What was Mikey Thinking?

  73 Yards notes The scenery is amazing.   SO beautiful Back in Wales The Doctor:   The war between the land and the sea.   It never ends. They introduce uncertainty about what year it is right from the start I was so sure that they were in the 90s Really nice way they pan the Doctor out of frame when Ruby reads the scrolls’But why does the Doctor disappear?   Is he just blocked from this timeline/reality? Ruby can’t get into the TARDIS Does she really think he’s pissing around the back side? The old woman appears now only after the Doctor disappears This is completely the Millie Gibson showcase The old woman is clearly repeating a plea She’s cold The woman is always that distance away We kind of always know it’s going to turn out to be her Snow.   Is it real?   Is it magic Ruby snow? Susan Twist!   She’s a hiker in this one Susan Twist: Oh, that’s Glyngatwg if you’ll forgive my pronunciation. Which they don’t R...

  Boom notes Returning to base for an upgrade one injured The com is a nice narrative convention They’re in the middle of a minefield Kastarians Mundy They’re afraid of an ambulance Moffat is back on Christian soldiers Mundy:   As God as my witness. On my soul eternal.   I’ll let you see my tattoo Posh Graham Canto Nice sense of dread about the ambulance What happened to Wilson? Very atmospheric Carson fell down a small hill And stepped on a land mine.   Interesting effect Creepy nurse face on ambyulance John Francis Vater Because it would take four weeks for his eyes to heal it just killed him Villengard Corporation ***Thoughts and Prayers Of course the Doctor goes charging in What was Ruby doing? So the gimmick is an episode where the Doctor can’t move I didn’t know the history of the Skye Boat Song Ruby:    I didn’t ask what you were singing, I asked why. The Doctor:   I’m getting my zen on The D...

  The Devil’s Chord notes 1925 ***First we have a note.   Then we have a tune.   Then… we have a melody. Moonlight sonata.   I didn’t know it was in response to going deaf Henry Arbinger Is this really the first time he;s ever told a student about the Devil’s chord?   Surely we must use tritones all the time This must just be the first time he’s done this bit since ‘The Giggle’ Hello Jinkx Monsoon -Interesting – Jinkx uses she/her in drag and they/them out of drag Timothy Drake: Henry, get away from Him. Maestro: Them. Timothy Drake: What? Maestro: Me Timothy Drake: What? Maestro: I’m them. Timothy Drake: You’re who? Jinkx is really making a meal of this They ARE music Was there an actual Timothy Drake This is basically Faust in heels So if Tim D. hadn’t given in, would Maestro just never have been able to take over music? Not sure if I love the visual representation of the music.   It’s a little bit Looney Tunes fo...

  Space Babies notes   We start exactly where we left off, minus Mrs. Flood Like the new roundel color scheme They’re tackling the whole ‘Doctor’ thing right off Rani mention.   Stoking the flood fires Good on Ruby for liking the jukebox They’re really setting the table for newcomers.   Gallifrey lore covered. He can talk about the time lords being dead without the pain now Really embracing the timeless child stuff.   Good on them I’d be excited going to see dinosaurs too The Doctor:   Who steps on butterflies?   You’d literally have to be like ‘Come ‘ere butterfly!   Have it!’ Beautiful shot of dinos They’re in Wyoming.    Nice. Aren’t companions typically immune from changes to the time stream?   Ah well, she’s new. Rubathon Blue.   57 th hemisphere hatching.   RTD does love the number 57 Did he just make that butterfly regenerate? ‘Butterfly compensation switch The year 21506 The s...

  The Church on Ruby Road notes Open with the baby being dropped off at the titular church on Ruby Road.   Quick confirmation that that’s where she got her name At first I thought the priests had raised her, but of course they clearly gave her to the foster system. December 1, 2023.    19 years ago, so she’s about to turn 19. This is the same Devina from Bad Wolf, right> Ruby is from Manchester Davina:   You don’t mind me using the word ‘foundling’, do you?   It’s just that some people think it’s a bit old fashioned… Ruby:   Oh, no no nonononono.   That’s what I was.   I was found.   I was foundled. Is this a real reality show in the UK? The golbins really get cause and effect This is also a bit final destination. December 22, 2023.   Ruby plays the keyboard, but it’s not her defining characteristic.   That’s nice. I’m betting we’re seeing the Doctor jump around quite a bit in Ruby’s timeline Dece...

  The Giggle notes Soho, 1925 There’s that clip of the toy shop from the trailer NPH – clearly enjoying hamming it up *** The rules.   They are very, very importantent, these rules. Don’t you think? Stooky Bill.   I’d never heard of him Stooky Sue and the Stooky Babies.   Creepy The Toymaker is properly sinister Ah, he just did the arpeggio laugh Nice little moment of casual racism Why is the toymaker letting his accent slip? John Logie Baird.   Also never heard of him. There’s the laugh arpeggio again Stooky means stupid and slow in Scottish idiom? Stooky Bill on fire is creepy as hell There’s the giggle again.   They’re sneaking it in a lot before we know to look for it. Bernard Cribbons is tactfully gone/just out of shot/ not showing his face.   That’s sad.   Obviously he wasn’t really there anymore. Man, you can see the increased budget The Toymaker dancing uin the background Should this guy be this able t...

  Wild Blue Yonder notes Disney Plus doesn’t capitalize TARDIS correctly.   Irritating. England 1666 Isaac Newton is hot There’s the first apple. Didn’t the 4 th Doctor claim to have been here at one point? Is the TARDIS always going to swoop in to land like this now? Donna:   Don’t worry.   He has a time machine.   Which means he can blame me for all eternity. **** Odds Bodkins! Depending on the time of year, Peter Davison might well be fighting Terrelaptils at this exact moment. Surely other guys have held apples that year Donna:   Have you got the controls set to ‘famous’, or what? The Doctor:   If I had controls. Mavity The clinking flickering bulb really sets the atmosphere Why is the TARDIS playing a sound cue anyway? Donna:   Is it bad? The Doctor:   Oh.   It was brand new. Wilf is right, it is a war song So they just have to wait for the TARDIS to fix itself.   Nice way to sideline the ...