Doctor Who specials (2023)

[Al-1701]

Also man was OH WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN! an incredibly cathartic critique of the Moffat years.

I had forgotten all the Moffat era companions met bad ends. What was up with that guy?

[hammerofglass]

Trailer for next episode fearures goblin sky pirates. Ok, I'm there.

https://youtu.be/S2LKKnf4riw?si=O2k1DdCfcy_lHC1i

[Thebestoftherest]

Also man was OH WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN! an incredibly cathartic critique of the Moffat years.

I had forgotten all the Moffat era companions met bad ends. What was up with that guy?

With the exception of Martha, all of RTD had bad ends, the only one who let the companions have happy endings or not tragedic endings was Chris Chibnal.

[ProfessorDetective]

Also man was OH WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN! an incredibly cathartic critique of the Moffat years.

I had forgotten all the Moffat era companions met bad ends. What was up with that guy?

"Bad" Ends that were never immediately lethal.

The Ponds get Angel'd and make a decent life in NYC.
Clara gets to live on borrowed time with a TARDIS but will still die "eventually" (kind of like Fourteen, now that I think about it).
Bill gets saved by her nanobot blob GF and joins her in for adventures.
River got uploaded into a mainframe with her crewmates.

[hammerofglass]

Also man was OH WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN! an incredibly cathartic critique of the Moffat years.

I had forgotten all the Moffat era companions met bad ends. What was up with that guy?

"Bad" Ends that were never immediately lethal.

The Ponds get Angel'd and make a decent life in NYC.
Clara gets to live on borrowed time with a TARDIS but will still die "eventually" (kind of like Fourteen, now that I think about it).
Bill gets saved by her nanobot blob GF and joins her in for adventures.
River got uploaded into a mainframe with her crewmates.

Oh, well that's all right then.

[Thebestoftherest]

Also man was OH WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN! an incredibly cathartic critique of the Moffat years.

I had forgotten all the Moffat era companions met bad ends. What was up with that guy?

"Bad" Ends that were never immediately lethal.

The Ponds get Angel'd and make a decent life in NYC.
Clara gets to live on borrowed time with a TARDIS but will still die "eventually" (kind of like Fourteen, now that I think about it).
Bill gets saved by her nanobot blob GF and joins her in for adventures.
River got uploaded into a mainframe with her crewmates.

Oh, well that's all right then.

Darn, I wanted to do that.

[ProfessorDetective]

Also man was OH WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT THEN! an incredibly cathartic critique of the Moffat years.

I had forgotten all the Moffat era companions met bad ends. What was up with that guy?

"Bad" Ends that were never immediately lethal.

The Ponds get Angel'd and make a decent life in NYC.
Clara gets to live on borrowed time with a TARDIS but will still die "eventually" (kind of like Fourteen, now that I think about it).
Bill gets saved by her nanobot blob GF and joins her in for adventures.
River got uploaded into a mainframe with her crewmates.

Oh, well that's all right then.

I'm just saying, none of the modern companions have gone out like Adric or Peri, as far as I remember.

[Nobody700]

So the master is now a gold tooth and stuck in a jack in the box. Honestly, I rather disliked this Master from the Chibnall era, so glad he's stuck there for a while till he somehow comes out of it.

[sayla0079]

The master being back after being trapped in a tooth doesn't surprise me. He always finds a way to come back when thought to be gone for good whether it's burning to death (planet of fire and keeper of Trakken) Being thrown down a bottomless chasm (Deadly assassin)Sucked into the eye of harmony/blown up (tv movie) or any other various way he has thought to have been killed.

[clearspira]

The Master has to be one of the most ludicrous villains in television history. The only time that he has ever come off as a serious threat was the Derek Jacobi to John Simm version. You felt the evil with those two. Then John Simm came back as a clown with lightning powers and that was that.

But I think this goes back to what I was saying about this being a bit of a zombie franchise. All of its major villains are kind of old and worn out at this point. I don't know about anyone else but I think the last ''new'' villain that really took off were the Weeping Angels and maybe The Silence. And that was getting on for a decade ago.