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Warning: This is a rant. If you liked Kerblam! just walk on by. This icon gives a good indication of my attitude. >:)



This was written many months ago, back when I was collating my thoughts (or lack thereof) on S11. Am posting it now because sea_thoughts asked very nicely indeed, but please be aware that my head is full of Good Omens (it’s like a couple of seasons of Moffat Who crammed into six episodes, and it GLOWS with warmth and happiness and everything is beautiful and there are layeers upon layers and metaphors and mirrors and the fic is as fluffy as clouds...). This episode is the opposite of that and made me very cross. (Hence posting it flocked and it may be a long time before I reply to comments. We’ll see, I just wanted to warn you.)

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So, tonight (at 7pm) we'll get the only Doctor Who of the whole of 2019.

I am trying very hard not to be negative, so here is a very positive review of The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos (and S11 in general).

However, when I started thinking about tonight's ep I figured the older girls will probably ask what happened in S11 (they only watched the first two episodes) and my answer will be: Nothing much, really.

Of course Doctor Who is by nature very accessible, you can hop on board pretty much anywhere, but the biggest development of S11 was Ryan calling Graham 'grandad'.

ETA: Knew I was forgetting something. My summary of S11:



And to go with that, I bring you something silly. From the comments of a post about Resolution (even the link is spoilery! Don't hover over!), here is a 'Leaked script extract':

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It's possible there was something else I meant to say, but I am 3/4 of the way through a Fifth Doctor story and would like to see how it ends. :) (I am watching Classic Who backwards. I saw the movie years ago and most of Seven. I have now watched the rest of Seven, all of Six (♥) and have now started on Five. It's all been far more engaging than S11. (Go on Chibnall. Prove me wrong!)

Promethia found this wordpress. I have only started to poke around, but there are two sets of reviews - one lot delving into the meta, and another that's group reviews, with lots of fascinating insights:

https://downtime2017.wordpress.com/

They're all thoughtful and smart, without any of the 'I didn't like it, therefore it is rubbish' or 'Thank goodness Moffat's gone!' that you may get elsewhere.


Links to individual eps:

Meta (Tiberian Thoughts):

Sheffield Steel, or a Subjective Look at the Thirteenth Doctor – #1 – “The Woman Who Fell to Earth”

Sheffield Steel, or a Subjective Look at the Thirteenth Doctor #2: “The Ghost Monument”

Sheffield Steel, or a Subjective Look at the Thirteenth Doctor #3: “Rosa”



Group reviews (Bit of Adrenaline, Dash of Outrage):

Our Thoughts on “The Woman Who Fell to Earth”

Our Thoughts on “The Ghost Monument”

Our Thoughts on “Rosa”

Our Thoughts on “Arachnids in the UK”

Icon by promethia_tenk and free to good homes. :) (Although it should be noted that this episode was above 'serviceable'...)

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