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Consider me inspired - from this point forward, I collect the blood of my coworkers.

Y’know, just in case.

The Sycorax are quite terrifying

Such a good design, I’d like to see more of them.

I actually rooted for Harriet all the way up to her call with Torchwood.

It’s a really great portrayal, and TBH I think the episode does a decent job of laying out her motivations, right down to her rather weak apology at the end.

Maybe it’s just the third that’s on the roof at the moment.

I believe so.

I’m really not a Doctor/Rose shipper, but I am a big fan of the Tenth Doctor as a swashbuckling romantic, so I’m here for the flirting. I just never had any investment in things going beyond that.

I know this is more relevant to the upcoming Queen Victoria episode, but I think the themes of a Doctor and (especially) companion getting carried away with things were more aptly explored with Twelve and Clara.

Okay, I’m back.

Of all the times I’ve seen this episode, I’m not sure I really noticed that you can actually see the TARDIS blurp into existence mid-air when it first arrives in London. Neat, and not really what I expected.

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but Daniel Llewellyn (RIP) is a pretty memorable character for me. Shame what happened to him.

On the other hand, even though it’s quite memorable, I keep forgetting that “everybody going to the roof” is the plot of this episode. Not sure why.

The “pilot fish” are a ridiculous idea, and clearly just an excuse to have killer Santas and a buzzsaw Christmas tree. I’m not mad about it, but it’s a good reminder that RTD has always had an affinity for deep silliness.

Daniel Llewellyn decided to include blood in the Guinevere One “care package,” but…he didn’t use his own? Where did he get the blood?

The Torchwood buzzword is stronger than “Bad Wolf” right out of the gate, because we actually get a sense of what it means.

And on that note, much ink has been spilled over what the Doctor does to Harriet Jones, Prime Minister. There’s always been some truthiness to the suggestion that there’s some sexism in play, but…recent history has reminded us just how easy it is to topple a government over health concerns, if factors line up just right.

I definitely saw some concerning changes in wind direction during the storm. Figures there’d be zero tornado warnings this time around.

Apologies for being a day late - the weekend sort of got away from me. I haven’t even been able to watch the damn thing yet!

I’ll be back once I have, but a couple of quick thoughts:

• Having the Doctor be unconscious for a large portion of the episode was a bold move that largely paid off. It was smart to let us spend time with Rose as she struggles with her grief, confusion, and an alien invasion.

• Tennant’s “no second chances” bit is chilling in the best way.

I was only able to catch the first half of the Bomber game, and…that was more than enough, thankyouverymuch.

That’s generally been my opinion, too - two great tastes that likely wouldn’t taste great together.

But for the sake of arguing with myself, they were able to make the SNW/LD crossover work, and that arguably has just as much tonal whiplash, if not more, despite the shared setting.

I have no idea what to do with 16 upvotes but just one comment, but screw it, let’s go for it. I’ll put the post up on Sunday morning.

Online, we say that about everything. But maybe!

That ship has decidely sailed, with both franchises on the space rocks at the moment.

I’m guessing this is hinting that they’ll finally be restoring the Klingon War-era “trilogy” of “The Kuvah’Magh”, “City on the Edge of Never”, and “Past Imperfect”.

If true, it will be good to finally restore a lot of Leonard Nimoy’s recorded dialogue.

I strongly disagree with the first three points (not yours, I know) - especially in the TOS era - but I do agree it doesn’t quite feel the way I want it to.

That Sybock thing demands follow-up, for sure.

They just have to make sure none of the eventual TOS cast meet him…

I think it’s Celia Gooding in unusual makeup, but how fun would it be to give Spock some Burnham closure?