#(thinking of that scene in planet of the dead where he's talking to the ppl on the bus)

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Thirteen Era Rewatch: The Ghost Monument

I'm re-watching Thirteen's era in lead up to the Centenary and since this is likely going to be my last full re-watch for a while I thought I'd do a post on each ep where I just go over all the things I love, hate or just have some general thoughts on. I've tried to keep this organised but it's a bit ramble-y.

Is it a bit of a coincidence that the Doctor and co happened to end up in a place where there were people to rescue them? Yes. Do I care? Not really.

The way Epzo shoves Yaz even though she was barely in his way ???

The Doctor’s vibe in this ep is once again chef’s kiss. And I love how done she is with Epzo.

Also I’ve seen ppl, mainly a certain vid, mention how Epzo goes on about not caring too much or whatever but it’s like.. Yeah, and 13 makes a comment to him about it. It doesn’t just go unmentioned. Epzo acts that way on purpose.

I like the fam’s reaction to being on an alien planet for the first time tbh. They have moments throughout the ep where they’re like wow, this is strange but then they get on with what they need to be doing. It feels realistic and also imo shows they’re strong people

I am once again reminding people that the shades 13 gives Graham are not THE shades she got from Hepburn/Pythagoras, they just REMIND HER of shades she got from Hepburn/Pythagoras.

I really like when 13 calls Ryan, Yaz and Graham her new best friends. It’s just cute innit

Graham kinda went off in this episode tbh. He has the range. One minute he’s making one liners, then he’s having a go, then he’s tryna have a serious chat with Ryan. Maybe I’m a Graham stan

The gang do low-key kinda just stand around during that long scene in the tent. The moments they do get are pretty good imo but they could probs have done with being given more stuff to say rather than it being all on the Doctor.

The Doctor’s face when she sees the TARDIS is the Ghost Monument

Ryan asking if they’re eligible too lmao I love him. And then at the end of the ep when he goes to touch the console. Don’t understand people who say Ryan has no personality. He has a lot going on tbh.

Graham trying to talk to Ryan about Grace and Ryan saying he talks about this stuff too much versus RotD where Ryan is the one who gets Thirteen to talk !!

Epzo’s story about his mum is low-key very dramatic like what was the reason.

The close ups when they’re on the boat are kinda disgusting tbh like why

Ryan going out to shoot the bots is a good scene imo. I think it’s good for showing that he don’t really know 13 yet and isn’t always going to blindly do what he says. Also it’s a fun scene. I don’t know or care if it’s unrealistic that he’d be a great shot.

Stenza mention felt low-key unnecessary, like they were trying to tie it into the first episode and almost imply a series long Stenza connection when we actually don’t see the Stenza again til 11.10 and even then it’s still only Tim.

I like the mentions of Ryan’s dyspraxia. I don’t think it needs to be a massive focus, the odd mention and acknowledgement that he is struggling to do some things is good imo

The Remnants weren’t really used that much but I think they’re kinda cool? Even if they are literally just rags lmao. Also shoutout to the Timeless Child mention. I like that scene a lot.

Surely that cigar could’ve been set off by literally anyone at any point if they clicked their fingers when they were close enough to it? I would’ve clicked my fingers just to piss Epzo off and then we’d all be dead bc we wouldn’t have the cigar for that Remnants scene

I’ve seen people cry about how 13 gives up at the end but it works for me tbh. I think bc she didn’t know how long it would take for the TARDIS to show up, or if it even would, and she knew they couldn’t survive for long, it makes sense for her to be like oh we’re fucked

Why does the Doctor say to the fam that she left the TARDIS a mess even though one minute before that she said to the TARDIS, ‘Oh, you’ve done yourself up.’ Did she think only the exterior had changed? That’s dumb

In terms of what we know about 13 and the fam I feel like this is also a pretty good ep? We see more of Ryan and Graham’s relationship, we see the Doctor needing reassurance and being kinda snippy, and Yaz talks about her family.

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Thirteen Era Rewatch: Demons of the Punjab

I'm re-watching Thirteen's era in lead up to the Centenary and since this is likely going to be my last full re-watch for a while I thought I'd do a post on each ep where I just go over all the things I love, hate or just have some general thoughts on.

Finally calling the TARDIS she bless up

I wonder if 13 instantly thought of what happened during Father’s Day when Yaz asked to go back. And I also wonder if she thought it might be less of a risk this time around? Bc Yaz didn’t have a secret hope of seeing a dead relative and then potentially saving them like Rose did/ended up doing. She basically just wanted to see what Umbreen’s life was like.

I love Prem. He just has 10/10 vibes

The looks 13 gives Yaz lmao

I’ve seen ppl cry over the 13 assuming the Thajarians are bad but like, why wouldn’t she do that? If they’ve always been known to be deadly assassins and she’s never been given a reason to think otherwise then why wouldn’t she just assume they had bad intentions?

I’ve also seen crying over the fact the Thajarians don’t instantly explain that they’re not assassins anymore but I don’t really see the issue. In their first scene with 13, she’s angry and having a go at them and imo isn’t about to listen to anything they have to say anyways. I think the only moment in that scene that could have warranted them telling her their actual intentions is when she says about not letting them desecrate the planet. If you wanna turn that into some episode ruining moment then you can but imo it’s not hard to go with the idea that the reason they didn’t correct her is bc they thought she believed that what they were doing, honouring the dead, was a form of desecration. Like I feel like it’s very possible the Thajarians have come across ppl/other species who have seen and been told why the Thajarians are there and have been against it so maybe they thought that’s what was going on with 13.

There’s also an argument that they believed 13 knew what they were there to do but she thought that getting rid of them would potentially stop the deaths from happening. Which is why they then say ‘You cannot prevent this.’ And then in their second scene with 13, they’re obviously more annoyed at her bc after invading the hive, she’s literally started taking and messing with their things. In their minds they’re probably like these people are bad and trying to get in the way of the good we’re doing. I do think them talking about standing over their bodies or whatever is maybe a bit harsh especially when we see them with 13 in the third scene and we see they’re more chill but at the same time

Imo it could be taken as them trying to scare everyone into leaving them to their business or it could be a hint of them not being fully reformed, like their assassin ways are still in there somewhere. Or it could be that messing with their rituals like 13 and co are doing is seen as a really awful thing to do so in their mind death is a reasonable punishment. Basically I just think it’s very easy to come up with explanations that work well instead of jumping to ‘Well, the ep is broken and none of this makes sense.’ It gives vibes of purposely trying to find a reason to hate what you’re watching imo

Yaz and Graham’s chat is cute. Low-key funny to me that both Graham and Dan are basically just there to be funny and also be the emotionally mature ones who give Yaz (and in Graham’s case sometimes Ryan) pep talks and advice

Umbreen talking about how she spent ages away from Prem and just as things start going well, Prem dies versus Yaz spending ages away from 13 and then just as they’re reunited and are honest about their feelings for each other, 13 is going to die...

Yaz’s face when the Doctor gets taken??? Ryan and Graham looked shocked but Yaz looks kinda terrified idk

13 asking if the Thajarians have come to assassinate her versus the potential future parallel of the Centenary where they are there for her (but not to assassinate her obviously lmao)

The watch and fobwatch parallel is cute. Whether or not it was intentional doesn’t change the fact that it IS a parallel and it’s just fun to notice things like that

This speech is Thasmin coded. Maybe minus that last bit bc they’re not gonna be able to commit to each other bc 13 is gonna be dead…

Thirteen saying we can’t have a universe with no Yaz versus Villa Diodati where Thirteen is called the universe lol I’m fine