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I hated it at the time, but I think I kinda love “insane and unhinged, smearing burger wrappers on his face” SimmMaster now.
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I should probably get around to actually watching last year’s finale before the new episode airs.
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Dec 31, 2019 07:47
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Edward Mass posted:The Battle of Who Could Care Less, or Resolution? The Battle of Too Many Names. I set out to watch it right after it aired but then I saw all the mediocre reviews here and lost nearly all interest. I love Jodie as The Doctor but man last season had some really dull episodes. I doubt it’ll happen but I hope the new season takes a slightly less grounded approach and just goes nuts with the episode premises.
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I still can’t believe the revival’s 15th anniversary is this year.
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Jan 1, 2020 18:13
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Vinylshadow posted:You never forget your first Doctor, and that was Nine for me I rented the Nine season from Netflix back when they still mailed stuff and then a month later I went to London and bought all of Ten’s first season on cheapo DVDs since it hadn’t been released in the US yet and watched them on the flight home. I was not a Ten fan when I landed. 
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Jan 1, 2020 19:54
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Wow I guess I never watched last year’s New Year’s special either because I was very confused when a Dalek showed up instead of The Master. I kept waiting for some kind of team-up reveal like an idiot. 
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Mr.Flibble posted:So as someone who wanted to give 13 a chance but was turned off by all the boring and political b.s. ,  The show has issues, but Jodie and the cast are not among them.
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Jan 2, 2020 01:43
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I... kinda liked the episode? The alien design is simple but still effectively creepy and the overall spy theme really fits this Tardis team for some reason. Yaz not being given much to do is still an issue, but the cast still has great chemistry and Dhawan looks like he’s going to bring some gleeful rage to The Master. He’s got big shoes to fill after how great Missy was, but I like what we’ve gotten so far. Definitely one of the better Chibnall era episodes.
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Jan 2, 2020 20:11
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Edward Mass posted:Not to drat with faint praise, but that was easily Chibnall's best episode. I noticed that too, particularly during Yaz and Ryan’s conversation on the porch.
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Jan 3, 2020 09:22
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Moffat’s problem was that he kept going back to the exact same wells time and time again and each revisit was shittier than the last.
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Jan 4, 2020 16:31
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2house2fly posted:What an apropos of nothing post Whoops, that’s on me. The Couch Chat thread was talking about Moffat and I never realized until now that I posted that in the wrong thread.
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Jan 5, 2020 02:06
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Social media gets leagues better when you just unfollow any official tv show/movie pages/accounts and totally divorce yourself from the toxic shitheads that thrive in those comments. Just follow cool fans and the actors.
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Jan 8, 2020 17:50
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Rhyno posted:That doesn't insulate you, the amount of lovely things I have seen on celebs instagram posts is really disturbing. “Don’t read the comments” still applies, unfortunately.
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Jan 8, 2020 18:39
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I don’t even know if they exist anymore but the raspberry and lime Jaffa cakes were incredible and I really miss them.
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Jan 12, 2020 00:15
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marktheando posted:Apart from having two hearts and being able to regenerate, the respiratory bypass is the only time lord ability the writers usually remember, comes up quite a lot in classic and new who. Wasn’t there a 5 story where he survives the vacuum of space with basically no equipment?
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Jan 14, 2020 20:48
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Rhyno posted:I swear to god if this is LOOMS I will burn this thread down. Andy Cartmel: [chanting] looms, looms- This thread: looms, LOOMS Chibnall: [pounding on Rhyno’s head] LOOMS, LOOMS, LOOMS!
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Jan 27, 2020 19:26
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Now that I’ve finally seen the episode, I’m going to bet on the theory that Ruth is a Doc between 2 and 3. The way she’s hiding on Earth, how she describes the job she has but didn’t sign up for, how the Time Lords have put a bounty out for her capture. Maybe the 2nd Doc was on a mission as an agent for the Time Lords, he’s killed, then the newly regenerated RuthDoc decides to use this opportunity to try and hide from them. Then, after whatever is going to happen this season happens, the Time Lords wipe the Doctor’s memory and dump 3 and his TARDIS in a field.
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Jan 28, 2020 06:44
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mehall posted:Chibnalls said it's not parallel universe or anything The Jack thing is kinda weird since this episode, to me at least, seemed to setup or hint at a big Journey’s End type season finale with a bunch of recurring folks showing up.
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Jan 28, 2020 11:35
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I’ll take insane and exciting canon-altering lore that probably won’t make a lick of sense when it’s all resolved over whatever boring grounded style Chibnall tried to do last season. gently caress it, give me RTD’s giant mishmash of tones and genres mixed with Moffat’s penchant for mystery boxes and deep lore. Go nuts, this is a show tailor-made to handle that kind of thing. RuthDoc has only been in ten minutes of a single episode so far and I’m already chomping at the bit to see more of her. I also really like how this season is leaning into 13’s characterization as a tinkering inventor. It’s so nice to see not only Jodie but also the writers really get more comfortable with developing 13’s personality.
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Jan 28, 2020 23:50
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Has anyone analyzed what the voices speaking to Ruth before she smashes the glass are saying? The audio is pretty bad on the BBCA app, I couldn’t make any of it out.
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Jan 30, 2020 00:06
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I just don’t like the crystal aesthetic because it reminds me of 9/10’s ugly coral theme. It’s too organic.
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Jan 30, 2020 22:50
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I’m way behind on the season so I haven’t watched the finale yet, but it’s so rare to see a nearly unanimous negative reaction in this thread. That reveal must have been a real doozy.
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Mar 2, 2020 07:34
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Every Doctor has been let down by the writing at some point, this is just routine. To be completely honest, I’ve never watched Doctor Who for the plot or the lore, I’m here for the portrayal of the Doctor and (to a lesser extent) the companions. Which isn’t to say that poo poo writing is inexcusable, it’s just that it doesn’t bother me as much here as it would on something else.
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Lunatic Sledge posted:I would like jodie to outlast chibnall tbh I just want Jodie to have at least one objectively good season because the inevitable “we told you, JodieDoc’s run was bad BeCaUsE sHe’S a WoMaN!” narrative is going to be so loving tiring. I mean it’s already present of course, but the writing hasn’t done any favors to quiet it. It’s been extremely disheartening these last few years to watch my sister get really excited at having female characters take prominent positions in big genre franchises, only to eventually become disillusioned because the fandom turns hateful and toxic in response.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:One of the weirder plot things about the EDAs was when one of the companions (I won't spoil who, in case somone wants to reads these fever dreams) gets turned into a TARDIS. Like, "oops, time to get off this planet!" and the companion would just... open up somehow and everyone would get inside them. IIRC, this arc continued over a bunch of books, so it's not a one-time deal. Sounds like a very hollow existence. 
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Doctor Who has historically been lucky enough to cast actors who are strong enough to carry the show even when the scripts are total garbage, and that holds true for JodieDoc. We’ve suffered through a lot of bad seasons under good Docs, so I’m not panicking or anything, but it would definitely be nice if Jodie had her own Season 11 style run of consistently good episodes.
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