Analogue Boy
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Tonight’s episode.... a complete mess.
It's getting better though. Jodie Whittaker has the charisma to pull it off.
More like a standard DW episode tonight, apart from the CGI critter it looked like the cheapo one for this series. Always nice to see some good corridor action, some things never change. The laughs were better than the sad bits, though. I guess Ryan's "...no" at the fist bump is a running joke, now? Also nice to see Scottish people make it into the 67th century.
Next week: Doctor Who and the Partition of India! It's a rollercoaster, this series.
I thought they were going to turn back and drop ‘The Gremlin’ onto the junk planet where it could eat forever.
I think Adric came on board towards the end of Tom Baker's reign (Nyssa too?) while Tegan arrived in Timeflight. All 3 in different stories, for sure.Peter Davison era had 3 from memory. Adric, Nyssa and Tegan. I can't remember if they were all introduced at the same time though.
Adric in Full Circle, then Nyssa in Keeper of Traken and Tegan in Logopolis, all three Tom Baker stories.I think Adric came on board towards the end of Tom Baker's reign (Nyssa too?) while Tegan arrived in Timeflight. All 3 in different stories, for sure.
I was on the right lines, but you surprise me that Tegan also arrived with Tom Baker!Adric in Full Circle, then Nyssa in Keeper of Traken and Tegan in Logopolis, all three Tom Baker stories.
Only just, it was literally his last story.I was on the right lines, but you surprise me that Tegan also arrived with Tom Baker!
There is no way that running a particle accelerator to create positrons to then annihilate and generate thrust is more efficient than just accelerating the original particles out the back of the ship.
Did I miss hear ( or imagine !) the name of the new born baby as being Avocado- named for the great Vegan as a compliment to the Earthling Douas?
The Brigadier was a personal favourite, as are any UNIT-associated characters. I'm hoping for a Captain Jack re-appearance too, but I fear I may be in a minority.
Businessman will turn up again - probably as US President in a future future story. His story arc isn't finished, mark my words.
And as for 'making the show PC'...really? Black and asian people and women allowed to be in it? Whatever next...
Yeah - you do get the impression somebody thought as almost identical (but more military-looking) equipment looked ace in Pacific Rim it'd also look good in this. That the ones in PR wouldn't have looked out of place in a tank or fighter plane and the one in DW in a hair salon seems to have not occurred to them. Or rather it did, hence the exaggerated difference.On a more positive note, it's always nice to see the sister of a former hurdling world champion on TV, even if she did look really silly clamped into that standy-up control thing.
It was explicitly stated as being a particle accelerator that created the anti-matter. Without magic, that means they're accelerating matter particles into each other in such a way to create the positrons, and then using those to generate heat.If they have discovered a way to create antimatter without creating matter at the same time, then that drive could work. Then you just smash the positrons into some electrons and get the energy for both.
Did look kind of similar to the Slitheen...What I want to know is how the pting moves around in space. Perhaps the energy consumption leads to some really energetic farts.
Exactly. It seems odd for us to be commenting on the ethnicities and genders of those in the stories when literally every other character is an alien from another species totally.
Either we suspend disbelief and recognise that our differences of colour and race are nothing in the face of the monumental differences between humans and those from other planets, or we watch it as a TV programme and realise that the BBC shows life in all its shades and diversities.
And I suggest that people only feel 'hit over the head' with PCness if they want to be. You only notice 'mixed race' couples in adverts when it's pointed out, or when you stop to think about it? Why would you want to stop and think about it? It's just PEOPLE, people.
With regards to the relevance of the android and the pregnant man; maybe they don't necessarily add to plot development but they do flesh out and add colour and nuance to the fantasy world.