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I really liked the fact that Graham is a bus driver - and that this moved the plot forward a couple of times. It's a profession that doesn't seem to get much representation in media.

I was going to make a list of all the companions' occupations, all the way from 'teacher/teacher/student' to 'bus driver/police trainee/warehouse operative' and look at the class implications, but I never got round to it.

Also I thought 'Demons of the Punjab' was the most beautiful bit of television I've seen outside of a nature documentary.

I really liked the fact that Graham is a bus driver - and that this moved the plot forward a couple of times. It's a profession that doesn't seem to get much representation in media.
Yes, this. Excellent point!

I was going to make a list of all the companions' occupations, all the way from 'teacher/teacher/student' to 'bus driver/police trainee/warehouse operative' and look at the class implications, but I never got round to it.
That would make an interesting post, but yes, Quite Long. If you ever do it, I'd definitely be interested.

Also I thought 'Demons of the Punjab' was the most beautiful bit of television I've seen outside of a nature documentary.
Mmmmm. Utterly gorgeous. The cinematography generally was good!

I really liked the sheer Doctor Who-style craziness of a universe which is sapient and wants company and looks like a frog. There's just something delightful about that.

That episode was the undisputed highlight of the season, if it'd all been more like that I wouldn't be in such a quandary now. ;)

1) Jodie is still delightful and perfect casting. Her little scronch faces! The dramatic arm flail every time she scans something! Her quiet, concerned looks--I really love those.

2) Best opening credits for Doctor Who ever (and I feel qualified to say this now).

3) That time when the team all told not!Trump that the Doctor is in charge because 'says us.'

4) I think Ryan is a genuinely great character and my only complaint about him is that I want more.

5) Tinker-y, build-y Doctor!

6) The custard cream dispenser.

7) The pure Doctor/TARDIS shippiness that is The Ghost Monument.

8) That time the Doctor had a brief lesbian thing with a sentient frog universe.

9) That time the Doctor smashed a space racist's vortex manipular and let him try to choke her out. That was badass.

10) Her interpersonal skills and mindfulness are actually kind of amazing and really incredible character development. And yet she's still adorably awkward and without filters.

11) The cinematography is such a glow up, as the young people say these days.

12) I like the Sheffield setting--it feels very different from anything else we've gotten in New Who.

13) The occasional Guillermo del Toro-esque touches are a vein of weirdness we've not gotten much of before in Who but is kind of great.

14) Pting!

15) Most everything about the New Year's special was pretty darn great.

16) They tried to burn the Doctor as a witch. I needed that on a deep level I didn't realize before it happened.

17) The amazing sense of tension and dread the first time you watch Rosa.

18) Graham's cheese and pickle sandwich.

19) King James hitting on Ryan.

20) I actually want to rewatch at some point. Like, I am thinking about it right now and I am a bit looking forward to it.

Pretty much just want to second and third this.

: )

That's a great list!

Why thank you : )

You do good lists. Although anything from Rosa/Demons/Witchfinders/It Takes You Away is automatically included. ;)

I hope you rewatch, because want to understand what it is that's bugging me (apart from Kerblam!). It's just not gelling for me. It's just *there* and it's fine, but if they changed the whole line-up tomorrow I'd... almost miss it.

*shakes show*

C'mon, work dammit.

You do good lists.
MMmm, true.

I hope you rewatch, because want to understand what it is that's bugging me (apart from Kerblam!). It's just not gelling for me. It's just *there* and it's fine, but if they changed the whole line-up tomorrow I'd... almost miss it. *shakes show*
Well, you asked for positivity, so that's what I've got! A collection of good bits. (Why do I have this icon? That is literally never me, lol. Anyway . . . )

I think the way watching Five has helped, even more than in any particular similarity between Five and Thirteen, is that there is some similarity there, and it took three seasons for Five to gel for me, even while those seasons contained so many of my favorite episodes I've seen in Classic Who so far. So . . . no, I don't think I have anything gel-like to say about Thirteen, but I am now more ok with that fact. (Also, to a lesser extent, I think we're all forgetting just how checked out we were for seasons eight and nine. Like, yes, I am definitely more checked out now, but it was pretty darn bad. I remembering finishing Dark Water/Death in Heaven and literally going, ummmm, so that was a thing, I guess.)

