Old school was ditched for a Disney+ morning; so I managed to
get the latest episode of "Doctor Who" and two episodes of
"Andor" S2 in...
After referencing "Blink" last week, we get a sequel to
"Midnight" this week... with a touch of "The Satan Pit" and some
"Turn Left" vibes thrown in too. - A bit like RTD's Greatest
Hits!
Oh, and a brief David Tennant cameo too, which the cynical might
think was there to help remind the faithful that he is actually
the real Doctor... or that he might even be coming back.
(Depending on what online rumour you choose to believe!)
"The Well" was a strong episode, with an atmospheric build up, a
monster we never actually see and an ending that could leave
another sequel open. (Step forward Big Finish.) Season 2 is
definitely starting a lot stronger than Season 1 did anyway.
"The Well" was a tension filled episode and it was another good
advert for Ncuti's 15th Doctor.
Some nits: Earth is gone, and nobody has heard of it or the
human race... but "Lux" was set on Earth, as is next week's
episode ("Lucky Day")... so it can't have gone far! The Doctor
and Belinda can't reach Earth on May 24th 2025, but why can't
they go back to January/February/March 2025 and just wait [in a
hotel playing games] for May to come around? I mean, the Doctor
waited a whole year in the Christmas episode! Having the correct
uniform and space boots conveniently in the TARDIS to change
into stood out as well, as did the two spare helmets and none of
the squad of soldiers minding two complete strangers joining in
with them on their 'drop' to the planet.
Mrs Flood is this season's Susan Twist, turning up wherever the
Doctor is each week... lucky Doctor, he doesn't just get one
female stalker, he gets two! Although it is getting a bit
tiresome at this stage, we all know we are going to be
underwhelmed come the resolution to the mystery of her
character... but Anita Dobson is great so we shouldn't complain
too much
Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as
good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but
different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.
Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as
good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but
different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.
On 4/26/2025 05:05, Blueshirt wrote:
Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as
good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but
different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.
I'll go along with that. That being said, what I was not very keen on
is how the story was structured...meaning how the story was written.
This story was written in the same fashion that a large number of New
Who stories have been written: straight forward, simplistic, and not
much plot development (no "swerves"...the story unfolds as one would
expect). This makes the stories formulaic and predictable which causes
even a decent story to become dull...simply because you can see the
"next step" in the story from a mile away. Lazy writing rearing its
head again.
I'll talk Andor after I've seen Eps. 2 & 3. :)
--
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
After referencing "Blink" last week, we get a sequel to
"Midnight" this week... with a touch of "The Satan Pit" and some
"Turn Left" vibes thrown in too. - A bit like RTD's Greatest
Hits!
Oh, and a brief David Tennant cameo too, which the cynical might
think was there to help remind the faithful that he is actually
the real Doctor... or that he might even be coming back.
(Depending on what online rumour you choose to believe!)
"The Well" was a strong episode, with an atmospheric build up, a
monster we never actually see and an ending that could leave
another sequel open. (Step forward Big Finish.) Season 2 is
definitely starting a lot stronger than Season 1 did anyway.
"The Well" was a tension filled episode and it was another good
advert for Ncuti's 15th Doctor.
Some nits: Earth is gone, and nobody has heard of it or the
human race... but "Lux" was set on Earth, as is next week's
episode ("Lucky Day")... so it can't have gone far!
The Doctor and Belinda can't reach Earth on May 24th 2025, but why
can't they go back to January/February/March 2025 and just wait
[in a hotel playing games] for May to come around? I mean, the Doctor
waited a whole year in the Christmas episode!
Having the correct uniform and space boots conveniently in the TARDIS
to change into stood out as well, as did the two spare helmets and
none of the squad of soldiers minding two complete strangers joining
in with them on their 'drop' to the planet.
Mrs Flood is this season's Susan Twist, turning up wherever the
Doctor is each week... lucky Doctor, he doesn't just get one
female stalker, he gets two! Although it is getting a bit
tiresome at this stage, we all know we are going to be
underwhelmed come the resolution to the mystery of her
character...
Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as
good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but
different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
After referencing "Blink" last week, we get a sequel to
"Midnight" this week... with a touch of "The Satan Pit" and some
"Turn Left" vibes thrown in too. - A bit like RTD's Greatest
Hits!
I kept expecting something related to devil creature, until they brought
up Midnight.
Oh, and a brief David Tennant cameo too, which the cynical might
think was there to help remind the faithful that he is actually
the real Doctor... or that he might even be coming back.
(Depending on what online rumour you choose to believe!)
Hah.
