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I haven't watched many Eurovision Song Contests live in recent
years, but we did always find the scoring the most entertaining
part when we did... so for "The Interstellar Song Contest" to
miss out that part of the merriment was unforgivable! However,
we did get OTT, fun, weird, camp, as well as a twist at the end,
to make this a decent parody of the real thing. In fact it was a
lot shorter and a probably a lot more entertaining than the real
thing too.
As a story "The Interstellar Song Contest" was actually quite
good and very enjoyable, but of course the episode got kind of
de-railed half way through when we got the Susan cameo... not
Susan Twist, but Susan Campbell (née Foreman). Heavily rumoured
in the usual online fan forums of course, but now fully
confirmed on screen. Wow! Carole Ann Forde is back, at 84 years
of age. Having her character call Ncuti's Doctor "Grandfather"
was a bit weird though. At least William Hartnell looked the
part!
As for the ending; flood -> rain -> Rani, was always a good guess
from the start. The only issue was whether it was too 'on the
nose' and one of RTD's red herrings, but no, it was indeed
exactly what it said on the tin and it was another reveal this
season that had also been heavily speculated on within fandom.
Clearly there is a leak somewhere within the BBC (!)
I'm not sure about the two Rani's thing, or Mrs Flood now
becoming an underling either. I was also hoping that
bi-generation was just a once-off in the show too... but RTD
likes to hammer down on his ideas so we've now seen
bi-generation twice in a few years, after never hearing of it
for sixty years! No doubt it will rear its head(s) once again in
the future now that it has become a 'thing'. For me it was silly
fun once, but a stupid gimmick twice.
There's only two episodes left of the season now, so now that
the unsurprising surprises have been revealed, what is RTD going
to throw at us in those two episodes? It's going to have to be
something BIG for a season finale... but will RTD get the
landing right or will it be a damp squib? One thing is for sure,
with RTD's subtle use of the word "mavity" in this episode,
'that' is definitely going to play a part!
Stay tuned folks. The end is near... but the moment has been
prepared for.
I haven't watched many Eurovision Song Contests live in recent
years, but we did always find the scoring the most entertaining
part when we did... so for "The Interstellar Song Contest" to
miss out that part of the merriment was unforgivable! However,
we did get OTT, fun, weird, camp, as well as a twist at the end,
to make this a decent parody of the real thing. In fact it was a
lot shorter and a probably a lot more entertaining than the real
thing too.
As a story "The Interstellar Song Contest" was actually quite
good and very enjoyable, but of course the episode got kind of
de-railed half way through when we got the Susan cameo... not
Susan Twist, but Susan Campbell (née Foreman). Heavily rumoured
in the usual online fan forums of course, but now fully
confirmed on screen. Wow! Carole Ann Forde is back, at 84 years
of age. Having her character call Ncuti's Doctor "Grandfather"
was a bit weird though. At least William Hartnell looked the
part!
As for the ending; flood -> rain -> Rani, was always a good guess
from the start. The only issue was whether it was too 'on the
nose' and one of RTD's red herrings, but no, it was indeed
exactly what it said on the tin and it was another reveal this
season that had also been heavily speculated on within fandom.
Clearly there is a leak somewhere within the BBC (!)
I'm not sure about the two Rani's thing, or Mrs Flood now
becoming an underling either. I was also hoping that
bi-generation was just a once-off in the show too... but RTD
likes to hammer down on his ideas so we've now seen
bi-generation twice in a few years, after never hearing of it
for sixty years! No doubt it will rear its head(s) once again in
the future now that it has become a 'thing'. For me it was silly
fun once, but a stupid gimmick twice.
There's only two episodes left of the season now, so now that
the unsurprising surprises have been revealed, what is RTD going
to throw at us in those two episodes? It's going to have to be
something BIG for a season finale... but will RTD get the
landing right or will it be a damp squib? One thing is for sure,
with RTD's subtle use of the word "mavity" in this episode,
'that' is definitely going to play a part!
