XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: Hornplayer9599@aol.com   
      
   On 5/3/2025 08:06, 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... 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!   
   >   
   > 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   
   >   
   > "Lucky day" was almost an epilogue to last season by using Ruby   
   > and not the current companion, as well as being a [kind of]   
   > prequel setting up "The War Between the Land and the Sea" (Also   
   > being co-written by Peter McTighe, who wrote this episode.) as   
   > the UNIT crew - Kate Stewart, Col Ibrahim and Shirley-Anne, will   
   > be featuring in that. I'm sure the line about Mel being away in   
   > Sydney to deal with "something in the harbour" was there for a   
   > reason too...   
   >   
   > I'm not even sure why we still get Doctor-lite episodes when   
   > "Doctor Who" seasons only have eight episodes now... it seems a   
   > bit of a waste to sideline the Doctor once a season now. It   
   > might have worked with "Blink" but that was part of a thirteen   
   > episode season. Now, eight episodes - usually seven stories -   
   > just isn't enough of a season to minimise the Doctor's role, IMO.   
   >   
   > Some minor points of note; Conrad knows of Belinda Chandra, the   
   > Doctor DIDN'T cry in this episode, 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 it's possible the cad will   
   > be back later in the season. (I'd have just let the alien eat   
   > him, but that might have been a bit much for the BBC... "Doctor   
   > Who" is a family friendly show after all.)   
      
   Well, the Doctor wasn't in the episode long enough to cry...if he did,   
   it would make crying even worthless than it is now.  I did like Conrad   
   getting his arm bitten off (looks like they got it back on), and the   
   fact that the Doctor lives in his head rent free.   
      
      
   >   
   > Overall "Lucky Day" was a good enough story once it got going,   
   > but in "Doctor Who" I want to see the Doctor and his actions   
   > drive the story... the tail shouldn't wag the dog. So I say,   
   > less social commentary, more Doctor!!!   
      
   Yes, when shows inject "modern" aspects of life it causes the episode to   
   have a short shelf life.  As opposed to stories that could occur at any   
   time, and are "timeless".   
      
      
   >   
   > So my rating for "Lucky Day" is 6/10...   
      
   5/10 here...just "meh".   
      
      
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