#Logi Tune

[chelemlem]

been picking at a scene for agesss instead of just admitting to myself & god it doesn't work </3 happy sunk cost fallacy suzuka to those who celebrate

[bwoahtastic]

I’m desperate for some omega Logan content🥺

Logan being really shy and struggling with socializing on the grid. He’s never been overly outgoing so really he only has Zhou, Oscar and Alex on the grid. Alex has been trying to lovingly bully Logan into joining for pack cuddles but Logan prefers staying in the Williams nest with James and Gaetan. It took him long enough to warm up to them and be comfortable asking for cuddles and he’s definitely not ready for the overwhelming alpha presence in the pack. There’s only a handful of omegas in the sport and Logan is worried about the dynamics. He knows it must be okay with Max as pack omega, he isn’t about to take shit from anyone. But the only other omegas are Lance and Lando. Alex does manage to drag Logan to the pack nest one evening only to be scolded by Max for making Logan uncomfortable. Logan didn’t expect Max to pull him into his chest and tell him to ignore the rest of the pack. Logan quietly observes the pack, Lando is sprawled between Carlos, Oscar and Daniel. And Lance is between Mick and Esteban. Logan has to suppress his whimper because all of the sudden he feels so alone. He has no one🥺

Lewis picking up on the tiny change in scent (pack alpha’s are so in tune with everyone’s scent) and comes over. Logan does not at all expect the sweet kiss Lewis presses to Max’s lips and the soft purr Max lets out. Somehow it makes him feel even worse🥺

Logan decides he doesn’t want to go back to the pack room after that, he hated how lonely it made him feel so he’d rather stick to the Williams nest or none at all. But Lewis and Max keep seeking him out and being affectionate with him. They’re calling him their pup and it’s all too much

Oh plss! Logan being so shy and insecure ehen it comes to the other drivers and the pack. He trusts James, likes the team too, so often he will just opt to curl up to his boss when he feels the need for affection (which is often, he is a cuddly baby when it comes to James, pushing up to him and purring when James strokes his hair just how he likes it!

Alex bullying Logan into coming to the pack abd Logan is so tense because the pack just reeks of Alphas, there are barely any Omegas and he isnt close to any of them.

Max noticing how uncomfortable Logie is and snarling a little at Alex before tucking Logan right into his chest in the nest, gently cuddling the younger omega and Logan relaxes foe a little bit.

Lewis keeping a distance but noticing Logan starts smelling a little sad again when looking at the other Omegas happily snuggled up between Alphas and he slowly makes his way over, kidding Max and wanting to nuzzle and cuddle with logan a bit but he just smells more sad!

Logan not wanting to g back to the pack after, feeling so alone and unloved even when Lewis and Max both try to reach out to him a lot! They want pup to be happy!

Maybe they start dating Logan eventually? Or Logan starts seeing James in a more romantic way? Either way baby needs more psck!

[anomalocaris-lesbian]

(To the tune of Queen's "Radio Ga Ga") raaaaaadioooooo. Logy department

[cozyaliensuperstar7]

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Throwing it back to that unforgettable glam! ✨

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Lookin pretty in pink 💅BTS from last night’s show! Who was tuned in? 😉

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Always a pleasure working with Queen G for Bridgerton Press S3 incoming…. Hair me Makeup

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[glenhannah]

TV Week / TV Times cover gallery.

TV Times was and TV Week is (it’s still going) two popular TV publications that competed against each other in the 1960s and 1970s in Australia. Local and international celebrities adorned the covers

Above: Belinda Montgomery from Bewitched and an autographed David (Man from Uncle) McCallum cover.

Below: They may have been television guides but when Beatlemania exploded they knew that putting the mop tops on the front cover could dramatically increase sales. This issue features the lyrics to 10 Beatles tunes.

Above: I think this is promoting the NEW Phil Silvers Show that came about in the 1960s.

Below: British actress Hayley Mills.

Above: Mod Squad was popular in Australia and Peggy Lipton was invited to The Logies as a special guest. The Logies or Logie Awards (named after TV pioneer inventor John Logie Baird) are an annual awards show for the best in Australian TV. Michael Cole also attended the awards a few years later and caused a minor scandal when he got drunk and swore on stage.

Above: Ann-Margaret

Below: Get Smart was phenomenally popular in Australia. Episodes were repeated endlessly into the 1970s and 80s

Below: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo was a Children’s series that became iconic and gained international appeal.

Below: TV Wrestling was also hugely popular in Australia and featured local and international names. Look at those faces. Mario Milano was a local legend.

[nintendowife]

Time for my yearly tradition: the reveal of the best games I played during the year. I finished 37 games, some from two decades ago and some brand new releases, in a variety of genres and on many platforms.  My year of backlog wrestling included beating Resistance 2, a game that came bundled with our PlayStation 3 back in 2008. I only briefly tried it back then and proceeded to throw it aside to play other more interesting titles. I also restarted and finished Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood on PS3, a game that I had last played and retired in 2011. This year I also found out about pikkards.  Selecting my favorites wasn't easy as I played so many great games and I didn't want to bloat the Honorable mentions list. Here are my very JRPG-centric gaming highlights of 2022. 

1st place: Pokémon Violet (Nintendo Switch)

Familiar Pokémon recipe in a new package and with tasty new condiments. Exploring the Paldea region is a bliss. Pokémon Violet may very well be my favorite game in the series after Black/White and Black 2/White 2.

+ Interesting story, world is lively and immersive.  + Great new game mechanic additions and superb quality of life features, very captivating gameplay.  + Fun and rewarding exploration, seamless open world. The wonder of discovering new Pokémon never gets old.  + Excellent character and creature designs.  + Nicely designed locations, beautiful 3D models for the Pokémon and characters, pleasing color palette.  + Great soundtrack with familiar audio signature and tunes plus completely new melodies.  - Inconsistent UI: Some functions available only via Pokémon Box and some not, no display for currently active meal buffs.  - Technical issues: A few crashes during my 125 hour play time, Pokémon Box loading delay was a bit irritating.  - Photo mode would need plenty of improvement to be actually useful. 

See my posts about Pokémon Violet

2nd place: Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS, played on 3DS)

Quality classic from the SNES era, well-preserved through time. Not an exaggeration or nostalgia when they say this is one of the greatest JRPGs of all time.

+ Well-paced and well-written story, memorable events, world that feels alive.  + Good game mechanics and entertaining battle system.  + Likeable and memorable cast of characters.  + Beautiful environments, wonderful sprite work and expressive animations.  + Great soundtrack.  - To nitpick about something: Slight difficulties moving on the overworld map (getting stuck or "oversteering" to miss chosen destination).  - Annoying and frustratingly designed section near the end of the game forced me to look up a guide. 

See my posts about Chrono Trigger

3rd place: Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (PS Vita)

A successful mix of crafting, battling and comfy slice-of-life feel. I was completely enamored with the game! On many mornings the first thought on my mind was that I want to continue playing Escha & Logy. The game left a very positive impression and a good mood.

+ Down-to-earth setting that branches into an interesting story.  + Fun and easy to grasp alchemy system for beginners that offers depth for more advanced players, satisfying battle system.  + Fantastic characters, fun dialogue, plenty of humorous events.  + Gorgeous art style and fixed camera make for a pleasant experience.  + Catchy music, skillful voice acting in Japanese.  - Time limits were a bit stressful (but thankfully lenient). 

See my posts about Atelier Escha & Logy Plus

Honorable mention: Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (PC, also available on other platforms)

One of my most anticipated games of 2022 didn't disappoint. I got the familiar dark Yomawari feel spruced up with new game mechanics and even character creation.

+ Continues the great style of storytelling the series is known for.  + Good characters and beautifully designed environments.  + Super creepy atmosphere and audio design.  + Surprising and clever use of game mechanics.  - Too limited exploration in the beginning.  - Events were not quite as impactful as in Yomawari: Midnight Shadows. 

See my posts about Yomawari: Lost in the Dark

Honorable mention: Variable Barricade (Nintendo Switch)

I was so eager to play this otome game that I didn't even wait for a sale. It was well worth its full price as it offered plenty of laughs and entertainment. 

+ Fun slice-of-life story with plenty of humorous events and 19 different endings, quality localization, plenty of illustrations to unlock.  + Great cast of characters with good character development and chemistry.  + Gorgeous (when I say gorgeous I mean GORGEOUS) art, beautiful color scheme.  + Superb Japanese voice acting, includes a voiced protagonist.  - Music could have been more memorable. 

See my posts about Variable Barricade

Honorable mention: Golden Sun (Wii U Virtual Console, originally on Game Boy Advance)

I understand now why Golden Sun is so loved among its fans. There's something uniquely charming in this classic. I wish they still made games like this.

+ Interesting premise and story, nice atmosphere and unique feel.  + Sublime soundtrack.  + Charming graphics and characters, still looks good 21 years from release.  + Unique Djinn/class/skill system, cool side quests that were executed well.  - The end of the story can be accessed only in the sequel.  - Too frequent random encounters, no quick travel option. 

See my posts about Golden Sun

Honorable mention: Cyber Shadow (PC, also available on other platforms)

It was a tough choice between this and another indie masterpiece Sable. In the end I decided to pick Cyber Shadow because it's quite different from my other selections. Cyber Shadow's quality impressed me. It evokes a genuine retro feel and offers a rewarding game experience.

+ Fascinating setting and story.  + Tight controls and good gameplay with the right amount of challenge, good level design for the most part.  + Awesome retro visuals.  + Incredible soundtrack rivaling the likes of Mega Man 2 - this belongs in hall of fame.  - Heavy emphasis on tricky, frustrating platforming for long stretches was displeasing. I actually had a small rage fit in the last part before the final boss. 

