Re: Doctor Who S15/S2 - Ep2: Lux

On 19/04/2025 20:48, The Doctor wrote:

In article <xn0p4qtqb8i9li1000@post.eweka.nl>,
Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

The second episode of the new season gives us "Lux" which
doesn't just break the fourth wall, it blows it to bits!!!
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There was a lot in "Lux" to like... I thought Mr Ring-a-Ding
was quite a good villain, despite being a cartoon. He also
turns out to be another one of the Chaos Gods... of which I'm
sure we'll hear more of later on in the season. Mr Ring-a-Ding
was something different for "Doctor Who" anyway, so that was a
plus point. The chemistry between Belinda and the Doctor is
another one, as they come across as a fun pairing. I am actually
preferring Belinda to Ruby at this moment in time, her dynamic
with the Doctor seems to be way more interesting.
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Because of the animation in this episode it would be easy to
suggest that without the Disney investment episodes like "Lux"
couldn't have been made, but it is undeniably true that "Doctor
Who" has never looked so good. Visually, episodes are quite
impressive to look at. It's usually the plots or the rushed
endings that let episodes down these days, not what the episodes
look like.
>
The middle bit with the "Doctor Who" fans watching the episode
will probably upset some of the more serious types in fandom who
generally don't like how they are portrayed. For me the scene
would have been really cool if it had been three of our RADW
regulars viewing the episode instead though. Imagine if it had
been Daniel70, Dave and Aggy sitting around talking about their
favourite show instead? Okay, an in-joke that only ten people
would have got might be too much to expect, but I think it would
have been fun! Aggy could have coughed "sexual grooming" into
his cup of tea,  Dave - in his Tom Baker scarf - could have said
"Retcon the Timeless Child", whilst Daniel70 could have looked
puzzled and asked "is Blink the episode with the trains in the
sky?" - You missed a trick there RTD!  :-)
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The Mrs Flood cameo was basically there to tell us that she can
also travel in time, as here she was stalking the Doctor in the
1950's. So maybe that's a clue that Mrs Flood is a Time Lord?
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Overall the episode, despite being a bit on the weird side, was
actually quite fun. It was almost a historical adventure when
you strip away the 'God of light' stuff. Plus, RTD showed that
he can still be creative in 2025 and he can actually give us
something different when he puts his mind to it. Of course,
being an RTD written episode also means that a lot of plot
detail went AWOL, with a lot of the reasoning behind events
missing. (Probably to all be explained in the season
finale.) However, for me "Lux" was an enjoyable episode to watch
and it is a good step-up from last week's episode. Good but not
great. I'll give it a 7/10.

 (5+ 0 +5 +7 ) 17/4 -> 4.25 /10

It's only 0 if there was confirmation in the episode that Doctor Whoke was cancelled. Otherwise it's -16.
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