Timey Wimey Business- a thread for Doctor Who

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Tardisodes that accompanied series 2

And a webisode from 2009 of the Weeping Angels

 

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Thing is, there's no guarantee at this point 1) that Doctor Who will even return (although I expect it will, and within a year or two at most), nor 2) that RTD will still be in charge (this, in fact, is rumored to be unlikely). Why go to all that trouble to set up stuff that you're not even going to be the person to resolve it? Is this that thing that TV producers do when they end seasons in cliffhangers, thinking that this will pressure the network to renew, inevitably resulting in never-resolved cliffhangers? Seriously, I HATE that. When has it ever actually worked, anyway?

My main gripe with RTD2 isn't the one I've heard from most other folks. It's more that,

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when he DOES bring back a big-bad, he changes them so thoroughly that they barely resemble the original. The Rani actually worked out fine (bi-generation nonsense notwithstanding), but neither Sutehk nor Omega meshed particularly well with past portrayals (It wasn't lost on me that they NEVER referred to Omega's anti-matter universe, instead using language of "underverse" throughout. Perhaps this helps them to handwave that, originally, Omega no longer HAD a physical body that could become a corpse, let alone a heavily mutated and enlarged one).

So I finally got around to watching this season, mostly a lot going on that I got behind on several shows. TBH, I really liked this season overall. I felt like it did fix a lot of issues I had with the first season. The only episode I really didn't care for was Lux. It wasn't a bad episode, but it was weak for me and the one that didn't make sense. Though I will give it full credit for the 4th Wall break, I love that they did that regardless of how or why. No episodes felt missing, nothing felt shuffled around or lost or rushed. The Doctor and Belinda feel like they have a credible relation that we actually see grow. They seemed to cut down on the Doctor crying all the time. I also, honestly believe this is one of RTD's best season finales. [/spoiler] Just in case: I even feel Omega was handled INFINTELY better then Sutekh. Even the Doctor explains that Omega has become his own legend. I feel that is a good explanation for why this Omega is different then he was before. This is Omega warped by myths and legends, something that was a running theme in RTD2, to become something entirely different. It is much better and to me at least makes more sense then the BS of Sutekh just clinging to the TARDIS for decades. I also love that they brought Jodie back and even a cheeky reference to it not being Tennent. Also Anita! Even if it was minor, I love that we got more with her after her being the best part of 'Joy to the World'. Its pretty clear with how she interacted so little with everything else she was added in later, but they still made her count. [/spoiler]

Personally, now I'm kinda sad that this is likely the end of DW for who knows how long, and the end of Ncuti's run becuase this season actually made him feel much more like the Doctor and I wanted to see more from him.