Stay tuned folks. The end is near... but the moment has been
prepared for.
On 18/05/2025 20:59, Blueshirt wrote:
I haven't watched many Eurovision Song Contests live in recent
years, but we did always find the scoring the most entertaining
part when we did... so for "The Interstellar Song Contest" to
Good point. The entire story should have been about the voting being
totally racist, not about generating sympathy for a terrorist act which
was written as a parallel to the October 7 attacks against innocent
civilians going to a non-content in Israel including the performed of
this year's Israeli Eurovision entry.
miss out that part of the merriment was unforgivable! However,
we did get OTT, fun, weird, camp, as well as a twist at the end,
to make this a decent parody of the real thing. In fact it was a
lot shorter and a probably a lot more entertaining than the real
thing too.
That is simply not true. 6.7 million people on average watched the
Eurovision Final on BBC1 peaking at 7.9 million during the UK entry,
compared to 2.57 million that watched Doctor Whoke and about 5 million
that watched the FA Cup Final (on the BBC and ITV combined I think).
https://www.derehamtimes.co.uk/things-to-do/national/25172198.eurovision-song-contest-attracts-two-million-viewers-fa-cup-final/
As a story "The Interstellar Song Contest" was actually quite
good and very enjoyable, but of course the episode got kind of
de-railed half way through when we got the Susan cameo... not
Susan Twist, but Susan Campbell (née Foreman). Heavily rumoured
in the usual online fan forums of course, but now fully
confirmed on screen. Wow! Carole Ann Forde is back, at 84 years
of age. Having her character call Ncuti's Doctor "Grandfather"
was a bit weird though. At least William Hartnell looked the
part!
As for the ending; flood -> rain -> Rani, was always a good guess
from the start. The only issue was whether it was too 'on the
nose' and one of RTD's red herrings, but no, it was indeed
exactly what it said on the tin and it was another reveal this
season that had also been heavily speculated on within fandom.
Clearly there is a leak somewhere within the BBC (!)
Everyone figured it Mr Flood was going to be the Rani from when she
first appeared in Gatwa's first Christmas special and knew what a TARDIS
was.
I'm not sure about the two Rani's thing, or Mrs Flood now
becoming an underling either. I was also hoping that
bi-generation was just a once-off in the show too... but RTD
likes to hammer down on his ideas so we've now seen
bi-generation twice in a few years, after never hearing of it
for sixty years! No doubt it will rear its head(s) once again in
the future now that it has become a 'thing'. For me it was silly
fun once, but a stupid gimmick twice.
The use of bi-generation once again simply shows that this series is not >Doctor Who and never will be accepted as such. It's a complete woke joke >along with the Timeless Child monster that has replaced the Doctor as
the main protagonist. We say evidence of that when Gatwa showed that he
was made of pure evil having to be stopped from torturing and murdering
the male terrorist instead of handing him over to justice. That's the
message of wokery. The woke don't believe in the law. The woke think
they are the law. The woke are complete imbeciles. Even Plato over 2400
years ago explicitly states that everyone must obey the law even if they >think it is unjust. The woke don't underhand that because they're self >centred tyrants just like the people Plato and ideology Plato dismantled
in Gorgias and The Republic.
Doctor Who ended in 2017.
There's only two episodes left of the season now, so now that
Two more chances for Gatwa to hold the record for the top 10 lowest
rating episodes of all time by pushing Jodie Whittaker out of the chart.
the unsurprising surprises have been revealed, what is RTD going
to throw at us in those two episodes? It's going to have to be
Pure shit just like he did with last season's finale.
something BIG for a season finale... but will RTD get the
landing right or will it be a damp squib? One thing is for sure,
with RTD's subtle use of the word "mavity" in this episode,
'that' is definitely going to play a part!
More evidence that this series is not Doctor Who.
