Honestly, I wanted Ruth to be an older Susan. She was assumed to be a time lord so you could just have her regenerate offscreen. I'm pretty sure most time lords regenerated a lot during the time war. That's also a mystery you could tease out if you give her a spinoff (hint hint).
Alas, I'll just buy Susan's War from Big Finish in April.
"So you've come to the end now alive but dead inside."
"Subterfuge" the audio drama comes out today.
https://doctorwhowatch.com/2020/03/1...rfuge-release/
I agree with Full Fat's take- having the Doctor be Tectuoan(?) might have been more interesting than having her be the Timeless child.
I disagree with everyone as I don't think the Doctor be the Timeless child changes why she became a hero in the first place.
RTD? He certainly toyed with religious themes (which is something that really didn't start to creep in until The Runaway Bride onwards). The "lonely god" was set up to be the big arc for The 10th Doctor. His own hubris in thinking that, since he was the last time Lord left, he could do as he pleased and forego preserving the web of time. Ultimately, it was his undoing. So it is acceptable there.
It does to a degree, because now The Doctor has been manipulated by the Time Lords since she was discovered and taken back to Gallifrey. One could argue that the fact she kept reverting to doing heroic deeds means it is an intrinsic part of her character. But now she is an agent of a black ops division on Gallifrey and was sent out to interfere on their behalf. Whereas before The Doctor choosing to interfere and rebel against Time Lord laws, made her more heroic and set her apart from the rest.
I will admit, the narrative choice does open up some interesting avenues moving forward. But it creates more plotholes than it solves. Plus it robs Hartnell of being the "first" Doctor. Which is disrespectful of the man and the legacy he set in motion.
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Short thing by RTD, apparentally his original idea for the end of the Time War, the moment, and the regeneration into the Ninth: https://www.doctorwho.tv/news/?artic...D7mpzBEJowOeGc
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Just watching Doctor Who series 11 and 12 and I found it hard to watch, I like Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor but it is pretty sad that all the stories are far from mediocre is making me miss a lot Steven Moffat.
It's sad but all the Doctors from new era since 2005 (from Ecclestone to Capaldi) have very good episodes to shine, some written by Moffat and it's weird that Jodie on two seasons didn't have that chance, only I found worthy the Fugitive of the Judoon episode, the rest are forgettable and the companions have very little sense to me compared to the previous ones.