I’m ill, proper ill (sigh) and I wasn’t expecting to enjoy Doctor Who tonight because it’s hard to enjoy anything, but it turned out to be a fun rollercoaster ride in the end. And extremely well-timed to the weather, what are the odds.
Bonus (I forgot the name of It Takes You Away, oops, but that IS Hanne from the frog episode)
A very happy day to Amy&Rory, Quinn&Gary, Enjolras&Grantaire, Peter&Harry, Bubblegum&Marceline, Star-Lord&Gamora, Gail&Erica, Faramir&Eowyn, Finn&Poe, and Disneyverse Esmeralda&Phoebus.
Most of whom never celebrated or had any concept of a Valentine’s Day.
Inspired by today’s Doctor Who, of course. Look! Wouldn’t she be perfect? Is the MCU still gonna do X-Men? Someone get her phone number.
Alright it just finished, hardly any time to process it, but my initial thoughts are thank you, writers! Yes, “let’s have an episode about the importance of discussing mental health (and call it Can You Hear Me)” seems anvil-icious but it was important, you know? As a mentally fragile person I WANT people to discuss it! So there ya go. Other things I loved:
Okay so! Ascension of the Cybermen = that Lone Cyberman thingy we’ve already heard about. The Timeless Children, that one I’m more curious about. If I had to guess, I’d say it was referring to some combination of The Doctor – the Ruth Doctor – the Master. But I could be wrong!
…featured the third (fourth if you count the Jenny/Vastra ‘sharing breath’ thing) same-sex kiss in Doctor Who’s history. That’s good! That’s really good, honestly. But I’m not the only one who’s noticed that Chibnall’s era, up until this point, was a bit of a step backward for LGBT rep.
I don’t think this episode’s moment was “too little too late” or anything, but I do wish it hadn’t taken quite so long.
Man, I wish I could bring my teenage self forward through time and show this episode to her.
We’ve all got plenty of questions after watching Fugitive of the Judoon, but surely topmost is the conundrum of just who is Jo Martin’s character. This is going to have to be pretty spoiler packed I’m afraid, so make sure you’ve watched the episode! I’m going to look at the evidence, the ‘facts’ and try […]
So, Just Who is the Ruth Doctor? — Red Rocket Rising
At the moment my money’s on “She’s inbetween the second and third Doctors” too. There’s so much potential there! I absolutely cannot wait to see what happens next.
So, uh… I was right on one count? But then. But THEN! The appearance of Captain Jack frickin’ Harkness turned out to be merely a red herring for the REAL plot of the episode. My god! There was a past Doctor our Doctor doesn’t even know about. And she was a black woman. This episode is arguably the most important episode Doctor Who has ever produced, and I’m so glad I got to see it live. I’d never even heard of Jo Martin before this episode, but seeing “Jo Martin as The Doctor” in the end credits blew my mind. How’d they keep all this under wraps?! Wow.
Jack’s appearance amounted to little more than a cameo in the end, but I was so thrilled to see him. I think lots of people were. And it was heavily implied that he would be back! Looks like a lot of pieces are moving into place for ONE HELL OF A season finale.
It’s a whole new era for Doctor Who now. A more experimental, more progressive, more diverse (SPACE FOR ALL!!!) era. I haven’t been this excited about the show in ages.
[Also, it’s strange – the first ever episode of Doctor Who was marred by the assassination of JFK. This mini-reboot of sorts is right now marred by the unexpected death of Kobe Bryant. History repeats itself.]
