Oh yes I completely forgot about that!
Makes sense actually as otherwise Belinda would have recognised Poppy at the Barbershop
All just seems a bit messy and rushed for me
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I still stand by that Iād have been infinitely happier if theyād just expanded that to an hour. I loved Jodi in this episode.
She was great in Unleashed, too.
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I have a lot of thoughts about this one. I need to rewatch to solidify them.
I enjoyed lots of it.
But ultimately every plot thread that I cared about went nowhere.
And I am devastated Ncuti left. I was praying the whole time that the leaks were wrong. When he said āI really liked this faceā I knew it was coming.
When 13 turned up I thought ha!! Maybe there is a way out! It was all a fake out!
But no.
The first black and openly queer Doctor left early without even seeing a Dalek or a Cyberman. Iām so gutted.
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Both Jodie and him got regenerated into more popular charactersā¦It feels uncomfortable
It doesnāt make RTDās diversity feel genuine.
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She really, really was. Injected so much energy into it that I realised it had been a fairly staid, toe-the-line show. Jodie comes in and is a big old goofball and even Steffan seemed to come a bit more alive than heās seemed.
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I do note that Ncutiās said:
It demands a lot of you
Itās hard on the knees
But also, my body is tired. Youāve tired me! Youāve tired me and Iām old now and Iām ready to settle down.
Leaving coming from his side wouldnāt surprise me.
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Does anyone know why Ncuti had to leave really? I actually loved 15 so much , I didnāt want him to go at allā¦He deserved one more season 
I was so sure he would stay
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Honestly, itās a case where Unleashed is worth watching just for that segment, if nothing else.
And you get to hear her call the TARDIS interior beautiful there, unlike in the episode.
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How do I rate an episode 0/10?)
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Just watched her segment (not watching the rest; Unleashed isnāt for me) and wow sheās so charming 
Iām more excited than ever for 13DAs now
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Pretty deflated after watching last nights episode. It really felt like RTD couldnāt be bothered to construct a coherent plot which Iām surprised about considering the quality of the series to date.
What has really affected me is the loss of Ncuti after such a short time. He was an excellent Doctor and a superb actor and has left far too soon. It did look like the ending was reworked to include the regeneration especially with the omission of the ādisco ā seen that was issued as a promotional photo by the BBC/Disney. Maybe that was the original ending.
No doubt weāll hear more about his leaving as time passes but in the meantime Iāll celebrate the short time we did have the 15th Doctor
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big breath in
big breath out
Okay.
Now that Iāve given this episode a few hours to marinate in my head, I think Iāve come to a more lucid opinion on it.
I cannot say that it is good and maintain any semblance of good judgment. Iām still on first viewing for all of RTD2, but at the moment, it sits right at the bottom of that list and Iām not expecting it to shift. So much got mishandled here, in ways that arenāt even surprising anymore because weāve seen RTD make these same mistakes already within RTD2, let alone his previous tenure.
But manā¦ that was fun. Like, as a big event moment for the show, itās such a mess that itās kind of amazing to watch for the trainwreck. For every ten things that I could pick to absolute pieces, thereās a moment that I actually appreciated, like the Lungbarrow reference or Jodieās appearance or Fifteenthās regeneration as part of his character arc (regeneration circumstances are always hubristic, and that certainly counted). Hell, in terms of regeneration stories, Iāll take this over The End Of Time any bloody day; at least Nctui went out as the Doctor, not whatever the hell Tennant devolved into in that two-parter.
(Quick aside: Is there a specific thread on here just for rants? Because I do have one pretty major one I think I need to get off my chest at the moment, especially after thisā¦)
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Just wanted to say @Mahan I read your review and you articulated everything about Omega, the real one, and why this one wasnāt him and why it was so bad really really well
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I hate nostalgia bait so much 
I hope there will be an explanation why the Doctor has Roseās face now , but there is something Iām afraid of. Original Rose is already happy with Metacrisis Doctor and they have daughter together , Iām scared RTD will somehow ruin that
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Iām having a bit of a moment over here forā¦ other reasons, so I really do appreciate you saying this.
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reality war review after gethering my thoughts and became more steady with my opinion on it and the season as a whole
i wish we had more time , the 13 episodes format was perfect to unravel everything without making the show too long that it drags or too short that the pacing starts feeling off and the finales feel way too messy , this season had so much potential from having a companion that disliked the doctor with the way he treats his companions and wanting to just get home
it was a fun dynamic between belinda being afraid that she might never see her family again but slowly starting to enjoy traveling with the doctor and the doctor who just needs someone to travel with but knows that he cant force her to be with him but after episode three this whole plot / trope got forgotten for no reason so it made the ending for belinda less climactic to me
making her a mother definitely did not help at all , i liked the idea of the timeline / dimension being rewritten tho but not on belindaās expense of making her the mother of poppy
it definitely couldve been more emotionally powerful if they left it at ruby being the only one remembering poppy and the doctor not trying to bring her back even if that meant destroying the whole universe
i loved jodieās scene with 15 , i need more of them together and it made me want to rewtach 13thās era to see if i missed anything while watching it week to week , it mightve been the only thing that i liked coming from the saving poppy part of the finale
the finale had way too many characters, between fighting the rani and omega to correcting the timeline to get rid of the wish world to it being set in UNIT (enough with UNIT already) , too crowded for a 66 min episode
i havenāt seen anything with the rani and omega before watching this finale so i didnāt get upset by them getting defeated so fast but i get why classic fans are mad
the doctor being infertile is just dumb , i dont get why they did this ?? the explanation for it is also dumb , people are saying that the master did it but i dont remember him being mentioned, is it when the master destroyed gallifrey cuz he found out about the timeless child ??
the regeneration to billie was insane , i dont hate it but it so easy to mess it up and i hope they make it related to bad wolf somehow
i think itās time for a new show runner with fresh takes on the show , and not one who worked on the show before but someone who never even touched doctor whoās set
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Jenny T. Colgan already ruined that in my opinion. That short story wasnāt goodā¦ 
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Big hugs to you friend, hope things get better soon
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Iāll be alright in a bit. Just need to take my own advice for once and not let other peopleās opinions get between me and what I like.
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I was referring to Empire of the Wolf story , I think the one you mentioned is from Target storybook? I saw it from wiki but havenāt read it
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