The (Regenerated) Doctor Who Thread: Reverse the Polarity!

[Auristania]

Kerblam! was pretty good!

Nice futuristic, action-packed mystery story, a real shift from the more grounded pseudo-historical family story last week.

Good subversion in making the villain a luddite worker rather than the corporate boss or the AI Computer.

Fun yet uncanny designs for the robots, remind me a bit of smilers from series 5.

More proof that the Bourgeois Broadcasting Corporation is pushing Right Wing propaganda.

Set up: VoW is a bog-standard Evil mega Corp.

Resolution:

It was the evil Communist agitator all along.

Lee Mack: very underused

When he said, This medal is made of everlastium We all knew that his body will be gone and all that is left will be the medal. He wore an orange shirt, but in Real Life, his shirt

… is red.

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

Mixed feelings. Too many characters as always. Some wooden acting, particularly from Ryan, and I think probably some stilted dialogue too. Lee Mack, interestingly, was playing the character of Lee Mack.

Thought the ending was very good, though. Still a bit heavy-handed, but I'm glad it didn't take the lazy option of making the exec the villain.

Seeing Yaz look through the one way mirror in that cell reminded me that we've seen very little policewomanny behaviour from her.
She might as well just be some random office worker.

[Eastfield Lodge]

Another good episode, all-in-all. Decent bantz from Lee Mack, as expected. Good plot, nice set of twists. Kira was so nice, it was depressing to figure out she'd be the next missing/dead person early on.

Also, cue Ameri complaining about the BBC pushing anti-automation messages.

Kerblam! was pretty good!

Nice futuristic, action-packed mystery story, a real shift from the more grounded pseudo-historical family story last week.

Good subversion in making the villain a luddite worker rather than the corporate boss or the AI Computer.

Fun yet uncanny designs for the robots, remind me a bit of smilers from series 5.

More proof that the Bourgeois Broadcasting Corporation is pushing Right Wing propaganda.

Set up: VoW is a bog-standard Evil mega Corp.

Resolution:

It was the evil Communist agitator all along.

Lee Mack: very underused

When he said, This medal is made of everlastium We all knew that his body will be gone and all that is left will be the medal. He wore an orange shirt, but in Real Life, his shirt

… is red.

Lolwut?

[Triassica]

So Kerblam is basically a metaphor for Amazon...

[Ameriganastan]

For fucks sake. This is getting so old. Another hamfisted Chibnall soapbox piece.

This time about automation replacing human workers. Oh, and the bad guy is some random dude. AGAIN. Like the 4th goddamn time this season.

He is driving this show into the ground.

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

So Kerblam is basically a metaphor for Amazon...

I'd say more sports direct I mean Ryan almost said it as well. Feel sorry for Kira that computer certainly didn't take the moral high ground this episode.

[The Huskar Social Union]

So Kerblam is basically a metaphor for Amazon...

I'd say more sports direct I mean Ryan almost said it as well. Feel sorry for Kira that computer certainly didn't take the moral high ground this episode.

"You fuck with me you anti robot prick! BOOM! CRUSH IS FUCKING DEAD! How do you feel?

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

I don't know about anyone else but I reckon the Doctor will be accused of being a witch also I wonder if James I will know of the doctor as Elizabeth I hated the doctor later on and James I came after her. I'm glad they haven't gone crazy nostalgia this series like in the last few, it's nice to see physic paper again, liked the fez and unicorn and the wasp reference. Also noticed it was a follow up of "oxygen" episode last series.

[Philjia]

An Unearthly Child Episode 1 was broadcast at 17:16 on the 23rd of November 1963, 55 years ago today. Happy birthday Doctor Who!

If you could touch the alien sand and hear the cries of strange birds and watch them wheel in another sky, would that satisfy you?

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

I really liked this one I can see it terrifying children.