See my posts about Cyber Shadow

Nominees for my personal Game of the Year 2022

Only games I have finished in 2022 have been included.

8-bit ADV Steins;Gate (Switch)  Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS)  Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (PS3)  Atelier Escha & Logy Plus: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (PS Vita)  Chrono Trigger (Nintendo DS, played on 3DS)  Cyber Shadow (PC)  Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (PC)  Frog Detective 3: Corruption at Cowboy County (PC)  Golden Sun (Wii U Virtual Console - GBA)  Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Wii U Virtual Console - GBA)  Grand Kingdom (PS Vita)  Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn (3DS)  Little Noah: Scion of Paradise (PC)  Little Witch Nobeta (PC)  Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey (3DS)  Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (PC)  Paper Mario (Wii U Virtual Console - Nintendo 64)  Picross e8 (3DS)  Pokémon Picross (3DS)  Pokémon Violet (Switch)  Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (3DS)  Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS)  Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Switch)  Resistance 2 (PS3)  Sable (PC)  Shantae and the Pirate's Curse (Switch)  Shin chan: Me and the Professor on Summer Vacation - The Endless Seven-Day Journey - (Switch)  Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (3DS)  Star Ocean: First Departure R (Switch)  Steins;Gate Elite (Switch)  StreetPass Mansion (3DS)  Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (3DS)  Triangle Strategy (Switch)  Variable Barricade (Switch)  Yomawari: Lost in the Dark (PC)  Ys Origin (PC)  Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim (PC)

Let’s raise a toast to a happy new year 2023 with plenty of memorable gaming moments!

[sriganapathi45]

Unlocking Your Professional Destiny: Astrology's Guidance with Sri Ganapathi Astro

Introduction: In the vast cosmos of career choices, navigating the celestial map can often feel daunting. However, with the wisdom of the Best astrology in Nagarabhavi and the insightful guidance of Sriganapathiastro, discovering your professional path becomes an illuminating journey. Join us as we delve into the cosmic insights that blend astrology with career choices, empowering you to align with your true vocational calling.

Understanding Astrology's Influence on Career Logy, an ancient practice based on celestial observations, provides profound insights into various aspects of life, including career paths. Through the alignment of planets and constellations, astrology unveils unique personality traits, strengths, and potential challenges, which in turn can shed light on suitable career avenues. With Sriganapathiastro's expertise, decoding these celestial messages becomes accessible, offering clarity and direction in your professional endeavors.

Mapping Your Professional Journey: Just as the stars guide sailors across oceans, astrology serves as a guiding beacon for navigating the vast sea of career choices. Sriganapathiastro employs intricate astrological analyses to map your professional journey, pinpointing opportune moments for career transitions, skill development, and personal growth. Understanding the cosmic influences on your career path enables you to make informed decisions and set out on a trajectory that aligns with your innate talents and aspirations.

Astrological Insights into Vocational Aptitude: Each individual possesses a unique cosmic fingerprint, reflected in their astrological birth chart. Sriganapathiastro delves into the nuances of your chart, uncovering latent talents, vocational aptitudes, and potential career paths. Whether you're drawn to artistic pursuits, entrepreneurial ventures, or scientific endeavors, astrology offers valuable insights into suitable professions where you can thrive and fulfill your potential.

Overcoming Career Challenges with Astrological Guidance: In the pursuit of professional fulfilment, challenges and obstacles are inevitable. However, with the assistance of Sriganapathiastro's astrological expertise, you can navigate these hurdles with grace and resilience. By understanding the cosmic influences at play, you gain a deeper insight into potential career setbacks and strategies to overcome them. Whether facing job dissatisfaction, conflicts in the workplace, or uncertainty about your career path, astrology provides a roadmap for transformation and growth.

Embracing Cosmic Synchronicity in Career Decision-Making: In a world often dictated by rationality and logic, astrology introduces a unique perspective by honoring the interconnectedness of the cosmos. Sriganapathiastro encourages you to embrace cosmic synchronicity in your career decision-making process, recognizing the subtle signs and alignments that signify auspicious opportunities. By tuning to the cosmic rhythm, you can make empowered choices that resonate with your soul's purpose, leading to fulfillment and success in your professional endeavors.

Conclusion: As you set out to explore your career path, keep in mind that the universe is brimming with untapped wisdom. With sightful guidance, the best astrology in Nagarabhavi becomes not just a tool for divination but a profound instrument for self-discovery and empowerment. Embrace the cosmic dance of the stars, and let it illuminate your journey toward vocational fulfillment and prosperity.

[wirelessmics]

A History of Wireless Microphones: How They Were Invented

Wireless microphones have become an essential tool for any event, whether it be a rock concert, theater performance, or live broadcast. But how did this technology come to exist and what was the journey like?

In this blog post, we'll take a look at the history of wireless microphone technology from its inception to today's modern versions. We'll explore how these devices were invented and developed over time to reach their current state of popularity and reliability. So, let's dive in and discover the fascinating story behind wireless mics!

How Wireless Microphones Were Invented?

The invention of the digital wireless microphone had its roots in the late 19th century when Guglielmo Marconi began experimenting with radio-wave technology. At this time, Marconi was attempting to make it possible for sound waves to be sent over a large distance without losing any quality or clarity. His experiments eventually led him to develop the first wireless microphone, which was patented in 1903.

The original wireless microphones were bulky and not very reliable. Marconi's invention had limited range and often suffered from interference from other radio signals. However, improvements over the years made these devices smaller and more reliable. By the mid-20th century, wireless microphones were used in television and radio shows, large-scale events, and even in the home.

Over the years, wireless microphone technology has evolved significantly, with advancements in both sound quality and signal transmission capabilities. This article will provide an overview of the history of wireless microphones, beginning with their invention and tracing their development up to the present day.

Early History of Wireless Microphones

The first patent for a fully functional wireless microphone was granted to Gustave Bally in 1906, although the actual device did not become commercially available until 1913. Bally's invention was based on his earlier work with spark-gap transmitters, which he had used to successfully transmit radio signals over long distances.

His design employed two separate components: a transmitter unit, which created audible sound by means of an electrical arc, and a receiver unit that amplified these signals so they could be heard by listeners at a distance away from the source.

This early design had several limitations; most notably it was only able to produce monophonic sound (i.e., one channel of sound) and had a very limited range (roughly 50 meters).

Furthermore, its reliance on radio waves for transmission meant that it could suffer interference from other nearby devices or sources of electrical noise. Nonetheless, Bally's invention marked the beginning of modern wireless microphones as we know them today!

Developments Throughout the 20th Century

In the decades following Bally's initial patent, there were numerous advancements made in lavalier micr for mobile phonetechnology that allowed for improvements in both sound quality and range.

In 1927, another inventor named John Logie Baird expanded upon Bally's original design by introducing dual-channel transmission (allowing stereophonic sound). This breakthrough also enabled longer ranges due to its ability to send low-power signals over much larger distances without experiencing interference or dropouts.

By the mid-century, advances in frequency modulation (FM) technology allowed for even greater improvements in signal clarity and range compared to earlier attempts using amplitude modulation (AM).

The introduction of FM receivers in 1952 allowed users to hear different frequencies without having to manually adjust antennas or receivers like before. It is one of the earliest forms of digital tuning technology!

In 1983 Motorola released its first commercially available digital cordless telephone system, which utilizedFrequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) technologies for transmitting voice signals wirelessly over a shared frequency channel.

With this new development, people could communicate with two devices at the same time using one frequency. The audio quality also got better because of new ways to filter out background noise and other interference.

Recent Advances in Wireless Microphone Technology

Since that time, there have been lots of improvements in this area. This means that we can now transmit audio with much better quality, and the system is less likely to experience problems thanks to newer technologies like spread spectrum transmission and digital encoding/decoding methods.

The use of these techniques has enabled modern wireless systems to extend their reach even further than ever before while still providing crystal-clear audio reproduction free from any distortion or interference. Moreover, new features such as automatic pairing, user-friendly interfaces, and advanced security protocols have made setup easier than ever before!

TheHollyandLark C1 lavalier mic is one example of this evolution which utilizes the latest Bluetooth 5.0 technology to offer reliable audio transmission up to a staggering distance of 200m! The ability to communicate wirelessly over long distances has changed the broadcast and media production industry. This allows filmmakers and broadcasters to capture audio in settings where it would be difficult or impossible to do so.

As we enter the 21st century and beyond, it's clear that wireless microphone technology will continue advancing and providing us with greater capabilities for communication. Who knows what amazing possibilities lie ahead? Only time will tell!

Conclusion

Overall, it is clear that wireless lavalier mic for Androidtechnology has come a long way since its inception over 100 years ago! From basic AM/FM designs all the way up through today's advanced digital systems, this type of equipment has seen countless improvements across multiple fronts. As new innovations continue being made, it is likely that future generations will be able to enjoy even better performance from their favorite microphones than ever before!

TheLark C1 is just one example of how far mobile microphone technology has progressed over the years and can serve as a testament to its potential for further growth in the future. Whether you're a professional broadcaster or amateur enthusiast, there is no doubt that this type of lavalier mic for iPhonewill continue to improve and provide us with new capabilities to enhance our communication needs!

[ripplefmslogistics]

Logistical Symphony: Navigating Precision with Warehouse Inventory Tracking and Fleet Management Systems

In the dynamic sphere of contemporary corporate ventures, the harmonious synchronization of logistical intricacies and the adept administration of assets serves as pivotal for triumph. Two crucial facets contributing to this orchestration are Warehouse Inventory Tracking and Fleet Management Systems. Let's plunge into the profundity of these technologies and their implications on the logistics sector.

