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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

a beekeeper in “Delta and the bannermen”

Goronwy! Moffat endorsed the fan theory that he's a future Doctor in retirement like the Curator. Honestly, this is why I happen to actually like the bigeneration - the idea that the Doctor would ever just retire and leave the universe to sort itself out while he collects art and beekeeps used to bother me, but if he himself is still out there running around, then it becomes delightful and sweet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure that Sarah Jane sleeps from Planet of the Spiders all the way through Revenge of the Cybermen, so Belinda has joined an illustrious club! Donna also has a shit day all through the 60th specials.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I almost always prefer frock to gun and this episode was not for me, but I am a base-under-siege Grinch and know my limitations. This is my second-least-favorite RTD2 episode after Empire of Death, though I am thoroughly enjoying this series, even more than the last.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, the Klingon augment thing was deeply stupid, both in-universe and out, and I think it's to SNW's strength that we're all just going to pretend it didn't happen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah, frankly I think this says more about broadcast television than about Doctor Who. It was in fourth place for the day, with News at Ten, Casualty, and Blankety Blank above it - I think it's rather clear what the demographics are for broadcast TV.

I like this chart for comparing the current series' performance to past ones, because it relies on seeing it against the wider television landscape rather than just as abstract numbers. Doctor Who may be getting lower over-the-air ratings, but everything is - its been pretty impressively stable. this chart

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm especially excited for Inua Ellams' episode - I really hope it works, because in addition to quite liking his writing, he's exactly the sort of writer whom I was hoping they'd recruit for the show: someone who's loved Doctor Who their whole lives, for whom Doctor Who is extremely meaningful, but also willing to put the Doctor in a very different story - temporally and narratively – from what we've seen before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s still so weird that they got the one completely charisma-free actor on the show to play Jim Kirk, and yet Sam Kirk lights up every scene he’s in

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think season 4 was the only one I didn't have to push myself to like - there were lots of great bits scattered throughout the first three seasons, but the fourth is where I felt like the whole season was enjoyable and strong (particularly the last couple of episodes).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I adore how campy this looks, but I'm so frustrated by the constant shoehorning of Kirk into the show. Maybe if the performance were interesting or there was something compelling about him it would be different, but he just seems to drag down the show whenever he appears (outside of the episode with La'an, but really, she was doing all of the work in that one).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

How do you say "devour feculence" in Klingon?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

And of course she has perfect taste and loves DS9. Iconic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

FINALLY a Cerritos!

 

Oh heavens, whatever shall we do - it seems Legacy is dead

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