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On Sun, 5 May 2024 01:47:39 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
wrote:

>shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 5 May 2024 02:48:51 -0400, Robin Miller
>> <robin.miller@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Wednesday, May 8
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Streaming:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dark Matter      [new]        (12:01 am, Apple TV+)
>>> 
>>> Adapted from Blake Crouch's acclaimed 2016 page-turner by the author 
>>> himself, Apple's sci-fi thriller centers on a Chicago physicist (Joel 
>>> Edgerton) who finds himself kidnapped and taken into a parallel 
>>> universe. There, he must find a way back to his own timeline to reunite 
>>> with his wife and son. Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga, and Jimmi Simpson 
>>> also star. The first two (of nine) episodes stream today, with the rest 
>>> released once weekly through June 26.
>> 
>> Sounds interesting but I was so hoping it was a return of the SyFy
>> series of the same name.
>> 
>>> In Limbo       [new to US; complete season 1]         (12:01 am, Hulu)
>>> 
>>> Nate (Bob Morley) is happy-go-lucky, with a good job and a loving 
>>> family. So, when he commits suicide, his best friend Charlie (Ryan Corr) 
>>> is hit by a wrecking ball of grief. The only thing harder than losing 
>>> Nate is when he returns the next day as a ghost! Nate's stuck in limbo 
>>> and needs Charlie's help in righting some wrongs before he can cross 
>>> into the afterlife. 2023 Australian series; six half-hour episodes.
>>> 
>> 
>>> Invasive      (movie)        (3:01 am, Tubi)
>>> 
>>> A young woman secretly residing in a billionaire’s lavish mansion 
>>> stumbles upon dark secrets, sparking a desperate fight for survival. 
>>> Listed in Tubi's press release for May, but no other information appears 
>>> to be available.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Doctor Who         (season 14 premiere)         (7 pm, Disney+)
>>> 
>>> Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa is the Fifteenth Doctor as the long-running 
>>> British sci-fi series moves to Disney+ (outside of the UK) for its 14th 
>>> season. (Note that, per Russell T. Davies, the BBC and Disney consider 
>>> this season one of a "new" series.) He'll be joined by new companion 
>>> Ruby Sunday, played by Millie Gibson, though only for one season on a 
>>> solo basis—she'll be joined by Varada Sethu in season 15. Two episodes 
>>> stream today, followed by one per week each Friday.
>>> 
>> 
>> So it is finally returning. Let's see just how this reboot turns out.
>> I wasn't so happy with the Christmas episode and with RTD's push for
>> DEI but hopefully he can counter that with good stories as he's shown
>> he is capable of writing them.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks Robin.
>> 
>
>OK, that’s interesting. Is the companion being replaced or augmented?

She is getting replaced. We don't know if she had signed on for one
season or if they ended up deciding she needed to be replaced after
that first season. Given that they are going from a blonde white woman
to a person of color it may tie back to that DEI focus, but I haven't
seen any firm information on just why the replacement is happening.
Though, truthfully, I haven't looked for any Doctor Who information
for months since I watched the Christmas episode.