Well, you asked for positivity, so that's what I've got! A collection of good bits. (Why do I have this icon? That is literally never me, lol. Anyway . . . )
You are always awesome!

I think the way watching Five has helped, even more than in any particular similarity between Five and Thirteen, is that there is some similarity there, and it took three seasons for Five to gel for me, even while those seasons contained so many of my favorite episodes I've seen in Classic Who so far. So . . . no, I don't think I have anything gel-like to say about Thirteen, but I am now more ok with that fact.
This is a good point. But I am enjoying Five hugely, and find the stories a lot more engaging than Thirteen's. Of course the writing is a lot better...

Also, to a lesser extent, I think we're all forgetting just how checked out we were for seasons eight and nine. Like, yes, I am definitely more checked out now, but it was pretty darn bad. I remembering finishing Dark Water/Death in Heaven and literally going, ummmm, so that was a thing, I guess.
Oh it was rough, but it made me THINK. Complicated, difficult crunchy things are good. (I appreciate people much preferring something nice and straightforward. Like, I'm aware that a lot of it might just be different tastes...) It bothers me that I am bothered. (To quote Illyria.)

I'm just really not good with 'nice'.

I am looking forward to your thoughts! In part because I ALWAYS look forward to your thoughts, and in part because I think we, on the whole, felt pretty similarly about lots of things this season. And I am glad you asked for positive recs, because I think that is a GREAT and wonderful way to approach this whole thing, and I wish more people would do :)

I would second Promethia's list, and specifically the screwdriver-making (and the way that was paralleled by the Dalek in the NY ep) and that scene in ep2 where she first goes in the TARDIS. That's the only ep I've seen twice, and I cried BOTH TIMES watching that scene.

I would also say that for all my reservations about this season, it has brought SO MANY of my former-DW-loving friends back to the show. People who dropped out during the Clara years, or during S6, or even way back during Ten's final angst-fest - so many of them have come back and are loving Thirteen, in all her weirdness and hopefulness, and that brings me joy.

I also think you really nailed something very interesting about Thirteen and this season when you made that post early on about Twelve living and dying on a battlefield, and Thirteen as a result just concentrating on small-scale victories - I think that's a great lens through which to watch the series, and makes a lot of sense of things.

People who dropped out during the Clara years, or during S6, or even way back during Ten's final angst-fest - so many of them have come back and are loving Thirteen, in all her weirdness and hopefulness, and that brings me joy.

*raises hand* I was a S6 dropout. Now I'm back – and enjoying the non-epicness.

Yay, talk to me! (If, you know, you have time... please don't feel obliged.)

What do you love? Why? I like aspects, but it never gelled and I am trying to work out why. This is my favourite show (well, it's tied with the Buffy verse), and I *want* to like it.

To properly explain this, I'm going to have to spend a couple of paragraphs bitching about Moffat. Apologies.

I joined the fandom during Nine's season. It was fun, hectic, and snarky. I loved how it would dip into a random situation, and they'd run around doing things until the chaos suddenly stopped and back to the Tardis they'd go.

My first problem with the show was because of Ten's increasingly angsty staring. I loved Ten, but angst has never been my thing (the only shows I've seen do it well were Buffy and Farscape).

Then... came season 6. In which:
a) everything in the universe revolved around the Doctor
b) all the characters revolved around the Doctor
c) everything was EPIC
d) everything was all linked up with everything else
e) angst angst angst angst angst

I noped out of there mid-season, mainly due to River being so central to the show. (And I liked River. Which is to say that I liked awesome archeologist who has adventures and occasionally meets the Doctor mid-adventure River.)