Warehouse Inventory Tracking: Precision Navigation in Stock Oversight

Warehouse Inventory Tracking emerges as a revolutionary influence in the logistics domain, employing avant-garde technologies for vigilant monitoring and governance of inventory levels within a storage facility. This approach ensures immediate discernment of stock flux, curbing inaccuracies, and optimizing holistic operational efficacy.

The execution of a robust Warehouse Inventory Tracking system assumes paramount significance for enterprises aspiring to refine precision in inventory assessments, alleviate instances of stock deficits or surpluses, and ultimately elevate levels of customer satisfaction. This technological paradigm equips warehouse overseers with the necessary instruments for judicious decision-making regarding inventory restocking, order fulfillment, and spatial utilization.

Logistics Management Software: Conducting Harmonious Operations Logistics Management Software acts in tandem with Warehouse Inventory Tracking, presenting a comprehensive resolution for orchestrating the entirety of the supply chain. This software simplifies the transit of commodities from the producer to the storage facility and eventually to the end-user, ensuring a seamlessly synchronized and efficient progression.

Empowered by Logistics Management Software, enterprises attain all-encompassing dominion over transport logistics, fine-tuning routes, and truncating transit durations. The software facilitates real-time monitoring of consignments, fostering enhanced decision-making and ameliorated communication with clientele. This echelon of transparency not only amplifies operational efficiency but also forges a foundation of trust with customers.

Fleet Management Systems: Paving Paths to Operational Efficiency Fleet Management Systems assume a pivotal role in optimizing the utilization of vehicular assets in logistical operations. Whether overseeing a diminutive or expansive fleet, these systems provide instantaneous tracking, schedule maintenance, and proffer analytical insights into vehicular performance. This ensures each vehicle operates at its zenith efficiency, thereby contributing to cost abatement and elevating the comprehensive management of the fleet.

Through the amalgamation of Fleet Management Systems with Warehouse Inventory Tracking and Logistics Management Software, enterprises architect a comprehensive paradigm for logistics. This integration empowers organizations to react expeditiously to shifting demands, curtail fuel expenditures, and amplify the holistic sustainability of their operations.

The Synergy: Warehouse Inventory Tracking, Logistics Management, and Fleet Management

The authentic potency of these technologies comes to fruition when they collaboratively operate. Warehouse Inventory Tracking, Logistics Management Software, and Fleet Management Systems forge a harmonized ecosystem, nurturing a streamlined and efficient supply chain.

This amalgamated approach mitigates redundancies, truncates errors, and augments the overarching agility of the logistical process. For enterprises aspiring to sustain competitiveness in the contemporary swift-paced market, the adoption of these technologies transcends being a mere alternative; it metamorphoses into a strategic imperative.

In summation, the amalgam of Warehouse Tracking System, Logistics Management Software, and Fleet Management Systems lays the bedrock for a responsive and efficient logistical framework. The embracement of these technologies is not merely a stride toward operational excellence but a pivotal catalyst for triumph in the perpetually evolving realm of logistics.

[yeonchi]

Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Special Review Part 3/3: The Giggle

Air date: 9 December 2023

"RTD did a prototype regeneration and I have mixed feelings about it. Wait, what? He really said that? Oh, thanks a lot, RTD, you're Shirakura 2.0 now. #RIPDoctorWho"

This not-so spoiler-free thought is how I'm opening the review for this special. Although details of the bi-generation were leaked online previously, the concept may be familiar to you if you've read about my personal project in Kisekae Insights. It is because of this that this review will be a crossover with a filler instalment of Kisekae Insights, for which I'll also be repeating the same content for the sake of that series. Don't be surprised if you read that instalment and it's literally the same things I'm going to talk about in this.

By the time I finish writing this review, enough time will have passed for you to have watched the episode by now, so hopefully that justifies my not-so spoiler-free thought. Regardless, spoilers will continue after the break.

Apologies for the delay in getting this review out. I've been really busy this past week especially with what I had planned for this review. Stay tuned to the end for my future plans of these reviews. No, seriously, I mean it.

What the left thinks freedom protesters want

After a cold opening in 1925 Soho with a man called Charles Banerjee buying Stooky Bill from the Toymaker's shop to test the new invention of television with John Logie Baird, we cut back to the present day, where London is in a peaceful protest chaos. The Doctor sees a man trying to fight a car and he goes to ask him what he is doing; the man, who can't drive, insists that he has the right to the road because he paid for it with his taxes. When asked why he can't stand on the kerb and be safe, the man tells the Doctor to blame "them" because things changed two days ago (which would have been when the Doctor and Donna left in the TARDIS) when people started thinking they were right and refused to change their minds. Yeah no, when people wake up and realise the cookers were right they (ideally) band together and protest the government. This is just society losing common sense.

The Toymaker, dancing amongst the chaos, briefly dances with the Doctor before UNIT comes for the Doctor and Donna. Upon arrival, they are greeted by Shirley, Kate Stewart and, much to the Doctor's surprise, Mel Bush. Kate and UNIT explain the situation to the Doctor and Donna; the Doctor, Donna, Wilf and Mel aren't affected due to long-term travel in the TARDIS making their brainwaves out of sync while the rest of UNIT aren't affected because of an arm brace device called the Zeedex, a creation of the Vlinx. Kate uses herself to demonstrate the effects of the situation on society by having her Zeedex turned off and going full Karen; something inside the brain is causing spikes that make people lose common sense. A slight problem with using Kate as an example; Wilf wasn't affected by the spikes despite being in the TARDIS for a couple of hours at most, but Kate was invited into the TARDIS a couple of years back and she was only in there for a couple of hours as well (at most), so by that logic, Kate shouldn't be affected by the spikes. However, I suppose you can argue that the spikes didn't affect Kate and Wilf as much due to their brief time in the TARDIS.

The Doctor and UNIT speculate as to what could be the trigger for the spikes; Kate notes that the KOSAT 5 satellite was activated two days ago to fully connect the world online, but there is nothing strange being transmitted from it like the old Archangel Network had. As the Doctor notes that everyone has access to a screen for the first time in history, Donna realises that the spike peaks are like a tune; Mel sings the tune and everyone (but the Doctor and the Vlinx) reacts to it like they heard it before. Shirley finds the exact same notes in a clip of Stooky Bill from 1925 and the Doctor realises that it isn't a tune, but a giggle in everyone's head burnt into every screen since the invention of screens.

The Doctor gives Kate permission to use the Galvanic Beam to destroy KOSAT 5 due to all world leaders being affected by the giggle before going back to 1925 Soho with Donna. You know, I honestly like how the Doctor's attitude to UNIT has changed over the years. When UNIT was reintroduced in the revived series, the Doctor was wary of them and he had an aversion to them using weapons, but now that Kate has been Chief Scientific Officer for over a decade in real time, the Doctor is able to entrust Kate with taking down a satellite in a situation such as this.

In the Toyroom

Upon arriving in 1925, Donna notes that the Doctor just keeps charging on and that he hasn't stopped for anything, speculating that his old face came back because he was wearing himself out. Except for that time when he willingly spent 900 years on Trenzalore to keep the Time Lords and Daleks from starting another Time War. Or when he spent 24 years on Darillium with River Song. Or that time when the Doctor stayed with the Ponds for a year- ok, bad example, but you get my drift.

Dismissing the subject, the Doctor and Donna head into the Toymaker's shop. The Toymaker knows Donna's name while the Doctor begins to realise who he is. The Doctor tells Donna to go back to the TARDIS and Donna says that he never told her to do that. Except for that time the Doctor sent Donna back to the TARDIS to get her away from the ATMOS gas. Or that time the Doctor teleported Donna back to the TARDIS to get her away from the Vashta Nerada before she ended up being saved.

The Toymaker runs back into a corridor and the Doctor and Donna follow; they end up entering his domain and they get separated. The Doctor encounters Charles, who has become a puppet after trying to see the Toymaker to cure the giggle in his head and losing a game against the Toymaker. Donna encounters the rest of the Stooky family and is attacked by them, though the manages to destroy Stooky Sue and scare away the Stooky Babbies before reuniting with the Doctor.

The two then find themselves before the Toymaker in front of a stage, where he gives Donna a proper catch-up on the Doctor's adventures with Amy, Clara, (lady) Bill and the Flux. The Doctor then decides to challenge the Toymaker to a game of cards; as the Toymaker mentions all the godly beings he has won against, he mentions the Master and someone he never dared face, The One Who Waits. The Doctor asks the Toymaker why everyone thinks they are right in 2023 and he says that he made every opinion supreme, turning cancel culture on its head so that everybody wins, but everybody loses as well.

The Toymaker wins the game, but counting the Doctor's previous encounter with him, they are at one-all and this is a best of three. The Toymaker decides to meet him again in 2023 before collapsing his shop. The Doctor and Donna manage to escape and they head back as well.

"Hai, si, ja, hold tight!"

UNIT fires the Galvanic Beam at KOSAT 5 and takes it out. The Doctor and Donna return and has UNIT use some software to hopefully track down the Toymaker, but as a song begins playing, the Toymaker makes his appearance in a song and dance sequence before disappearing through the floor. OK, I have to give credit here, this sequence beats the Master dancing to Boney M's Rasputin in The Power of the Doctor. Also, Neil Patrick Harris, being American, had never heard of the song where as "all Brits know it as if it was Happy Birthday". He had it set as his alarm ringtone and listened to it 30 times every morning (according to him), which really deserves kudos.

