Re: Docotr Who S15/S2 - Ep1: The Robot Revolution

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 20:22:50 +0000, The Doctor wrote:

In article <xn0p4h1ilaefwsu000@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Well, here we are at long last...a new season of Doctor Who on
the TV.
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My first impressions of "The Robot Revolution" were quite good
all things considering. I found it an interesting episode that
certainly isn't as bad as some people make it out to be. We are
all different so it's fair enough if some people didn't like it,
but for me it wasn't that bad at all. In fact, I thought it was
a fun romp. "The Robot Revolution" won't go down as a great
Doctor Who episode mind you, but it had its good moments.
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I've always said that Ncuti Gatwa makes a good 15th Doctor and
despite some dodgy dialogue I thought he put in a good
performance in this episode. The new companion Belinda came
across very well too, she certainly wasn't in awe of the Doctor
like some companions have been... in fact, she was quite a no
nonsense type of girl. "I am not one of your adventures" being
one of my favourite quotes from this episode. ("Am I Six?" when
the Doctor said "Timey-Wimey" being another.) With the right
material the 15th Doctor and Belinda could become a really good
team... if short lived.
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The complaint around a lot of modern Doctor Who episodes being
rushed could be repeated here too as the pace of this episode
was very quick and I assume some stuff was left in the editing
room... stuff with a bit more explanation to some things
especially! Belinda's question "Is this your TARDIS" stood out
too, so either the Doctor telling her about the TARDIS was cut
or there are bigger things at play with Belinda and it's all
part of her arc.
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Mrs Flood's brief appearance at the start and her 'fourth wall'
breaking comment is clearly foreshadowing something big later on
too.. as her comment was meaningless in regards to this episode.
I'm still in the 'she is the Rani' camp. (Rani is an anagram of
rain - too much rain and you get a flood... Seems simple enough,
right? But as we know RTD likes his misdirections and
double-bluffs!)
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So, not a bad start to this new season and a definite
improvement on last year's opener...
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Overall I'd give "The Robot Revolution" a 6/10 rating.

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1 + 6 + 5 all divided by 3 is 4 .

Four out of ten sounds about right. I never bothered giving a rating,
had I done so it would have been around the 4/10 mark.
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