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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
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Subject: Re: Doctor Who: S1 Ep.8 Empire of Death
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 19:19:43 +1000
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The Doctor wrote on 23/6/24 10:17 pm:
> In article <xn0onereisgshk2000@post.eweka.nl>,
> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
>> Well, that was a bit of a let-down...
>>
>> Everyone dies... then they don't.
>>
>> The powerful God of Death is defeated in five minutes... by a
>> spoon and tow rope!
>>
>> Bringing death to death = Life. (Huh?)
>>
>> Ruby finds her mother... and she's normal!!! (Well, there's
>> always a twist at the end, right?)
>>
>> Ruby says goodbye... but appears in a 'Sneak Peek' for a future
>> episode in last night's "Doctor Who:Unleashed".
>>
>> Mrs Flood breaks the Fourth Wall, again.
>>
>> All in all, a typical RTD season finale. Nothing makes a lot of
>> sense and the big bad is defeated very quickly after a big build
>> up, leaving more time for family chit-chat and tearful emotional
>> goodbyes of course.
>>
>> Thankfully, based on previous experience my expectations weren't
>> too high for this episode... just as well, as for me it's RTD's
>> worst season finale! I could say a lot more, good and bad, but
>> it's "Doctor Who" not a science documentary. It looked good, and
>> Ncuti was on top form, but think about the plot too much and
>> you'll be scratching your head for the rest of the day.
>>
>> Clearly there are still questions left to be answered after this
>> season... Mrs Flood, the snow (etc.) plus we all know Ruby's
>> story hasn't been fully told yet...
>>
>> Looking back I've probably overrated a couple of episodes and I
>> will amend them at some stage now that I can view S1/S14 as a
>> whole... so bearing in mind that, "Empire of Death" gets a *5/10*
>> from me.
> 
> So out of 10 ?
> 
Can't YOU, Gobble-de-gook, READ??
-- 
Daniel