The Doctor tells UNIT to search the building for the Toymaker. Suddenly, they notice that the Toymaker is manning the Galvanic Beam, having thrown the staff off the helipad. The Doctor asks the Toymaker why he won't use his powers for good, to which the Toymaker states that good and bad are nothing to him. In the ensuing confrontation, the Toymaker shoots the Doctor with the Galvanic Beam, noting that by his rules, the next game will be played with the next Doctor. Donna and Mel go to the Doctor as he begins to regenerate, finally ready to accept his death, but then the regeneration stops as he notes that it feels different this time; the Doctor asks Donna and Mel to pull on his arms, separating the Fifteenth Doctor into the Fourteenth Doctor and giving him half of his clothes. The two Doctors push their hands together and they separate.

The Fifteenth Doctor notes that he bi-generated, something that is supposed to be a myth (how the fuck would you know, Fifteen). The two Doctors then challenge the Toymaker to a game of catch, where the one to drop the ball loses. The game is played and the Toymaker drops the ball thrown from Fourteen to Fifteen to himself; for the Fourteenth Doctor's prize, he banishes the Toymaker from existence, or rather causes him to fold up and drop back into his box (that was originally his shop) as he tells the Doctor that his legions are coming. Kate has a soldier take the box to the deepest vault and bind it in salt.

Later, the Fifteenth Doctor notes to the Fourteenth Doctor that he is running on fumes; noting everything that has happened since facing the Toymaker as the First Doctor. The Fifteenth Doctor isn't experiencing any averse post-regeneration effects because Fourteen is the one doing the rehab, out of order. Donna reiterates how Fourteen regenerated back into his face and found Donna because the time has come for him to come back home. As Fourteen wonders if he can let the TARDIS go, Fifteen suddenly goes and takes a mallet, speculating that the Toymaker's domain could still be in play because Fifteen hasn't gotten his prize yet. Heading outside with Fourteen and Donna, Fifteen hits the TARDIS with his mallet and it bi-generates, giving a (slightly) newer TARDIS with a wheelchair ramp and a jukebox. Fourteen and Donna part ways with Fifteen as he leaves in his new TARDIS.

Sometime later, Fourteen then goes to have lunch with the Nobles and Mel (at a house that he bought if this is to be believed), revealing that Fourteen has had adventures with Rose and Mel and that Wilf is shooting moles who have force fields. And so the story ends with the two Doctors already off on their separate ways.

Bi-generation

Right, we need to talk about the bi-generation scene and just straight up, I like the idea in execution, but not in principle. To explain it, I'm going to do a crossover special between my Doctor Who reviews and the Kisekae Insights series. For those of you who are reading this in my review, expect to see this again in a filler instalment of Kisekae Insights as I repeat basic facts fans will already know. For those of you who are reading this in Kisekae Insights, hello again and welcome to content grubbing hell. Join me for the ride and I hope you noted the spoiler warning before the break.

Firstly, a little explainer for those of you who are unfamiliar to Doctor Who. The concept of regeneration was created for Season 4 in 1966 when William Hartnell's failing health and poor relations with the new production team meant that he was becoming more of a burden, and so, it was decided that he would depart the series to be replaced by Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor. Since then, different actors have portrayed different Doctors over the years and with the modern series, a cycle has popped up within the fandom in relation to their reactions to departing and arriving Doctors:

With the cancellation of the classic series in 1989, Seventh Doctor Sylvester McCoy wouldn't get his regeneration scene until the 1996 TV movie featuring Eighth Doctor Paul McGann. However, the failure of the TV movie in the US led to the series being shelved again in the UK, with a regeneration seemingly nowhere in sight. Then, the series was revived in 2005 with Ninth Doctor Christopher Eccleston and Paul McGann would finally get his regeneration scene for the 50th Anniversary in 2013, additionally revealing a previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor who fought in the Time War played by John Hurt. In addition to an aborted regeneration as the Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant which created a new meta-crisis incarnation, this meant that Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith was the final incarnation of the Doctor's first regeneration cycle of twelve regenerations.

However, the Doctor was granted a second cycle of regenerations, which led him to regenerate into Twelfth Doctor Peter Capaldi. In the following incarnation, Thirteenth Doctor Jodie Whittaker would learn of a revelation that destroyed everything we knew about the Doctor; the Doctor was actually a being known as the Timeless Child, who could continually regenerate upon death. The Child was experimented on by its "mother", Tecteun, going through numerous incarnations so that she could unlock the secret of its regeneration and grant it to herself and her people to become the Time Lords. Personally, I am of the belief that Rassilon, one of the Founding Fathers of the Doctor's (actual) home planet, Gallifrey, created or discovered regeneration as we knew it without all the cultural appropriation bullshit with the Timeless Child. In either case, Time Lords were limited to twelve regenerations.

And so we get to the 60th Anniversary. After regenerating back into David Tennant, the Fourteenth Doctor gets into a confrontation with the Celestial Toymaker and is killed, but instead of regenerating as normal, he bi-generates, with Fifteenth Doctor Ncuti Gatwa splitting away from him.

Doctor Who is a series that is all about change. Aside from changing Doctors, the entire show itself changes every so often, from companions to the production team and much more. Regeneration for Time Lords is likened to the death of one incarnation and the birth of another, and like it or not, the dying incarnation in question needs to learn to move on. The Tenth Doctor famously said "I don't want to go" immediately before his regeneration and the Twelfth Doctor initially refused to regenerate before an encounter with the First Doctor pre-regeneration made him realise that the universe still needed the Doctor. The Timeless Child revelation ends up being a piece of fridge horror when you realise that Tecteun repeatedly killed the Timeless Child in her pursuit of regeneration (some people may say it isn't fridge horror but that's because I didn't realise the implication until much later).

Following the premiere of the special, Russell T Davies, in his everlasting inability to shut the fuck up, explains how with this bi-generation, all the other previous Doctors bi-generated as well, explaining how the other Doctors appeared in the memory TARDIS for Tales of the TARDIS. With that point, I don't agree, I think those were the Doctor's "Guardians of the Edge" from The Power of the Doctor projecting themselves into the memory TARDIS. The implication here seems to be that the previous incarnations bi-generated and continued to have adventures in some way. So much for Fifteen saying that bi-generation was a myth, because if this is supposed to be a rare occurrence, then RTD’s theory clearly goes against it.

With all this in mind, the bi-generation takes away the gravitas mavitas of regeneration and leaves it without any meaning. If the Earth is in danger again, do the previous incarnations just go, "Oh, we'll just leave it to the latest one" like they lost their powers and their powers are with a legacy character like in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger or Kamen Rider Zi-O? Nah, at least the Gokaigers returned their legendary powers to their original Rangers.

"But Azuma, Fifteen said that this was a rehab for Fourteen, he doesn't have to go through the standard post-regeneration instability because Fourteen's doing it for him on top of meditating on his past!"

I admit that I missed the rehab bit when I first watched it as I was thinking about how to address the bi-generation for this review. I thought bi-generation was a trick or a prize caused by the Toymaker, but it clearly wasn't seeing how the Toymaker reacted in surprise when it happened.

Regardless, the implications of bi-generation are still yet to be explained. Can the bi-generated Fourteenth Doctor (and maybe even the other Doctors) regenerate himself or will he have to merge back with Fifteen ala the Watcher? How is the Valeyard supposed to fit into this? If this was truly meant to be a rehab for Fourteen, then why did Fifteen bi-generate the TARDIS? Oh, but I guess we can't leave Fourteen without a TARDIS like how Eleven was basically stranded on Trenzalore for 900 years. That'll give him an excuse to forget about the emotional baggage Fifteen left him. How long can we expect Fourteen's rebab to go for? As long as it takes for Clara to finally decide to face her death at the hands of the raven, because this bi-generation was RTD doing a Moffat and Clara-ing Fourteen. (Side note, I can slightly forgive this if both Fourteen and Fifteen can regenerate and one of them becomes the Valeyard.)

The Timeless Child revelation makes all this even worse, because assuming the Doctor can regenerate unlimited times again at this point, it's all boiled down to "It's magic, we don't have to explain it." Hell, I didn't even bother counting how many regenerations the Doctor has in his second regenerative cycle at this point with the Master force-regenerating the Doctor into himself and then Yaz going to great pains to reverse it, that is how much the Timeless Child revelation made me stop giving a fuck.

OH, FUCK OFF.

Look, if the bi-generation was just between Fourteen and Fifteen, leaving it as the mythically rare occurrence that it should have been, then I would have been fine with it, but RTD implying that it echoed back and affected the Doctor’s past just so he can begin a “Doctorverse” is just bad, especially when we don’t know the full implications of bi-generation.

"But Azuma, didn't you do bi-generations as well in your personal project? You've got Doctor Whooves, the Pony Doctor and Storm Dasher, plus you've got all of Hiroki's prototypes in your stories. You even mentioned prototype regeneration in the not-so spoiler-free thought for this review!"

Oh yeah, it's coming. I haven't forgotten about that.

The Kisekae Connection

I could give you some links to previous instalments of Kisekae Insights where I talk about Hiroki Ichigo and his prototype regenerations, but since I'm padding out the review and I want to repeat things on Kisekae Insights, I'm going to do a full essay here, but before that, let's talk about two other connections related to the rest of the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials.

Meta-crisis

The meta-crisis plot point was used for several characters in my personal project.