This new season is refreshingly non-epic. The Doctor is back to experiencing life and interacting with what's right in front of her, rather than Doing Epic Things And Altering The Course Of History. (I loved, in Father's Day, Nine's comment about the ordinary life of the bride and groom. He wanted to run around the universe experiencing ordinary life, and I liked that.)

The Doctor herself is also refreshingly down to earth, and practical. (And she welded herself a new screwdriver! Gotta love a gal with a welding torch.) She worries about her companions, and the situations she ends up in – but she doesn't ANGST about them. Which is nice. (Compare Ten's "sorry"s to Thirteen's. Ten puts his entire heart, and his entire intense gaze, into the most angsty sorry you've ever heard in your life. Thirteen looks a bit apologetic and gives a bashful "sorry" before running off for more of the adventure.)

There's also the companions. And the fact that:
a) none of them are in love with her
b) none of them have made dramatic speeches about how important she is
c) all of them are capable of telling her off
d) they'd all have perfectly reasonable lives if they ever stopped travelling with her and went back home

We are not quite up to the calibre of Nine's season yet. But we are, once again, focusing on fun, hectic, and snarky adventures with lots of running. Which is lovely.

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Thank you for the lengthy reply, it's very helpful!

I joined the fandom during Nine's season. It was fun, hectic, and snarky. I loved how it would dip into a random situation, and they'd run around doing things until the chaos suddenly stopped and back to the Tardis they'd go.
This is a brilliant summary of the show. :)

My first problem with the show was because of Ten's increasingly angsty staring. I loved Ten, but angst has never been my thing.
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And don't worry about not liking Moffat - we like different things, and that part was obviously not what you were looking for. And it got VERY arc-y and meta-y. It was (in part) Moffat trying to deal with the fallout of the Time War and the pile of man!pain Ten had turned into. So, a lot of Eleven & Twelve's runs were about putting the world and the Doctor himself back together, and a lot of it was complex and difficult, because well, trying to help someone get over having committed genocide and having a god complex and so on is... Not easy. (Although I wonder if you might like S10. It's mostly quite quiet and Bill is just... Bill. ♥ And at that point the Twelfth Doctor is just old and kind and semi-retired and dammit, now I want to watch it again. It's SO GOOD. Sorry, ignore me.)

This new season is refreshingly non-epic. The Doctor is back to experiencing life and interacting with what's right in front of her, rather than Doing Epic Things And Altering The Course Of History.
I hear ya. :)

The Doctor herself is also refreshingly down to earth, and practical. (And she welded herself a new screwdriver! Gotta love a gal with a welding torch.)
I see what you did there! :D (Love all the welding yes.)

She worries about her companions, and the situations she ends up in – but she doesn't ANGST about them. Which is nice. (Compare Ten's "sorry"s to Thirteen's. Ten puts his entire heart, and his entire intense gaze, into the most angsty sorry you've ever heard in your life. Thirteen looks a bit apologetic and gives a bashful "sorry" before running off for more of the adventure.)
LOL. And that's 6 seasons worth of work, right there. (Or for the Doctor, more than a thousand years of life.)

I like your points about the Companions (again, I think you'd like Bill, cause a lot of this started back then, except how Twelve was old and Thirteen is young and bright - okay, stopping now, it gets VERY meta at some point, and yet it is just so exquisitely beautiful), although my caveat is that I would love for the companions to tell her off more. I feel there is very little conflict, like I can literally think of only one, and that gets resolved without any fuss or repercussions.

We are not quite up to the calibre of Nine's season yet. But we are, once again, focusing on fun, hectic, and snarky adventures with lots of running. Which is lovely.
Good. I am happy you are happy. May there be much more of it for you! <3

Although I wonder if you might like S10. It's mostly quite quiet and Bill is just... Bill. ♥ And at that point the Twelfth Doctor is just old and kind and semi-retired and dammit, now I want to watch it again. It's SO GOOD.

