Re: Doctor Who: Joy to the World

In message <vknfis$3tmhq$2@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> writes

On 26/12/2024 15:40, Hornplayer9599 wrote:

On 12/26/2024 09:04, Blueshirt wrote:

Festive fun with the 15th Doctor...and plenty of schmaltz.
>
"Joy to the World" is probably one of the 15th Doctor's
strongest stories (so far) in terms of the actual story, with
Ncuti's performance being just right for this heart-warming
festive episode.

 Yes this was, on the whole, a solid story.  That being said, I'm not

>
Solid in like leaking like a sieve as if it were written by a 4 year old child that thinks a sieve being made of solid materials can hold water.
>

expecting the best Who stories to take place during the Christmas episodes...but this was a good one.
>

>
The least you can expect is for them to adhere to the basic laws of physics including conservation of energy, gravitation, nuclear physics, and not deliberately create unresolvable paradoxes and just brush them of because the writer is a total retard that thinks the entre audience is stupid.

<snip>
I think Doctor Who has been fantasy with some science fictional trappings, rather than science fiction, for a long time now. No, the plot didn't make a lot of sense, but I still enjoyed the episode, especially for the dialogue, which was the wittiest we've had in DW for a very long time. And it was lifted by a superb performance by Steph de Whalley, whom I'd previously never heard of, as Anita.
--
John Hall
                "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
                 will hardly mind anything else."
                                            Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)