The best palindromic music group.
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I messaged my mate who Iām seeing the finale with that Iām sorry in advance for being a mess at the Susan/Doctor reuniting scene that weāll inevitably get.
And I said Iāll be even worse if they do somehow reference BF
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Dancing Queen,Gimme Gimme such bangers
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That was rough
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I feel like I got scammed.
Thatās all I have to say about the episode and its plot.
I like Redacted, Iām yet to listen to The Good Doctor, but thisā¦ Was another Torchwood: Dollhouse. 
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Hey I like that one!
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Iām glad. I enjoyed Dollhouse alot more than this episode, even if I do think itās one of her most disappointing stories.
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I do like Archie Panjabi, i thought she ate the scene up. maybe the bigeneration separated the Rani into her dom and sub sides lol
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We canāt randomly guess the rani for the villian now. Um I guess that means every new mysterious character has to be the meddling monk or a evil Romana now.
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I donāt trust RTD with The Monk, i will only accept him on tv played by Rufus Hound or Matt Berry
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True thatās veryā¦ WHAT WILL WE DO?!?
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Canāt even be Susan now either
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Hmm. I think there was some great stuff in that episode ā the opening with the audience being sucked out to space was absolutely incredible! What a wonderfully dark, shocking start to the episode.
Most of the rest of the story was the most traditional Who weāve had this season. I thought Belinda was characterised very well (up until the end, which others in the thread have talked about).
I really disliked the direction they took with the villains. Can the āoppressed minority with a vital and prescient political point to make ā except theyāre also a SUPER VILLAIN who wants to KILL TRILLIONS!ā trope please, please just die already? That and the Doctor torturing him so violently made me extremely uncomfortable and left an awful taste in my mouth.
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Regarding the ending:
SUSAN!!! SUSAN!!! And the Rani too I guess. But SUSAN HI!!!
And the TARDIS being blown up at the end reminded me of The Mind Robber!
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Gee, I did not see the torture scene at all lol. I should go back and look, but Idk if I care that much to bother.
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This is clearly a foreshadowā¦
Susan came back, the Rani came back, and nowā¦
The scrapped Torchwood ABBA musical episode will finally happen! 
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we can change the joke from āthis woman is obviously Raniā to "listen to me, now they really are in land of fiction (tv show)
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So glad I did not see any of the leaks because oh my god Susan! I was very happy to see her again. I share the opinion that the political elements felt a little too muddled to me. The episode itself was a bit underwhelming but I thought the side characters were great, especially the gay couple. I thought Belinda was a little too forgiving about the whole torture thing, I think it would have been really cohesive if after the Doctorās remark about her liking traveling with him to have that contrast of her being reminded who he can be. And then the Rani! Not a fan of Bigeneration being used again (please let it die RTD) but was not expecting that at all. Iāve got to start trusting the crackpot theorizing which random classic villain is coming back because people seem to be right on the money for these past couple season finales /j
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Just woooooooooow. Awesome episode. That shot of the crowd being pulled into spaceā¦ legendary. Seeing how the Doctor and Belinda act when separated, with Belinda thinking sheās trapped and the Doctor going cold. Campy yet dark, funny yet horrifying, this is Doctor Who. Juno Dawson knows how to cook.
ok. Susan. Was that a psychic event? Was that the Doctor on the edge of death waking up? Is Susan in the TARDIS? Hiding? Will she have survived the genocide of the Time Lords because she was on Earth? It would be awesome if she bigenerated and the new Susan was the companion for S3.
Speaking of bigenerationā¦
The Rani. No way. No [REDACTED] way. RTD himself could have told me thatās who she was and I still wouldnāt have believed him. No way.
Awesome.
Prediction for the Finale based on this episode
I think the Rani destroyed the Earth in the same way that the Master destroyed Gallifrey. The Doctor will have to find a way to undo it and save Earth, which will then allow either him or the Rani to do the same thing for Gallifrey. Whatever theyāve got planned. Iām excited.
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Did anyone notice the Zygon new habitat mentioned? I guess thatās where all the Zygons on earth go. Solved in the 2900s lol
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Exactly this, yes. Add to that the regrettable propensity for people to love piling on anyone remotely different from them and you have the perfect conditions for race hate against the Helians.
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