Moral infection, 2018 nostalgia, UNIT & fanservice, phone-watching, multiverses & mythology, timeless motherhood, coherence & contractions, rhythm & legacy, and more!
(00:00:00) Intro, & what we liked
(00:04:00) The role of Aswok
(00:07:06) Explaining the episode
(00:14:16) Complicated plots, incoherence, contractions
(00:22:33) Connections, rhythm, structure, pacing, serialisation
(00:28:08) UNIT callbacks & payoff, judging too early
(00:36:19) Chibnall’s intentions with Kate & UNIT
(00:43:49) Timeless Motherhood, Bel & Tecteun
(00:51:13) Space laws
(00:53:58) Acting
(00:57:36) Yaz, Dan, Jericho
(01:02:52) Thasmin
(01:04:37) Williamson, Sontarans, surprises
(01:07:47) Multiverse, influence
(01:14:57) Swarm & Azure, space & time, particles, exposition
(01:24:45) Norse mythology, Aswok’s set
(01:30:02) The Division, opaqueness
(01:33:03) Who the show is for, phone-watching
(01:47:27) Questions of legacy, RTD’s return…
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