[Tokuopolis]

The Witchfinders was a Good Episode, but not as good as last week

Interesting that they had a female villain for a change

The Moreax Mud zombies were pretty well done

Good use of the historical setting

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

The Witchfinders was a Good Episode, but not as good as last week

Interesting that they had a female villain for a change

The Moreax Mud zombies were pretty well done

Good use of the historical setting

And good use of a totally not camp James I. I'm surprised he didn't know of the doctor after all he was after Elizabeth I and she wasn't a fan of the doctor.

[Vassenor]

The Witchfinders was a Good Episode, but not as good as last week

Interesting that they had a female villain for a change

The Moreax Mud zombies were pretty well done

Good use of the historical setting

And good use of a totally not camp James I. I'm surprised he didn't know of the doctor after all he was after Elizabeth I and she wasn't a fan of the doctor.

Why should he have known about the Doctor anyway?

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

And good use of a totally not camp James I. I'm surprised he didn't know of the doctor after all he was after Elizabeth I and she wasn't a fan of the doctor.

Why should he have known about the Doctor anyway?

Well because the doctor was an enemy of Elizabeth I and it would make sense before she died to tell her successor about some enemies like that. Like Victoria did when founding Torchwood.

[Vassenor]

Why should he have known about the Doctor anyway?

Well because the doctor was an enemy of Elizabeth I and it would make sense before she died to tell her successor about some enemies like that. Like Victoria did when founding Torchwood.

When Liz died there was no clear successor. There was quite a bit of a brouhaha before Parliament decided to ask James to come down from Scotland.

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

Well because the doctor was an enemy of Elizabeth I and it would make sense before she died to tell her successor about some enemies like that. Like Victoria did when founding Torchwood.

When Liz died there was no clear successor. There was quite a bit of a brouhaha before Parliament decided to ask James to come down from Scotland.

I thought they basically knew he would be the successor I admit my Tudor-Stuart history isn't brilliant but when they knew she was dying I thought he was the first in line as Elizabeth had no direct successors.

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

Well because the doctor was an enemy of Elizabeth I and it would make sense before she died to tell her successor about some enemies like that. Like Victoria did when founding Torchwood.

When Liz died there was no clear successor. There was quite a bit of a brouhaha before Parliament decided to ask James to come down from Scotland.

Anyway history aside what did you think of the episode?

[Old Tyrannia]

Well because the doctor was an enemy of Elizabeth I and it would make sense before she died to tell her successor about some enemies like that. Like Victoria did when founding Torchwood.

When Liz died there was no clear successor. There was quite a bit of a brouhaha before Parliament decided to ask James to come down from Scotland.

That's untrue. Elizabeth's ministers had been in contact with James for some time prior to her death in order to prepare for his accession, which was declared the same day as Elizabeth's death. Elizabeth herself was definitely aware that he would succeed her.

[The Huskar Social Union]

Shit forgot it was sunday.

[Earthbound Immortal Squad]

Shit forgot it was sunday.

That's almost caught me out a few times too I'm used to it being on Saturday.

[Philjia]

Opening was tense and atmospheric, totally devolved into constant exposition and a stand off with forgettable monsters at the end. Alan Cumming was really good as James I though.

Also 13 is so reckless and slow witted it would be almost criminal for them not to do a full on TV adaptation of Creatures of Beauty with her in at some point. She'd fit the Doctor's role in that story even better than the 5th Doctor already does.

[Platypus Bureaucracy]

Thought they were finally going to produce a really solid episode until it just lost it at the end.

[Eastfield Lodge]

Worst of the season.

[Kannap]

Watching the current episode right now, but posting because I watched the last two episodes today as well (I'd fallen behind), the Demons of the Punjab is my favorite episode of series 11 now, and I absolutely love the Thijarians, my heart hurt for the task they've set before themselves.

Kerblam! was a good episode too, maybe I'll explode the next time I pop bubble wrap, or perhaps I won't.

[Kannap]

That episode wasn't too good...