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[elisi]

We got a trailer and a date for Jodie's last episode:

Watch on YouTube

I am excited for Dhawan. I think he single-handedly has saved the era for me, just through being so amazing. I am hoping that Ace & Tegan will be well-served, but mostly I'm just praying that Chibnall doesn't break anything else before he leaves.

If anyone happens to love Thirteen and Chibnall - I'm happy, they need some love. They just singularly failed to grab me. (I loved writing Thirteen, but that's different.)



But, in more exciting news!!!



It feels like a million years since Good Omens aired... as with most things pre-covid. But goodness, a single poster is poking at emotions that have merely laid dormant, waiting for their moment. Their wings form a heart! The background is nicely grey. The number 2 has both a halo AND a tail. *flail*

I also look forward to spending 9 months speculating on what the blue feather means.

Comments

[elisi]

I feel like every complaint I read about the Chibnall era starts with 'no shade on Jodie, she's great, but . . .' And people seemed to realize pretty instantaneously that a female Doctor just works. Maybe if she'd needed more defending, you'd have been compelled to dig in a bit more?
Oh I agree with the sentiment (I see it too), but I'm not sure that's it. I think the issue is the lack of substance? People like Thirteen because Jodie puts in a very likeable performance and is very Doctor-y. Or: Nice Doctor, Bad Scripts. Whereas for Six it's more like: Unlikeable Doctor, Bad Scripts. But with the unlikeability comes something to dig into, whereas Thirteen is just layers of niceness with opaqueness below. There is nothing TO defend, I don't know what makes her tick. (That said, she was interesting to write, because I could project things onto her.)

Maybe in true Classic Who style, Chibbs is saving all the emotional substance for the last episode. (I'm a little amazed that my 'maybe this season/episode/whatever will be the one to crack it all open for me' has survived this long. Thank goodness this really is the last time I can extend that hope, I'm quite tired.)
You get gold stars for optimism!

Oh, for sure. *pets all the bunnies*
It's only been... 2 years? *cries*

Yeah, that sounds advisable. Not like you have to relive everything to make the point.
I'm pondering. Let's see how we go.

[promethia_tenk]

But with the unlikeability comes something to dig into, whereas Thirteen is just layers of niceness with opaqueness below. There is nothing TO defend, I don't know what makes her tick.
Well, what little substance we have gotten has pretty much all come with the Master, so here's hoping. Damn, there I go again *curses profusely*

(That said, she was interesting to write, because I could project things onto her.)
Lol. Silver linings, I guess. What's weird is that I don't feel like I can objectively say that there's less to her than . . . a majority of the classic Doctors, really. But it feels like less.

You get gold stars for optimism!
God, the sheer wrongness of this. Get us out of this ass-backwards era; I can't cope anymore.

It's only been... 2 years? *cries*
Alas, a familiar fandom refrain. What percent done do you think you are?

I'm pondering. Let's see how we go.
I'm sure it's a nice little addition to the Maybe.

[elisi]

Well, what little substance we have gotten has pretty much all come with the Master, so here's hoping. Damn, there I go again *curses profusely*
Look, I am THERE for the sake of Dhawan. He somehow, magically, makes the show actually be Doctor Who - it's like he creates the Doctor by being there.

Lol. Silver linings, I guess. What's weird is that I don't feel like I can objectively say that there's less to her than . . . a majority of the classic Doctors, really. But it feels like less.
I was pondering this, and I think it's the gulf between Old Who and New. Specifically the Time War. She feels more like a Classic Doctor, which is why I keep saying it's as if she's AU. She doesn't have the heft and the depth of someone who has been through what the War Doctor has. (Dhawan? More than yes.)

God, the sheer wrongness of this. Get us out of this ass-backwards era; I can't cope anymore.
LOL. (It feels like Buffy days of yore, with the die hard Xander stans going 'THIS season will be Xander's season'...

Alas, a familiar fandom refrain. What percent done do you think you are?
Oh I'm nearly done. 85 - 90%? I'm good. :) ETA: Of course I was delayed by my little 'extra stories' that ended up 19k words long. /o\ Why am I like this? /rhetorical question.

[promethia_tenk]

I was pondering this, and I think it's the gulf between Old Who and New. Specifically the Time War. She feels more like a Classic Doctor, which is why I keep saying it's as if she's AU. She doesn't have the heft and the depth of someone who has been through what the War Doctor has. (Dhawan? More than yes.)
Thought: the Second Doctor era, for all that it is deeply lovely, is rather lacking in the moral ambiguity department. It's like after One's slow realization that, actually, there's quite a lot of awfulness happening in the universe and, actually, he would like to be the one to do something about it, there's this half-oblivious honeymoon period where the Doctor gets to skip merrily about the universe vanquishing monsters and then literally leaving out the back door without a word of goodbye or thought for what happens next. The ultimate unencumbered Doctor. (This obviously all comes crashing to an end when the Time Lords catch up with him.) Possibly we might view Thirteen as a second attempt at this time, after the deep soul-searching and reaffirmation of his identity by Twelve, but when the Master shows up he's like, dude. In case you haven't noticed we are old now and everything is fucked the fuck up. GET IT TOGETHER.

And then Thirteen basically pulls the equivalent of sticking her fingers in her ears and going 'lalalalalala'

LOL. (It feels like Buffy days of yore, with the die hard Xander stans going 'THIS season will be Xander's season'...
And now you're comparing me to Xander fans? Wow, just rub salt in the wound why don't you.

Oh I'm nearly done. 85 - 90%? I'm good. :) ETA: Of course I was delayed by my little 'extra stories' that ended up 19k words long. /o\ Why am I like this? /rhetorical question.
Because it's funny?

[elisi]

there's this half-oblivious honeymoon period where the Doctor gets to skip merrily about the universe vanquishing monsters
I can see that...

Possibly we might view Thirteen as a second attempt at this time, after the deep soul-searching and reaffirmation of his identity by Twelve, but when the Master shows up he's like, dude. In case you haven't noticed we are old now and everything is fucked the fuck up. GET IT TOGETHER. And then Thirteen basically pulls the equivalent of sticking her fingers in her ears and going 'lalalalalala'

LOL, accurate. I'm sure I wrote meta on this at some point...

And now you're comparing me to Xander fans? Wow, just rub salt in the wound why don't you.
I'd say you're hopeful rather than delusional. ;) Also I read this very nice article and will probably share it tomorrow:

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/oct/21/how-the-first-female-time-lord-changed-doctor-who-forever

Because it's funny?
*SIGH* (The Master has now shown up and demanded to be included and he might have a point... So drop it down to 75%-80%)