I believe you're right. I've tracked down a couple of Bill clips on YouTube, and they seem quite fun. The only reason I haven't watched that season so far is because I think I'd need to know the backstory of the previous few seasons... and I don't wanna.

The only reason I haven't watched that season so far is because I think I'd need to know the backstory of the previous few seasons... and I don't wanna.
No, you don't really, it's very self-contained. I just can't help but throw it at people because it's supremely good TV with amazing characters. (S8 and S9 were... difficult. Some amazing stuff in there, but I can understand why people were put off.) S10 is just like an extra - a perfect slice of Doctor Who, funny and touching and rich and dark and clever and all the things.

If you'll like it is of course a completely different question. But thank you for coming to my TED talk. ;)

ETA: And now I start to doubt myself. Like, I love that season beyond anything, and it's very much a standalone, and the first half is just fun travelling around, but it DOES go on to break your heart, so if what you want from Doctor Who is what you got from this season (or the Ninth Doctor), maybe just leave it alone. Unless you really like TV that is actual poetry.

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I am looking forward to your thoughts! In part because I ALWAYS look forward to your thoughts, and in part because I think we, on the whole, felt pretty similarly about lots of things this season.
♥ I really want your thoughts too! Actually I'd love to know what kind of vid you feel like making - like, what would you tackle? Does anything strike you? I think (because I am trying to work out why it's not working for me) that's the thing - there is no particular hook, or issue, or relationship that has struck me. It's all just very nice.

And I am glad you asked for positive recs, because I think that is a GREAT and wonderful way to approach this whole thing, and I wish more people would do :)
Well I spent the best part of Saturday writing and realised I had 6000+ words that were mostly grumpy. So, I figured I'd ask people what made them happy, cause I don't want to be a total downer (if that's all I wanted I could just post a link to Sandifer's Eruditorum Press).

I would second Promethia's list, and specifically the screwdriver-making (and the way that was paralleled by the Dalek in the NY ep)
Real trufax parallels!!

and that scene in ep2 where she first goes in the TARDIS. That's the only ep I've seen twice, and I cried BOTH TIMES watching that scene.
How funny, I think that's my least favourite of them all. Well, finding the TARDIS at the end is beautiful, but the rest never worked for me. I have watched the first ep twice (because I started out just following my normal pattern of re-watching new Doctor Who), and I like that one a lot. A+ regeneration episode. And then It Takes You Away, which I literally re-watched as soon as it had finished. <3

I would also say that for all my reservations about this season, it has brought SO MANY of my former-DW-loving friends back to the show. People who dropped out during the Clara years, or during S6, or even way back during Ten's final angst-fest - so many of them have come back and are loving Thirteen, in all her weirdness and hopefulness, and that brings me joy.
This makes me happy. But I still want to take her apart and work out what makes her tick. Or as Promethia put it a few months ago:

'Back during season five I remember an old-timer saying that watch enough Who and inevitably your favorite character become the Doctor and your favorite Doctor becomes the Doctor. Which made enough intellectual sense to me to take note of, but man, I am feeling it this season. I get it now. Like, yes, your new friends seem lovely, but slightly in the middle of a 55-year old character arc here. Bit keen to get back.'

I also think you really nailed something very interesting about Thirteen and this season when you made that post early on about Twelve living and dying on a battlefield, and Thirteen as a result just concentrating on small-scale victories - I think that's a great lens through which to watch the series, and makes a lot of sense of things.
Yes, that is totally the only angle through which she makes sense. And I THINK they might be doing something interesting, but it's all too opaque for me to do anything with.

I'd love to know what kind of vid you feel like making
Ha, I would love to know that too! I haven't made any vids in FOREVER, primarily for technical reasons :( I was eventually forced, after putting it off for ages, to upgrade my computer's OS and now Final Cut Express no longer works. I'm trying to learn how to use Final Cut Pro, but it's HARD and I DON'T LIKE IT. *grump* But I think I would have much more motivation to figure out how to use it if I had a vid I had a *burning desire* to make! But I...don't? Which makes me sad, as I've made a vid per season for the last 4 seasons of DW and I would like to continue. But yeah, like you, beyond celebrating 'Yay, female Doctor!' I don't really have a strong idea of what angle to take...

