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I often don’t like episodes of a tv series that doesn’t really include the main character. I don’t mind side stories if they involve the main character. But this was a whole side story with only about 2 mins including the doctor himself … and I loved it!
Apparently the next episode is gonna be Doctor-lite as well. Ncuti’s Sex Ed filming schedule impacted the filming of his first season…
 
Next time: Rouge!
The Doctor and Ruby land in 1813, where guests at a duchess’s party are being murdered and a mysterious bounty hunter called Rogue is about to change the Doctor’s life forever.
 
Dr Who… episode one… Space Babies…

…okay… I’m going to be completely honest… I do not like how this show has made such a major turn… it used to be wondrous… the stories used to be great… The Doctor used to be believable… but not anymore as far as I’m concerned… I only just realised about a week ago that this series had started again so now that I have watched all five episodes and wrote reviews for them as I went along I’ve finally finished them and will post them for the next five days until they’re done… I’ve been quite critical of some so some people may become a tad bit miffed at me… sorry about that my friends… anyway… my review of episode one… Space Babies…

…Ruby:… “but we’re indoors… we got through the walls… aha!… is that like a matter transporter like in Star Trek?”…

…The Doctor:… “we gotta visit them one day”…

…I like that… so far so good… one TV show visiting another… very funny idea… it reminds me of this Photoshop that I did a while back lol!….

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…very clever of them to use computer graphics to make the babies talk like that but it’s quite ridiculous really… it drags it down to the level of talking babies or animals talking to sell crap on TV ads… it’s pathetic and I hate it with a passion… it’s snowing indoors in the corridor but there’s no build up of snow on the floor… strange… they meet Nan-E…

…Nan-E… why has she hidden herself from the babies for so long?… why not personally interact with the babies all this time?… “I don’t want them to see me die”… huh?… that’s a stupid idea to not interact with the babies for six years… it doesn’t make sense…

…how are the babies controlling their electric baby prams?… not in any scene do you see them using controls in their hands… do they control them telepathically?… the babies wouldn’t have the mental capacity to do a complex manoeuvre like that at that age… again… it doesn’t make sense…

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…the ‘bogeyman’ is made of… hardened snot?… it’s made of… of… BOGIES?… this is now even sillier… so if it’s made of bogeys how come it has sharp teeth and claws?… snot could not make them… they are made of enamel or whatever… not of mucus… yet again… it doesn’t make any sense…

…who changed the babies nappies for six years enough for them all build up to allow The Doctor to dispose of them in Space?… I didn’t see any robots or anything on the ship anywhere to perform the operations… the babies wouldn’t be able to do it themselves so who did it?… yet again… it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever…

…so overall… I didn’t like this episode not one bit… there were so many things that made no sense whatsoever that made me distracted so much with those details that I didn’t enjoy watching the episode… a low grade episode for me I’m afraid… I sure hope they get better…

…the next episode is the Beatles episode at Abbey Road… I’ve been dying to see this episode… please please me I’ve been waiting 8 days a week to see that episode so let it be a good one Russel T… okay?… cheers.
 
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Dr Who… episode two… The Devils Chord…

PART ONE:…


…I sure hope this is a good episode… I’ve been waiting so long for this… my two main passions are Dr Who AND The Beatles… those two together?… it better be great… I hope this episode is glorious…

…the Maestro starting to play the piano with the first few notes and then leading into the Dr Who theme was a good start to the episode lol!… well done Russel T!… recreating the cover of the Abbey Road album cover was amazing!… I love it!… (they needed to position the camera lower and to the right to be aligned exactly right for the shot to be honest… but at least they tried eh?… lol!)… get a load of it…

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…and actually seeing the inside of Abbey Road studios is great in itself… it’s always been a fascination to me to see inside the building that some of the worlds greatest music was ever created… I’m loving this!…

…so they meet a very young ‘George Martin’… (the real George Martin looked a bit older at that time)… and now you can hear the Beatles talking in the background… they start a song… ha!… it’s shit… (it’s part of the plot line of the story I guess lol!)… and now Cilla Black?… lol!… now we see ‘Paul McCartney’ close up… what the fuck?… THIS is supposed to be Paul?…

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…it doesn’t even remotely look like him!… jeez Russell T… there are thousands of Paul McCartney doubles out there… you could have at least tried sunshine… he looks NOTHING like him!… and THIS is supposed to be John Lennon?…

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…bloody hell Russell T… again… you could at least tried… I’m sure that when Paul McCartney watches this that he will feel so insulted at what he looks like in this episode… I know that I would be… they’re shockers!… John would be turning in his grave I bet…

