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From: solar penguin <solar.penguin@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: S2.6 - THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST
Date: Sun, 18 May 2025 01:04:40 -0000 (UTC)
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The True loon was lost:

> On 18/05/2025 00:58, solar penguin wrote:

You keep forgetting to change it to ‘solar imbecile’. Don’t you
enjoy our banter anymore?

>> The True loon loon left reality and lives in the land of fiction:
>> 
>>> On 17/05/2025 21:02, Theory11 wrote:
>>>> SEASON 2 - EPISODE 6 - THE INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST
>>>> 
>>>> This episode certainly served up a lot to unpack, as Russell Davies
>>>> filled this camp space adventure with almost everything imaginable -
>>>> except, perhaps, the kitchen sink! There was a nostalgic cameo from a
>>>> beloved character in fandom, as well as a surprising twist at the end
>>>> that will spark the two main points of discussion among fans. It also
>>>> sends an important message leading into the season finale: The Doctor is
>>>> not the last of the Time Lords.
>>> 
>>> Wrong! The message that was sent was that Ncuti Gatwa is a sadistic
>>> vindictive psychopath that enjoys inflicting harm on others,
>> 
>> Wrong! Ncuti Gatwa is an actor who does what the script tells
>> him to. Nothing more.
> 
> He should have said no to it like he did to being the UK Eurovision 
> spokesperson after the BBC told him to take down his rainbow flag.
> 

We don’t know for certain that was the reason.

>> 
>>> and he's not a Time Lord and never was,
>> 
>> That’s right. He’s a human. A human actor, playing the role of
>> a Time Lord.
> 
> He's not human in any way. That aspect of him set up in the TVM was 
> erased by Chris Chibnall. He's a monster from another dimension.
> 

Chibnall doesn’t have the power to decide the real-life species
of real-life actors.

>> 
>> Well done. You’ve finally got it.
>> 
>>> he's the Timeless Child monster!
>>> 
>> 
>> Looks like I spoke too soon.
>> 
>> First you accused Jodie Whittaker of genocide, now this.
>> 
>> You must really hate the acting profession.
>> 
> 
> Chibnall and RTD must really hate Doctor Who and the character of the 
> Doctor in order to destroy it.

They certainly seem to hate your interpretation of Doctor Who and
want to destroy that.

> 
>> Meanwhile, I’m still trying to figure out how Rylan survives the
>> end of the world on 24th May. He’ll have to go into suspended
>> animation some time next week, although after tonight’s results,
>> I don’t blame him.
>
> What about the hologram of Graham Norton

Could be the space-future equivalent of deepfake.

> and at least one recording of Making Your Mind Up

I thought that was non-diegetic.

> and the entire history of the Eurovision? How does that escape
> destruction?
> 

We already saw that a lot of objects survived (presumably including
Ryman’s suspended animation pod) drifting in space. Maybe some
recordings survived too.

-- 
solar penguin