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Dot and Bubble 🐌 Discussion & Review Podcast | Doctor Who: Season 1
2024-06-29
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Is this an unprecedented kind of story? What does the ending say, & what does it avoid saying? How well does the Doctor-lite majority of the episode work? What meanings does the aesthetic & music suggest?
(00:00:00) General impressions
(00:01:59) Premise disguising the real point
(00:09:28) Misdirection & hints
(00:15:30) Ricky the surrogate Doctor
(00:18:50) Who is "the audience"?
(00:23:31) End of history setting & antagonist
(00:27:51) Tech industry AI paranoia
(00:30:35) Nostalgic Fallout-y aesthetics
(00:32:47) Disturbing moments & Ricky's fate
(00:37:24) Slug design & backstory
(00:40:44) Slugs representing narrative's breakdown
(00:43:27) Doctor-lite episodes
(00:46:26) The ending & what it avoids
(01:01:20) Ncuti's performance & characterisation at the end
(01:05:54) The Doctor's decision to leave
(01:11:23) Questions about the Homeworld
(01:13:53) Music of the episode…
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