctor going Charles Bronson on the Cybermen in the Tardis.
And the baddies were called Wyn and Kidd! :D
Have three to catch up with.
The cameo I wish had happened in the Capaldi era, great to see that individual again.
I just dont want the show to carry on in this current direction, a break and hopefully getting a show runner who wants to tell stories and not preach may take charge a few years down the line.
I was tempted to watch a showing of Doctor Who last two episodes at a showing close to where I am though thought better off it, despite this season being poor watching DW in the cinema would have been a novelty.
Who says they have? YouTube people?
The reports that he's been sacked because he wouldn't do Eurovision sound like absolute nonsense, coming from the same newspaper which told us Aaron Taylor Johnson shot his 007 gunbarrel a couple of years ago.
I think there's a decent chance he's leaving next week, but they haven't written, shot, edited, added effects to etc. a new ending to that episode in the space of a week. That's fantasy.
Well they haven't been shooting any episodes so we know there's a break. This Mirror article (written by someone who actually has a very good track record with these things) gives a decent idea on what's likely to happen:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/doctor-whos-next-two-series-35238617
You're preaching to the choir.
One scene and reveal was pretty awesome as a DW fan, I rewound that scene a few times, I felt like I was watching DW.
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Please please cast
Gatwa has reportedly quit/been fired so the future of Doctor Who uncertain.
Personally, I'd welcome the BBC go commercial and maybe fund future DW via subscription and ad revenue. The current series has had the lowest overnight ratings ever and apparently the combined iPlayer/overnights totals not good. The BBC may cancel the show but phrase it as "on hiatus." Even if the show does continue I'll be surprised if RTD is still in charge. Many fans blame him for the show's woke agenda.
As they say "go woke, go broke."
Hopefully Amazon take heed when making Bond 26. Don't reinvent Bond too much.
To be honest, from the handful of episodes I've seen of his (and by the way, it's more than I've seen from the last few Doctors/since Tennent) I think this show needs a good shake up anyway. I don't think the way they're making these episodes nowadays/even just with viewer habits alone will result in consistent viewers or even a great viewing experience.
Oops, you said 'woke'! :)) The magic word which devalues everything that's been said.
Read The Mirror article I posted, it gives a realistic outlook on the show's future. It does have low ratings, but actually compare it with all of the other shows on telly: all ratings are down. They're about half a million down on this time last year across the board, TV is changing. Dr Who is still a relatively strong performer- last week it was BBC One's third most watched show on Saturday behind the FA Cup final and Eurovision. That's not a disaster no matter how you look at it.
The Rani has returned! Bi Rani! Two for the price of one.
Season 6 is very good I just think Moffat completely dropped the ball with The Wedding of River Song.