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From: John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Doctor Who: Joy to the World
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:29:24 +0000
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In message <vknfis$3tmhq$2@dont-email.me>, The True Doctor 
<agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> writes
>On 26/12/2024 15:40, Hornplayer9599 wrote:
>> On 12/26/2024 09:04, Blueshirt wrote:
>>> Festive fun with the 15th Doctor...and plenty of schmaltz.
>>>
>>> "Joy to the World" is probably one of the 15th Doctor's
>>> strongest stories (so far) in terms of the actual story, with
>>> Ncuti's performance being just right for this heart-warming
>>> festive episode.
>>  Yes this was, on the whole, a solid story.  That being said, I'm not
>
>Solid in like leaking like a sieve as if it were written by a 4 year 
>old child that thinks a sieve being made of solid materials can hold 
>water.
>
>> expecting the best Who stories to take place during the Christmas 
>>episodes...but this was a good one.
>>
>
>The least you can expect is for them to adhere to the basic laws of 
>physics including conservation of energy, gravitation, nuclear physics, 
>and not deliberately create unresolvable paradoxes and just brush them 
>of because the writer is a total retard that thinks the entre audience 
>is stupid.
<snip>

I think Doctor Who has been fantasy with some science fictional 
trappings, rather than science fiction, for a long time now. No, the 
plot didn't make a lot of sense, but I still enjoyed the episode, 
especially for the dialogue, which was the wittiest we've had in DW for 
a very long time. And it was lifted by a superb performance by Steph de 
Whalley, whom I'd previously never heard of, as Anita.
-- 
John Hall
                "I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly,
                 will hardly mind anything else."
                                            Dr Samuel Johnson (1709-84)