I think that's my least favourite of them all. Well, finding the TARDIS at the end is beautiful, but the rest never worked for me.
I didn't rewatch it because it's my favourite, don't worry! I watched it when it aired, and then I was with some friends a few days later and they hadn't seen it yet, so I watched it with them. I think most of the ep is fine (beautifully filmed, kind of a meh linear plot) but that TARDIS scene is glorious.

Inevitably your favorite character become the Doctor and your favorite Doctor becomes the Doctor
YEP. We've talked about this before. :) I think one thing that has struck me this season is the relative passivity of the companions...as in, we've had a LOT of time on Ryan/Graham's relationship and feelings, and we've had a lot of moments where the Doctor actively claims them all as her fam/team/gang, etc (most notably in the NYD ep, when she says that the Earth is not just protected by her, but by her AND her friends, which is an evolution on previous Doctors) - and YET there have not been a huge number of moments when I've felt the companions have been instrumental in the action? Perhaps I'm just not remembering stuff, as I have only seen most eps once, and perhaps it's because a lot of the things they have done have been really small (no big dramatic saving-the-Doctor's life-moments) but it's something I've been thinking about. And perhaps that's a good thing, in some ways, for all that I struggle with it? It reinforces the idea that ANYONE can travel with the Doctor, not just people who are extraordinary in some obvious way, and it's also a way of showing that you can travel with the Doctor and still remain 'yourself', or the best version of 'yourself' - you don't have to *become* like the Doctor. Anyway. Unformed thoughts are unformed.

I was eventually forced, after putting it off for ages, to upgrade my computer's OS and now Final Cut Express no longer works. I'm trying to learn how to use Final Cut Pro, but it's HARD and I DON'T LIKE IT. *grump*
Ugh, that sucks. :(

But I think I would have much more motivation to figure out how to use it if I had a vid I had a *burning desire* to make! But I...don't? Which makes me sad, as I've made a vid per season for the last 4 seasons of DW and I would like to continue. But yeah, like you, beyond celebrating 'Yay, female Doctor!' I don't really have a strong idea of what angle to take...
I hear ya. And the only reason I am writing about S11 is that parts of it annoyed me/made me cross. There is nothing that stands out otherwise particularly.

I didn't rewatch it because it's my favourite, don't worry!
Darnit! I was hoping you could tell me positive things about it that I had missed. *g* (Except for the end.) And I also realised that in assigning it my 'least favourite' I was working on 'S11 generally' in my head, completely bypassing Kerblam! which I hated and doesn't come near 'least favourite'. It's funny the things our brains do.

YEP. We've talked about this before. :)
I had a feeling we had, but I forget whom I've talked to about what... /o\

I think one thing that has struck me this season is the relative passivity of the companions... and YET there have not been a huge number of moments when I've felt the companions have been instrumental in the action? Perhaps I'm just not remembering stuff, as I have only seen most eps once, and perhaps it's because a lot of the things they have done have been really small (no big dramatic saving-the-Doctor's life-moments) but it's something I've been thinking about.
Same here. I like the word 'passive', because that actually fits very well. Partly this is probably in contrast to the other things I have been watching, but when I really enjoyed Peri and Six arguing constantly in S22, because she was pushing back, and telling him he was full of himself and wrong about things, it was just very refreshing... And I don't really WANT people to argue, but the lack of any sort of disagreement is just weird. (Except for Graham, once.) I have a vague fic idea, but it's very difficult to write because I don't feel I have any sort of grasp on how they'd react to stuff. :(

