Thursday, June 05, 2025

Doctor Who. The Reality War

 

Okay there are spoilers here

I am going to work backwards here-I will give you the positives first

I did enjoy seeing 13's cameo I did like that Jodie Whittaker was written properly for once. 

I did very much enjoy Archie Panjabi as the Rani. I think caught got the spirit of the character perfectly

Anita Dobson should have done more comedy.

I was moved by the discussion of living a life of childlessness which is often unwanted. I thought that Belinda was well written as a mother- This is the Lungbarrow story

It looks great. That has been true for years now

I disliked

BBC London- Its bright and clean. Everyone can afford a house. It is never raining. 

I loathe Billie Tyler being teased as the Dr- Yes I have heard the speculation that this the Bad Wolf or such. I don't care. Move on-move on. 

I dislike UNIT having laser beams to fire at CGI. They are better when they are grunts. 

What the hell was the plot? They had made a deal with the God of Wishes to create one man's utopia. Eventually doubt would consume the world, and open a portal to allow Omega to break free- Oh except Omega is a monster now. A thoughtless monster.. who eats Timelords. Then Poppy is lost and found. She was part timelord and now she did 

Oh and it is acknowledged that this Utopia is really not that bad. Why have a villian produce this brave new world 

What I think is that Dr Who has not learned the lesson of the 80s. Another time when you heard about  the Rani and Omega. Another time when a showrunner was voicing opinion. Maybe show- maybe hint instead

What we have is more and more mythology - Just make a nice Cyberman story



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