I think I understand why now.

The old titles they could have a dramatic cut into from an intriguing cold open.

With these new ones, they have quite a silent and gradual start so it would look odd smash cutting from a cold open to those.

Not dangerous, it just can't be done.

But that's two villains we've had out of three episodes vanish/teleport elsewhere.

An arc is forming. :think:

The crap pop song, I'm led to believe, is one of the songs used by the Black Lives Matter campaign.

So... Shobna Gulati is playing

Um what's wrong with Shobna?

Doesn't make it any less crap or out of place in a Doctor Who episode.

She was an associate of Dr King, who preached for nonviolence, so they'd probably both be against BLM anyway.

Not really unless you're talking at college/uni level which is deceptive since that would only be available to people opting to do history courses in those subjects. My experience in history at school were of the Vikings, Anglo Saxons, Greeks and Romans and then English history and then I dropped it in year 9 but I know people who went on to do it in Year 10 and 11 just focused on WW2. I don't think American History is ever really covered at the level of history that most students will experience in school.

Like everything I've come to know about US history, it's come from the internet and other sources. I've known of Rosa Parks for years but I can't recall many other UK people knowing of her.

BLM isn't violent, as ever it's the white people on Fox News that focus on extremes to tar a whole movement because they are scared of black people. Most BLM protests are peaceful and you don't hear of them because the kind of media that often covers them want the protest to erupt into violence so they can do their 'look at these violent black people' sctick

I'm surprised you think that, Dezzy. I'm certain I learnt a bit about American History throughout school, and I think those who are intentionally not ignorant know who Rosa Parks is. I'm confident enough to suggest that I would've been able to explain who she was at Primary School age. Though, there were a few things I wasn't aware of before watching the show (that she was a seamstress, knew Martin Luther King, etc.)

Anyway, I'm absolutely in love with this series. I think Jodie is absolutely fantastic, and I'm fond of all the companions. I think it's a really nice mix. The cinematography is spectacular, and I've enjoyed all three episodes very much. I haven't been able to sit through a Doctor Who episode since S5 (or the 50th special if you count that), so I'm extremely happy that my love for the show has resurfaced. I think Chibnall and everyone else are doing a really good job, there's a sense of excitement and intrigue with each episode, and I like the fact that there isn't an over-riding need to overcomplicate things like before.

I was looking forward to Rosa and it didn't disappoint. Fantastic from start to finish.

Maybe the curriculum has changed in the 12 years since I left school but I've personally never heard of American history being covered in anything other than College and Uni courses related to it. I had to learn everything I know about US history off my own back.

I'd be all for changing the curriculum if it hasn't changed since I was in school. I'd have taken history as an option had it covered more than it did.

I learned about Rosa Parks in primary school lol. I thought her story was common knowledge but I've seen quite a few people on twitter etc saying they've never heard of her

Clip from the next episode

Holy ****

It's so weird to think that series 10 was getting sub 3m overnight for some episodes and now it's on par with the revival series :love:

My GCSE History was all about American History :laugh:

We learnt about her at school.
No, UK schools don't cover much American History, but Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks I imagine are two of the biggest figures that at least get a mention.

It wasn't out of place, it was directly linked to the subject matter of the episode.

"Out of place in Doctor Who" is a meaningless statement as its a show that completely changes its tone, genre and style from one week to the next.

I, for one, am glad the show has remembered it's not just about space travel and fighting, but also about time travel. So getting an episode set in the past with the sci-fi/alien aspect toned right down is recapturing an aspect of Doctor Who we haven't seen in a while IMO.

I don't think she was very good in Corrie.

It's not really the first time Doctor Who has used a real world song either

She is definitely getting better and better. Very good scene.

I'm probably super slow at realising this, but aside from 'The Parting of Ways' all of the regeneration episodes have 'Time' in the title
-The End of Time
-Time of the Doctor
-Twice Upon a Time

Ugh honestly I wish Yaz was the only companion this year, she's miles better than the other two!

I forgot to mention, one thing I hate is the new time rotor.

Like if they wanted it to be a crystal, they could've had it like amber with a light glowing within it. But the crystal moving up and down like some fetish dildo looks awful. Really bad.

I really don't like the look of the crystals, they look really cheaply done

Yeah, the idea is great but the execution is poor.

It's the white look of them, and how they have a light source inside of them, they make me think more of Blackpool Illuminations than of giant space crystals.

I'm starting to get an idea of what kind of Doctor Thirteen is now, I've noticed several times she's seemed more vulnerable and has more self doubt that the recent ones. She also seems more human like the Tenth Doctor, but without the inflated ego.

Oh man. I watched the most recent episode last night

It honestly was one of the most powerful things I personally have seen on telly for a while

The ones saying rosa parks isn't taught that much in UK schools your sort of right, I had heard of her but didn't know the full story. So not only was it a powerful touching episode it was also an educational one

It was a very different take on an episode of Doctor who as it wasn't to do with aliens it was to do with making sure things run how they were supposed to(it felt more like an episode of timeless than doctor who but a lot better)

Those end scenes though had me in tears. It was really powerful I felt and when the Andra Day song played that left me Speechless for a good while after even seeing the asteroid was a beautiful moment too

All in all it was fantastic

I also felt it was to silence the whole the doctor can't be a woman speeches that are still going on. It made me feel guilty for being one of those people because why shouldn't a woman be the doctor. I think Jodie herself has silenced people anyway because she has been really great so far she is my 3rd favourite doctor at the moment

1 David
2 Matt
3 Jodie

But she has potential to overstep Matt for me. I hated Matt at first but grew to love him, whereas it's only been a few episodes and I have loved Jodie so the more the series goes on i think she will overtake him. But noone will ever beat David Tennant for me it's not possible...

spiders :flutter:

White supremacist James Dean impersonators from the future :flutter:

who sounds russian in their name, Krasko :laugh:


but we won't see him again, unless the doctor goes to the 17th century :fan:

I wouldn't be surprised if he came back later for revenge. They could make some rubbish up, like Time Agents have an SOS device for if their Vortex Manipulators get damaged, so he went back to the agency and got a new one, and was seeking out the Doctor to pay her back.

I avoid spoilers so I don't know or want to know at this point, but I think it's possible.

could be possible yeah, but he did lose all of his equipment, right

:think:

oh lol i now realized they sent Krasko to the same time zone where they also sent his equipment/weapons to :o

:hehe:

A Captain Jack return wouldn't really work considering Jack is ageless and John Barrowman certainly isn't

But I could see his character being recast :think:
I almost thought they had on the last episode... until I realized it was just a big racist twat lol

Also... really loving this new series :flutter:

Doesn't Jack actually age though? But like really, really slowly? It could be a much older Jack

Oh yeah I think he does actually, didn’t they hint to him being the Face of Boe

Yeah, he's immortal but he will age.

I suppose like Cassandra he'll adapt over time. :laugh:

so perched for this tonight :love:

Loving this!