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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Reality War" (SPOILERS)

1. "He had a magic door? He had an actual magic door?" Welcome to RTD 2.0!
2. Hey, the Time Hotel is showing  old episodes of Doctor Who!
3. "I'm wearing tweed!"
4. "And Melanie." "We meet again."  This was a good scene.
5. "Time Ring." Not seen since "Genesis of the D

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Wish World" (SPOILERS)

1. "Bavaria 1865"
2. "My name is Frau Rani." I think I like the Third Rani better than the Second one.
3. A seventh son of a seventh son, with seven sons of his own.  So which one will end up becoming Johnny Thunder? I don't like the "magical" thinking that has

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Great Interstellar Song Contest" (SPOILERS)

1. "What's the year?" "2925."
2. "Welcome to the 803rd Interstellar Songn Contest!" This is all derived from the Eurovision Song Contest, which I know little about. I first heard of it when it was briefly mentioned in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Cir

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Story & The Engine" (SPOILERS)

1. ""Barbershop'?" The TARDIS does your hair." according to the Blu-Ray extras, when RTD hired him, Gatwa asked for an episode to be set in Africa, which RTD agreed to. I have read that barbershops are culturally important to African (and African-descen

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Lucky Day" (SPOILERS)

1. His mother just smacking him took me by surprise.
2. Ruby's just telling telling this guy about the Doctor?
3. According to the Blu-Ray extras, the set at the start where Conrad sees the Shreek was the same set as the department store in "Rose". The mannequi

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Well" (SPOILERS)

1. They're still wearing the same clothes from the previous episode.
2. "Girl, you're beginning to enjoy  this!"
3. "Be careful of her." "I can still lip-read."  You and HAL both, lady.
4. They're really ramming home the point that no one has heard of Earth.
5. "Midnig

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Lux" (SPOILERS)

1. "Don't make me laff!"
2. Alan Cumming shifts from "goofy" to "menacing" really well.
3. When I was little, I had a nightmare about a cartoon character reaching out of the screen to grab people.
4. If you can't land on May 24th,  why not land on the 23rd and wait

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Robot Revolution" (SPOILERS)

1. "Miss Belinda Chandra" The new companion, I presume. It'll be the first time that the Doctor and companion have both been played by non-white actors.
2. "Your Majesty" OK.
3. "You killed the cat." Kitty, no! Tracy won't like that.
4. "Tell her her cats's gone to

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Joy to the World" (SPOILERS)

1. "Ham and cheese toastie and a pumpkin latte." Ham and cheese toastie sounds good, but I'll pass on the pumpkin latte.
2. I didn't know that the Orient Express was still running in 1962, I've always thought of it as a 1930's thing, for some reason.
3. Maybe I

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Empire of Death" (SPOILERS)

1. "I bring Sutekh's dust of death."  The Red Skull should sue.
2. "There will be birds."
3. The dust billowing through the city gives me "Crisis on Infinite Earths" vibes.
4. "Do you believe in the power of prayer?" I most certainly do." "Then tell your Maker that

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" (SPOILERS)

1. The TARDIS flying in and skidding to a halt is a cool visual, maybe, but what's wrong with it just materializing like normal?
2. "I knew Kate's Dad. He was the best of men."
3. "13 years old. Accelerated genius." I gather that  Lenny Rush is actually 16 year

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Rogue" (SPOILERS)

1. I'll say up front :I've never been a big fan of this "adventures of English aristocrats" stuff.  Not to sound like Dennis the Constitutional Peasant, but I can never forget that their oh-so-elegant lifestyle is made possible by their exploitation of

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Dot and Bubble" (SPOILERS)

1. Ah, so we're dumping on social media this episode.
2. "So, you're the rich kids!"
3. "I think  he's not as stupid as he looks." Nice.
4. "That was your first hug?" I don't get many, either.
5. "You're so good at walking." Yes, I am.
6. "Homeworld Population Zero"  Uh-oh

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Doctor Who Reactions: "73 Yards" (SPOILERS)

1. "We are in Wales." Aren't you almost always?
2. I've never been big on these "Doctor-lite" stories.
3. Nice to see Kate again.
4. "2031, the Great Russian War"". OK.
5. What the Hell was that all about?

Overall: Another fine example of Big Russ trying to be clever, b

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Boom" (SPOILERS)

1. The Anglican Marines- our Steven's getting in as many callbacks to his era as he can.
2. I'm thinking that the woman on the "ambulance" screen (Susan Twist) is the one that you're talking about.  She first appeared as Isaac Newton's housekeeper in "Wild

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Devil's Chord" (SPOILERS)

1. I've no idea whether that business about the Devil's Chord is real or not.
2. "I'm them." Pronoun trouble!
3. Did they sit down with Jinkx Monsoon beforehand and say, "Please play this part so over-the-top that characters like Witchie-Poo and Rita Repulsa wi

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Space Babies" (SPOILERS)

1. The Doctor gives a bunch of exposition up front, for the newbs, I guess.
2. "I'm the last of the Time Lords." Oh, come on, you know that others always turn up, eventually.
3. I like Rubathon Blue. Shame they couldn't have kept her around, at least for a whil

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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Church on Ruby Road" (SPOILERS)

1. I gather that Davina McCall is a big deal in the U.K., even if she's not widely-known over here.
2. Likewise, Anita Dobson is a well-known soap opera actress over there, as well.
3. Ruby Sunday - another blonde from RTD. Hopefully she won't just be Rose Tyle

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Timeline of the Doctor's Regenerations (SPOILERS)

Timeline  Interesting.  I haven't seen some of the latest episodes ywt. I'll have more to say when I do.

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Doctor Who: The Last Day

In 2018 I wrote the following letter to Big Finish: 

I really enjoyed The Last Adventure, but how about a ‘last adventure’ for the Seventh Doctor? At the beginning of the TV Movie, the Doctor is returning from Skaro with the remains of the Master afte

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