Re: 15x08 - The Reality War

On 02.06.25, Blueshirt  <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Mickmane wrote:

I didn't see Blueshirt making a post about this episode, so I
have to make my own to comment, rather than reply to his.

It's there... somewhere. Although it was more a rant about RTD's
writing than a proper review. It served the same purpose though.

I think I've seen that, but it doesn't have the subject line about this 
episode.

Spoilers.
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So, weird stuff, exciting stuff, weird exciting stuff.
Exciting weird stuff? What's going on?

I doubt anyone knew what was going on... just when I thought I
had a grasp of it, off it went in another direction.

At least it's not just me this time. :)

Hello Anita! Nice to see you again. :)

Please hold the door open for me. Thanks.

Awww.

Underverse? Like with the Necromongers in a Riddick movie?

I got "Stranger Things" vibes from it.

I don't know or remember that.

Timelords infertile? How did that happen? What episode(s) do I
have to rewatch?

This one! RTD just made it up.

Oh. And what did they use as excuse event to cause it?

I think the new Rani fit the part better than Mrs Flood.

She fitted into Omega's mouth better anyway... he didn't fancy
the old woman version, too chewy... he wanted tender meat.

Lol.

That monster was just weird. So anything that enters the underverse 
becomes a bone creature? (I completely didn't understand the explanation 
they gave, anyway.)

Was Poppy always Belinda's daughter, or did he just make that
real then?

Who knows? Oh hang on, I know someone who might...

russelltdavies@badwolfproductions.com

Ask him.

Haha. I'd have better things to say to him. :P

I just remember she was a nurse, and a busy one, too.

Hello Madam Doctor! Nice to see you again. :)

And the nay-sayers back in 2023 thought RTD would retcon her!
He didn't just double-down, he tripled down on it!

I don't understand what they don't like about her. She was a great 
Doctor (with terrible scripts).

At least she got enough genius Doctor rambling and fixing/building 
things. Doctor 15 didn't really, on top of mostly incoherent scripts.

Jodie's Doctor was completely unnecessary to the story though.
She was just another season finale gimmick. (Another egg in the
pudding.)

[shrug] That doesn't bother me at all in this case.

Regeneration... I know that face... I know that face... Rose!
Oh, wow!  Funny. :) Maybe her companion will be Doctor 14!

If I was a betting man I would put twenty quid on David Tennant
being involved in the next series of Doctor Who (whenever that
is) in some form or another.

I'm not in the habit of betting either. I just keep up hope! :) He's out 
there, somewhere!

Where was Susan?

Who? If Time Lords can't have children they can't have
grand-children! So she can't exist, can she? ;-)

I thought they said that infertility thing was caused by something 
relatively recently/to do with the destruction of the Time Lords.

Thing is, they got destroyed and then came back later so often, I don't 
remember what the last such event was.

The correct answer though is... she was lost in the void
behind the monitor in the TARDIS.

I didn't notice that she was on a monitor, I thought she was in the 
Doctor's mind. (At least when he was out in space, frozen.)

Btw, did anyone mention gravity/mavity after the reality fix? Maybe it 
went back to normal too?

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Mickmane