XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   In article , Mickmane wrote:   
   >On 04.05.25, Blueshirt wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Lucky Day" is this season's Doctor-lite episode and without the   
   >> Doctor around it becomes a chapter in the "Adventures of Ruby   
   >> Sunday"... which basically means, it's companion soap opera   
   >> time; Ruby gets a boyfriend (Conrad), her Mum(s) and Gran are   
   >> happy for her and all is looking rosy as the two of them head   
   >> off for a weekend away in the country. Conrad even carries   
   >> Ruby's bag for her when they get off the bus. A nice looking guy   
   >> and a gentleman too. What could possibly go wrong?   
   >   
   >> [SPOILERS]   
   >   
   >> Yes, we all knew that Conrad was going to be a bit of a   
   >> bastard...   
   >   
   >I didn't.   
   >   
   >> Poor Ruby. As if being an ex-companion of the Doctor   
   >> wasn't traumatic enough for her whilst she tries to adapt back   
   >> to a normal life in London without the Doctor, now she goes and   
   >> falls for a hot guy that was only faking his interest in her.   
   >> Ain't life a bitch baby?! The moral of the story is, beware of   
   >> toxic masculinity... it'll only lead you astray!   
   >   
   >I didn't see hot, nor masculinity. Just some average a bit dumb looking   
   >dude.   
   >   
   >> Oh, and beware of fake news too... we all know about that one   
   >> don't we? So never believe what they tell you. It's all a   
   >> conspiracy! #DemandTheTruth   
   >   
   >Yeah, Soap boxing, sigh. Reminded me of good old Quincy, where every   
   >episode was about one soap box or another.   
   >   
   >> as well as being a [kind of] prequel setting up "The War Between the   
   >> Land and the Sea"   
   >   
   >What? What did I miss?   
   >   
   >Probably a lot. Asked google something about Doctor Who yesterday, and   
   >found something about a 17th Doctor. What!?   
   >   
   >> Some minor points of note; Conrad knows of Belinda Chandra,   
   >   
   >Yes, Belinda was there at the start of the episode when they met little   
   >Conrad. Doctor introduced them.   
   >   
   >But from what time was the Doctor supposed to be?   
   >   
   >> the Doctor DIDN'T cry in this episode,   
   >   
   >Didn't have enough screen time, did he?   
   >   
   >> Mrs Flood refers to herself as The Governor, and with her big bunch   
   >> of keys is probably going to let Conrad out of jail...   
   >   
   >So she's posing as the governor of that prison right then. The episode   
   >was so stupid, her appearing in it even turned the _whole_ Mrs Flood   
   >thing into something lame and boring. Who cares what she's up to? Mrs   
   >Flood mystery has been tainted by stupid episode.   
   >   
   >> so it's possible the cad will be back later in the season.   
   >   
   >The cad?   
   >   
   >> So my rating for "Lucky Day" is 6/10...   
   >   
   >First thought, not another episode about some guy who met the doctor.   
   >   
   >Wandering around house with shriek, boring.   
   >   
   >Idiot being idiot for not taking antidote.   
   >   
   >Idiot revealed as being an even bigger idiot.   
   >   
   >Soap-boxing.   
   >   
   >Even Ruby and the nice people from UNIT couldn't save this episode. Can   
   >I give it a negative score? If not, 0/10. (Ruby + Unit 7, idiot idiot -9   
   >at the least.)   
   >   
   >Can we please have Doctor 10/14 and Donna's family run into new Doctor   
      
   You mean 10/real 13   
      
   >somewhere, also trying to get back to the same date? (We know they're   
   >doing trips in the duplicated TARDIS, after all.)   
   >   
   >Imagine Belinda turning a corner, running into Donna, who asks "Have you   
   >seen the Doctor?", Belinda points to where new Doctor is, then speeds   
   >along to wherever she was going, runs into Doctor 10/14. "Who are you?"   
   >- "The Doctor."   
   >   
   >Wouldn't that be fun? :))   
   >   
   >There, now I'm grinning again. (Was the opposite after watching this   
   >episode.)   
   >   
   >   
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   >   
   >Mickmane   
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