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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article ,   
   The Last Doctor   wrote:   
   >The Doctor  wrote:   
   >> In article <1652039105.723484367.305585.anim8rfsk-cox.net@new   
   .easynews.com>,   
   >> anim8rfsk   wrote:   
   >>> The Doctor  wrote:   
   >>>> Someone help me out!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Star Beast had more action then intrigue.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> WBY loks more Midnightish than interesting.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How come Star Beast ranges a 7 on IMDB yet WBY ranges an 8 ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Am I missing something?   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes. Each of them is rated nine points too high!   
   >>   
   >> IYIO.   
   >   
   >The Star Beast was familiar RTD territory - other than the need to resolve   
   >the Doctor-Donna problem, it was an absolutely typical RTD fluff special   
   >episode. Fun but not deep. It just won bonus points by comparison with most   
   >of the past few years.   
   >   
   >Wild Blue Yonder was /different/. Not brilliant and not given enough plot   
   >to fill its hour - but it was science fiction. When was tha last time   
   >Doctor Who had an episode built around a single, genuinely SF concept?   
   >Aggie should have been applauding from the sidelines, but sadly his   
   >fascistic obsession with race and colour over a marginal cameo led him off   
   >into an insane rant of “woke degeneracy”.   
   >   
   >Personally I didn’t think Wild Blue Yonder was better entertainment overall   
   >than The Star Beast, but that final delightful swan song for Bernard   
   >Cribbins was pure gold and worth 2 points on its own.   
   >   
   >So 9/10 for me twice in a row. I don’t expect brilliance from Doctor Who so   
   >I’m happy for it to be fun and coherent - factors that were somewhat   
   >lacking in the Whittaker era.   
   >   
   >Capaldi’s run managed it in Series 10 but 8 and 9 largely lacked coherence.   
   >Almost nothing in the modern show, of course, has been as incoherent or   
   >joyless as Sylvester McCoy’s TV tenure.   
   >   
   >Now I’m off to listen to “Audacity” so that I’m ready for the   
   >8th Doctor’s   
   >new Christmas audio box set “In the Bleak Midwinter” which was released   
   >today.   
   >   
      
   9/10 both?   
      
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