#ITS FUCKN 7AM AGAIN AND IM STILL BITCHING ABOUT DW

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  ALRIGT PART 2 O EGG DOCTOR WHO S11 TALK 

ONE thing i mut ay aout this sseaosn is that... i know theres another episode  to come,  (witchinders? witchhunters?) that’s history-based, but thus far? taking into account pretty  much everything, in new who: these history episodes have been... some of my FAVOURITE, and i know thats just. Rosa and Demons of Punjab but thwere’s something so... distinct about them?

what i think honestly.... again- i will sya, along wit the episodes, im also listening to the Run fancast in between to try and gather my thoughts- is that as Travis succinctly put it at some point or other... its bc theyre not using hsitory as flavour, and rather theyre taking the setting more into account, and considering its stakes.  

AND THERE ARE DEFFO OTHER EPISODES THAT DO THAT like, the only fires of pompeii,  and human nature / family of blood   and aguably  vincent and the doctor, - and lo and behold, those are also  some of my most favourite episodes, especially in comparison to other history episodes. and i think.. its EXACLTY because of the fact theyre, like, not being fun and cavalier with the handling of, like, the past in like a . this is just!!!!! flavour!! this is just colour but heyre also showing.... some horribl consequences and actually integrating it into the pisode, if that makes? literally any sense whatseoever.

LIKE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY. nothing wrong with simply having them go back in time, for a cool kinda vibe but it always feels such a shame to not... exploit that? AND - you know, as i think about it.. i do sometimes wonder, like? man, do they even GO back in timee that much bc like. sometimes it feels like they never really do but . like man hmm. theres certain episodes where i think like- the snowmen (though i do adore victorian!clara, and have 10mil reason why he hsould have been the companion) and that vampires of venice and deep breath and  et ceterea, et cetera and thoe are all. FINE episodes (with a capital F, i n and e) but like rally i think. they could, with tweaks, be taken from their context and be put somewher else  without much loss

whereass......  the historical element is much more integrated and i dont think. given some nuances you could take it ou, and maybe that motly bc and- also, okay! elephant in the room, but... fuckn....again, thoe god damn mother fucker fan alway bitch about how thi season is “too pc” and all that bollocks,but rosa and d.o.p? are both the BEST episodes of this season so far imo-  and  okay.. i was admittedly WORRIED when i heard dw wa like. going into some of those subjects- and its not bc  i dont WANT it to, im fine with it, but i was worried it wouldnt handle them delicately which would be a massie. unignorable thing for me but they did it  and............ they showed racism, man.

like . i always kind of. hate that part in the shakespeare code where hess like @ martha “just dont worry bout it” because that. okay thats already such an insensitive thing to asay but like. listen it jut makes u realise that.... like.. they dont touch upon that stuff- and PART O ME ALWAYS IS LIKE. LIKE. fine dw is like a show that just isnt built for that conversation- and thats fine, sometimes thats the case, and its inappropriate and should be reserved for much btter platforms to facilitate what needs to be said- but.. LIKE. AH I SO HARD TO DESCIBE BC . im torn on whether i want tosee that myself, bc its definitely not right to turn a blind eye bu .. LISTEN.

POINT IS, I THINK. like they did it w.. like they explored actual history well, and the actualhumanity of people in those situations rather than merely passing through and the struggles ppl went through at certain times and i can respect that shit and like. honestly demons of punjab too like... im not...likefuckn england man. shitshow coutnry. im fucking happy, even if the cunts hated that shit, that they SHOWED even some insight to that given. this fuckn cuntry you know. lol. you know how th

AND I THINK WHAT ALSO MADE ROSA AND D.O.P STANDOUTS FOR THIS SEASON WHERE... the fact they were .. uhh... MUCH MORE INTERESTING? 

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IS- is like... i already mentioned: i dont think theyre exploring the doctor enough a they should, and i know its more companion based which is good but we can definitely have both and... I DONT ALWAYS AGREE WITH .. TRAV&TYBEE FROM THE FANCAST BUT WHA. again they discussed was about how- she really isnt.. GETTING the opportunities she deserves, and she isnt really existing as the doctor and shes smart and shes capable but it feels like theyre reeling her authority in which is weird- and its weird - and....

many of the episodes thus far have also felt. Kinda eh!   LIKE. OKAY. BY FAR... MY LEAST FAVOURITE WAS TSURANGA CONUNDRUM.  WHICH I DIDNT LIKE ON MANY LEVELS. but eh a lotof them are just FINE and even rosa&d.o.p... like- though unconventional, and though they did push the boat out into new ground in terms of like. “before this we usually just ignore race, and go into the show colourblind” (not ignoring bill, bcause quite clearly that was always a topic with her, but ... in terms of a more indepth llook into the problem becausewhilst, yes, the doctor fucking clocking a racist for bill was indeed  satisfying im always a little iffy on whether that really did do anything, exct serve as a HELL YEAH PUNCH racists, which is- WHICH IS GOOD AND IM GOING ON A LONG TANGENT HERE, but i dont think it reallyactually talks, or offers any conversation on the topic, and is shallow in a weird way and idkif it should be applauded as much as it is esp. as it like... fuckn white man doing it still??)   BUT ANYWAYS ALTHOUGH THOSE DID . KINDA PUSH IT IN TERMS OF DCOTOR WHO ON THAT, IM WONDERING A LITTLE ... like..

