Hey Kalath,

I was re-reading the underwater episode, and I am so impressed with the tightness of the RP between Sereth and Trav. They were a mighty duo. It feels just like a great Dr Who episode. You did an amazing job.

I really want Blue Traveller to meet Sereth.

The game here has had some of the best RP I've had. Only other one that challenges it was a GM who was very good at making even more rule-based game be about RP more than rules. Sereth I remember more fondly true; but was rereading the Kalath games lately, and that has some awesome stuff in it as well.

She was great as well. I wish that Kalath and Trav had more time!

Did you folks see Ncuti Gatwa's 14th Doctor outfit? I really like it!

https://www.inverse.com/entert...w-doctor-who-costume

Better than 9, 10, 12. Not sure about 11 and haven't seen thirteenth doctor yet.

I am though horribly annoyed at Gatwa being the 15th doctor officially.

Are you annoyed that it's Gatwa, or are you annoyed that he's numerically the 15th?

I think having Tennant around for 3 specials is kinda sus.

I have no evidence of this but it feels like another swing at "please don't hate me for wiping Donna Noble's mind."

Would have preferred to go straight to Gatwa, myself, as "not written by Chris Chibnall" was going to be worth the price of admission all by itself for me.  But I guess RTD felt that a splash was necessary and the splashier, the better.

Isnt Davies doing the specials? The news was that after Series 13 he was leaving with Jodie.

I thought Davies was the full showrunner going forward.

It's such an ugly move. First, it makes Jodie Whittaker's Doctor look so poor (and Chibnall already handled her so poorly) that RTD has to come back and rewind four Doctors to the most popular one. He wouldn't show Tennant in Whittaker's costume (which is hardly feminine), which loses a sense of handover and continuity and Whittaker's legitimacy, and he's resetting the series to how it was in his era when he left, which effectively dismisses all that followed him. He looks like he doesn't trust that Gatwa can be introduced on his own terms, but needs a handover from Tennant himself. But between Chibnall and the prospect of Davies 2.0, I really have no hope for liking this. I know I'll watch the first episode, but after that, I'll probably give up completely. Gatwa's most likely going to be another Tennant-type Doctor, which I'm sick of.

I'm going to be cautiously hopeful, because I originally thought that both Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi were going to be awful, and they were amazing. I just hope Davies doesn't pull a George Lucas on us.

Bringing back Tennant may have been the only way Bad Wolf productions could have sold the show to the BBC

Regarding 'rewinding' Dr Who - I don't think Davies will do that. But I do wonder how Davies will deal with the legacies that Chibnall and Moffat have left him - River Song, The Timeless Child, Me, and so on.

In the Traveller fake franchise history, I like to think that COVID and Michelle Yeoh's schedule put the show on indefinite hiatus and the journeys of the 6th Traveller and her companions are being depicted in comics, anime, novels, videogames and of course RPG supplements. I mean, considering what a big hit the 5th Traveller sourcebook was, it makes sense!

The announcement of a settlement between Harmony Gold and Tatsunoko have fans clamoring for a Robotech/Macross-Traveller crossover. Rumors of a new series of 2nd Traveller OVAs by Satelight (the producers of Macross Frontier and Macross Delta) abound. Trav Fandom freaked out when the 2nd and 5th Travellers appeared as NPCs in Super Robot Wars 30, in the RIFTS downloadable DLC! Voiced dialogue from the actors who play Stanley, Smoke Alarm, Sereth and Amanda is included as the player and their league of giant robots face the Krayloss empire and the Master. The interactions between the 5th Traveller and mecha heroes like Koji Kabuto (Mazinger Z) and Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam) are said to be gold, done by Blake Lively!

Yeah, I realised after I posted I didn't make it clear. My issue is that Gatwa should be the fourteenth. Putting aside for a moment the argument about whether bringing back Tennant is good or not (Gatwa is filming the Barbie movie and publicity for that; so may not have had time to be the main Doctor by the 60th), calling Tennant Mark 2 the actual fourteenth doctor is horrific, in my view.

For me, overall, I haven't enjoyed the modern series, and I now watch it more because my partner and child like it rather than any need to see the next installment. I have not been enamored of RTD's desire to be a romantic hero; and so for me the best era was Smith. Capaldi was pretty good in that regard for most of his run; and it's easier to ignore hints in regards to Capaldi/Clara than it was for RTD-era Doctors. Also not thrilled with RTD's hints that he wants to do a multiverse - and not being able to watch it anymore on ABC hurts, as I don't want to pay for Disney streaming service considering I'm not really into much of what they currently do.

So whilst I am enjoying the fact that more people get to enjoy Doctor Who, I am more looking forward to my new(ish) copy of the Abominable Snowmen DVD than any future stories, and that is disappointing. I'm even watching Trial of a Timelord at the moment.

Its OK not to like pieces of a franchise. I'm not a fan of every piece of Gundam or Star Trek, for example, and lets not go into my complicated relationships with World of Darkness or Star Wars. I checked out for about half of Jodie's run, and I'm holding my breath as far as RTD goes. If Rusty blows this, then it will kill Who on TV for 10 years.

Well, Michelle Yeoh being the Traveller makes absolute sense in the world of the imaginary franchise. She certainly earned her Oscar. In my headfanon, her two seasons on Always Time to Travel certainly informed her stunning performance in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Of course, Trav Fandom is losing it's collective shit, with Blake Lively sending out congratulatory Tik Toks to Michelle, saluting with a fedora.
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We should sue Marvel for IP infringement. Purple Kangs are NOT best! Kang is a time traveller. We know who he stole that move from!


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Hope everyone is well. Chuti Gatwa was fun in the Barbie film. It's a great fun film that you should check out!

So, what are thoughts on the Star Beast?

Probably would have enjoyed it more without knowing the basic twist around Beep the Meep going into it.

Everything related to Donna and RTD making a fix-fic out of the stuff that people have been criticizing him for since 2008... I get the impulse for it, and at least the basic idea of why remembering didn't immediately kill her was clever enough.  But it's not something that I was really thrilled to revisit, and my overall response is "Okay, now can we just be done with this?"

Overall, I think I'd rather have launched straight into the Fifteenth Doctor.  Anniversary, shmanniversary, I'd like to see Doctor Who just be good instead of ceaselessly celebrating how good it has been.

Beep the Meep is my only reason for watching this; otherwise, I likely won't even bother. I didn't enjoy the RTD era the first time around, so I just don't want to put up with it all over again. With the same showrunner, same Doctor, and same companion, this is the most backwards-looking the series has even been (as well as an RTD vanity piece) – like it or not, that's not a good place for the series to be.

You know in these parts I usually boost the revival, since that's what brought me in full force to Who fandom. However, I see the Tennant specials as greasing the wheels for Ncuti Gatwa.

The plot was beyond stupid, and the writing was lame, but Tate and Tennant were charming, all the same, and I enjoyed it despite myself.
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Shirley Anne Bingham was however a treat. I hope we see more of her.

I think Smoke Alarm would have sniffed out the Meep in like 30 seconds. "Into the trash chute!"

I found "Into the wild blue yonder" a much better written episode than "The Star Beast". It had real heartfelt character development between the Doctor and Donna, had a clever premise, and referenced Flux, which wasn't that bad. I love it when the current Doctor references and has to deal with the fallout of problems of prior Doctors, like when 6Th Trav had to deal with the impact of 5th's sacrifice and her new relationship with the Cheetah virus.

And I love the new TARDIS.

Don't we have a spoiler thread somewhere? Me and my family haven't seen any episodes yet since Capaldi regenerated.

I thought this was it!