Kyōko Izumi was a new prototype introduced in December 2011. Immediately after his regeneration, not all of his appearance changed until during a crisis involving the Sycorax, where the TARDIS console opens and Kyōko received the power of the Time Vortex, giving him his new appearance. Once the Sycorax left, Kyōko began to have a mental breakdown like Donna did until the Doctor wiped his memory of the past few hours. Entrusting Kyōko to the care of the Lucky Stars of Saitama, the Doctor explains that until his regeneration stabilises, he cannot be reminded of him or he will die. The events of The End of Time take place during a time when Kyōko's regeneration hadn't stabilised yet and is a significant plot point in the story. The power of the Time Vortex gradually left him as well during that time.

In the serial Parallax of Love and Time (which forms the first four episodes of my Series 4), the meta-crisis plot of Journey's End is adapted with Doctor Whooves and his companion, Derpy Hooves, creating a non-cross-eyed alter ego within herself known as the DoctorDerpy, or Ditzy (Doo) as she would call herself. Derpy would be left in Ponyville with the Meta-Crisis Doctor Whooves, also known as Time Turner, while Doctor Whooves would get killed again and regenerate into his next incarnation. Derpy did not require her memories wiped because Equestrian magic can alleviate the strain of a Time Lord consciousness in ponies.

The same plot point would be repeated again when I actually adapted Journey's End for real in Series 5's The Return of Antoni. Fifi Forget-me-not used a prototype replica Soul Talisman (from a Parallax War universe) to regenerate herself, but she managed to siphon off much of her regeneration energy into the heart of the TARDIS before her appearance could change. Storm Dasher would end up looking into the heart of the TARDIS and become part-Time Lord as Derpy, in her Ditzy alter ego, appears and saves the TARDIS from being destroyed. Like with Derpy, Dasher did not require his memories to be wiped; in fact, becoming part-Time Lord and representing a new Element of Harmony, Time, were precursors to him becoming Ultraman Ginga and evolving into an alicorn years later.

Trans character

I didn't include this in my topic about trans issues for last week's review because I didn't want to distract from them, especially given how I handled the subject.

Towards the end of the Salacian Time War in Series 7's opener, a new male prototype who would be known as Korasuke Hayashi was born. As he was left in the care of Yuno at the Hidamari Apartments, Korasuke would need to disguise himself as a female to even be there and so, with Yuno's help, he assumes the persona of Kumiko Hayashi.

During the 50th Anniversary Series, a mishap during an adventure caused Kumiko to become permanently female, though unable to have children. Uniquely, this happened without Kumiko going through things like mental health evaluation, hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery, which is why I acknowledge that this is far from being an accurate portrayal of trans people. (I don't know if this was mentioned or not, but the Doctor might have offered to find a way to make Kumiko a boy again but Kumiko refused because of reasons I'm about to explain now.)

The reason why I made Kumiko permanently female was because I started to forget that she was actually Korasuke, so I decided to get that out of the way. I don't think of Kumiko's old name as a deadname because I didn't use it much, so that name didn't stick with people and therefore Kumiko isn’t fixated on people deadnaming or misgendering her.

Oh no, a male in a female-only space, I guess I'm cancelled by TERFs now. Oh wait, I basically blackfaced the transgender experience, so I guess I'm cancelled by the trans community for being a transphobe now. Lol calm down, you clearly don't understand that this is (fan)fiction and that I acknowledged that this is not an accurate representation of being trans.

Can Kumiko be non-binary as well? I don't know, think what you want. She's already transgender anyway.

Bi-generation case 1: Quad-generation

In The End of Time, the Doctor regenerated into his next incarnation, but three other individuals regenerated from him - two of them got their own TARDISes. For additional reasons that are detailed in previous instalments of Kisekae Insights, the Doctor ended up using six regenerations in one go, creating three ponies with a regeneration each and splitting away two human lives that had merged into him.

Of the three ponies were two Time Lords, Doctor Whooves and the Pony Doctor, and an Earth pony named Jee Gun who later became Storm Dasher. Long story short, Doctor Whooves gained a meta-crisis incarnation, then the Pony Doctor sacrificed the regeneration he had so that Doctor Whooves could regenerate again.

Although the reason why this quad-generation happened wasn't explained initially, the Doctor would make use of a Time Puncher used by Girl Power to ensure that the existences of the three ponies would be cemented - a future revision is expected to slightly change this by having the Doctor input some history that the Time Puncher apparently missed, unintentionally becoming the reason for their existences in the first place.

The difference between this and the bi-generation is that the old (David Tennant) incarnation doesn't stay around, though you can say that he did end up becoming Doctor Whooves for a time.

Oh, and by the way? At the end of my Doctor Who series, the Doctor regenerates into himself for a final time and it is later revealed that he and the TARDIS became one, repairing the TARDIS' chameleon circuit while also allowing the Doctor to assume whatever form he wants, so the Curator and the past Doctors can still be things without this bi-generation mess.

Bi-generation case 2: Prototype regeneration

This case is the closest analog to the bi-generation we saw in the episode and yet in my opinion, is better than it. For one thing, the character in question who can bi-generate is NOT the Doctor and for another, the mechanics of it have been thoroughly explained in multiple lore dumps over the years, basically repeating the same thing I'm about to describe.

The Fifteenth Doctor was right when he said that bi-generation was a myth because I did write it as a phenomenon that only happens to one person. To explain it, we'll need to look at the Doctor's origins from the POV of my personal project. Enjoy this description copied verbatim from #2 because it's taking long enough writing two posts at the same time as it is:

During the Time War, the Time Lords were desperate for more soldiers and resurrecting their dead wasn’t enough for them. As such, Lord President Rassilon invented a virus, suspended in Mako energy, and spread it on Earth at some points in history. While the virus would have no effect on the infected, it would sometimes result in the souls of their offspring being harvested and transported to Gallifrey, where they would become new Time Lords. The human “shells” would be left with corrupted chromosomes and/or brain activity as a result. Other humans documented these genetic and neurodevelopmental disorders over the years, resulting in what we know today as disorders like Down syndrome and autism (though I should note that the Time Lords probably didn’t cause every disorder known to mankind).

At essentially the same time, the Shinra Electric Power Company worked on the Jenova Project, injecting a number of people with Jenova cells in the process. By chance, one of those people had a child *1 with someone who was infected with Rassilon’s virus and also a twin *2 that they were unaware about until its birth. Unfortunately, in the present-day view of the project, Shinra had already fallen and there are no plans for a “reunion theory”. *3

After the twins were born, they had to be taken to another hospital due to complications. In the middle of the night, the Time Lords were extracting the child’s soul (the other babies in the nursery were chanting an angelic prayer in the process) when the twin suddenly emitted a blast of Mako energy, causing everything to go silent. In reality, that soul was knocked out of the Time Vortex and landed on Gallifrey long before the Time War. That soul became the Time Lord who would be known as the Doctor. My backstory is that he was found by Omega and raised like any other Gallifreyan. *4

The child would later be diagnosed with autism. Uniquely, due to the Time Lord and Jenova DNA in him coupled with whatever remnant Mako energy there was (I dunno), the child also had the ability to regenerate, but it would create another body in the process and he was also susceptible to regenerating following emotional distress (like a broken heart or something, think Takotsubo cardiomyopathy). The child would keep on living as the “archetype”, while the new body created would take on a separate identity and live as a “prototype”. The process varies each time; either the child would regenerate into the prototype and the archetype (or real self) would manifest sometime later, or the child would regenerate into his next incarnation and the prototype would manifest later. As for the twin, well, everyone forgot about him because of the Time War, so he was put up for adoption as if he were an orphan. However, he did not share his brother’s regeneration abilities. In the story, they meet each other again and basically, all is well.

*1: Hiroki Ichigo *2: Parker Zhou *3: Until Soulbound Series 4 *4: See? No Timeless Child bullshit here.

So in summary, the Doctor was born from Hiroki Ichigo due to circumstances and Hiroki is able to bi-generate as a result. You know, seeing how Fifteen was basically leaving his emotional baggage to Fourteen for his "rehab", I think I have a better tl;dr explanation for my version of it: "Oh no, my family or someone who was supposed to be close to me hurt my feelings! I guess I'll regenerate, become a different person and escape my emotional baggage because I'm too much of a snowflake to cope!" God, I fucking hate myself.

Like the Doctor, Hiroki has gone through a forgotten regeneration (Hayato Kisaichi), a meta-crisis regeneration (Takumi Kamijō/Kumiko Hayashi) and a female regeneration (Momoka Mizutani). In fact, with the exception of the meta-crisis regeneration, Hiroki was the other two prototypes for a short amount of time before they separated, meaning that I predicted bi-generation nearly a decade before RTD showed it to the world.

The main reason why bi-generation works better for Hiroki than the Doctor is because regeneration is different for Hiroki than any other Time Lord. Also, it is made clear that Hiroki has the same twelve regeneration limit of other Time Lords (barring certain exceptions) and the prototypes are unable to regenerate themselves. The way regeneration works for Hiroki is that he is still the same person who only changes slightly with each regeneration - in fact, you could say that the prototypes were new incarnations that split off from Hiroki instead of him regenerating into each one, but by that logic Hiroki would have had three female incarnations before Jodie Whittaker debuted as the Thirteenth Doctor. Then again, Steven Moffat made Joanna Lumley the Thirteenth Doctor in The Curse of Fatal Death, so this isn't the one-up I thought it would be.

Hiroki's final regeneration is made to be different from his original self because it signifies his final victory in the fight to be a different person, his ideal self. Despite this however, Hiroki's problems always have a way of catching up to him, and while he has found a way to conquer each and every one, there is one big problem that he has neglected for a long time, but that is a story for another day...