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…in what universe do they look like Lennon and McCartney?…

…okay… back to the episode…

…The Doctor running away from ‘the giggle’ climbing out of the piano on the rooftop… “run!… run!… we’ve got to hide!”…

…Ruby:… “but you never hide!”…

…okaaaaaaaay!… how does Ruby know that he ‘NEVER HIDES’?… he did on ‘Space Babies’… he ran and hid from the snot bogeyman in episode one… he’s doing the same thing in this… EPISODE TWO… so why does she say… “but you never hide!”… I mean… it seems like she’s only been with him for 10 minutes or so since boarding The Tardis so what does she base “but you never hide!” on?… here I go again… it makes no sense…

…by the way… isn’t Maestro over hamming it up a bit?… I feel like I’m watching a kids Pantomime villain… “look out!… she’s behind you!”… she / he has such an American accent too… (some work for Disney extras maybe?)…

…now we see Maestro close the little old lady’s curtains ‘Punch and Judy’ style before Maestro beats the fuck out of her for daring to play a piano…

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…The Doctor:… when asked a question by Ruby he says “I don’t know!”… and then Ruby says… “BUT YOU ALWAYS KNOW!”

…okaaaaaaaay (part two)… how the hell does she KNOW that?… again… she’s been with him for one episode before this one… so how does she know that?… yet again… it makes no sense…

…then we see them with Maestro in a dark lit studio and under spot lights… (like in a Pantomime… Maestro is acting like a Pantomime villain after all)… so our once great show has come down to this?… I feel like I’m watching an episode of ‘Glee’ or something… it’s now become pathetic to me as far as I’m concerned…

…the musical notes acting as a rope and pulling Ruby along on the floor?… are we watching Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ now?… when does this shit finish?… when does the Disney influence stop?…

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…so now we have a ‘music battle’ on… again the flying musical notes… I did this Photoshop many moons ago as a joke…

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…it seems as if my joke has now come true… are we going to see Dr Who become a full on musical show?… it seems like every second show is a musical episode nowadays… it’s beginning to suck… Russell T… we get it… Ncuti can sing and dance but do we have to have it shoved down our throats every 5 minutes?… end of part one:… cheers.
 
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Dr Who… episode two… The Devils Chord…

PART TWO:…


…now ‘John and Paul’ save The Doctor and Ruby from the Maestro… thank god for the Beatles eh?… they saved the day from Fantasia!… and now?… it erupts into the stage show ‘Grease’… it’s now a full on musical…

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…everyone is singing and dancing for fucks sake (cue John Travolta singing grease lightning to top it all off)… it looks like my Photoshop that I did for a joke is going to be the norm now… god help us!…

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…does it ever end?…

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…and now… the fucking zebra crossing outside of the sacred Abbey Road studio is a glowing live piano like the scene in ‘Big’ with Tom Hanks?… how much more ridiculous can it get for fucks sake?…

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…shit!… I’ve just had this awful thought!… what if Russell T saw my Photoshop all those years ago and thought “you know what… that wouldn’t be too bad if we actually did that!… yeah… I can see it now!… thanks Sticky for a great idea mate!”… I just shuddered… maybe all this is MY fault?… kill me now!…

…well… what started out great turned into complete shit!… why did I look forward to this episode so much?… this disappointed me 10 X more than ‘Space Babies’… Russell T… I once called you the ‘modern day Shakespeare’… man I regret those words… I think you’ve lost it sunshine… I looked forward to great stuff from you… how sad it is now… overall… a REALLY SHIT EPISODE RUSSELL T DAVIES!… cheers.
 
Dr Who… episode two… The Devils Chord…

PART TWO:…


…now ‘John and Paul’ save The Doctor and Ruby from the Maestro… thank god for the Beatles eh?… they saved the day from Fantasia!… and now?… it erupts into the stage show ‘Grease’… it’s now a full on musical…

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…everyone is singing and dancing for fucks sake (cue John Travolta singing grease lightning to top it all off)… it looks like my Photoshop that I did for a joke is going to be the norm now… god help us!…

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…does it ever end?…

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…and now… the fucking zebra crossing outside of the sacred Abbey Road studio is a glowing live piano like the scene in ‘Big’ with Tom Hanks?… how much more ridiculous can it get for fucks sake?…

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…shit!… I’ve just had this awful thought!… what if Russell T saw my Photoshop all those years ago and thought “you know what… that wouldn’t be too bad if we actually did that!… yeah… I can see it now!… thanks Sticky for a great idea mate!”… I just shuddered… maybe all this is MY fault?… kill me now!…

…well… what started out great turned into complete shit!… why did I look forward to this episode so much?… this disappointed me 10 X more than ‘Space Babies’… Russell T… I once called you the ‘modern day Shakespeare’… man I regret those words… I think you’ve lost it sunshine… I looked forward to great stuff from you… how sad it is now… overall… a REALLY SHIT EPISODE RUSSELL T DAVIES!… cheers.
I really enjoyed this episode, the reason why there is a musical piece at the end, and the Doctor/Ruby 'play' the piano by walking across the Abbey Road Crosswalk is because they are still Maestro's domain. Like when the Toymaker was banished, there were still remants of his domain where the Doctor could double the TARDIS.

