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Added 2020-09-23 17:00:05 +0000 UTCThe Return of Doctor Mysterio
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You've absolutely nailed it! This story received so much criticism when it was transmitted (for the reasons you pointed out);and it was absolutely undeserved. Ok,it's not a classic - but it's a good and thoroughly entertaining short Dr Who movie; accessible to all. I enjoy it a lot.
Ian Smith
2020-09-24 21:12:48 +0000 UTCThis episode got a lot of flack upon initial airing, due to some stuff going on at the BBC there was no full series of Doctor Who in 2016, but Moffat quickly cobbled together this Christmas special because he was aghast at the idea of no Doctor Who at all that year. So he just drew on some stuff he was familiar with. E.g. Nardole - so he didn't have to quickly flesh out a new companion, a superhero pastiche/homage because Moffat is a big Superman fan and so all of that came quite easily to him. But it got a lot of flack because no one knew why there wasn't any Doctor Who, so it got a lot of hate because it was the only episode and it wasn't on the level of Blink/Heaven Sent/other all-time classic stories so many people felt a bit cheated. But taken on its own terms its a pretty great episode. There's lots of great moments and gently poking fun of superheroes and comic books; the whole Clark Kent/Lois lane thing, good villains with a great plan, plenty of fun stuff for the Doctor and Nardole. And of course there's a nice through line of one of Moffats pet themes; alternative forms of masculinity and how valid they are. Note how Grant being a mild-mannered male nanny and how that isn't/shouldn't be a laughing matter and how he's just as capable of being a hero as the assertive, confident 'Ghost' is very much in line with Rory's story and how being a mild-mannered male nurse can be just as heroic as the assertive confident 'Doctor'. Very good episode all round.
desdinova
2020-09-24 21:02:12 +0000 UTCGrant gets his powers Christmas 1992, the school roughly 1999, the rest Christmas 2016. The HS guy said it was too soon when he saw the ship, so presumably they would have waited until at least after Trump's inauguration.
Dominic D
2020-09-24 12:54:06 +0000 UTC