in terms of , like, what makes docto who doctor who? not a lt has been... very standout, and there hasnt been. any REMARKABLE... decision or cnsequence, thats fuckn haunting and. although very much, those two episodes especially are a good look into some aspects of humanity i uess, i dont think theres ever any... LIKE WHAT DOCTOR WHO USUALLY DOES UIE WELL, IS ISS CAMPY AND ITS FUCKN  . KINDA WEIRD BUt it does... LIKE IM THINKING BAST BELOW, whilst thats a controvesial episode i think in terms of its quality i personally always liked it bc its so. quintessential of doctor who where its . REAL SIMPLE but it is.... its such a . decision to make in terms of morality, and thats- LIKE, THE DOCTOR HERSELF HASNT HAD HER CHANCE! LIKE ITS ALL BOILT DOWN T THAT SITUATION OFF THEM NOT... GIVING HER THE MOMENTS SHE DESERVES,,,,

 and theres also very itte. fun and cool time stuff going on and the sci fi is very lacking and. LIKE AGAIN, IT DOSNT FEEL LIKE DOCTOR WHO- AND THAS FINE... IN THAT ITS DIFFERENT, BC THAS WHAT DOCTOR WHO DOES, BUT ISNT IT. losing kind of all sight, wilst still being- whilst still being safe in the fact that they dont.. take any ... BIG BIG LEAPS DOES THAT MAKE SENSE LIKE THOSE EPISODES. THAT I LIKE. ARE GOOD BUT LIE- 

theres very much.... a lack  of sstandout-stanouts LIKE YOU KNOW HOW. EVERY season has fucking RINGERS that just bring it to the fucking tabl and then episodes that arent BAD but theyre like. Good! :£ and . I THINK THATS WHAT A LOT OF TH. THIS SEASON HAS KIND OF BEEN IN A WAY, and ther ehast ... LIKE LITERALLY NOT A SIINGLE FOE HAS BEEN. CAPITVATING AT ALL THUS FAR FOR ME. AND OCNSSQUENCE HAS BEEN LACKING I THA KAES SENSE LIKE THEY... like its WEIRD bc . despite rosa being on episode where like. i was genuinly very scared for ryan especially like. listen it feels like... in a LOT of these stories theyve just been skirting along side and it makes it fele-  it makes it feel- MEANINGLESS?  to some degree if hat makes sense and though they are good stories and it maks sense and. its GOOD that they didnt even change anything in d.o.p because that was the whole point, but when every episode is LIKE that its like... like. i dont know like there just havent been any iconic foess thus far, or anythin that relly defins thi and..

EP1 had te champion guy, who was functional but nothing too remarkablee... epi 2 arguably didnt even have a villain at all... epi 3/’s villain was  one note, and thats sth else i could get into,  but  dont consider him iconic (but i guess that was due to again the context... epi 4  was . spidters. yuh. and epi 5 was  that and epi 6 was . yEAH AND 

OKAY. OKAY. EPI 5. TC. THAT COULLD HAVE BEEN A GOOD VILLAIN I IT WASNT FOR THAT DESIGN (and this actually. seeing as ive brought up that ancast i listen to a lot, i will say i have to oppose both trav&tyb for their opinion of th ,. bECAUSSSE I CANT) LIKE. ALRIGHT. I THINK SOMETHING LIEK THAT COULD HAVE BEEN GENUINELY SINSITER .AND I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT BETTEIF IT TOOK THAT DARKER TONE, BECAUSE THE CUTE GREMLIN LIKE CREATURE SIMPLY JUT... the visual of that, jutaposed with the fact an apparently insanely prestigious woman just acrificed her life to ave them all  isnt... it doent MESH and in my lst post i mentioned the tonal issues because what this reminds m is, yep!! SLITHEEN bc those episodes in s1 could have been so good if. UH. not for the fart jokes nd it isnt to that . absolutely sdif s9d NIGHTMARE extent but the.. FUCKN. ITS JUST  A FUCKN GREMLIN LIKE-  consider the alternativ,e the worse part o this episode, and the . dude whos pregnant thing oay just cut that out entirely bc thats totally detached from everything thats going on and was such a very clarly shoehorned in way to like thro w a wrecnh in the works. LIKE CT THAT OUT. INSTEAD TAKE THE DARKER TRAKE- AND WHILST I DONT ALWAYS AGREE WITH THAT, GIVEN WHAT THEYRE DOING HERE... LIKE ITS JUST THE MORE APPROPRIATE OPTION.

LIKE IF U WANTED THE GREMLIN? GO WITH SOMETHING GOOFIER. AND IM NOT ASAYING U CANT DEFY CONVENTION, OR HAVE HUMOUR IN DARK SOTRIES, AND ARKNESS IN HUMOROUS STORIES BUT... you have to do that elegantly, because theres a reason why that kind of thing is unconventional, and prasised when its done right- bc its hard to o- and if u cant do it then dont do th. LIKE I HAD A BIG ISSE WITH HAT BUT ALSO OTHER THINGS IN THAT EPISODE SUCH AS. uhhhhh INTRODUCING THINGS JAND THEN DROPPING THEM BUT DECIDING TO STILL EXPLORE PRGNANT MAN BECAUSE WHY WHY WH