Alright here we go, another Doctor Who note. So I finished watching the new Christmas Special, The Church on Ruby Road. I have a lot of mixed feelings on the episode. I obviously like it. I was afraid I would find the musical bit would make me cringe a little but I actually found it quite fun! I might like this episode better in retrospect and in context to the rest of the season. That is to say, the episode's already in a comfortable position in regards to how I feel about it.
Though, I feel like the episode was Doctor Who lite despite the fact that this is certainly not Doctor Who lite. There's something to unpack there. I'm not sure where to begin. I'll have to sit with this one longer. Maybe I was a little too prepared for the show's new direction. If that's even a thing...
Let's talk about some of the elements that grabbed by attention. I'm intrigued at the Wild Blue Yonder mavity reference. Apparently it's a running gag now, though it could be more than that. Because I think this is just how Russell is approaching time travel in his second era. I feel like the bigeneration from The Giggle, the mythical direction of the show, and the mystery of Mrs. Flood from this new episode could be signs pointing towards some changes with how things work in the Doctor Who universe.
I dunno, my creative idea regarding the mystery behind Mrs. Flood is that she's seen a TARDIS and the Doctor before but not the Doctor as we've always known. The idea is that she's seen a different bigeneration of the Doctor from perhaps a different timestream. RTD has stated that his headcanon of previous regenerations has every Doctor bigenerating in different versions of his timestream.
If he's bringing this into the canon of the show, I think it could be quite fresh. It could bring about a multiverse which has been a concept that has been used or mentioned sparingly. I'd find it fantastic if Mrs. Flood was connected to this. Though of course, I think I'm certainly wrong since I'm not exactly thinking things through. Fun idea though!
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"content": "Alright here we go, another Doctor Who note. So I finished watching the new Christmas Special, The Church on Ruby Road. I have a lot of mixed feelings on the episode. I obviously like it. I was afraid I would find the musical bit would make me cringe a little but I actually found it quite fun! I might like this episode better in retrospect and in context to the rest of the season. That is to say, the episode's already in a comfortable position in regards to how I feel about it.\n\nThough, I feel like the episode was Doctor Who lite despite the fact that this is certainly not Doctor Who lite. There's something to unpack there. I'm not sure where to begin. I'll have to sit with this one longer. Maybe I was a little too prepared for the show's new direction. If that's even a thing...\n\nLet's talk about some of the elements that grabbed by attention. I'm intrigued at the Wild Blue Yonder mavity reference. Apparently it's a running gag now, though it could be more than that. Because I think this is just how Russell is approaching time travel in his second era. I feel like the bigeneration from The Giggle, the mythical direction of the show, and the mystery of Mrs. Flood from this new episode could be signs pointing towards some changes with how things work in the Doctor Who universe.\n\nI dunno, my creative idea regarding the mystery behind Mrs. Flood is that she's seen a TARDIS and the Doctor before but not the Doctor as we've always known. The idea is that she's seen a different bigeneration of the Doctor from perhaps a different timestream. RTD has stated that his headcanon of previous regenerations has every Doctor bigenerating in different versions of his timestream.\n\nIf he's bringing this into the canon of the show, I think it could be quite fresh. It could bring about a multiverse which has been a concept that has been used or mentioned sparingly. I'd find it fantastic if Mrs. Flood was connected to this. Though of course, I think I'm certainly wrong since I'm not exactly thinking things through. Fun idea though!",
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