Poor Twirly and Handles feel left out now.
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Polish Polish 
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Who is that? I donāt remember that in any episode
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I have no memory of watching Kerblam, but i know i mustāve
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I also have zero memory of this bot. Sorry Twirly.
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Hand in your fan cards! All of you. Polish your minds. /j
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Literally we verify you. It isnāt automated. Every time I see an introduction post, I check and see if the person posting it is verified or not and hit the verification button if they arenāt, basically.
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For me, this episode was fine as I stated somewhere up above. Itās a perfectly servicable episode of Doctor Who. There were some potentially interesting ideas, some decent visuals, I appreciate that itās got a ton of practical effects and isnāt all CGI. I agree that Varada is highlight and Iām interested in where the season arc is going. That said, I agree that this episode feels a bit rushed. For me, it doesnāt stick in the mind or stand out super well. My thoughts when I stop to think about it are: āWell, that was an episode of Doctor Who.ā At the moment, Iām much interested in next weekās episode.
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Almost exactly what my friend and I were saying earlier - it was a lot of fun and perfectly enjoyable, but not one of those greats that keeps you up at night thinking about it
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Found something interesting on the wiki page where it compares the episode to Eveningās Empire Ā· Doctor Who Magazine Comics Ā· TARDIS Guide.
In many ways, this story shares thematic and conceptual parallels to COMIC: Eveningās Empire. In both stories, a young, misogynistic male finds himself in a world under his control, playing god with the lives of men and subjugating women. However, unlike Eveningās Empire, The Robot Revolution does not explore the root of the antagonistās psyche ā Alex Evening is shown to abuse people as he himself is abused by his deeply religious mother, while Alan Budd is portrayed in a less nuanced and more comical fashion.
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Hooray, i was verified by Sweetie Belle lol
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Iām not the only one doing that, mind. Everyone on the staff can do verifications.
But Iāve done a fair number of them, including yours.
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How do you check?
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Well, I check by pulling up your badges in the admin section and looking by the badge to see who added it. Yours was added by shauny.
Donāt know if thereās any way for a non admin to check or not.
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Wow. Shauny himself.
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Yep, shauny does a number of them. It can pretty much be anyone on staff, though, and some of them just say ātardis.guideā. Probably older ones. Iām assuming it was automated for some periodā¦
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I have data that suggests only 27.1% of fans can name what episode twirly appears in when shown a screenshot of him.
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I agree the pacing was a bit rushed, but I thought it was otherwise solid. I really like how different to Ruby Belinda is (and how fleshed out she feels already), and itās been a long while since we had a companion that wasnāt enthusiastic about traveling. Also, though the man-behind-the-bot reveal wasnāt what I was expecting or hoping for through most of the episode, I decided I like it in a ātech isnāt our enemy but the entitled guys controlling it areā sort of way. Some of the details were cool, like a random discussion about alien biology and Belinda taking things into her own hands withought saying anything first. Iām also SO intrigued for the mystery of this season, much more so than I was about Rubyās season.
Plus I cannot stop saying polish polish
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I like the episode. Itās a great start to the season. Belinda is set up as an interesting companion. I didnāt get the āRuby doesnāt challenge the Doctorā viewpoint but after seeing Belinda do it I see it. The Robots are good. I feel like Iām the only one who doesnāt love the polish bot. Itās just a minor character to me. I like that Belinda doesnāt want to be a companion and Iām interested to see how that plays out. I agree with @Meara about the Doctor crying when his friend died. My first thought was also that some people would be mad at that. Same thing happened when the Doctor scanned Belinda at the end thinking that people are going to think sheās similar to Clara or Ruby. Not sure how I feel about that in general to be honest.
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