Just a hunch, born out by the fact that RTD by his own admission is inserting his own personal life and experiences into the show. The second one was the absolute honking give away.
Never been tempted to watch Dr Who in all these years, so my opinion should not count - What is confusing to me though after reading the posts on here - If he is a Timelord, then surely the role canāt be played by a womanā¦ or then they would have the title, Timeladyā¦ Or not 
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Yep, one of the many many complaints us dinosaurs come up with.
but is Timelord a title or is it the name of their species?
ie our species is human, but sub is split into sexes, so is the doctors species Timelord, or is Timelord their sex? If species, then it doesnāt matter, if sex, then you would be correct about Timelord/Timelady
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I think it is hinted as being an aristocratic class. Obviously, it is all being dreamt up as they go along but he was just a mysterious traveller until 1966 when they had to swap the lead actor, and they gave him a species and home planet in 1969.
Since then they have added all sorts of lore which frankly just ties the writers in knots. Russell T Davis made the decision to kill them all off in 2005 and have the Doctor as āLast of the Timelordsā, which was a bold move and one that he should have stuck to.
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I really donāt have a problem with Gatwa as an actor or in the role. Heās charismatic and brings a bit of life to the character.
Whether he is the best actor for the role is debatable. I suspect that a huge influence was that he played a character in another series who was very popular with the age group that they were trying to target. As I said earlier, itās a family show, and to survive it has to grab the attention of a younger audience.
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Anyway, not that this debate about a kids TV show isnāt fascinating but Iāll try and move us onā¦
The wife and I just finished Clarksonās Farm, which is a great show. Extremely funny, cozy little watch. The relationship between the main characters - Jeremy, Kaleb, Charlie, Lisa and Gerald is the main draw as they all connect and bounce off each other so well.
Now weāre trying to find something new - weāre up to Season 8 of Greyās Anatomy after watching the first 7 seasons years ago. I donāt know if its a change of writers or that Iām paying more attention nlow but its cast is so hateable, theyāre all vile. Meredith is supposed to the lead character if the show and for the life of me I cannot remember her doing a single thing as a doctor. She just walks around. Its a good hate watch, something to laugh at while watching not take seriously.
The other show Iām trying to steer us towards is Friday Night Lights, which I watched about 5 years ago. She was skeptical at first but we watched the first two last night and she likes it so at least Iāll be able to drop in some FNL to break up the Greyās when it gets too stupid.
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Just watched 73 Yards, really enjoyed that. Donāt know if itās a ābest everā contender but it told an intriguing yarn with a bit of a spooky vibe.
We also caught up with the three recent specials - Iād avoided them due to the internet backlash, but after watching The Devilās Chord it felt like there was some important lore covered there.
Have to sayā¦ was pleasantly surprised, given the furore over the episodes. Star Beast was 98% great, I did roll my eyes at the stuff right at the end (I actually think this is in large part due to Catherine Tate, who I cannot abide). Wild Blue Yonder was great and The Giggle was good too - NPH stole every scene he was in and I appreciated my favourite Doctor actually getting a lovely send-off this time (with the potential for future cameos).
Still maintain star babies was a bit of a duffer but otherwise Iām enjoying this quasi-reboot a lot.
And does anyone have any clue why they dropped Ruby after this series? I think sheās great, and did really well I thought in the episode which was basically entirely focused on her (which I understand was in large part due to Gatwaās pre-existing filming commitments elsewhere).
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Not woke enough?
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I donāt think they have. She has been seen filming for the next series. Itās possible that she has less involvement in some episodes if she has scheduling clashes as they did with Ncuti this year.
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Ah, interesting, I just saw a headline a while back saying she wasnāt in S2, but good news if thatās not the case
Yes, that was rumoured. They are having another companion (who may have made an appearance in this series) but she is still in it:
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Sorry, which horse? I just did a quick search and could not find any reference to this guy anywhere other than this story.
Notably, Project Veritas has faced a lot of flak for its deceptively edited videos and information-gathering techniques to attack mainstream media organizations.
James OāKeefe first gained national attention in 2009 for his selectively edited video recordings of workers at Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) offices. He served as chairman until his dismissal from the organization in February 2023.
So twice in the same article they reference that he has a history of heavily editing videos for deceptive purposes including once which lead to him losing his job says a lot about how creditable the video should be taken
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Yeah Iām not taking anything from that guy as honest. From memory his previous videos includeā¦
- making a ādocumentaryā where travelled to Minnesota to accuse Ihan Omar of being married to her cousin (she isnāt)
- Worked with white-nationalist Laura Loomer to āproveā that Planned Parenthood is a demonic baby killing cult (they heavily edited the interactions with PP staff and cut out their own actions to which the staff were responding)
- Made a video where he went into a Comet Pizza - which at the time was the focus of āPizza-gateā an online Q-Anon conspiracy that a chain of pizza restaurants where secretly fronts for a Democrat baby-eating cult and that if you go into their basement you would find tunnels filled with dead and eaten children. This conspiracy theory inspired a man to go and shoot an assault rifle into a Comet Pizza. In OāKeefeās video he sits in a Comet Pizza and talks to the camera about what he sees, declares it too scary to stay and starts crying. He also is extremely rude to the staff.
OāKeefe is a far-right grifter. Iām a bit concerned that heās popping up on peopleās timelines, although I expect thatās because Elon Musk (also a far-right grifter) promoted this post.
Timbah on Toast has a very good series breaking down James OāKeefe and Project Veritasā¦
Worth watchuing before buying into any of their nonsense.
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Caligulaās
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About 57 years ago.
Disney inherited him with the Lucas Film acquisition, but he was promoted into this lead role about 2 years ago. I donāt think he had any involvement in any of the Disney films, but with the exception of Andor, everything Disney has done with the Star Wars for TV has gone through him.
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