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Thoughts on episode 1 and 2
The church on ruby road thoughts
Thoughts on the giggle
Wild blue yonder thoughts
Star beast thoughts
Series 14 will be rebranded as season 1
Murray Gold returning
Stephen Moffat to return
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Yeah I think the episode wasn't helped by the fact the Beatles looked nothing like the Beatles and due to the costs they didn't have any Beatles music.
A podcast also pointed out that the villains reason for killing music was also odd. If it feeds on music then surely removing it would actually starve them.
I'm not as bothered about the villain been stopped by a tune as it was what also brought it into this universe. If they keep doing the fully powerful thing all season though it would get tiresome
I think that's one of the things about new companions, they do need to learn about the doctor, but usually it's the basic he's a time traveller etc.
I also thought the bomb exploded and killed all life on Gallifrey but now are they suggesting it killed all time lords? Surely not all time lords would be on the planet so I don't get why they are doing the last of the time lords kind of thing again
I agree with most of your points. I do also wonder as some have speculated if the exposition dump was Disney saying they need a quick scene to explain who the doctor was. I just think it feels a bit off putting and could have been integrated better.
The episode itself was just that though, off putting. I feel they could have done a better opener.
I did like the next episode just for being a bit different. I do like when the doctor isn't the most powerful person but get your point about how it will get a bit tiresome if the doctor can defeat them all, the feeling of threat will diminish. The ball game was a weak way for the toy maker to go but I do feel maestro is not dead just banished again and it makes sense if a melody can bring them out it can also banish then.
There's also a lot of weird stuff that seems to point to the doctor and Ruby being on a show. The twist think is linked to the actress Susan twist who has been in every episode seemingly playing someone else and there's a lot of winks to camera. Murray gold was also in the musical at the end apparently and the old women who died was actually played by a former costume designer on the show who also designed the 4th doctor's outfit. Not sure how I feel if it's going to keep being this meta
Yeah 100 percent agree. I quite liked series 2, at least conceptually, but the ending song was a bit cheesy, but the first episode wasn't a great first episode
What about the whole anti abortion message with the moon episode? Or the Isis Zygon episode.
What I find really interesting is people complain the show is now "woke" but when it was in an era they liked they look the other way.
This is why I hate the word woke as everyone has a different meaning for the word and everyone twists it. If it's shoving ideals and messages on the screen then kill the moon certainly fits this. The 3rd doctors era has a lot of messages in it.
I suppose the message of the articles headline is the show should be for everyone. You keep mentioning the doctor should be a grandad but male doctors where never seen as a grandad. The first doctor yes but the character had changed since then. They are also an alien.
I was also not keen on the idea of the doctor changing to a female back when it was announced but then I realised 2 things. Firstly the show was getting a bit stale and needed to do something different but secondary, I realised I was basing an alien on a human
Yeah i think what they are trying to say is 14 did the therapy but he was a bit chipper about it, maybe using it as a copying method.
I'm hoping we'll see more range later in the series e.g. more anger
The doctor changes things all the time though but the doctor has always said that changing personal timelines is different. That is why he tells Ruby they cannot go to her birth as if she accidentally changes it she wouldn't be born and cause a paradox.
I think the butterfly scene was mainly there for a joke but if the button he pressed was real then he's stopped that from happening but when it comes to personal timelines that is still dangerous
Don't forget the timeless child in Chibnall's era had the reveal he is not from Gallifrey although I wasn't a fan of this lore reveal
I think it's best to wait to see the ratings when more people have watched it. Also while episodes may not score great, the season may.
I saw people saying one of the specials didn't do well viewing figures wise in the UK, yet it was the second watched program of the night after something like I'm a celebrity. Shows like that are often preferred live so it made sense. Like second place is still brilliant
I presume it was because she was the one who stood on the butterfly although the doctor did say in a jokingly way he had then turned the butterfly protection on or something. Not sure if it's real why it was turned off.
But often it depends if it's personal.
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