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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Mickmane" Newsgroups: uk.media.tv.sf.drwho,rec.arts.drwho Subject: Re: Docotr Who S15/S2 - Ep1: The Robot Revolution Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:30:00 +0200 Organization: news.kruemel.org Lines: 83 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: individual.net Ssom9ugA9maFufs7mHdTiA02MULralGiQgHCrR4sRe/102CO4= X-Orig-Path: news.kruemel.org!.POSTED.p57954670.dip0.t-ipconnect.de!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:gDeRSr5eKRyyprwP4epqK25T9wk= sha256:nAtK3BK+3//oYgh6amUI9m6M/N54T+sSTm4ioZsqe6o= Injection-Info: postamt.kruemel.org; posting-host="p57954670.dip0.t-ipconnect.de:87.149.70.112"; logging-data="53580"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@postamt.kruemel.org" User-Agent: OpenXP/5.0.56 (Win32) Bytes: 3806 On 14.04.25, Blueshirt wrote: > Well, here we are at long last...a new season of Doctor Who on > the TV. > My first impressions of "The Robot Revolution" were quite good > all things considering. I found it an interesting episode that > certainly isn't as bad as some people make it out to be. Anyone made it out to be bad? I like it! Apart from Sasha getting killed, and the crying bit. He's supposed to be the recovered one... > In fact, I thought it was a fun romp. "The Robot Revolution" won't > go down as a great Doctor Who episode mind you, but it had its good > moments. Fancy, weird, crazy. Not much running, but overall good! > I've always said that Ncuti Gatwa makes a good 15th Doctor and > despite some dodgy dialogue I thought he put in a good > performance in this episode. The new companion Belinda came > across very well too, she certainly wasn't in awe of the Doctor > like some companions have been... Yes! > in fact, she was quite a no nonsense type of girl. "I am not one > of your adventures" being one of my favourite quotes from this > episode. Yes! > ("Am I Six?" when the Doctor said "Timey-Wimey" being another.) With > the right material the 15th Doctor and Belinda could become a really > good team... if short lived. And, the Doctor and the Nurse. Sounds good to me. > The complaint around a lot of modern Doctor Who episodes being > rushed could be repeated here too as the pace of this episode > was very quick and I assume some stuff was left in the editing > room... stuff with a bit more explanation to some things > especially! Hah. The whole time fracture thing, and how it was resolved... What!? Oh, never mind, it's fun. :) > Belinda's question "Is this your TARDIS" stood out too, so either the > Doctor telling her about the TARDIS was cut or there are bigger things > at play with Belinda and it's all part of her arc. I was just thinking he must have told her off-screen. > Mrs Flood's brief appearance at the start and her 'fourth wall' > breaking comment is clearly foreshadowing something big later on > too.. as her comment was meaningless in regards to this episode. Yeah. Back to who's Mrs Flood theories. > I'm still in the 'she is the Rani' camp. (Rani is an anagram of > rain - too much rain and you get a flood... Seems simple enough, > right? But as we know RTD likes his misdirections and > double-bluffs!) Hm, could be the Rani, but the bit with rain doesn't ring true. > So, not a bad start to this new season and a definite > improvement on last year's opener... What, Space Babies? I like Space Babies! > Overall I'd give "The Robot Revolution" a 6/10 rating. Oh, at least 8/10 from me, let's see how the rest goes before I make up my mind for good. -- Mickmane