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
"The Well" was a strong episode, with an atmospheric build up, a
monster we never actually see and an ending that could leave
another sequel open. (Step forward Big Finish.) Season 2 is
definitely starting a lot stronger than Season 1 did anyway.
"The Well" was a tension filled episode and it was another good
advert for Ncuti's 15th Doctor.
Hm, it was ok.
Some nits: Earth is gone, and nobody has heard of it or the
human race... but "Lux" was set on Earth, as is next week's
episode ("Lucky Day")... so it can't have gone far!
Well, this episode was 400k years in the future, no wonder no one knows
a planet that was last seen as rubble, on the date the Doctor tries to
get to.
Why did no one ask the people where they came from though. What were
they supposed to be?
The Doctor and Belinda can't reach Earth on May 24th 2025, but why
can't they go back to January/February/March 2025 and just wait
[in a hotel playing games] for May to come around? I mean, the Doctor
waited a whole year in the Christmas episode!
Some crossing your own timeline mumbojumbo, which is only allowed on
special occasions (and for cheap tricks). ;P
I was thinking, why don't they go to 1 day before that date, too,
though.
Having the correct uniform and space boots conveniently in the TARDIS
to change into stood out as well, as did the two spare helmets and
none of the squad of soldiers minding two complete strangers joining
in with them on their 'drop' to the planet.
Good point.
And I certainly wouldn't take the helmet off, never mind the body armour >stuff, or whatever that was.
Though I guess with the lights highlighting the face, it'd be hard to
see anything much with that on. :P
Mrs Flood is this season's Susan Twist, turning up wherever the
Doctor is each week... lucky Doctor, he doesn't just get one
female stalker, he gets two! Although it is getting a bit
tiresome at this stage, we all know we are going to be
underwhelmed come the resolution to the mystery of her
character...
Sigh, yeah. And it's probably not going to make any sense at all.
Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as
good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but
different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.
6/10. I didn't much like Midnight either. I guess I just don't much like >monsters you can't see (or can't see move, in the case of "Blink").
And I don't like the solution of nice person jumping into "the well".
Plus some idiot taking command and messing everything up so a bunch of
crew got killed.
And Dr Crybaby hit again.
--
Mickmane
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
After referencing "Blink" last week, we get a sequel to
"Midnight" this week... with a touch of "The Satan Pit" and
some "Turn Left" vibes thrown in too. - A bit like RTD's
Greatest Hits!
I kept expecting something related to devil creature, until
they brought up Midnight.
Oh, and a brief David Tennant cameo too, which the cynical
might think was there to help remind the faithful that he is
actually the real Doctor... or that he might even be coming
back. (Depending on what online rumour you choose to
believe!)
Hah.
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up,
or just hopes and speculations?
"The Well" was a strong episode, with an atmospheric build
up, a monster we never actually see and an ending that could
leave another sequel open. (Step forward Big Finish.) Season
2 is definitely starting a lot stronger than Season 1 did
anyway. "The Well" was a tension filled episode and it was
another good advert for Ncuti's 15th Doctor.
Hm, it was ok.
Some nits: Earth is gone, and nobody has heard of it or the
human race... but "Lux" was set on Earth, as is next week's
episode ("Lucky Day")... so it can't have gone far!
Well, this episode was 400k years in the future, no wonder no
one knows a planet that was last seen as rubble, on the date
the Doctor tries to get to.
Why did no one ask the people where they came from though.
What were they supposed to be?
[Snip]
And Dr Crybaby hit again.
Mickmane wrote:
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears
would mean something.
On 30/04/2025 8:22 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Mickmane wrote:
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears
would mean something.
It does, Blueshirt, it does!!
Yesterday, Our ABC re-re-replayed "Asylum Of The Daleks" and,
at the end of the Ep, we see DoctorMatt shed a tear or two
.... so, even way back then, The Doctor was practising for
each and every episode (I'm told) of DisneyWho!!
On 30/04/2025 8:22 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Mickmane wrote:
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears
would mean something.
It does, Blueshirt, it does!!
Yesterday, Our ABC re-re-replayed "Asylum Of The Daleks" and, at the end
of the Ep, we see DoctorMatt shed a tear or two .... so, even way back
then, The Doctor was practising for each and every episode (I'm told) of >DisneyWho!!
--
Daniel70
Daniel70 wrote:
On 30/04/2025 8:22 am, Blueshirt wrote:
Mickmane wrote:
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears
would mean something.
It does, Blueshirt, it does!!
I hope it means something other than the Doctor is a crybaby! ;-)
Yesterday, Our ABC re-re-replayed "Asylum Of The Daleks" and,
at the end of the Ep, we see DoctorMatt shed a tear or two
.... so, even way back then, The Doctor was practising for
each and every episode (I'm told) of DisneyWho!!
