Doctor Who.

[Harrowby Hall]

But what I don't understand is ... why is she running Holby City Hospital?

[Nearly Sane]

But what I don't understand is ... why is she running Holby City Hospital?

Coronavirus

[Harrowby Hall]

Coronavirus

Yes - it is beginning to make sense.

[Nearly Sane]

Yes - it is beginning to make sense.

It's all connected. We will survive by becoming cyborgs

[Outrider]

I know the 'canon' of classic Who is flexible; but last night's story stretched it to breaking point.
In 'the Three Doctors', Omega is stated to be the first Time Lord, whose experiments led to a black hole, creating the first TARDIS.
In "Invasion of Time", Rassilon is stated to be the founder of the Matrix and first President of the Time Lords, and in 'The Five Doctors', he is seen to be still 'alive' in a way we don't understand.
Even under Capaldi's time, Clara is shown listening in as a young child Doctor is told firmly by his parents that he was destined for the
Academy....and in 'Demon's run', the Doctor shows Amy his cradle.
Unless he has regenerated umpteen times as a baby, then last night was nonsense.
Oh, and making the Master look and feel like the Joker wasn't a great move either.
The Cybermen were good, though.

Except, of course, that it's all happened in a matrix that the Master has been active in for an extended period of time - can it be trusted?

O.

[Udayana]

How do we know the Master isn't another regeneration of the Doctor, another one that she has forgotten about - or hasn't got to yet?

[SteveH]

How do we know the Master isn't another regeneration of the Doctor, another one that she has forgotten about - or hasn't got to yet?

Because the Master has also regenerated many times.

[Anchorman]

Because the Master has also regenerated many times.

   


.....Aye, and none of them ...with the exception of Ainsley....a parch on Rogerr Delgado.

[Nearly Sane]

   


.....Aye, and none of them ...with the exception of Ainsley....a parch on Rogerr Delgado.

For the single best piece of acting I've seen - Derek Jacobi's very brief Master is great. The later masters are a product of the writing - I liked Michelle Gomez in the role.

[Nearly Sane]

I may have mentioned this before but the American sitcom Community had a rather loving pastiche of Doctor Who called Inspector Spacetime which popped up now and again through the series. There's a great wiki on it - link below which is a work of love.


https://madmanwithabooth.fandom.com/wiki/Inspector_SpaceTime_Wiki

[Udayana]

Because the Master has also regenerated many times.

Of-course. Explains everything

[SteveH]

The Churchill episode is pretty crap. Some good ideas and references but an atrocious simplistic deus ex machina solution.

Just finally watched it. I thought it was pretty good. Also watched two Tennant-era episodes, one with Rose on Coronation dsay in 1953, defeating a face-stealing alien, and one with Donna in Pompeii on eruption day, in which they defesat more aliens and rescue a Pompeiian family from the disaster, the father, a wealthy merchant, played by a young-looking, pre-doctor Peter Capaldi.

[SteveH]

But what I don't understand is ... why is she running Holby City Hospital?

Well, she is a Doctor!

[Anchorman]

Well, last night's episode was a blast.
A great swan song for Jodie, with nostalgia by the bucket load thrown in (great to see Ace, Tegan, 6, 7 & 8, not to forget a nod to the decrepit Whovians like myself with Ian Chesterton), and a brilliant ending.

[SteveH]

I'm rather cross that once again we are not getting a full series next year, just three specials in November. When are we going to get a full, 12-episode series again?

[Anchorman]

I'm rather cross that once again we are not getting a full series next year, just three specials in November. When are we going to get a full, 12-episode series again?

 



The Beeb's running short of cash....the Doctor is cut.....t'was ever thus....
Signed: disgruntled Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy fan.

[Nearly Sane]

Guessing that there was no chance of that happening with Tennant, as far too busy and expensive, and then you have to factor in it being the 60th!!! anniversary.

To be honest, the return of RTD and DT seems more marketing than anything else. Had Johnson returend from stasis (a holiday resort in the Carribean) on the same day, then the desperation would have been underlined.

No doubt I will watch last night's at some point but it feels far from must see TV at the moment.

[SqueakyVoice]

For the single best piece of acting I've seen - Derek Jacobi's very brief Master is great. The later masters are a product of the writing - I liked Michelle Gomez in the role.

I've  made the kids watch a lot of Steve Moffat/ Peter Capadli's episodes.
MG was as close to brilliant as all those other episodes.
CC's still seem quite pedestrian IMO.

[SteveH]

 



The Beeb's running short of cash....the Doctor is cut.....t'was ever thus....
Signed: disgruntled Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy fan.

I'd be happy for them to do simpler, cheaper, less FX-heavy stories, if it meant we got a full series again.

[Anchorman]

I'd be happy for them to do simpler, cheaper, less FX-heavy stories, if it meant we got a full series again.

   



Yes.
Some of the McCoy stories, whilst the SFX were even worse than normal, were, for their time, really pretty good and stood up to the Troughton/Pertwee era quite well.

[Aruntraveller]

Well, last night's episode was a blast.
A great swan song for Jodie, with nostalgia by the bucket load thrown in (great to see Ace, Tegan, 6, 7 & 8, not to forget a nod to the decrepit Whovians like myself with Ian Chesterton), and a brilliant ending.

Finally watched this tonight. Enjoyed it. Certainly at the upper end of Jodie's time in the blue box in terms of entertainment. Slightly underwhelmed with the whole chance to destroy the Daleks, AGAIN. The ending was very good, even more so for me having visited Durdle Door last month. It was almost spooky what with it being Halloween tonight!