You know, over the years I've come to realise that "prototype" and "archetype" are inaccurate words to describe my version of bi-generation, but now that I've actually seen bi-generation for myself, maybe there were better names that I could have used:

prototype regeneration = bi-generation

prototype = splinter

archetype = original

No, I'm not going to revise all mentions of "prototype regeneration" to "bi-generation". I may be doing revised editions of my stories, but the prototype regenerations (among other things) are a core part of them that changing anything about them would make my stories drastically different. I'm not an SJW revisionist.

This concludes the Doctor Who review/Kisekae Insights crossover. And now, we take you back to your respective hells of series. They don't get any better than this.

The Celestial Toymaker

This episode featured the return of the Celestial Toymaker, now known only as the Toymaker, played by Neil Patrick Harris. His first appearance was in the third season of the classic series, played by Michael Gough. The Toymaker was a being who loved to play games with others, but he hated to lose and the games would always be rigged in his favour. While he would never cheat, as he was bound by the rules of the games set by himself or his opponents, he could bend them to some extent or conveniently forget to mention them. He also had the power to manipulate reality and if he were to lose a game, that power would briefly be granted to his opponent so they can claim their prize. Hmm, could the Toymaker have been behind the Desire Grand Prix of Kamen Rider Geats? Nah, totally not at all.

The "celestial" element of the Toymaker was toned down in this episode, though the Doctor does mention the word once. In the 1966 serial, the Toymaker is shown dressed like a Chinese mandarin, or a bureaucrat in imperial times. Huh, I wonder if they had a Central Bureaucracy. Oh, wait.

Anyway, because of that, SJWs in the 21st century thought that this was problematic because of "cultural appropriation" (also, the serial contained the use of the hard-r n-word in the traditional form of a counting rhyme), so RTD decided that this white villain would be played by a white man. On top of that, RTD wanted to acknowledge this by giving the 2023 Toymaker a racist aspect by having him speak in German and French accents in addition to British and a little bit of American accents. So I guess being (or God forbid, acting) German or French is racist now? Also, I can tell that some German words were made up in the Toymaker's lines. That's just as racist as people mixing Asian sounds together and making up Asian words that make no sense in their original languages. Look, jokes aside, this isn't a "shut up RTD" moment because this wasn't his fault. The problematic elements have been there for years.

There's a little aspect of the Toymaker's "racism" that I must disagree with:

The Toymaker: "I really must apologise for the rain. You must be used to sunnier climes." Charles: "I was born in Cheltenham."

Yeah well, I'm from Queensland. We get cyclones. OK, I'm not really from Queensland, but this isn't the racist attack you think it is, RTD.

The song used in the Toymaker's song and dance scene, Spice Up Your Life by the Spice Girls, had a problematic lyric that goes "Yellow man in Timbuktu/Colour for both me and you". The Spice Girls have revised that line in future performances so that it becomes "happy people in Timbuktu", which doesn't fit the syllables of the original line. RTD acknowledged this and so the line was covered up in the episode. You know, with my usual aversion to political correctness gone mad, I'm the kind of person who actually doesn't care about the line and I'm Asian. In fact, thanks to China's One Belt One Road Initiative, that line has never been more accurate.

If you didn't get the joke, Timbuktu is a city in Mali and Mali, like many African countries, is a member of the initiative. Although Mali is a landlocked country, it is expected to benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area. In fact, a Chinese company has set up Konyobla and Karan villages in Mali with solar-powered electricity and water pumps. Granted, they are very far away from Timbuktu, but they'll get there sooner or later.

Also, Chinese singer Nicholas Tse 謝霆鋒 (famous for hosting a cooking show that makes Gordon Ramsay look like Ncuti Gatwa) sang a song called 黃種人, which literally translates to "yellow people". And it's not just him. Other Chinese singers have sung songs with nationalistic themes that make reference to "yellow skin". Again, this isn't a "shut up RTD" moment because this is more of a dig at the Spice Girls.

Also, the last line of the song before the Toymaker disappeared - did the "Hai" get blorted out in it? I know the line was misheard for many years, but there was nothing problematic about it. However, when that line was replayed again in Unleashed, the "Hai" didn't get blorted out. What the hell, sound team?

Anyway, of the original 1966 serial, only one episode of four was recovered (the audio remains intact for all four episodes), so the entire serial is set to be re-released in an animated format with a reconstruction of the three missing episodes and a new remaster of the recovered fourth episode. The animation style is... rather controversial, apparently.

Other general thoughts

Clearly the London scene at the beginning of this episode (and Kate going full Karen) was meant to satirise the coronavirus pandemic of 2020-22, what with everyone being right and all (hence why I titled that section "What the left thinks freedom protesters want"). Donna suggests to Kate that they distribute the Zeedex to everyone, to which Kate shows her a clip of Trinity Wells (RTD's go-to American news presenter played by Lachele Carl) on her own show, talking about how the Zeedex is a conspiracy to control and monitor humanity, a clear satire of vaccines and vaccine mandates. One question, was there ever an intention to distribute the Zeedex to the wider population? It just sounds like a lot of money and time wasted when you could just have UNIT use the Zeedex while the Doctor tries to solve the situation. That being said, if that was the case, then it can be presumed that Trinity Wells knew about the Zeedex from leaked or stolen information.

Wilf is featured in this episode, however Bernard Cribbins was not due to his health, hence his appearance was done with a stand-in, an archive line from Series 4 and a mention at the end. When I heard Wilf say to Donna, "You go with the Doctor" in the preview clip, it felt a bit heartwarming because it reminded me of how Sylvia was so hesitant regarding aliens and distrusting of the Doctor back then (even more so when Donna's memory was wiped) while Wilf was a lot more open-minded and sympathetic to his granddaughter. RTD apparently had a version of the episode where Wilf was revealed to have died to acknowledge Bernard Cribbins' death, but Phil Collinson opposed it.

I have a weird irk about using the definite article when addressing aliens in normal conversation like their name is a title. It's always "the something", like "the Meep" or "the Vlinx" when you could drop the definite article and nobody would bat an eye. You could do that with "the Doctor" and just address him as "Doctor" like everyone has because it's a title.

The Toymaker talks about what happened to the Master; the Master begged the Toymaker for his life in exchange for one final game, but he lost and he was sealed in a gold tooth- okay, that is too many teeth for a mouth, the rest of the teeth have to be fake. Anyway, after the Toymaker was defeated, a hand with red nail polish picks up the gold tooth- alright, I know this is a direct rip off of the signet ring from Last of the Time Lords and I know what RTD is getting at. Can we fucking not, please? Moffat killed off the Master, then Chibnall resurrected him to deliver the stupid Timeless Child retcon before killing him off again. Can we just have an incarnation where the Doctor doesn't have to face the Master again- oh right, the bi-generation. Really wrote myself into a corner with that one. But still, surely there are loads of other Time Lords that could be brought back? With Mel back in the picture, can we finally have a return of the Rani maybe? Hell, you brought the Toymaker back and made him like the Master, because everything he did is totally what the modern series Master would do.

Also, the Toymaker tells the Doctor that he made a jigsaw out of his history, which some fans have interpreted to be a retcon of the Timeless Child. Ahahahahaha, no it isn't. If we're supposed to believe that this was the Toymaker's doing, then why did we get the Tecteun double-down in Flux or the mention last episode? Yeah, RTD's not going to retcon the Timeless Child because he has to give face to Chibnall (as part of the Fitzroy Crowd), but he mentioned that this was a "loosening of the rules"; fans can say anything about the Doctor now, whether he was really half-human as the Eighth Doctor, whether he was actually the Timeless Child or the other. Yeah, I sure do appreciate this attempt at "ignoring" the Timeless Child retcon, not that fans could do this already or the extended universe was breaking the rules before later stories defined them.

During the bi-generation, the Fifteenth Doctor is left without pants (because Fourteen took them), and so for the last 15 minutes of the episode, he is just walking about in a shirt, an untied tie and briefs, the absence of trousers which I didn't notice initially. John Barrowman got cancelled for less than this (quite literally, in a manner of speaking) and he got thrown under the bus because of Noel Clarke (albeit indirectly).

Mel Bush was a companion of the Sixth and Seventh Doctors. Her debut was in Terror of the Vervoids, the third serial of The Trial of a Time Lord saga which showed Mel being from the Sixth Doctor's future at the time of his trial and thus her introduction was left to extended media. She stayed with the Doctor through his later regeneration before she decided to leave and travel with Sabalom Glitz, the Doctor now travelling with Glitz's former companion Ace. In this episode's recollection of events, Mel travelled with Glitz until he died at the age of 101. After attending a space funeral, Mel decided to head back to Earth on a Zingo (space Uber?), but she found herself with nothing on Earth (she describes herself as an orphan here but that only applies to children, not adults). She had a cameo at the end of The Power of the Doctor and in this episode, she is shown working with Kate and Shirley at UNIT.

Say what you will about these specials undermining Donna's character development, but she truly got a happy ending in the end and she deserved it. She's got her memories back, her mother likes her and the Doctor, and she's got a high-paying job at UNIT (£120k plus 5 weeks' holiday). Heck, the Fourteenth Doctor and Mel got their happy endings as well; Fourteen doesn't have to go and Mel finally found another family after losing hers.

