Stuff Hugo Says

Good. I never got to his episodes. Nothing happened in the first five.

how big of a sigh of relief do you think Moffat let out when Chibnall told him he was casting a woman

He did not. He leapt up, danced on the nearest table, and made a shrieking noise of happiness so loud it shattered glass.

honestly the guy’s been pushing for this for 18 years he must be over the fucking moon

I really hope David and Matt were watching this…

There’s something wonderful about seeing Capaldi doing Matt Smith’s physicality and intonation.

I wonder why Eccleston’s regeneration wasn’t also here. I’d argue that referencing something which happened twelve years ago is a stretch, but then the same sequence had “Sontarons perverting the course of history!” Moreover the extended sequence with has like, MAD Welsh series bias, with flash backs to almost every post revival companion and very little of the English series. Which is weird to me? The past two seasons have given me this feeling that the Welsh and English series were feeling a lot more integrated.

It’s homaging the late 70s/early 80s bias of Tom and Peter’s regenerations.

The Sontarans line is also a Listen callback. But I agree, Rose feels increasingly arbitrary as a point to flash back to. 

I think the problem is that there are a lot more people with deeply fannish tendencies towards the Welsh series these days than there are towards the English one (indeed, you can see this reflected in the casting choices for the 50th.) Skipping Rose would cause an uproar, skipping Tegan not so much.

I mean, it’d be hilarious to do a companion montage that just starts with Martha. 

I mean, there’s also the reading that it’s Moffat’s last season, and he was there, with Rose, from the start. It’s the end of a long era.

(But yes, starting with Martha would be hilarious.)

I really hope David and Matt were watching this…

There’s something wonderful about seeing Capaldi doing Matt Smith’s physicality and intonation.

I wonder why Eccleston’s regeneration wasn’t also here. I’d argue that referencing something which happened twelve years ago is a stretch, but then the same sequence had “Sontarons perverting the course of history!” Moreover the extended sequence with has like, MAD Welsh series bias, with flash backs to almost every post revival companion and very little of the English series. Which is weird to me? The past two seasons have given me this feeling that the Welsh and English series were feeling a lot more integrated.

It’s homaging the late 70s/early 80s bias of Tom and Peter’s regenerations.

The Sontarans line is also a Listen callback. But I agree, Rose feels increasingly arbitrary as a point to flash back to. 

I think the problem is that there are a lot more people with deeply fannish tendencies towards the Welsh series these days than there are towards the English one (indeed, you can see this reflected in the casting choices for the 50th.) Skipping Rose would cause an uproar, skipping Tegan not so much.

I mean, it’d be hilarious to do a companion montage that just starts with Martha. 

I mean, there’s also the reading that it’s Moffat’s last season, and he was there, with Rose, from the start. It’s the end of a long era.

dr who is now about some old gay rocker dude whos best friends with a new wave lesbian , its good sci fi brent