Season 14; Russell T Davies Returns

I thought that the latest episode was great and the last was very old school (2005 era) Who

Yes a good Doctor Centric episode.

Thought for awhile that it might have been a good episode to end Ruby Sunday, but remembered she is still around for part of season 2.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/bbc-doctor-who-confirms-millie-28988212

Well at least they didn't kill Suzie this time.

Not like she hasn't had her own fill of side action over the course of their marriage. I've wondered about the nature of the River/Doctor relationship. Herself and Eleven had all the chemistry of two kids forced into doing a kiss scene for a school play. Even the wedding itself was a "we need to do this to fix time" affair. Was a little bit better with Capaldi but still pretty forced. Whereas I was watching Groff and Gatwa thinking "those two are definitely banging each other off set".

I thought he was Doctor Simeon, whose form The Great Intelligence took on.

My gripe, far too rushed in terms of a potential romance/partner

RTD has said that the jigsawing up of the Doctors past by the Trickster has sort opened up a lot of options and tied up a lot of loose ends cannon wise eg Valeyard, McGanns Doctor being half human, the Brain of Morbius Doctors, etc. Also that all of the Doctors past regenerations, also retroactivly bi regenerated. I assume this explain Grant.

I have found most of the scripts to be paper thin in this series myself.

In fact, since Tennant departed only Capaldi has been able to carry these scripts in my view.

Maybe I am just an ould fart.

The first half of this week's episode was the first time I could take Gatwa seriously as the Doctor. Then he started screaming and crying again and ruined things.

So went on a bit of a binge and caught up on everything. I'm feeling far more positive about the series than I was after watching the first two episodes. "Dot and Bubble" while the weaker of the later episodes was still a lot of fun. Really enjoyed the penultimate episode. Maybe it's the Disney production values but a lot of the typical RTD season finale conceits (like people getting possessed and repeating phrases over and over) seemed a lot less hokey this time round.

Reveal what the woman said to people that made them run in fear from Ruby.

Well that was a bit of a let down (for several reasons and one big reason), silly but enjoyed it just enough but still expected more

He can cross but its dangerous to do if he changes his own timeline (or something like that) and then the time creatures come out feeding on the paradox

I like the actress who plays Kate Stewart and the character is very likeable in the personable sense but she is hilariously incompetent most of the time. Also the hiring process seems to be "oh you managed to wander in here off the street. You'll do, welcome to the team". Like how on earth did Rose II manage to make it into the command centre team.

Disappointments aside, I actually really liked this episode overall and I credit that to Millie Gibson for the most part. I'll be seriously bummed if she is mostly absent from season 2. (I know she filmed a couple of scenes but not sure if she's a regular).

They really need to have Susan Foreman show up in the Christmas special. 3 teases now and a message about "reconnecting with family" at the end, surely they can't just gloss over it at this point.

Ruby has been the star of the show for me and has outshown The Doctor for the most part.