• theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The stuff with Conrad and the fascist dystopia was all really good but I don’t care about the Rani and I definitely don’t care about Omega

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    4 days ago

    That was a really strong start to the episode with the whole cups mystery. Nice subtle thing of Mel’s bin being full of cups. And you know it’s a fantasy world when the bin men accept unbagged rubbish!

    Also very well done was the 1950’s vibe of John and Belinda’s furniture especially in the kitchen. Bel being a stay-at-home wife, the homophobia of the co-worker, the ignoring disabled / homeless people. Excellent world-building for a right wing fantasy.

    I don’t like the more mythology / fantasy direction of the new series but still a really enjoyable episode. I feel like “the Rani” would have been more impactful if I’d watched classic Who though…

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    5 days ago

    Difficult one to discuss because it’s mostly setup for next week sprinkled with cryptic shenanigans.

    Do we think there’s a connection between Poppy Honey and Poppy?

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      5 days ago

      “Poppy is real” has been going around my head. Real as in “my offspring”? Susan’s mum? Okay but where did Poppy come from? … Belinda? Sleeping next to a Time Lord creates Time Lord babies?

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        4 days ago

        Poppy was also Captain Poppy back in the first episode of this Doctor run, “Space Babies”. In that episode The Doctor and Ruby are confused for “Mummy & Daddy”.

        Given The Doctor’s final words in this episode and the fact that The Rani said she wants Life and not Death, I’m guessing Poppy is the child of The Doctor & The Rani.

        I’m also guessing Rogue (Jonathan Groff) is a previous/future generation of The Rani. So the love story we saw between them was when Poppy was created.

        Flood/Rani saying that bi-generated Rani was her “daughter” makes me think that magical high fives between two Time Lords can also create a new Time Lords.

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    5 days ago

    Just waiting for the regeneration into Billie Piper next episode and I will be finished watching the show for good. This episode was beyond awful to the point that I’m convinced RTD is trolling fans and viewers. AI-written slop.