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The 'new' Dr Who

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LanaD 1 Jun 12:44pm, 1 Jun 2025 274 posts	Quote Pin LanaD Haven't watched all of the episode yet, but interesting ending...it will be intriguing to see how they take that character (and the whole show) forward - hopefully in a good way
LindsD 1 Jun 10:06pm, 1 Jun 2025 74,398 posts	Quote Pin LindsD I liked it a lot, but agree it was muddled. Not sure where we go from here.
CK2 2 Jun 8:19am, 2 Jun 2025 2,990 posts	Quote Pin CK2 I doubt Billie Piper will get a chance to play her Doctor as I think they’re “taking a break” now. It was a fairly innocuous, if hugely expensive, episode which I watched as background to my training.
jennyh 2 Jun 9:03am, 2 Jun 2025 6,480 posts	Quote Pin jennyh DaveG wrote:Over the last two series the best bits have been the Ruby without the Doctor storylines. That tells me something has gone wrong. I thought this as well, and talking with a colleague after Lucky Day a few weeks back, she felt the same. I thought Ruby was the best part of The Reality War. I did try making a post about what I didn’t enjoy about the episode, but it ended up as a lengthy rant, but the short version is - I just think, once again, RTD tried to throw too many concept into the season arc/first part of the finale and just didn’t stick the landing. I had mostly been enjoying this season, and this episode just felt like a real let down. It feels like RTD has lost his way in terms of character writing. It’s a shame to see Ncuti Gatwa leave the show after just two seasons, but I can see why he has given the uncertainty over the future of the show. I thought the ending was a desperate gimmick, and at this point I don’t know if RTD thinks he’s the messiah, or if he’s just trolling the audience. I agree that I think the show will be on hiatus for some time now.
3M 2 Jun 10:47am, 2 Jun 2025 26,421 posts	Quote Pin 3M I've just watched the final two episodes. Gosh there was a lot going on there! I quite enjoyed it in a "ripping yarn" sort of way. But yes, a (long) hiatus might be a good idea now... although not too long because Billie Piper might age too much!
roberton 3 Jun 7:58pm, 3 Jun 2025 1,735 posts	Quote Pin roberton It's been a good series overall, best in a while in my opinion, but I do agree with @jennyh that the finale had too much thrown into it, just as it did in the previous series, and again it made no sense. Even by Doctor Who standards Having read a few of the rumours and fansites I've also come round to the idea that the regeneration mightt not be what it seemed and the Billy Piper thing could just be holding pattern. Shame for several reasons.
TheScribbler 3 Jun 9:28pm, 3 Jun 2025 6,547 posts	Quote Pin TheScribbler Agree with @jennyh that RTD chucked too much Dr lore at the whole two series and then rushed the finish. He has form for this - the Master episodes with John Simm and Tenth Doctor being an aged creature made me really quite annoyed with his forced ending. I had a rant about it at the time and I really don’t want to go and look up the episode title, it made me so cross. I’m sad to see Ncuti go, but not surprised. I think the looser, more emotional Doctor was an interesting direction, but like the shiny aesthetic, it didn’t quite work for me. I like the Doctor’s weirdness and dark side. But that’s one of the great things about the character, you can stretch it in different directions.
Dibble 4 Jun 1:34pm, 4 Jun 2025 1,149 posts	Quote Pin Dibble Finally caught up with that last episode and have to agree that it felt a bit as if they had a lot of Disney money left over and they could either use it or lose it. The 2 Ranis/Ronnies line seems to have been controversial, but I smiled at it. Shame as I did like a lot of the other episodes of this series.