XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: blueshirt@indigo.news   
      
   Mickmane wrote:   
      
   > On 27.04.25, Blueshirt   wrote:   
   >   
   > Dr Crybaby hit again, sigh.   
      
   I liked the theory that is was all deliberate and the tears   
   would mean something.   
      
   I suppose with RTD you just never know...   
      
   > > After referencing "Blink" last week, we get a sequel to   
   > > "Midnight" this week... with a touch of "The Satan Pit" and   
   > > some "Turn Left" vibes thrown in too. - A bit like RTD's   
   > > Greatest Hits!   
   >   
   > I kept expecting something related to devil creature, until   
   > they brought up Midnight.   
      
   Yeah, I was thinking something similar early on.   
      
   > > Oh, and a brief David Tennant cameo too, which the cynical   
   > > might think was there to help remind the faithful that he is   
   > > actually the real Doctor... or that he might even be coming   
   > > back.  (Depending on what online rumour you choose to   
   > > believe!)   
   >   
   > Hah.   
   >   
   > Are there any online rumours with actual facts backing it up,   
   > or just hopes and speculations?   
      
   It's "Doctor Who", everything is just a rumour... until it's   
   not. Fans have been speculating about things that could happen   
   in seasons for as long as I can remember. A lot of the time we   
   were way off the mark! But it was still fun.   
      
   > > "The Well" was a strong episode, with an atmospheric build   
   > > up, a monster we never actually see and an ending that could   
   > > leave another sequel open. (Step forward Big Finish.) Season   
   > > 2 is definitely starting a lot stronger than Season 1 did   
   > > anyway.  "The Well" was a tension filled episode and it was   
   > > another good advert for Ncuti's 15th Doctor.   
   >   
   > Hm, it was ok.   
      
   Best of the season so far me... it is all relative though, as we   
   are not talking 'classic' by any means.   
      
   > > Some nits: Earth is gone, and nobody has heard of it or the   
   > > human race... but "Lux" was set on Earth, as is next week's   
   > > episode ("Lucky Day")... so it can't have gone far!   
   >   
   > Well, this episode was 400k years in the future, no wonder no   
   > one knows a planet that was last seen as rubble, on the date   
   > the Doctor tries to get to.   
   >   
   > Why did no one ask the people where they came from though.   
   > What were they supposed to be?   
      
   They looked human...but didn't know what the human race was.   
      
   >   
   > [Snip]   
   >   
   > And Dr Crybaby hit again.   
      
   I like the "Dr Crybaby" term... we'll have to keep that. :-)   
      
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