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Doctor Who (The Second Series): “Twice Upon a Time”

The First Doctor met the Twelfth Doctor after which the Thirteenth Doctor (played by Jodie Whittaker) was introduced. (For some reason, I keep wanting to call her Jodie Watley but that, no doubt, is just the aftereffect of having listened to too much 1980s music.) Unfortunately, Ms. Whittaker didn't get much to say in this episode but she should have more to say in future ones.

That said, it was good to see actress Pearl Mackie again even though this seemed to be her last appearance on the show. For that matter, it was good to see Peter Capaldi again that his character has shed all his House-isms.

In any event, I'm guessing we should not take the episode's cliffhanger ending too literally unless it was the producer's way of telling the audience that they changed their mind about Ms. Whittaker. But I really doubt that was the case.

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Doctor Who (The Second Series): “The Pilot”

Geez, to listen to some people's reactions to this episode, one would think that biracial lesbians traveled with the Doctor all the time. If so, they really need to show those episodes because I always thought that Bill Potts was the first one to do so.

Anyway, ten or twenty years ago, this episode would have had audience members gnashing their teeth. Now it barely merits a yawn. So I should consider that progress?

Oh, well. At least Steven Moffat hasn't forgotten that dark-skinned girls like to have adventures too.