You know what they say, practice makes perfect.
Mickmane wrote:
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears
would mean something.
I suppose with RTD you just never know...
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up,
or just hopes and speculations?
It's "Doctor Who", everything is just a rumour... until it's
not. Fans have been speculating about things that could happen
in seasons for as long as I can remember. A lot of the time we
were way off the mark! But it was still fun.
Why did no one ask the people where they came from though.
What were they supposed to be?
They looked human...but didn't know what the human race was.
[Snip]
And Dr Crybaby hit again.
I like the "Dr Crybaby" term... we'll have to keep that. :-)
On 27.04.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
After referencing "Blink" last week, we get a sequel to
"Midnight" this week... with a touch of "The Satan Pit" and some
"Turn Left" vibes thrown in too. - A bit like RTD's Greatest
Hits!
I kept expecting something related to devil creature, until they brought
up Midnight.
Oh, and a brief David Tennant cameo too, which the cynical might
think was there to help remind the faithful that he is actually
the real Doctor... or that he might even be coming back.
(Depending on what online rumour you choose to believe!)
Hah.
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
"The Well" was a strong episode, with an atmospheric build up, a
monster we never actually see and an ending that could leave
another sequel open. (Step forward Big Finish.) Season 2 is
definitely starting a lot stronger than Season 1 did anyway.
"The Well" was a tension filled episode and it was another good
advert for Ncuti's 15th Doctor.
Hm, it was ok.
Some nits: Earth is gone, and nobody has heard of it or the
human race... but "Lux" was set on Earth, as is next week's
episode ("Lucky Day")... so it can't have gone far!
Well, this episode was 400k years in the future, no wonder no one knows
a planet that was last seen as rubble, on the date the Doctor tries to
get to.
Why did no one ask the people where they came from though. What were
they supposed to be?
The Doctor and Belinda can't reach Earth on May 24th 2025, but why
can't they go back to January/February/March 2025 and just wait
[in a hotel playing games] for May to come around? I mean, the Doctor
waited a whole year in the Christmas episode!
Some crossing your own timeline mumbojumbo, which is only allowed on
special occasions (and for cheap tricks). ;P
I was thinking, why don't they go to 1 day before that date, too,
though.
Having the correct uniform and space boots conveniently in the TARDIS
to change into stood out as well, as did the two spare helmets and
none of the squad of soldiers minding two complete strangers joining
in with them on their 'drop' to the planet.
Good point.
And I certainly wouldn't take the helmet off, never mind the body armour >stuff, or whatever that was.
Though I guess with the lights highlighting the face, it'd be hard to
see anything much with that on. :P
Mrs Flood is this season's Susan Twist, turning up wherever the
Doctor is each week... lucky Doctor, he doesn't just get one
female stalker, he gets two! Although it is getting a bit
tiresome at this stage, we all know we are going to be
underwhelmed come the resolution to the mystery of her
character...
Sigh, yeah. And it's probably not going to make any sense at all.
Overall I'd go with a 7/10 for "The Well"... I thought it was as
good as last week's episode in some ways, better in others, but
different in tone and much more like "Doctor Who" should be.
6/10. I didn't much like Midnight either. I guess I just don't much like >monsters you can't see (or can't see move, in the case of "Blink").
And I don't like the solution of nice person jumping into "the well".
Plus some idiot taking command and messing everything up so a bunch of
crew got killed.
And Dr Crybaby hit again.
--
Mickmane
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
--
Daniel70
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
In article <vuvm02$2ir2r$1@dont-email.me>,
Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
And given the cut and lie ...
On 01.05.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Mickmane wrote:
And here I thought my post got lost, and I just resent it,
right before this reply now arrived.
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears
would mean something.
I suppose with RTD you just never know...
Oh, hm. Tears and Mrs Flood. She's making him cry?
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it
up, or just hopes and speculations?
It's "Doctor Who", everything is just a rumour... until it's
not. Fans have been speculating about things that could
happen in seasons for as long as I can remember. A lot of
the time we were way off the mark! But it was still fun.
Man, I'd really like Tennant to return. :)
On 1/05/2025 9:36 pm, The Doctor wrote:^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted
In article <vuvm02$2ir2r$1@dont-email.me>,It's all still out there, Binky .... but resurrecting it might cause a
Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
And given the cut and lie ...
bit of work for YOU and YOUR server, Binky!!^^^^^<-Paedophile talker noted
--
Daniel70
Mickmane wrote:
On 01.05.25, Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
Mickmane wrote:
And here I thought my post got lost, and I just resent it,
right before this reply now arrived.
