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   Blueshirt to All   
   Re: Doctor Who S15/S2 - Ep1: The Robot R   
   22 Apr 25 14:07:32   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   Daniel70 wrote:   
      
   > On 22/04/2025 10:29 pm, The Doctor wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > >Daniel70   wrote:   
   > > > On 22/04/2025 5:44 pm, solar penguin wrote:   
   > > > > Blueshirt brainstormed:   
   > > > > >   
   > > > > > I'm still in the 'she is the Rani' camp. (Rani is an   
   > > > > > anagram of rain - too much rain and you get a flood...   
   > > > > > Seems simple enough, right? But as we know RTD likes   
   > > > > > his misdirections and double-bluffs!)   
   > > > >   
   > > > > That kind of name-based wordplay is more Moffat's   
   > > > > style than RTD's.  (e.g. Susan Triad's name was a   
   > > > > red herring, Harold Saxon wasn't the Meddling Monk,   
   > > > > and there wasn't a villain called Will Knockfourtimes.)   
   > > > >   
   > > > > Besides, Mrs Flood just doesn't seem like a   
   > > > > single-minded, amoral scientist. What's the point of   
   > > > > bringing an unrecognisable Rani back in name only?   
   > > > > RTD's already done that with Sutekh!   
   > > > >   
   > > > And didn't RTD also do that .. with The Doctor, i.e.   
   > > > DoctorChristopher??   
   > >   
   > > The Time Lord Survivor?   
   >   
   > THE WHAT??   
      
   After the Time War, the Ninth Doctor is convinced that he is   
   the only surviving Time Lord... so when you translate that to   
   Yaddish... The Time Lord survivor!   
      
   Simples!   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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