tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post1864135808183374976..comments2024-03-28T15:33:02.296-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: Doctor Who: World Enough and TimeBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-67167617210073265882023-05-17T09:00:40.201-04:002023-05-17T09:00:40.201-04:00I do like this one overall, but I have 1 minor com...I do like this one overall, but I have 1 minor complaint and one big one. The big one is; why are they are this gigantic ship, and not on Mondas? I really don't get that at all. They use its size for some time tricks, but it felt like a very odd choice, that actually hampered the story a bit for me.<br /><br />The minor one it that I'm pretty sure Cybermen can convert almost any humanoid , and not just humans, so the setup for Bill being shot felt very contrived. Now I know Doctor Who continuity is a hot mess at best, but this still irked me, and as I really like Bill, I was not happy she got shot like that.<br /><br />That being said, this is still good stuff. I loved the banter with the TARDIS crew and Missy, Bill was especially fun here! The descent of the people on board being slowly turned into Cybermen was chilling and when they checked the switch the nurse used to simply turn down the volume of the patient in pain, it was a very dark and grim realization, but also felt very real.Morellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08852528242739450099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-5572739544088727212018-09-08T16:56:02.981-04:002018-09-08T16:56:02.981-04:00Emmelien Breeman -- FYI, Paul Kelly is no longer w...Emmelien Breeman -- FYI, Paul Kelly is no longer with us, and J.D. Balthazar, who reviewed the last Christmas episode ("Twice Upon a Time") will be taking over coverage of <i>Doctor Who</i> this October. J.D. doesn't include casting spoilers or article discussion in his reviews. I hope this helps. Thanks for your comment.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.douxreviews.com/2017/12/doctor-who-twice-upon-time.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.douxreviews.com/2017/12/doctor-who-twice-upon-time.html</a>Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-25615427187930001582018-09-08T16:47:40.455-04:002018-09-08T16:47:40.455-04:00While I totally understand that it would be very d...While I totally understand that it would be very difficult to write reviews with spoilers tags, I would also be a very happy reader if you made that work somehow. I'm not from the UK either and bingewatch Doctor Who on Netflix, so much later than the original airing. I intentionally don't look at anything that has to do with it unless I'm completely caught up with the rest of the world. I love reading your reviews as they give much more depth to the experience of watching, but they often spoil things for me that I was trying to avoid. Thanks for writing them anyway, but please do give it another thought!Emmelienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13433790861178906453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-26912614575829423812017-09-22T10:04:09.727-04:002017-09-22T10:04:09.727-04:00Honestly, Shruti, I've agonised over this. I u...Honestly, Shruti, I've agonised over this. I understand completely people who go into series cold, eschewing all promotional material, and refusing to watch each and every 'Next Week On'. I watch some shows like that myself. But <i>Doctor Who</i> I don't, and realistically I can't see how I could do any differently. If the show puts out promotional material showing Daleks, then when an episode airs that has a whiff of the dastardly pepperpots, I'm going to make the obvious connection. I can't do much else, and I don't really want to put it across as my own genius, when the information was revealed by the powers that be. <br /><br />Take as a benign example a companion leaving/returning. It's usually announced well in advance of a season airing, but our knowledge of it is often essential to the tension of the season. We're forever looking out for it, which means the writers can throw fake-outs at us as part of the fun, making us believe that it's going to happen before, later, or in a different way than we imagined. It becomes part of the game. <br /><br />I'm not even sure that 'promotional spoiler' is a useful term, as it's just promotion. It's the stuff they're telling us is going to happen, usually to whet our appetites. I tend to think of spoilers as the stuff they don't want us to know, yet which some idiot leaks. So I'm not sure spoiler tagging things is the best solution, as the things I discuss have usually been officially sanctioned. Simm announced that he'd be returning, the <i>Doctor Who</i> Website reported on it, and it was visually part of the final sequence of episode one. Whether rightly or wrongly, they <i>wanted</i> us to know this information.<br /><br />So whilst I appreciate your comment, I'm not sure what I can do differently. This season, part of the promotional bumf was that Bill would leave, and that both Missy and the Master would return. I discuss these things repeatedly throughout my reviews, particularly as they pertain to story elements, and I don't know how organic crushing everything into one paragraph would be, how it would effect the flow of the review, nor how spoiler tagging everything would effect the reading experience of those who <i>are</i> aware of what's happening on the show. It just seems unnecessarily restrictive all round.