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 From: mike@xenocyte.com 
  
 The Doctor  wrote: 
 > In article <1652039105.723484367.305585.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews. 
 com>, 
 > anim8rfsk   wrote: 
 >> The Doctor  wrote: 
 >>> Someone help me out! 
 >>> 
 >>> Star Beast had more action then intrigue. 
 >>> 
 >>> WBY loks more Midnightish than interesting. 
 >>> 
 >>> How come Star Beast ranges a 7 on IMDB yet WBY ranges an 8 ? 
 >>> 
 >>> Am I missing something? 
 >> 
 >> Yes. Each of them is rated nine points too high! 
 > 
 > IYIO. 
  
 The Star Beast was familiar RTD territory - other than the need to resolve 
 the Doctor-Donna problem, it was an absolutely typical RTD fluff special 
 episode. Fun but not deep. It just won bonus points by comparison with most 
 of the past few years. 
  
 Wild Blue Yonder was /different/. Not brilliant and not given enough plot 
 to fill its hour - but it was science fiction. When was tha last time 
 Doctor Who had an episode built around a single, genuinely SF concept? 
 Aggie should have been applauding from the sidelines, but sadly his 
 fascistic obsession with race and colour over a marginal cameo led him off 
 into an insane rant of €€€woke degeneracy€€€. 
  
 Personally I didn€€€t think Wild Blue Yonder was better entertainment 
 overall 
 than The Star Beast, but that final delightful swan song for Bernard 
 Cribbins was pure gold and worth 2 points on its own. 
  
 So 9/10 for me twice in a row. I don€€€t expect brilliance from Doctor Who 
 so 
 I€€€m happy for it to be fun and coherent - factors that were somewhat 
 lacking in the Whittaker era. 
  
 Capaldi€€€s run managed it in Series 10 but 8 and 9 largely lacked 
 coherence. 
 Almost nothing in the modern show, of course, has been as incoherent or 
 joyless as Sylvester McCoy€€€s TV tenure. 
  
 Now I€€€m off to listen to €€€Audacity€€€ so that I€€€m ready for the 8th 
 Doctor€€€s 
 new Christmas audio box set €€€In the Bleak Midwinter€€€ which was released 
 today. 
  
 -- 
 €€€The timelines and €€€ canon €€€ are rupturing€€€ - the Doctor 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)