She was one of the parts of this episode I enjoyed!
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So looking at these side-by-side and Iām trying to determine whether itās the difference in camera quality or whether 13 is not wearing any makeup here in RW (which is such a cool detail). But I also canāt really tell if sheās wearing makeup during her run either. I donāt wear it myself, but itās acc nice if this is the case and Iām not just hallucinating
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Also, minor tangent here, but Iām really happy my theory as to who the big bad of the season was came (half) true
With the Toymaker being a 60s villain and Sutekh being a 70s villain I was certain s2ās villain would be one from the 80s. And I was right!
ā¦although I was certain itād be Fenric or the Black Guardian, not the Rani and Omega (who is technically an 80s villain). Maybe next season, eh
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Honestly, yeah, Millieās been great. No matter what I think about the companion, she plays her well, and is good as the lead without the Doctor, too.
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Nah they never said theyād all be bigenerations, just that it was happening because of their sterility. So perhaps just an increased chance of it.
It also pretty much blasts out the water the idea of bigenerations being a loop where eventually the older one will become the newer one down the line at the end of their life. If the purpose of a bigeneration is to procreate, then a loop wouldnāt make that happen.
It does however suggest that 14 and Mrs. Flood can regenerate, because how else would bigenerating help create new time lords?
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Sheās definitely wearing less makeup than during her run but I donāt think its none
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Thatās so cool though. I just wish it was more normalized.
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But is that really what this show should be doing? Doing stunt casting and nostalgia bait so the show can SEEM like itās still popular and thriving?
I get where youāre coming from that somebody is better than nobodyā¦ really this was kind of a lose-lose situation considering thereās no official stance on whether the show is continuing or not.
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I mean, like it or not, itās gonna get attention. And as Iāve said, if they were to get anyone, Piper is a great pick because of her ties to the show and Bad Wolf (of course, then we get into the discussion about whether a new creative team is neccesary or not, which frankly Iām too exhausted to get into rn).
Itās a little bit nostalgia baity, yes. But I have faith that itāll pan out well. We know the showās continuing with or without Disney, and Iām more excited about seeing what Piperās take on the character will be like than I am concerned about the showās future.
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Aye I respect the optimism man. Like I said I totally get where youāre coming from with all that.
I think Iām just personally frustrated that this show can be doing so much more. Something more interesting. Something actually fresh and yet just does all this artificial hype.
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Ey, with the world we live in you gotta be optimistic when you can lol. I get where youāre coming from. RTD1 was my favourite era so I guess Iām just happy to be getting more of what I loved, but I can see why thatās not the case for a lot of people haha
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I agree with this. Iām trying to keep an open mind, because me being angry wonāt change the casting, and it could be great, but I wish it was doing something new. I was really looking forward to what they would do with the next incarnation of the doctor, because there are are so many opportunities, but I am so disappointed that they went with this
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I also will admit that Iām furious that I just saw my favorite Doctor in recent years go out in a (personally) really bad and dirty way.
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Itās a Reality War and this was just one battle, so much of that didnāt happen, or at least not quite the way we think it did. Maybe?
Whatever comes next, now that the episode has had time to settle in my fevered brain, I would say that, for me, many of the highs and lows others have mentioned are valid, although the lows are likely not quite as low. I absolutely adored the highs, but I suppose first impressions are that it was on par with most other NuWho finales - better than a couple, perhaps, worse than a fewā¦not sure what Iād score it (maybe 7.5 or 8/10), but I can certainly see why others might either love it or loathe it.
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I did think at one point that we were now in the Doctorās wish, rather then Conradāsā¦
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I remember my stomach sinking in the cinema when he mentioned loving this faceā¦ I was so convinced s3 would be 15, Ruby, and Belinda looking for Poppy. But then again, there is something so very Doctory about him sacrificing his own life to alter reality just so one life - one random life that hadnāt even existed prior to May 24th - could keep going. Thatās how I see it anyway 
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Precisely, and then our screens broke and we ended upā¦there, wherever that was.
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When they were emphasising that poppy was real or whatever, I kept thinking of Donna in silence of the library/forest of the dead. Her kids werenāt real then either, and that had a very different outcomeā¦
(I know the specifics and context are different, but I was still reminded of it)
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Oh yeah nah on paper, 15 sacrificing his life like that makes sense. Itās great even.
In execution thoā¦ mmmmmmm. Me personally, wack as hell.
But aye still love Who, never gonna stop loving it even if Iām really tempted not to bother watching the rest ofā¦ whatever it is RTD is āplanningā
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Okay, a thought just occurred: wouldnāt it be a trip if RTD was pulling a reverse Six and, instead of Baker having to act like he was still The Doctor until the news could officially break, Ncuti is not, in fact, leaving, but has to pretend like he is due to the show going on hiatus for a year or two, but in-universe the Reality War is still ongoing, the Daleks catch wind of it, and Ncuti has to return to fight them, possibly at the end of a third season?
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