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ValueSubtracted, 4 days ago (edited 4 hours ago)

The call was (supposedly) about an unattended two-year-old outside at 4 am. I don’t think that’s the questionable part of this story.

ValueSubtracted, 5 days ago

I’ve seen very little of the Hartnell-era Doctor Who, but it was very nice to see him briefly in “The Power of the Doctor”.

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I take IMDB listings with a grain of salt, but she is listed as a costume designer for S31, as well as Captain America: Brave New World(!).

ValueSubtracted, 6 days ago

They produced Into Darkness and Beyond, so they at least have some history with the franchise.

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If your concerns are on the creative side of things, I don’t think that’s really what they do - their expertise seems to be getting things made.

ValueSubtracted, 6 days ago

These mergers can take a long time to complete, so we’re probably safe for a while.

I wouldn’t count on any serious going longer than five seasons under the old ownership, anyway…

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I’ll freely admit that I was completely thinking of the classism in play, and didn’t have my “intersectionality brain” engaged at the time.

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Underrated: Oh boy, time for some takes…

TOS: This might be the hardest to pick - maybe “The Corbomite Maneuver”? It’s fairly well-known, but is crowded out in a season full of classics.

TAS: Pretty much everything besides “Yesteryear” is underrated, but if I have to pick one, I’d pick “The Magicks Of Megas-Tu” for sheer weirdness.

TNG: “Remember Me” - really good episode. I think it’s pretty well-regarded, but it should be better regarded.

DS9: I’ve always been very fond of “The Sound of Her Voice,” for some reason. I don’t think I’d ever seen anything quite like it when it originally aired.

VOY: I think “Counterpoint” is the finest episode they ever did, but people rarely talk about it.

ENT: Uh…I guess I’ll say “Daedalus” - it does a lot of worldbuilding surrounding the transporter, but isn’t one of the big “lore” episodes that people tend to talk about.

DSC: “Su’Kal”. The cause of the Burn is something that speaks to the humanist core of Star Trek in a way that many people seem to overlook.

PIC: “Remembrance.” The first episode of the series is nearly perfect.

LD: I don’t know if the nature of the show lends itself to this exercise, but I’ll say “An Embarrassment of Dooplers”.

PRO: “Crossroads” - the kids arriving at a turning point, and making the kinds of dumb decisions that kids make.

SNW: “Ghosts of Illyria,” I guess - this series is still pretty fresh, but this is one of the better episodes that isn’t a “gimmick” episode.

ValueSubtracted, 7 days ago

This is probably also a good time to mention that the Doctor Who “canon” is, uh…flexible? At best?

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You know what? This is a big question for a lot of people, and the vast majority of the responses have been thoughtful and helpful - I’m pinning this.

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Hypothetically, I think I’d structure it somewhat similarly to season 5: a couple of episodes to establish the stakes, two or three more to gather information or materials, then a couple to put the plan together and enact it, and then ideally at least one to catch up with Zora after the events of “Calpyso.”

As it is, there are so many unanswered questions surrounding this mission that I hope we at least get a novel or something out of it.

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And then they’ll tell you again.

And again…

And again…

And again…