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Another nice thing about this episode is it's underlying message that the British Empire was very explicitly a bad thing. The British Empire was poo poo. It was one of the worst things in human history. A shameless, staggering and utterly brutal exploitation of a full third of the planet. Far too much of Britain sanitises and glorifies it. A truly disgraceful number of us are still proud of it. Having one of the most popular things in the country, one that's also aimed at children, not just refuting that narrative but explicitly condemning it? It's incredibly welcome.
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Dabir posted:Yeah you know what, I totally disagree with LTW's contention that making this a soft reboot is pointless. Aside from the obvious fact that every season is somebody's first season, and only the current season is going to be on iPlayer, the last couple of seasons have been shedding viewers like crazy. If, say, someone who kept watching was to convince someone who'd dropped it to give The Pilot a watch, it would be immediately obvious what was going on, and that they wouldn't have to go back and watch the last two seasons which they presumably already know they'd hate. The only returning element is Nardole, who was only in the Christmas specials. The show's declined a lot in the overnight ratings but that's more because of a change in viewing habits to online streaming than anything else.
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Yvonmukluk posted:Big Finish is probably already waiting in the wings for him. Nick Briggs announced that they've signed a 15 year contract with him.
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