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   Ubiquitous to agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM   
   Re: Star Beast vs Wild Blue Yonder   
   11 Dec 23 04:30:42   
   
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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   In article , agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM wrote:   
   > On 05/12/2023 18:17, Squealer wrote:   
   >> The Doctor  wrote:   
   >>> 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”.   
   >   
   >So claims Squealer the epitome of the Nazi chief propagandist Joseph   
   >Goebbels.   
      
   Goodwin's Law violation noted. get back to us when you have a real argument   
   to make.   
      
      
      
      
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