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  1. TIL, dass #NewWho jetzt auch schon seit 20 Jahren läuft. Und plötzlich fühlt man sich alt. #doctorwho

  2. Heh, I go to watch a clip of a 12th Doctor episode, about a robot body that decapitates people to use as interchangeable heads, and YouTube decides a Head & Shoulders ad is the correct choice to place before it... 😹

    #DrWho #DoctorWho #NewWho #Ironic #Humour

  3. @_tillwe_ Danke fürs Teilen, Ich selbst halte mich ja eher an Fantasy als SF ( #TheWheelofTime lohnt den Re-Read) und was #DoctorWho angeht: du meinst vermutlich zwei der drei 60th anniversary specials? Die wirken natürlich besser wenn man zumindest #NewWho gesehen hat, wie immer bei Jubiläumsfolgen. Mit #NcutiGatwa (Cmas Special) kann man aber auch neu einsteigen.

  4. CW: Potential spoilers for Doctor Who episode "Planet of the Ood"

    #PlanetOfTheOod is a great #DrWho story.

    Part social commentary on slavery, part horror movie, it's also a very effective transitional episode for Donna who develops beyond the mouthy comic relief introduced two Christmas specials ago.

    I remember being sceptical about Catherine Tate's return, and whilst the first two episodes of her series hadn't convinced me, this one completed her metamorphosis into a fully three dimensional character with compassion and intelligence that complemented rather than replaced the comedy aspect without jarring too hard against the Donna we'd encountered so far.

    Tate and Tennant bounce off each other in a way which is fun and natural, and without out any of the "will they, won't they" suggestions of romance and snogginess that was close to becoming a trope at the time. Planet of the Ood follows on well from the previous episode, Fires of Pompeii, even though it may feel surprising to have two fairly deep episodes one after the other, with this one turning things darker too.

    Donna Noble ended up working so surprisingly well as a character, even though she only stayed for a season, that Catherine Tate seems to have paved the way for an arguably ill-advised trend for bringing British comedians into the TARDIS that would kick off three Doctors later.

    It's worth mentioning that Planet of the Ood also does a good job of developing the titular "monster", with the Ood having been introduced in the previous season's The Impossible Planet. It's not a given that the return of a race in Doctor Who leads to great stories (ref: the Weeping Angels).

    #NewWho #DonnaNoble #DavidTennant #DoctorWho

  5. @davewossname @oldbritishtelly

    I stand corrected then. I watched the first episode as it happened in the junkyard, and most of the rest of #ClassicWho, but that detail hadn't stuck. Possibly because I was re-imprinted by the #NewWho, which I absolutely loved. I've seen every episode, most more than once, and even made a spreadshet of them.

  6. I made lots of pretty plots visualizing the IMDb ratings (and other metrics) of Doctor Who (2005) episodes from S01-13.

    These illustrate that the show has notably declined in quality / popularity since S11. If you're interested to learn more, the entire analysis can be viewed & downloaded on my github profile:

    github.com/adastrame/doctorwho

    #DoctorWho #DoctorWho2005 #NewWho #DataScience