Dr. WHO: Aliens in London/World War III

[Robovski]

Donna got off easy.

[Sir Will]

Limiting it just to rebooted Who, he's second best of the three behind the man who managed to get the show rebooted. Nobody could top that, even with the fart jokes. I didn't even mind the fart jokes, but then I liked Time and the Rani. Of all Who, he's... still behind RTD who gets to be just behind Verity Lambert at the top of the pile. I'd put Moffat at the second bottom just behind P.D. Segal. Oddly enough, he's still ahead of the same person when just limited to NuWho.

Three? You're judging Chibnall based on... his casting choices and nothing else?

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

Donna got off easy.

I really don't agree with that. Honestly, for me, it would have been LESS tragic if she fucking died.

[CrypticMirror]

Limiting it just to rebooted Who, he's second best of the three behind the man who managed to get the show rebooted. Nobody could top that, even with the fart jokes. I didn't even mind the fart jokes, but then I liked Time and the Rani. Of all Who, he's... still behind RTD who gets to be just behind Verity Lambert at the top of the pile. I'd put Moffat at the second bottom just behind P.D. Segal. Oddly enough, he's still ahead of the same person when just limited to NuWho.

Three? You're judging Chibnall based on... his casting choices and nothing else?

Yes.

[ChrisTheLovableJerk]

I will say this much about the story: I really, really liked Harriet Jones in this story. She had an actual, honest to god character arc, and it is clear from the presentation that she has the stuff to rise to greatness, she just hasn't had scope or circumstances to provoke it.

Then the Doctor meets her a 2nd time and ruins her administration, and she's reduced to a gag character for the rest of RTD's run so, who knows how much of that was intentional.

I don't really remember much of her outside this two parter, The Christmas Invasion, and the season four finale where she got a nobel sacrifice and the Doctor seemed to regret turning on her, but did they really reduce her to a joke?

And yeah, as much as I love the 10th Doctor, he had a pretty bad first impression, what with being out of it for most of the special and then turning on Jones like that.

[TorroesPrime]

Donna got off easy.

I really don't agree with that. Honestly, for me, it would have been LESS tragic if she fucking died.

Yeah... I mean not being able to remember 2-3 years of your life where you had major life-changing experiences and then having literally everyone around talking around it... That sounds like a level to add to Dante's hell to me.

[jadenova]

Those cabinet members that are farting uncontrollably in the 'Aliens of London' review are they communicating with their farts?

[jadenova]

When the aliens take off their disguises why does a light come out of it?

[Sir Will]

Limiting it just to rebooted Who, he's second best of the three behind the man who managed to get the show rebooted. Nobody could top that, even with the fart jokes. I didn't even mind the fart jokes, but then I liked Time and the Rani. Of all Who, he's... still behind RTD who gets to be just behind Verity Lambert at the top of the pile. I'd put Moffat at the second bottom just behind P.D. Segal. Oddly enough, he's still ahead of the same person when just limited to NuWho.

Three? You're judging Chibnall based on... his casting choices and nothing else?

Yes.

Well you shouldn't.

[APlotdevice]

When the aliens take off their disguises why does a light come out of it?

Well I'd say mostly so that CG artist didn't have to actually "fit" the creature underneath the actors.

In universe I guess it could just be that they compression field they use glows while active.