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I'm just curious...is there any interest in discussing DW episodes in a startrek.website community?

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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I'm just curious...is there any interest in discussing DW episodes in a startrek.website community?

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Really, what is the Doctor if not an astronaut, on some kind of star trek?

[–] askryan@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

I'm down, I'm super excited for the new series and who knows when Prodigy will air

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Sure, love them both. Really liked Jodie but the writing was sub-par in her series

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I really hope this new Doctor is good because 12 and 13 were kind of crap.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh boy, I cannot get behind that Capaldi slander.

The Chibnall/Whittaker era...I don't think they're are many people who would say it's their favourite, but there were at least a few pretty good installments in there.

[–] askryan@startrek.website 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how you could get past Capaldi's first series and not see what an incredible Doctor he is.

I tried so hard to like things in the Chibnall era –– I was so excited when Whittaker was cast and I think she did the best she could -- but after reading Elizabeth Sandifer's evisceration of the Chibnall ethos in her piece on Kerblam! (which I think also applies to ENT, tbh) I think I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not really going to get there.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 6 months ago

At the same time, "Demons of the Punjab" is probably a top 10 episode for me, I really love it.

"It Takes You Away" is delightfully weird, the New Years specials are generally pretty solid, "Fugitive of the Judoon" is pretty good even though the greater arc-stuff is not, and I have good memories of "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" and "Can You Hear Me?" even though I haven't revisited them since the first run.