And perhaps that's a good thing, in some ways, for all that I struggle with it? It reinforces the idea that ANYONE can travel with the Doctor, not just people who are extraordinary in some obvious way, and it's also a way of showing that you can travel with the Doctor and still remain 'yourself', or the best version of 'yourself' - you don't have to *become* like the Doctor.
No, this is very good, and I hope that's what they are aiming for, but it also doesn't hurt to question the Doctor. One of the good things about a big TARDIS team is that you can have many opinions at the same time; one might think the new planet looks awesome, another might think there is something odd going on, the third one is sulking because they were promised Space Vegas. :)

Unformed thoughts are unformed.
Welcome to my brain! Here, have the icon Promethia made of Five and his lil ducklings. <3

*ducks for unpopular opinion* I loved almost everything about this season. Many of the reasons have already been listed above, but the biggest for me is just that it felt *fun* again, in a way that it really hadn’t been for me since about the middle of Moffet’s run. I never stopped watching, but after Amy and Rory left it all just felt so heavy. I didn’t hate any of it (except the one with where the villain was the sleep in your eye - that one was crap) but I didn’t like any of it well enough to binge over and over the way I did with say, season 4. But I love:

Jodie’s Doctor. She’s brilliant in that she can be the smartest person in the room while realizing that she’s maybe not the cleverest person in the room. I love that she’s a maker, welding her screwdriver and fiddling with stuff until it does what she wants. I love that she’s not cynical AT ALL, after so many years of that being a fairly large part of the Doctor’s armor. I love her for reasons that I can’t think of right now.

I love the companions. All of them, even though we don’t have enough time with any of them. I love Yaz because she is sometimes the cleverest one in the room and the Doctor knows it, because she’s practical and calm in a crisis, and (real world reason rather than story reason) she is a positive representation of an ordinary (extraordinary) person who is Muslim and of Pakistani/Indian background and we just don’t see much of that in media. I love Ryan because he is the Rose Tyler of season 11 - Young, dead end job, kind of damaged (not physically because of his disability but emotionally because of his lack of relationship with his dad) whose life is broadened and changed by his time with the Doctor. And again I love the positive representation of a young Black man. It matters. And finally I love Graham. Totally love him. I love him because he reminds me of dad - hard working, blue collar, loves his wife passionately, wants to do the best for his family. I love that he shows multiple times across the season how smart he is, because in today’s world we don’t always appreciate the fact that blue collar workers can be just as smart as college educated white collar folks. I love that he loves Ryan, even when Ryan’s being kind of a jerk. I love that he loves Ryan both because Ryan is Grace’s and he loves Grace, and also just because Ryan is Ryan and worthy of love in his own right. Graham is just great.

I love the historical stories. I’m an American, so I of course learned about Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement in school, but if the partition of India was ever mentioned it’s been lost in the almost 30 years since my last history class in my first year of college.

I love Sheffield. I’m not sure if the episodes set there are meant to be love letters to it, but they make it look so beautiful. Also, I love the characters accents. I’ve seen a ton a criticism about them and I just don’t get it.

I get the criticisms that people have about the season. I do. There are stories that aren’t as strong as others. The resolution to the spider story didn’t make sense. The contemporary/future stories weren’t as strong in general as the historicals. The character arcs weren’t as well developed as I would have liked. Fridging Grace in the first episode and then using her death to propel the character arcs of the two male companions was both problematic from a feminist and racial perspective AND just plain mean because she was awesome and I wanted more of her. I know all of this. But I still love this season. A lot.

(Sorry for all the run-on sentences and general incoherence. But apparently I have Opinions.)

