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*spoiler* Is anybody worried that a huge retcon is coming?


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What with The Other Doctor turning up. One that previously didn't know existed. That and all the hints about everything you knew to be a lie.

Is a huge retcon coming?

I don't know how comfortable I am with that.

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I'd be surprised if it was a big retcon. I think it's more likely an alternate timeline/universe thing.
I thought the Judoon episode was _finally_ a return to some of the fun that I remember from older seasons of the show. I'm hoping they can keep this going and avoid the awkward virtue signaling that spoiled past episodes.

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I enjoyed it for the most part, especially the surprise return of Captain Jack. I'm hoping his; "I'll be here if the Doctor needs me" line is a hint that he's returning later in the series.

I don't like the idea of introducing previously unseen Doctors though, and am nervous that this is where this series is heading. I wasn't keen on John Hurt appearing as The Doctor though, despite how great his performance was. No discredit to the actor, but if they couldn't get Eccleston back I'd rather have had McGann return. He came back for a short episode anyway.

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I agree - it was more fun.

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be open to change come on people stop being Gatekeepers

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Change is fine. Outright butchery and just bad episodes is not...

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People don't like it when their favourite stories and characters are changed into soapbox mythology, especially when this is a retcon. It's telling people that their heroes never existed. It's like fictional gaslighting and it feels wretched.

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I'm hoping they don't have her before 1 but things do point towards an early doctor but after 1.

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It's Chinballs being a complete PRICK and mucking things up, thinking he knows best for the show when does fvcking NOT, and that all of the stuff that came before and after him is simply not HIS stuff, so he feels validated in violating it.

Fvcking a$$hole!

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I mean you could probably change Chibnal to moffat in that statement and many would agree

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