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Michael Mattei's avatar

Yup, that sums it up. I would argue that Ruby wishing Conrad away by wishing he was happy was the most nu-Who thing since the Disney launch. For whatever that is worth. The most interesting thing about this season is trying to determine the original plan before Ruby was swapped out for Belinda. Honestly, it is likely a minor madness on my part trying to find rational design in these leavings.

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Dave W.'s avatar

I will never forgive those scum for ruining a franchise that I used to love.

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Steve Volman's avatar

Very nice write up. I grew up watching Doctor Who on PBS. Even then it was easy to love Tom Baker and hate most of 7th Doctor.

After seeing a few reviews I went back to a few Doctor Who Podcasts I had given up over a decade ago because of early woke politics and general butt kissing of the even bad episodes. Even DW Podcasters given up.

The most interesting thing I pulled out of the podcast though was this rumor that Disney only ever paid for Doctor Who as part of the deal to get the rights for Bluey. Not sure if its true but the timelines match up and frankly Bluey likely worth more (and has better ratings) than what Disney likely paid for DW and now Disney and say good night and walk away having held up there end of the deal.

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Ensign Dilligaf's avatar

Who has long had the woke virus, one of the critic darlings of OG Who was the 7th Doctor episode in which his companion was turning into a lesbian cheetah girl.

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ShootyBear's avatar

This sounds like an incarnation of one of those people who are dressed like just total retards but you realize that at some point, they actually looked at themselves in the mirror and thought “Hey! I look good!” At least someone thought that this plot was good enough to make!

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Exalt's avatar

You neglected to mention the other desperate thing they did in the finale to try and garner some interest: bringing back Jodie Whittaker. She had a fundamental threefold purpose:

1)Answering to Gatwa's claim that he was the best Doctor by saying "Okay, let's say best male."

2)Telling Gatwa "Blimey, you're gorgeous. Your face is absolutely beautiful."

3)Reminding us that she was the first lesbian Doctor ("I should say [I love you] to Yaz").

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Steve Volman's avatar

Its a sign of not just this appearance but her complete time as the "Doctor" didn't matter.

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Shefi1280's avatar

Thanks for watching... so that I don't have to. I couldn't even read all of this! I tried, honestly, but my eyes glazed over well before the end. I'm old enough to remember William Hartnell as Dr. Who (and I didn't even have to look up his name). The Daleks were brilliant.

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Nate Winchester's avatar

~~which proved conclusively that Americans can’t make Doctor Who.~~

Actually we can...

Know what it was? MacGyver.

I'm not even entirely joking. Check the credits of the first season of the show. Notice a name showing up there several times?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088559/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cst_sm

Terry Nation.

And once you realize it, you'll be unable to watch the first season of the show without noticing it's just Dr Who all over again in modern America. Complete with him getting a different lovely female companion each episode.

(Of course the show went on to gain its own identity over time.)

I just think comparing the two shows really can give an anthropologist a sense of the difference between British and American cultures.

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Eric Blair's avatar

Wow, great comment. I watched all the old Doctor Whos when I was a kid, enough of MacGyver to get the gist, and none of the new Doctor Who, so I might be ignorant or mis-remembering but how about these other similarities?

- Signature move is using creative problem-solving to save the world from dire situations.

- Never once resolved a problem by shooting the bad guy with a gun.

- MacGyver had a nemesis like the Master, a dark inverse of the protagonist.

- Did MacGyver ever reverse the polarity of the neutron flow?

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Nate Winchester's avatar

lol reverse the polarity? I don’t think so but he once blew up an oil fire with the help from Kira from DS9.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV-v1u3jRmM

That count close enough? ;)

And you’re right! Not only did Mac have a nemesis, but he was named “Murdoc” - a name also starting with M. ;)

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Resonant Media Arts's avatar

Dr. Who suffered a mortal wound with the introduction of girlboss extreme Clara Oswin Oswald. She was the blood clot that eventually killed the series. That character effectively remade the series into "The Perfect Wonderful Clara Oswald and Her Silly Little Man in the Blue Box who Does Her Bidding."

I quit watching with Peter Capaldi after the episode "Kill the Moon" which became my new "Jump the Shark". Only occasionally will I look at the news about the show, but honestly, I won't watch anything past Matt Smith ever again. Stick to OldWho and ignore everything else till the BBC stops producing only woke propaganda. Assholes killed the granddaddy of sci fi because they wanted to push their bullshit agenda. Fuck em and the horse they rode in on.

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The Dark Herald's avatar

The amazing part of Clara was that I loved the previous two iterations of Clara. The girl in the Dalek was sad in a great way.

And Victorian Clara was perfect. There was a rumor going around that it was Victorian Clara that was supposed to be the new companion, but that the new head of the BBC, Tim Davie was the one who killed her off at the last minute in favor of contemporary Girl-Boss Clara.

This is the same retard who bought up Jeremy Clarkson's production company, specifically to fire Jeremy Clarkson. He's the guy that more than anyone else trainwrecked the BBC. Why, yes, he was in Marketing before then. How did you know?

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Resonant Media Arts's avatar

I agree about Oswin in the Dalek. That was a great character concept. Very tragic. Unfortunately, thanks to the Name of the Doctor episode, that got spoiled. I think that's part of what offended me most about Clara. The potential and upside was massive! They could have done so much if she wasn't the next iteration of Amy Pond, bossing the Doctor across all spacetime and then outdoing him in the end.

Victorian Clara COULD have been good, but as you pointed out she got executard sabotaged for agenda.

Tim Davie, whom I'd never heard of seems like a right proper wanker that failed upward like Anthony Fauci and destroyed pretty much everything in his trajectory as he went.

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Sian's avatar

Reminder that if you hate what current Doctor Who has become, then you are a bigot.

(because they can't defend the show on its own merits if it has none)

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Jeff Walker Books's avatar

Doctor Who died after Matt Smith, that was the end.

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Christopher R. DiNote's avatar

What people seem to have forgotten about the 7th Doctor was that it was left wing subversive crap and made no bones about it. It was canceled because it sucked then, it still sucks today, it needs to die.

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Andrew Invergowrie's avatar

RTD has jammed a feculent wooden stake right into the Heart of the Doctor. it is over now, RIP.

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Nancy Frye's avatar

I think reading that synopsis just gave me a rare disease of some kind. Might be terminal. I gave up on Who in the middle of the Capaldi episodes, because the woke was coming too fast and furious to brush off anymore. What a waste of a fine actor. Capaldi could have been the best Who since Baker or Tenant.

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Sian's avatar

The second half of the Capaldi run was a profound disappointment after starting so strong. Failed by the writing in all aspects.

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ScuzzaMan's avatar

I feel soiled just from reading about it.

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