Episode 2-5 of this season I found have been awesome
 
I really enjoyed this episode, the reason why there is a musical piece at the end, and the Doctor/Ruby 'play' the piano by walking across the Abbey Road Crosswalk is because they are still Maestro's domain. Like when the Toymaker was banished, there were still remants of his domain where the Doctor could double the TARDIS.

Episode 2-5 of this season I found have been awesome

…when I was 10 years old in England in the early 60’s Dr Who debuted on the same night that President Kennedy was assassinated so because of that they replayed it a week later thank god… it had a gruff grandfatherly character with William Hartnell playing The Doctor… the show was based on PURE SCIENCE FICTION… it had stories based on PURE SCIENCE FICTION until it was finally cancelled due to the BBC’s budget restraints at the time… then it restarted again with Ecclestone where it was still PURE SCIENCE FICTION nearly all the time… nowadays it’s NOT pure science fiction… it’s now artsey fartsey fantasy/spiritualism/pantomime/musicals etc garbage which this show needs to stop farting around with and get back to PURE SCIENCE FICTION again… I’m sure that when they conceived this show in the early 60’s they wanted it to always be a PURE SCIENCE FICTION show… not what it is now…

…call me a purist if you like but it should be true to it’s original concept… if they want to do artsey fartseyfantasy/spiritualism/pantomime/ musicals etc garbage then create a spin-off series and keep them there… get back to the origins itself… can you imagine what Hartnell would have done if in the first few episodes the Neanderthal cavemen suddenly burst out into a massive song and dance routine?… he would’ve had a heart attack there and then!… and if it did… it would’ve set the tone for the shows that were being dished out now… if it had… I would never had watched the shows from day one… I didn’t sign up for this type of show all the way then back in the 60’s to watch musical numbers nowadays and I actually feel sad and betrayed that my most beloved show (as well as Star Trek of course) has come to this…

…take the Toymaker episode for instance… it was a great episode… it had a little bit of oogie boogie stuff in it but it remained mostly PURE SCIENCE FICTION… (I let it slide about The Doctor splitting in two to introduce us to Ncuti but it did give my all time favourite Doctor and Donna a nice happy ending so as I said… I let it slide)… I love it when they do period episodes of the past like what is coming soon with Aliens transforming etc but if they suddenly burst out into song and dance I’m gone… please let it be just a PURE SCIENCE FICTION Episode Russell T… please!…

…and finally… I just accepted those types of shows that I don’t like just because it was Doctor Who… I accepted it because I tried to stay loyal to my show but if it gets to the stage where it’s a mere shadow of what it once was and is just plain ridiculous then I have to say something even if it upsets people I’m afraid… anyway… that’s my take on it… I’ll shut up now… PLEASE RUSSELL T… PLEASE BRING IT BACK TO PURE SCIENCE FICTION AGAIN LIKE IT USED TO BE!… cheers.
 
@Mr Stickyfingers did you give in and get Disney plus?? Haha

…haha!… no my good friend… I wait a few days and then watch it on Dailymotion… actually bleachy… I didn’t even realise that Dr Who had restarted until about a week ago and did some binge watching to catch up lol!… and now I’m posting my reviews each night to catch up too lol!… so thank god there’s Dailymotion eh?…cheers.
 
Dr Who… episode four… 73 Yards…

Part 1…


…did I miss the opening credits?… they’re in Wales on the coastline… I’ve been to some of those places… they’re absolutely beautiful… so desolate at some places…

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…The Doctor and Ruby have stumbled across some type of memorial after The Doctor accidentally stepped on it… it’s a circle made by children…

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…while Ruby is reading a note The Doctor has wandered off… Ruby goes back to The Tardis… she’s locked out… hasn’t she got a key?… that doesn’t work… “I hope you’re not having a pee around the back!”… lol!… some figure is in the distance under a half dead tree…

