Spoilers Wild Blue Yonder grade and discussion thread
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I predict Paul McGann will be in this.
MANIFESTING!
MANIFESTING!
Yespleaseandthankyou.
Wow, new Doctor Who on consecutive weeks. Hasn't been like this since 2021.
My hunch about this episode, and could be totally off, of course, is that the Doctor and Donna are not really stranded on a spaceship in a distant galaxy or an alien planet.
I think, they are on Earth, in a trap designed specifically for the Doctor.
The episode will end with that reveal and they will be rescued by UNIT.
The trailer scene with UNIT helicoptering him to the Avengers Tower is the direct follow up, including recovery of the TARDIS.
Thoughts on this?
I think, they are on Earth, in a trap designed specifically for the Doctor.
The episode will end with that reveal and they will be rescued by UNIT.
The trailer scene with UNIT helicoptering him to the Avengers Tower is the direct follow up, including recovery of the TARDIS.
Thoughts on this?
I think they're in the TARDIS or a TARDIS within a TARDIS
I've seen Virtual Machines that got that way.
I'm pretty certain the scenes at Avengers Tower are from the third special.
Go ahead, bookmark this and laugh at me if I'm proven wrong.
I believe that's what I said?
Wild Blue Yonder ends with a rescue by UNIT, and then the helicopter scene will be basically the opening of the The Giggle leading directly into one another.
And again. Just a wild guess. Mostly likely I'm wrong about this.
Oh. Well, I have my personal doubts on the matter, but they're not strong enough that I'm going to make a stand on the matter.
Not a complaint by any means but Russell really is just setting out to trigger the right-wing dicks now. "Hey Andy, when you're casting Isaac Newton make sure he's black."
Well, when you’ve got two specials where you’re throwing the budget at them and then some, there’s few better at writing a relatively money saving, thrilling bottle episode in between which is full of scares, tension and character than RTD.
Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed that.
Thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed that.
Well that conjured up memories of "Midnight" with the repeating phrases
I ALMOST thought they'd kill Donna
Wilf! I don't know if Bernard Cribbins has scenes after this so I'm not sure how they'll explain Wilf disappearing
I ALMOST thought they'd kill Donna
Wilf! I don't know if Bernard Cribbins has scenes after this so I'm not sure how they'll explain Wilf disappearing
Now we're cooking. The dodgy CGI of the very weird copies of The Doctor and Donna (also the endless corridor) aside, this was a terrific adventure.
I loved the introspective studies of The Doctor's and Donna's psyches as they are now. Donna worrying about how she accidentally leaving her family behind in all of time and space and how they'll be forced to move on from her existence really hit hard for me. I particularly liked how Donna's thoughts reflected the unspoken fears of perhaps every companion that ever traveled The Doctor, whether accidently or even deliberately.
Likewise, The Doctor's guilty and trauma after the events of The Flux and his terror over his identity crisis as the Timeless Child struck a chord and I hope that's something that isn't quietly forgotten. That's a heavy double burden for him to carry, not unlike how he felt in the wake of the Time War.
Those quieter scenes reminded me of Davies' best episode, "Midnight," and I do wish "Wild Blue Yonder" had leaned more into that aspect than the bizarre shape-copying monsters, if only because the two ideas clashed with each other. I think those monsters are a fascinating idea and I loved how the episode forced even the viewer to wonder which ones were actually The Doctor and Donna. That said though, the loudness of their situation didn't quite fit with those introspective moments, at least for me.
On a completely different note, when we first saw the archaic robot, I half expected to hear Alan Rickman's voice even though I knew that wouldn't happen for obvious reasons.
But most importantly: WWWILLLFFF!!!! Even if this is the only scene we get with him (and he's quietly tucked away for safety as to explain his absence), it was well worth seeing The Doctor and Wilf together one last time.
I loved the introspective studies of The Doctor's and Donna's psyches as they are now. Donna worrying about how she accidentally leaving her family behind in all of time and space and how they'll be forced to move on from her existence really hit hard for me. I particularly liked how Donna's thoughts reflected the unspoken fears of perhaps every companion that ever traveled The Doctor, whether accidently or even deliberately.
Likewise, The Doctor's guilty and trauma after the events of The Flux and his terror over his identity crisis as the Timeless Child struck a chord and I hope that's something that isn't quietly forgotten. That's a heavy double burden for him to carry, not unlike how he felt in the wake of the Time War.
Those quieter scenes reminded me of Davies' best episode, "Midnight," and I do wish "Wild Blue Yonder" had leaned more into that aspect than the bizarre shape-copying monsters, if only because the two ideas clashed with each other. I think those monsters are a fascinating idea and I loved how the episode forced even the viewer to wonder which ones were actually The Doctor and Donna. That said though, the loudness of their situation didn't quite fit with those introspective moments, at least for me.
On a completely different note, when we first saw the archaic robot, I half expected to hear Alan Rickman's voice even though I knew that wouldn't happen for obvious reasons.
But most importantly: WWWILLLFFF!!!! Even if this is the only scene we get with him (and he's quietly tucked away for safety as to explain his absence), it was well worth seeing The Doctor and Wilf together one last time.
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Boy, am I loving this current setup. It's so nice actually being able to watch Doctor Who now at the same time it's actually being broadcast on the BBC, instead of having to wait until hours after the fact.
I think where The Star Beast may have suffered a little from needing to reset the table (I say "suffered" but I still really enjoyed it), this was rock-solid all the way through. Of course you know the Doctor is going to realize his mistake just in time, but that didn't make the climactic moment any less tense. And I'm really curious to see the fallout that the Doctor was referring to; I assume that's another thing RTD is setting up for Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor, along with "the boss."
It was lovely (if bittersweet) to see Bernard Cribbins again. Wilf is such a sweetheart. I'm glad they decided to at least keep some of the scenes he shot in; I wonder if we'll see him again in The Giggle or if this was it. If the latter, it was still worth it just to see him and the Doctor meet up one last time.
I think where The Star Beast may have suffered a little from needing to reset the table (I say "suffered" but I still really enjoyed it), this was rock-solid all the way through. Of course you know the Doctor is going to realize his mistake just in time, but that didn't make the climactic moment any less tense. And I'm really curious to see the fallout that the Doctor was referring to; I assume that's another thing RTD is setting up for Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor, along with "the boss."
It was lovely (if bittersweet) to see Bernard Cribbins again. Wilf is such a sweetheart. I'm glad they decided to at least keep some of the scenes he shot in; I wonder if we'll see him again in The Giggle or if this was it. If the latter, it was still worth it just to see him and the Doctor meet up one last time.
I really enjoyed it. Nice to get a very different approach to last week and RTD knows giving Tennant and Tate plenty of time to act with each other is always going to be a win.
Lots of interesting bits like mavity and the salt that presumably will pay off at some point.
Lots of interesting bits like mavity and the salt that presumably will pay off at some point.
Loved it A for me. Lovely to see Wilf again.
Pretty scary for 6:30.
I liked it was just the 2 of them and they had a bit of time to explore what the Doctor has been through.
Wondered briefly if we would get a switch to an emergency console room right at the start.
Pretty scary for 6:30.
I liked it was just the 2 of them and they had a bit of time to explore what the Doctor has been through.
Wondered briefly if we would get a switch to an emergency console room right at the start.
