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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2017-07-18 12:00 pm

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Re: Doctor Who: We regret to inform you that you are still legally a man

[personal profile] jack 2017-07-18 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I blocked that out. It sort of makes sense -- so many crises would make sense if everyone just listen to the doctor. But *surprise* no-one actually listened to him when it mattered. It got a very brief and mostly pointless joke or two, and a sort of ham-fisted LOOK HOW IMPORTANT THE DOCTOR IS moment and didn't do much else.

I've not watched beyond the following episode -- I'm going to ignore that bit, and hopefully the writers will too. I was fine with the weird compromise where important people are sometimes aware of the doctor, but he also often has difficulty inveigling his way into mundane situations, and I assume the show will naturally revert back to that.