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…Ruby asks if the figure has seen The Doctor… no answer… Ruby decides to start walking to find The Doctor… the figure seems to be following her… it ‘transports’ itself to keep up with her it seems… Ruby seems a bit worried about it… is that woman walking Susan Swift again?… yep!… sure is… she’s in every story so far this season… what’s Russell T up to I wonder?… Ruby thinks that she’s seen her somewhere else before… duh… yes you have Ruby…

…Ruby asks her to talk to the figure for her… she does… after speaking to it Susan Swifts character runs away screaming for some reason… Ruby finally gets to the village… she goes into a pub…

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…is she in a time before IPhones?… ha!… got me… she is in 2024 lol!… funny one… geez these people aren’t exactly friendly are they?… a guy is going home and is going to ask the figure some questions for Ruby… he speaks to it and again runs away screaming again… weird…

…Ruby tells them about her and The Doctor walking into that circle they tell her it’s a faery / fairy circle… geez… this is getting spooky… Ruby is being interrogated big time by the people in the pub… she’s shitting herself… ‘mad Jack’ is being mentioned again… she’s having these two people in particular being real aggressive towards her…

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…someone or something is banging on the door… she opens it in fear… it’s just some old guy… they all burst out in laughter at Ruby’s expense… they played a practical joke on her lol!… you got me again Russell T… the figure is outside in the pouring rain just staring towards Ruby…

…everywhere Ruby travels the figure follows her… she’s now home having resigning herself to the fact that The Doctor has completely disappeared… her mum is talking to the figure… now she’s run away screaming… she’s now leaving in a taxi and is giving Ruby an evil look of disgust as she passes by…

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…the look of sadness and anguish on Ruby’s face is brilliant… I really felt for Ruby here… good one Russell T…

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…now her granny is ignoring her… her mum is saying nasty things to her on the phone and telling Ruby to leave them alone…

End of Part 1… cheers.
 
Dr Who… episode four… 73 Yards…

Part 2…


…Ruby is now talking to Kate Lethbridge Stewart A YEAR LATER at a sidewalk cafe… she has a Unit backup with her…

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…they are now moving in on the figure… apparently they have ‘perception filters’ so should be protected from the figure… they get to the figure… now they’re all running away screaming… Kate leaves too after looking at Ruby with disgust… what the fuck?… what did Kate say to her?… I can’t quite pick it up…

…it seems that Ruby is getting older and is accepting the figure as part of her life now… such a big jump in the timelines now… she’s going into some political recruitment office run by ‘mad Jack’ who is running to be the Prime Minister who wants to use nuclear weapons against other countries and she’s signing up ‘to save the world’… (from mad Jack presumably I guess)…

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…now mad Jack has won and is Prime Minister… is Ruby supposed to be about 30 now?… (they think that putting on a pair of glasses ages her?… that’s like putting a pair of glasses on Superman makes him Clark Kent lol!)…

…everyone is supposed to stay off the grass in a stadium… she’s using her phone to make the figure speak to mad Jack the Prime Minister…

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…the figure speaks to him and he runs away screaming… he’s now handing in his resignation… Ruby has ‘saved the world’ now as far as she’s concerned… haha!… well done girl…

…40 years later Ruby is now an old lady… she’s gone back to a now old mouldy Tardis and talks to it…

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…now she’s in some sort of care and is laying in a hospital bed… the figure is now in her room… now it’s daylight and is it her that is now on the hill under the near dead tree?… it looks like it… yes it is… The Doctor and the young her are just coming out of the Tardis like at the start of the episode… ha!… I love it!… great twist Russell T!… the old her keeps telepathically saying “don’t step… don’t step”… this time they avoid stepping into the circle… everyone lives happily ever after lol!…

…I loved this episode… great stuff!… I really enjoyed the pub scenes lol!… it sucked me right in Russell T… twice!… lol!… thank god this was a good episode at last… it was so much better than the last few episodes… the way Ruby was methodically isolated from everyone she loved was kind of scary to me… but what a great ending to tie it all in… I just love seeing The Tardis all mouldy and beaten up at times like in this shot…

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…over all… this is the best story so far as far as I’m concerned… well done Russell T… such a big improvement in writing… AND… no bloody music at last!… cheers.
 
Rogue - I am in love 😍
No spoilers here until I know Mr Sticky has watched on Dailymotion 😉

…I’m watching it tonight when I get home inumeenu… go ahead and post if you like my friend… I won’t read your spoilers until tomorrow … I’m posting my review of Dot and Bubble tonight and after watching Rogue tonight I’ll post my review of it tomorrow night… I so loved Dot and Bubble… what an ending!… thanks for being so thoughtful of spoiling it for me my friend… cheers.
 
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