Why I enjoyed Ncuti Gatwa's portrayal of #DoctorWho almost from the start, it was #Boom that really "clicked" him into character for me. Brilliant lines (by Steven Moffat) and fantastic line delivery, love this man.
Now I watched #TheDevilsChord and... well that was an hour of television. In some respect that worked better than #SpaceBabies, in others it... didn't, at least for me. Gatwa brings a lot to #DoctorWho and there's enough mystery around Ruby to keep me watching. But let's just say that I'm really glad the next episode is written by #StevenMoffat.
@mrsjmccrimmon Space Babies = great themes but somehow actors are not clicking for me (and the babies are too silly)
Devil's Chord = confused themes and plotting but the actors clicked and created great tension.
This new era is rather uneven in its beginning... BUT: if you watch Boom you might feel this is it. Moffat has written some FANTASTIC lines for Gatwa and Gibson, and both themes and actors are good to great in it. It's the first "classic" of this era.
This is a greally great and insightful interview with #StevenMoffat about #DoctorWho under RTD. The show is planned and shot a year head. We will never face the same situation with Chibnall again any time soon. So good news!
@peteriskrisjanis While shooting the finale, the production team apparently did not know if DW will continue. The whole show was hanging on a knife's edge for a couple of months.
Either way, the most important thing to do, is to ignore, insult, argue with, and generally disrespect, Black men online! 🤡 Find a Black man, and yell "Trump is worse!" in his face as hard as you can! Swear at him, and threaten him with violence!
@mekkaokereke That's the thing: if White liberal America wants to keep a liberal America it needs to talk to White non-liberal America (their friends, families, co-workers etc) and convince them not to vote for Trump. Focusing on (and blaming) Black people is just absurd.
I'm not lecturing anyone and frankly I don't care as I'm not living in the US. I find it just absurd that White liberal America is positioning itself to blame Black America for Trump, totally ignoring that White America will, with a strong majority, vote the fascist in big time.
@mrdalesmith@otfrom I totally respect that, also that RTD's credo is that subtlety is for cowards. I also love how he writes one love letter to Moffat Who after the other. I just wished he would not hit almost all of the beats of 2005 Who again.
@aoanla Oh for sure, he's doing the best with the overall situation Chibs left the Doctor in (and much better at developing the character). I also enjoy how he apparently loves Moffat Who and incorporates some of the vibes. But he's a on your nose populist story teller who likes to rearrange his old stuff with some new ideas. Revolutionary it ain't (at least yet).
@mrdalesmith Moff vibes: Ruby as an amalgam of Rose with Amy and Clara; the "magical" elements in the stories so far; the emphasis on children stories in the last episode; the realization that the monster isn't really a monster; etc. He's really taking a lot of pages out of Moffat's playbook. He seems to adore the man and his writing.