Stay tuned folks. The end is near... but the moment has been
prepared for.
Doctor Who ended in 2017! It's time for RTD and others to recognise that.
--
The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw
"To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." -William Shatner
On 5/18/2025 14:59, Blueshirt wrote:
I haven't watched many Eurovision Song Contests live in recent
years, but we did always find the scoring the most entertaining
part when we did... so for "The Interstellar Song Contest" to
miss out that part of the merriment was unforgivable! However,
we did get OTT, fun, weird, camp, as well as a twist at the end,
to make this a decent parody of the real thing. In fact it was a
lot shorter and a probably a lot more entertaining than the real
thing too.
Although I know of Eurovision...and know that Austria won it this year,
I've never seen one, and I don't know enough about it to compare
Interstellar to it. So there were probably many subtle references that
I missed; I'm sure Graham Norton was one of them.
As a story "The Interstellar Song Contest" was actually quite
good and very enjoyable, but of course the episode got kind of
de-railed half way through when we got the Susan cameo... not
Susan Twist, but Susan Campbell (née Foreman). Heavily rumoured
in the usual online fan forums of course, but now fully
confirmed on screen. Wow! Carole Ann Forde is back, at 84 years
of age. Having her character call Ncuti's Doctor "Grandfather"
was a bit weird though. At least William Hartnell looked the
part!
I thought it was OK, if I was able to pick up on more of the Eurovision
stuff I might have a better opinion (or not).
I'm not sure about the two Rani's thing, or Mrs Flood now
becoming an underling either. I was also hoping that
bi-generation was just a once-off in the show too... but RTD
likes to hammer down on his ideas so we've now seen
bi-generation twice in a few years, after never hearing of it
for sixty years! No doubt it will rear its head(s) once again in
the future now that it has become a 'thing'. For me it was silly
fun once, but a stupid gimmick twice.
Same here. The first time it was used, I thought that the writers (read
RTD) got "stuck", and used it as a cheap way to get un-stuck. This >time....nope....this is just lazy writing rearing its ugly head again.
There's only two episodes left of the season now, so now that
the unsurprising surprises have been revealed, what is RTD going
to throw at us in those two episodes? It's going to have to be
something BIG for a season finale... but will RTD get the
landing right or will it be a damp squib?
If RTD stays true to form, it will be like last season's finale: part 1
is pretty good...but part 2 s*ts the bed.
--
Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
--Carl Sagan
I haven't watched many Eurovision Song Contests live in recent
years, but we did always find the scoring the most entertaining
part when we did... so for "The Interstellar Song Contest" to
miss out that part of the merriment was unforgivable! However,
we did get OTT, fun, weird, camp, as well as a twist at the end,
to make this a decent parody of the real thing. In fact it was a
lot shorter and a probably a lot more entertaining than the real
thing too.
As a story "The Interstellar Song Contest" was actually quite
good and very enjoyable, but of course the episode got kind of
de-railed half way through when we got the Susan cameo... not
Susan Twist, but Susan Campbell (née Foreman). Heavily rumoured
in the usual online fan forums of course, but now fully
confirmed on screen. Wow! Carole Ann Forde is back, at 84 years
of age. Having her character call Ncuti's Doctor "Grandfather"
was a bit weird though. At least William Hartnell looked the
part!
I'm not sure about the two Rani's thing, or Mrs Flood now
becoming an underling either. I was also hoping that
bi-generation was just a once-off in the show too... but RTD
likes to hammer down on his ideas so we've now seen
bi-generation twice in a few years, after never hearing of it
for sixty years! No doubt it will rear its head(s) once again in
the future now that it has become a 'thing'. For me it was silly
fun once, but a stupid gimmick twice.
There's only two episodes left of the season now, so now that
the unsurprising surprises have been revealed, what is RTD going
to throw at us in those two episodes? It's going to have to be
something BIG for a season finale... but will RTD get the
landing right or will it be a damp squib?