<br /><br />But I get it. I wish they hadn't done it. I wish I'd gone into the season cold too. But the <i>Doctor Who</i> gods decided this isn't what they wanted, and I'm forced to deal with what they they gave us and how they gave it, imperfect though it probably was.Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35597892266520524632017-09-22T07:28:24.649-04:002017-09-22T07:28:24.649-04:00First of Paul loving you reviews... Discovered it ...First of Paul loving you reviews... Discovered it this season and adds a lot of dimension for me.<br />But I agree with jenallday, please try to atleast put a spoiler tag before you discuss them in a paragraph so people like us can move to the next para. I am not in UK and avoid all promo material. If you warn that you are going to discuss promotional spoilers, we can continue enjoying your reviews without fear of being spoilt.<br />My two pennies..shrutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862890275665679094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-22406026637377848982017-08-01T05:41:20.654-04:002017-08-01T05:41:20.654-04:00I certainly understand that this was a show sancti...I certainly understand that this was a show sanctioned spoiler and what with the mystery in the vault it would have been difficult to avoid bringing it up in reviews. <br /><br />I just wanted to mention it because it's actually quite possible for some people to miss these casting announcements, particularly new viewers who are perhaps years behind and binging and reading reviews as they go. <br /><br />Was just a thought I wanted to throw out, not a criticism, I really enjoy the reviews! jenalldayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124491991732633795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-30784796805505998072017-08-01T05:32:18.177-04:002017-08-01T05:32:18.177-04:00I'm not sure what you ask is feasible, jenalld...I'm not sure what you ask is feasible, jenallday. I mentioned Simm's Master in episode one because the information had been released via official channels prior to the season airing, Simm had publicly confirmed it, and it was teased in the 'Coming Soon' segment at the end of episode one. It was impossible to miss, and was part of the show hype. <br /><br />I understand that some people like to go into a season cold, ignoring social media, and avoiding all spoilers, and although I prefer not to be spoiled myself, official spoilers seem like fair game. I don't see how I can avoid them, bar never going near a computer, and once I <i>do</i> know them, how can I comment on something happening on the show without referring to them? Should I pretend not to know? Or not comment at all on some pivotal event, knowing full well the likely solution, and that virtually everyone else watching knows too?<br /><br />It <i>was</i> a bummer not to be surprised at Simm's return, but that's the fault of the press, the BBC, and John Simm. Revealing all is how they chose to roll. Honestly, I think it was a mistake, but it is what it is.Paul Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01979646022056755322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-40852869341884302332017-08-01T03:51:22.171-04:002017-08-01T03:51:22.171-04:00I hope you'll consider not discussing spoilers...I hope you'll consider not discussing spoilers and future casting in the reviews. I don't watch the previews and don't live in the UK so the spoiler that Simm's Master would reappear this season came from the episode 1 review, and it was a bummer to not be surprised. <br /><br />It was easy enough not to read any more reviews until I'd finished the season because I was behind this year. But when I go back to watching live I'd like to read along as I usually do. jenalldayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124491991732633795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-10934047853800327992017-07-07T15:17:10.984-04:002017-07-07T15:17:10.984-04:00I'm sure there will be a regeneration in he ne...I'm sure there will be a regeneration in he next episode. Te Master's regeneration and maybe he will also try to use some of that energy on the Doctor, just for fun and that's what the 1st escene shows. Typical fake-out. But then again, all the snow suggests christmas. Patrykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13662838711958747484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-29691175521215090332017-06-26T15:58:47.631-04:002017-06-26T15:58:47.631-04:00So glad I wasn't the on;y one to make the Zath...So glad I wasn't the on;y one to make the Zathras connection! And no, I didn't work out who he was for quite some time.Otherwyrldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506842114953905519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-29398815048886408782017-06-26T09:29:30.942-04:002017-06-26T09:29:30.942-04:00I haven't checked yet. Is the next episode cal...I haven't checked yet. Is the next episode called "Genesis of the Cybermen" or "The Two Masters"?TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.com