*ducks for unpopular opinion*
Don't duck! Come in, have a cuppa and a biscuit! I am pretty much fandom's Pollyanna, disliking stuff is very rare for me, and I don't like it. So thank you for taking the time to write such a long reply. ♥

Many of the reasons have already been listed above, but the biggest for me is just that it felt *fun* again, in a way that it really hadn’t been for me since about the middle of Moffet’s run.
Absolutely fair enough. S8 & 9 are very rough - I love what they do, the hard work they do with the Doctor, but it's not fun. (S10 is pure wonder and poetry though. <3)

except the one with where the villain was the sleep in your eye - that one was crap
Ugh yes. It was my personal Worst Ever until Kerblam! came along. (Kerblam! is worst ever for entirely different reasons.)

but I didn’t like any of it well enough to binge over and over the way I did with say, season 4.
I hear ya. And that's basically what's missing for me this time round (the lack of squee), hence asking for people to tell me Happy Things. Because I know they're there.

Jodie’s Doctor. She’s brilliant in that she can be the smartest person in the room while realizing that she’s maybe not the cleverest person in the room. I love that she’s a maker, welding her screwdriver and fiddling with stuff until it does what she wants. I love that she’s not cynical AT ALL, after so many years of that being a fairly large part of the Doctor’s armor. I love her for reasons that I can’t think of right now.
Jodie's Doctor is adorable and fun and bouncy and like a non-angsty Ten and I love her to pieces. I love that we have a female Doctor and I just want them to do MORE with her.

I love the companions. All of them, even though we don’t have enough time with any of them.
I love them too, but the latter part is what sticks. Partly probably because I wasn't expecting much from Chibnall in terms of stories/sci-fi, but I *was* expecting good character dynamics and arcs. And they are such lovely companions, they deserve so much more than they're getting!

And would you mind me quoting what you wrote about the different characters? You just sum them up wonderfully, and I couldn't agree more.

I love the historical stories. I’m an American, so I of course learned about Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement in school, but if the partition of India was ever mentioned it’s been lost in the almost 30 years since my last history class in my first year of college.
Sadly I think few people in Britain would have known much either... So yes, A+ (his)tory.

I love Sheffield. I’m not sure if the episodes set there are meant to be love letters to it, but they make it look so beautiful. Also, I love the characters accents. I’ve seen a ton a criticism about them and I just don’t get it.
Yay go Sheffield! Sheffield is not far from where I live - Huddersfield, where Jodie is from is basically down the road - so I can vouch for the place being represented very accurately, and the accents are what I am surrounded by every day. Love it too. :)

I know all of this. But I still love this season. A lot.
This makes me so happy. I wish I loved it. Maybe I will in the future, who knows. (I am really good at liking things, it bothers me that I don't like this.)

(Sorry for all the run-on sentences and general incoherence. But apparently I have Opinions.)
I have an icon for that! Rambling is always encouraged here, and thank you again. ♥

Thank you for replying, and of course you may quote me! :)

It’s interesting that we all have such different reactions, but I love that we do!

and of course you may quote me! :)
Thank you! <3

(Sorry about this late reply, time just sort of vanished...)

It’s interesting that we all have such different reactions, but I love that we do!
Yes, I am so happy that others are enjoying this season, it would be terrible if everyone disliked it. So yay!

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Thank you! ♥ (I should be on Tumblr more... Which is not something I thought I'd say, but considering I'm literally never on Tumblr I feel safe in saying it.)

I loved how Thirteen had clearly learned from her previous incarnations mistakes. Fully informing her new friends of the risks, affirming them when they did something right, and such.

Yes, she is far better with people (checking in to see if they're okay and so on), which is definitely an improvement on 'Well if you didn't want to do this why didn't you say?' 'I TOLD YOU TWENTY TIMES YOU JUST DIDN'T LISTEN!' ;)

I loved how she simply decided "You're my friend now" and Team TARDIS was her fam :)
It's small, and probably the Doylist reason was to save time, but just watching her decide that these people were going to be her fam was so lovely, I love the warmth of that relationship/friendship.

It's small, and probably the Doylist reason was to save time, but just watching her decide that these people were going to be her fam was so lovely, I love the warmth of that relationship/friendship.
Well they'd had a few adventures so why not ask them along? Especially considering how nice they were about getting kidnapped. Certain other companions complained at length... (*pets Tegan*)

Gimme nice things?

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