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   From: ATH@kruemel.org   
      
   On 11.05.25, Blueshirt   wrote:   
      
   > - - SPOILERS - -   
      
   My take: Eh?   
      
   Doctor and Belinda go to some country where the TARDIS fails to   
   translate to straight English, so too often I don't even know what the   
   natives are saying.   
      
   So, who were they, what was that spider thing, why did the engine need   
   stories, how did that even work? What was that with gods?   
      
   Did the woman who supposedly met the other female Doctor before actually   
   appear in some episode? (They said she looks different... But what did   
   she look like before?)   
      
   Who opens a door into an unknown room and steps in far enough that the   
   door can fall shut and lets go, all in one move?   
      
   In short: What?   
      
   > Okay, I'm going to go straight in... I didn't like this episode!   
      
   > We have a spaceship that is powered by stories from people   
   > getting their hair cut in a barber shop in Nigeria, with a brain   
   > inside a heart at its core, propelled by a very big spider...   
   > where's it going though and why?   
      
   Oh, you didn't understand the guy's explanation either?   
      
   > Then there's the idea that "story-telling Gods" will bring   
   > damage and destruction to humanity... but we don't get a lot of   
   > detail beyond that.   
      
   I thought Doctor said humans will be destroyed if the gods are killed.   
      
   > Being positive, as I do try to be, I'll go with a 4/10 rating.   
   > "The Story and the Engine" looked good but the story just didn't   
   > work for me.   
      
   I don't know what to give this. The TARDIS failing to translate properly   
   left too much of it in the unknown.   
      
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   Mickmane   
      
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