The Fifteenth Doctor's TARDIS has a wheelchair ramp now, "bringing it into the 21st century" as Shirley says. Apparently on set, this was known as the "Tharries Ramp", something that was confirmed by Benjamin Cook after RTD was inspired to do so from watching his videos. It's nice and all, but... Tharries once bugged Bowlestrek and NoelZone to do a stream together with them (he even casually refers to himself as a "mini Bowlestrek" lmao) before turning on them to hang with the likes of Channel Pup and Mr TARDIS, even going to far as to copyright strike the stream for "privacy violations" because he was clearly ashamed of it. Congratulations, RTD, you pandered to a left-wing grifter. Sure, being disabled doesn't mean that someone is evil, but it doesn't mean that they are incapable of evil just because they are disabled (case in point Davros). Evil doesn't discriminate whether you are disabled or not.

In the end, Donna believes that the Doctor got his old face back and found her because it was destiny telling him to come home. Somehow, I find that hard to believe given how the DoctorDonna was the cause of the Doctor and Donna meeting in the first place, helped by Dalek Caan. Maybe this could have been the Toymaker's apology offering or something, which would also explain how the Doctor's clothes changed when he regenerated back into his old face. Or maybe it might also be the work of The One Who Waits, possibly the Meep's "boss" mentioned in The Star Beast.

The anniversary roundup (and RTD’s work behind the scenes)

Oh, you thought I was done with this review? I haven't even covered the topic I was planning to cover for this week. God, this is going to be longer than a Content Cop at this point.

After signing back onto the series as showrunner in 2021, RTD has been working non-stop to make the 60th Anniversary the best it could be. At the time of writing, production is currently ongoing for Series 15, due to premiere in 2025, and promotion for the 60th Anniversary goes way back to the end of The Power of the Doctor. RTD and Bad Wolf have really taken the opportunity to make up for the irregular gaps and lack of promotion, two of the most frustrating shortcomings of the Chibnall era's production. Christmas Specials are back and the show is back on Saturday nights, which is a real plus.

While reviewing the 2022 Specials, I did get a bit pissy at the news that there wouldn't be any series until the 60th Anniversary. In addition to this, Series 14 and 15 will be eight episodes long with an additional Christmas Special. While mulling over this for the past year, I realised that a significant amount of the RTD and Moffat era's shortcomings came from having to produce 13 episodes and a Christmas Special in 9 months. Although the Chibnall era had its series reduced to 10 episodes each, Chibnall had to assist rookie writers which resulted in the series finale only being a first draft; all the other shortcomings came down to inexperience, incompetence or neglect.

On top of that, production values have evolved over the past 60 years to the point where we need to consider quality over quantity particularly with the amount of work required to produce an episode of a series like Doctor Who. The equivalent of 21 full-length episodes in the First Doctor era cannot be achieved with all the work, time and budget required in current year, which has necessitated the reduction of episodes in production over time. With these factors in consideration, I suppose I can accept that this is the cost of getting a series every year in this new era.

In terms of extended universe content, the Fourteenth Doctor is special in that he had his debut in comics before his first episode. Following his regeneration, the Fourteenth Doctor received a 14-issue long comic run in Doctor Who Magazine from November 2022, titled Liberation of the Daleks. The Doctor was not known to experience any post-regeneration complications, presumably due to going back to a previous body for a new incarnation.

As we got closer to the 60th anniversary, the episode titles for the specials were released six months prior in a reveal trailer. At the start of November 2023, BBC iPlayer in the UK launched Whoniverse, which hosted all content related to Doctor Who including all old episodes and spinoffs. Notably, the very first story, An Unearthly Child, is not available in the back catalogue due to a rights dispute with the inheritor of writer Anthony Coburn's estate, his son Stef. Stef claims that the BBC "offered a pittance" to him to relicense the story after cancelling it, claiming that his father also owned the rights to the TARDIS as well and that the BBC effectively "killed" his father by registering the TARDIS as a trademark in 1976 without asking permission or offering payment. Stef has also been known to be against the concept of regeneration, let alone the Thirteenth Doctor being a woman, but regardless of this or any insinuation of Stef being racist or anti-woke, I think we can agree that it is spiteful of him to hold back An Unearthly Child from the Whoniverse, not that it isn't available on physical media or other sources already. The BBC hasn't given their side of the story as far as we know, so there's not much more I can say on that. It's really saying something when even the notorious Ian Levine is speaking out against Stef and has been since 2013 according to a Twitter search.

As November began, we got Talking Doctor Who, a documentary hosted by David Tennant featuring archived interviews from mostly past Doctors. There was also a six-part spinoff, Tales of the TARDIS, featuring omnibus editions of classic serials bookended by newly filmed scenes of the Doctors and companions in a memory TARDIS, an initiative presumably inspired by The Power of the Doctor as Tegan and Ace got a chance to appear again with their respective Doctors. According to Screen Rant, it fixed mistakes from said special by acknowledging a relationship between Tegan and Nyssa, had the Seventh Doctor acknowledge his manipulation of Ace, and fundamentally, bringing the Doctor into the companion therapy process. The article's writer says that the memory TARDIS is a "giant middle finger" to Graham's Companions Anonymous group, but it's not like it's impossible to have both things. Like I said before, this is where RTD stated that the bi-generated Doctors could come in, but my theory is that they were the Doctor's Guardians of the Edge being projected into the memory TARDIS.

On 23 November, The Daleks in Colour premiered as a colourised cut of the original 1963 serial that beat the Beatles in ratings and saved the show from cancellation before it even started. Compressing a 7-part serial into 75 minutes has honestly got to be a hell of an ask for editor Benjamin Cook, which isn't helped when people are panning it for things like the jump cuts and repeated flashbacks to things like the anti-radiation drugs. This version also has updated visual effects, a new soundtrack and additional Dalek voices from Nicholas Briggs. I thought it was alright, but other people may have stronger feelings than I do about it. I think it could have been better if it was 90 minutes long.

Following this, An Adventure in Space and Time was replayed, but with the ending changed to show Ncuti Gatwa instead of Matt Smith (along with more edits to the scenes showing the filming of the first serial due to rights issues). Apparently Mark Gatiss designed the scene so that it could feature any Doctor for any anniversary they decided to replay it. I'm a bit meh on this, but whatever.

On 25 November, after The Star Beast was broadcast, a documentary Doctor Who: 60 Years of Secrets and Scandals was broadcast on Channel 5 in the UK, covering various topics mostly relating to the classic series. In addition to this, BBC Radio released various audio documentaries relating to the classic series, the Wilderness Years and the modern series. A number of Doctor Who figures were invited on My Life In A Mixtape, where for an hour, they play the songs that defined their lives. Katy Manning (who played Jo) also narrated an audio special featuring an interview with composer Murray Gold by Richard Latto of BBC Radio Solent. I didn't care for it, but I did also listen to Surviving Doctor Who, where Toby Hadoke defined one word or phrase for each letter of the alphabet, and Doctor Who: 60 Years of Friends and Foes hosted by Sue Perkins, which explores how the show reflected the social history of the world across the decades.

Summary and verdict (and the future of these reviews)

If you've read up to here by now I'm sure you're tired of me ranting like a cooker gaslighting you into thinking I'm right or a lefty putting walls of text in a meme in an attempt to convince you why a half-Indian actor playing Isaac Newton isn't racist, so I won't belabour my verdict any more than necessary.

I liked the episode. Neil Patrick Harris as the Toymaker was great, we saw Kate Stewart and Mel Bush again and the Doctor and Donna got their happy ending. However, where it fails is the bi-generation, because the concept takes away the gravitas mavitas of regeneration and the implications of it are not fully explained. Unfortunately, there are no plans for David Tennant to return, at least for now. It's not as bad as the Timeless Child retcon, but it is up there.

Rating: 5/10 60th Anniversary cumulative total: 16/30 (53%)

In conclusion, the 60th Anniversary Specials were a return to form for Doctor Who after the Chibnall era all but killed it. I won't say that it's a good starting point for new fans because although it may be so, you should binge at least the first RTD era in order to understand the DoctorDonna storyline. It also sets up The One Who Waits as something that will be important for the Fifteenth Doctor's era and also lays the groundwork for another reboot of the series.

RTD did double-down on the Timeless Child again, but instead of pussying out like Chibnall did in Flux, he leaves the door open for fan interpretation by implying that the retcon was a game by the Toymaker, nonsensical though it may have been.

The Message is still prevalent throughout the three specials, but as I said in my spoiler-free thought for the first special, you have to be willing to overlook it in order to find enjoyment in this series (unless you clearly don't have a problem with it in the first place). While I am okay with the "woke" politics (belittling though they may be), I wasn't okay with RTD's stupid justifications for certain decisions he made in production, such as the decision to have the Doctor regenerate his clothes as well, justifying the portrayal of Davros without his life support wheelchair or the bi-generation working retroactively so that all the previous Doctors still exist in a sense.

Sure, RTD has done some phenomenal stories in his era which is deserving of our respect, but let's not forget how he treats critics and detractors on social media. Do you really want to support or care about the opinions of a showrunner who has a stick so far up his ass that he thinks he can say things like these and have sycophants (in both the access media and social media) support him doing so?

I compared the first RTD era to writers Naruhisa Arakawa and Yasuko Kobayashi with producer Naomi Takebe in Toei tokusatsu. Replace Naomi Takebe with Shinichirō Shirakura post-Super Hero Taisen/Twitter (Zi-O, Zenkaiger, Donbrothers) and you get the RTD2 era in a nutshell. Say what you will about Shirakura or even Chibnall, at least they didn't outright insult fans on social media.