I was away for a couple of days, it took me a while to get
through the backlog!
Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.
I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears
would mean something.
I suppose with RTD you just never know...
Oh, hm. Tears and Mrs Flood. She's making him cry?
<shrugs>
Someone said something like "flood of tears"... but how the
Doctor's tears - Mrs Flood connection would all join-up could
take some real plot cartwheels and mental juggling I'd say.
We've seen no evidence of any link.
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it
up, or just hopes and speculations?
It's "Doctor Who", everything is just a rumour... until it's
not. Fans have been speculating about things that could
happen in seasons for as long as I can remember. A lot of
the time we were way off the mark! But it was still fun.
Man, I'd really like Tennant to return. :)
I like David Tennant but I think it would be bad if RTD had to
bring him back, again.
I'd change the showrunner to freshen the show up as opposed to
bringing back a popular Doctor to save the show.
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
On 5/1/2025 06:30, Daniel70 wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
Not necessarily. A rumor can be factual...just that the fact(s) are as
yet unverified.
For example, one of the other band directors in my area just accepted
the band director position at another school. And while it was true,
and some of us knew that he had taken the position, it wasn't announced >publicly (official verification) by both schools that he had done so for >another 3 weeks.
--
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 5/1/2025 06:30, Daniel70 wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
Not necessarily. A rumor can be factual...just that the fact(s) are as
yet unverified.
For example, one of the other band directors in my area just accepted
the band director position at another school. And while it was true,
and some of us knew that he had taken the position, it wasn't announced publicly (official verification) by both schools that he had done so for another 3 weeks.
In article <ag4RP.22369$o31.2419@fx04.ams4>,
Hornplayer9599 <Hornplayer9599@aol.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2025 06:30, Daniel70 wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
Not necessarily. A rumor can be factual...just that the fact(s) are as
yet unverified.
For example, one of the other band directors in my area just accepted
the band director position at another school. And while it was true,
and some of us knew that he had taken the position, it wasn't announced
publicly (official verification) by both schools that he had done so for
another 3 weeks.
Loosely based on fact.
--
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 5/2/2025 09:02, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 5/1/2025 06:30, Daniel70 wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just
hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
Not necessarily. A rumor can be factual...just that the fact(s) are as
yet unverified.
For example, one of the other band directors in my area just accepted
the band director position at another school. And while it was true,
and some of us knew that he had taken the position, it wasn't announced
publicly (official verification) by both schools that he had done so for
another 3 weeks.
Here's another example that's more relevant to us here:
How many times did we hear that Chibnall and JodiDoc were leaving the
show? Once every season. Every time we heard that...it was a rumor.
The first two times we heard the rumor, it turned out to be false as
they both showed up for the next season. The third time we heard the
rumor, it was true...but that fact wasn't verified until it was
officially announced by the BBC.
--
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
On 5/2/2025 09:19, The Doctor wrote:
In article <ag4RP.22369$o31.2419@fx04.ams4>,
Hornplayer9599 <Hornplayer9599@aol.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2025 06:30, Daniel70 wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just >>>>> hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
Not necessarily. A rumor can be factual...just that the fact(s) are as >>> yet unverified.
For example, one of the other band directors in my area just accepted
the band director position at another school. And while it was true,
and some of us knew that he had taken the position, it wasn't announced
publicly (official verification) by both schools that he had done so for >>> another 3 weeks.
Loosely based on fact.
No, completely based on fact. My colleague had, in fact, been offered
and accepted the new position three weeks prior to it being announced publicly by the respective boards of education for each school district
On 3/05/2025 12:40 am, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
On 5/2/2025 09:19, The Doctor wrote:
In article <ag4RP.22369$o31.2419@fx04.ams4>,
Hornplayer9599 <Hornplayer9599@aol.com> wrote:
On 5/1/2025 06:30, Daniel70 wrote:
On 27/04/2025 9:01 pm, Mickmane wrote:
<Snip>
Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up, or just >>>>>> hopes and speculations?
Isn't the very definition of a Rumour that it is NOT based on FACT??
Not necessarily. A rumor can be factual...just that the fact(s) are as >>>> yet unverified.
For example, one of the other band directors in my area just accepted
the band director position at another school. And while it was true, >>>> and some of us knew that he had taken the position, it wasn't announced >>>> publicly (official verification) by both schools that he had done so for >>>> another 3 weeks.
Loosely based on fact.
No, completely based on fact. My colleague had, in fact, been offered
and accepted the new position three weeks prior to it being announced
publicly by the respective boards of education for each school district
So, IMHO, not a rumour but a LEAK!!
--
Daniel70
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