With all that being said, I would like to announce that I won't be continuing to review the RTD2 era after these specials. The main reason isn't because of RTD or the bi-generation (though they are contributing factors), but it's because I've been feeling a bit burnt out on Doctor Who after watching Wild Blue Yonder and dealing with a few real life problems around that time. Also, I promised my fans an original story for the 20th anniversary of Sea Princesses in October 2024 and right now, I'm stuck doing side stories and tie-ins when I've barely made any progress on the main story. I'll still continue to watch Doctor Who as a casual fan, it's just that I might limit myself to posting thoughts about episodes if they're important for me to post about. I did consider doing reviews without restating the plot, but I thought it would be better if I stepped down from reviewing instead of trying to force out cut-down reviews.

How do I think The Message was handled during the 60th Anniversary specials compared to the Chibnall era? I expected to find more SJW red flags in the first two episodes of Series 11 than I found in these specials. Although I was dense to a lot of things back when I started the Thirteenth Doctor Reviews, I have to give Chibnall credit for the Timeless Child revelation and Flux because they enabled me to spot and call out RTD's bullshit during the specials.

At this point I'm feeling more apathetic to the current state of Doctor Who than anger and that's mostly because I've been emotionally detaching myself from the show once the Moffat era came to a close (this was also because I wanted to branch my personal project away from the BBC canon and do my own thing with the Doctor after Twice Upon a Time). The Timeless Child revelation was the terminal cancer for Doctor Who as I knew it, the double-down was the fatal blow and despite the return of RTD giving me hope, the bi-generation was the death knell. Although the Ncuti Gatwa era is slated to be a reboot, it's really just going to be "same same but different".

Speaking of Ncuti Gatwa, I will make a few comments about what we know. His new costume (I'm pretty sure he'll have different costumes in each episode) reminds me of Series 4 Donna Noble's look, and I'm sorry, but that is not a sonic screwdriver. Call it a remote if you like, but I'm surprised they didn't make it a flip phone. At least the Fourteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver won't go to waste now that we know he's still around.

RTD has also stated that the show will be taking a step towards fantasy, something that will annoy people who knew it as a hard science-fiction show. I'm interested in seeing how it plays out. When I was in Year 10 English class, I mentioned to my friends how Doctor Who was a sci-fi show. My teacher overheard it and he made a counterpoint that it was a fantasy show. Thinking about it, he did have a point there as Doctor Who (and other sci-fi shows really) can be considered fantasy shows with a sci-fi setting - a science fantasy, if you will.

Before I sign off I will say one final thing about Christopher Eccleston. At the 2023 For The Love Of Sci-Fi convention in Manchester, Eccleston was asked what it would take for him to return to Doctor Who, and he said, "Sack Russell T Davies, sack Jane Tranter, sack Phil Collinson, sack Julie Gardner and I'll come back." Eccleston has been very open with what happened on Doctor Who given what we heard and I've also covered it in the Doctor Who 10 for 10 post for Series 1. I think if he were asked this at Dragon Con in 2021, before we knew that RTD was coming back and that the show would be produced by Bad Wolf, he would have said, "Get Doctor Who away from the BBC," meaning "Move the production away from BBC Studios".

That is it for my Doctor Who reviews. If you have managed to make it this far, thank you for reading this and a big thank you to everyone who has read and interacted with my reviews. Sorry I won't be able to continue reviewing the rest of the RTD2 era in depth and sorry I took longer than usual to finish this review. I feel like I've neglected myself over the years to dedicate myself to my internet audience and I hope to refocus my priorities to balance taking care of myself with content creation.

Despite the death of Doctor Who as I knew it, I hope the new Doctor Who will at least continue to be as enjoyable as it was over the past 60 years.

#RIPDoctorWho

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'The Giggle

We begin The Giggle in Soho 1925, with a man walking into a toyshop. The man behind the counter is charismatic and rather creepy, especially as he talks about his various dolls up on the wall. Apparently it has real hair and the Toymaker’s German accent slips a little as they talk.

The man, Charlie, takes “Stooky Bill”, the doll in the toyshop, and takes it to his employer, John Logie Baird. He’s been testing his new invention, the TV, and wishes this doll could speak.

We then cut to the present where we left off last week. The whole place is compete chaos. Two days ago, everyone had suddenly decided that they’re right and they won’t change their mind. If you try to argue with the infected, they go mad. The only one who stands out is the Toymaker, who tries to dance with the Doctor in the street. The Doctor recognizes him, especially when UNIT show up and take the Doctor away to HQ with Donna.

Shirley and Kate Lethbridge-Stewart are there to greet him… along with a surprise guest too. It’s Melanie, the companion for the sixth and seventh doctors! After, we hear the same exposition we just got from the man in the street. Apparently this issue is worldwide, but those inside UNIT are being subdued by something called the Zeedex, which keeps them under control and not going mad. Whatever this thing is, it’s been generated from inside the brain… but some people aren’t affected like Donna and Mel.

Donna believes it could be a tune, just like in The Sound of Drums. But instead of four repetitive notes, they quickly realize it’s actually closer to a laugh. That same laugh jingle from the doll. This image has been put inside every single screen in the world, and with the Korean satellite allowing every single person across the world to be online at the same time.

The Doctor soon learns the exact location and time that Stooky Bill was broadcast on TV, so off Donna and The Doctor go to 1925 to figure it out. They instead find the Toymaker, and The Doctor immediately recognizes him. Despite telling Donna that she needs to go to the TARDIS, they both end up inside the Toymaker’s little domain.

The Doctor starts to doubt himself, and then the pair are separated. Again. Remember Charlie from the shop? The Doctor finds that he’s been turned into a puppet after losing a game to the Toymaker. And now he’s stuck on strings to do what the Toymaker wants. As for Donna, she finds herself attacked by the other dolls in the shop, until she destroys Sooky, the mum, and leaves the three babies as orphans.

The Toymaker taunts the Doctor, showing him all the companions that have passed and bringing up the Flux again. Please RTD, let’s not bring up that travesty of a series. Again. Anyway, The Doctor challenges him to a game, and the Toymaker boasts that he’s beaten everyone there is to beat. Even The Master, whom he’s turned into a gold tooth.

The only one he won’t play against is “The One Who Waits” but he won’t elaborate, claiming that’s someone else’s game. The pair decide to play Highest Card Wins… but the Toymaker wins. However, this just makes it 1-1 given the Doctor played and won all those years ago. The Toymaker decides they need to play in 2023 next, and the toyshop turns into a jack-in-a-box. As it does, The Doctor and Donna return to the present.

UNIT destroys the satellite but The Doctor is quick to point out this is only a link in the chain. There’s more to this than they realized and they’re about to step it up a gear. The Toymaker shows up at UNIT itself and a big dance number breaks out.

When he disappears outside, The Doctor realizes he has the Galvanic Beam. The Doctor’s pleas to have the Toymaker join him and leave together, play games across the cosmos, falls on deaf ears. The Toymaker has realized that Earth is the ultimate battleground and besides, hasn’t most of the Universe been utterly obliterated from the Flux?

The Toymaker eventually plunges a laser-beam straight into The Doctor, telling him he needs to play this game with the next Doctor. As The Doctor regenerates, he utters “Here we go again, Allons-y” and the regeneration becomes a bi-generation. Donna and Mel both pull from either side and one Doctor becomes two.

The pair of them decide to challenge The Toymaker together. They decide to play Catch, and the Doctors win. Their prize is to banish the Toymaker forever. “My legions are coming,” He says, as the box he’s kept in is banished to the vaults. His gold tooth however, holding the essence of The Master, is picked up by someone.

Meanwhile, the Doctor shows the New Doctor (Ncuti) to the TARDIS and both he and Donna agree that Tennant’s Doctor needs to chill out and stay in one place forever. The new Doctor, after winning the gae, smacks the outside the TARDIS and decides to create a second TARDIS, which has wheelchair access and a jukebox.

The pair say their goodbyes, and Tennant decides to join Donna noble’s family (and Mel) to sit down and chill on Earth with his family. Apparently he fought all those battles to settle down with a family, and Tennant has never been happier than he is now.

The Episode Review

So Doctor Who’s run with the Toymaker ends in crazy fashion with the very first Bi-generation and honestly? it’s a bit of a disappointment. The decision to keep Tennant around feels like having your cake and eating it too. On the one hand, we have a brand new Doctor running around and trying to slip into the role which should be the number 1 focus.

But then on the other hand, it shows a distinct lack of confidence that Ncuti Gatwa can do it alone, knowing that Tennant can just pick up the mantle should this Doctor fail to bring back viewers, which this show continues to leak. The Christmas Special is going to be the real tell though and it’ll be interesting to see what the views are like for that one.

On the positive side though, Ncuti’s Doctor is pretty good and it’ll be interesting to see exactly how he slips into the role in his own adventure on Christmas Day.

The episode itself is actually not bad either, and some of that stems from the charisma of Neil Patrick Harris and David Tennant, who both chew up the screen. Ncuti Gatwa holds his own too, which is a nice touch, but it’s far too early to tell how he’ll slip into the role of Timelord.

For now, this third special bows out with a decent episode but is this really a spectacular celebration of 60 years for Doctor Who? Especially when it borrows ideas from the past like The Sound of Drums, complete with the pop music number. Regardless, we’ll have to wait and see what’s in store for us next.'

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Tuesday 5/30/23

Morning motivation. Email barrage, contacting Albany clubs. Success w/one. November trio date.

Feeling logy, fat. Too much sitting. No walking. Inside all day.

6 PM -- Dinner. Wegman’s chicken in salad. 

8:30 -- 10:30 -- Killian phone chat. Gigs. Music. Dino stories. No more Spillett. Getting trio gigs.

10:30 -- Few tunes w/Mick. Off night, both of us. 

Midnight Schlem.

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